Zlatan Ibrahimovic has said he purposely barged into Spain full-back Cesar Azpilicueta on international duty and explained why he would do it again.
There were half-hearted home appeals for a penalty when Grimes pirouetted in the Robins' box and fell to the floor.
But with Houghton's fitness in doubt for the Euros, a new manager is in place and England are embarking on a fresh era.
He's not played too much this season - he'll be wanting to play more, of course he will, but he's had to settle in - new country, new club, new environment.
Advanced metrics which attribute a precise figure on how many times each team presses the opposition places United in 16th - ahead of only Wolves, Tottenham, Newcastle and Norwich.
Team newsManchester United captain Harry Maguire is a doubt for Monday's FA Cup third-round clash against Aston Villa.
Salomon Rondon came on for a very unhappy Richarlison, whose mood was matched by the Everton fans, but the Venezuelan netted his first of the season from close range after Abdoulaye Doucoure's shot was half blocked.
That doesn't help the back three because centre-halves have to come out of their comfort zone and come out of the line of the box to defend on the wings.
The 20-year-old was used sparsely over the opening weeks of the season, but a series of injuries in forward positions have seen him start three of the Blues last four Premier League games, all of which have resulted in victories.
I don’t think so. Or, at least, PSG won’t take this decision because they won’t have anyone solid to replace him. Only two possibilities for him leaving PSG would at this stage would really exist:
And home players were involved in 121 duels, up from a season average of 92.6 and won 54 of them, up from 44.8.
The intensity was very high and there were many tackles but we knew what type of game we were coming to play.
We've touched on it before, but there has just been injuries to key players right the way through the team.
Only Alan Shearer against Leeds (6 braces, 1 hat-trick) has scored multiple goals in more games against a specific opponent in the competition.Everton's Andros Townsend has never scored or assisted in 11 Premier League appearances against former side Tottenham Hotspur, the side he's faced the most without a single goal involvement.
Blackstenius started her career at Vadstena GIF in the fifth tier of women's football in Sweden Arsenal have signed Sweden international forward Stina Blackstenius on a free transfer.
I lived through that nightmare once. Today I know I made the right decision, absolutely, because I'm still here, Xhaka said.
Ironically, Jose Mourinho's opening home league game also saw his side cling onto a 3-2 win having been pegged back by Bournemouth in November 2019, but supporters hope that is where the similarities will end.
Another player who got his taste of Premier League football with Manchester United. The Japan international joined the Red Devils in 2012 from Borussia Dortmund and he scored on his home debut -
“There are so many,” says Debs Baisley, who runs the Yoga Bee studio in Cheadle, Greater Manchester, when speaking to GOAL.
Arsenal brushed off the absence of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to secure a comfortable 3-0 victory over Southampton at Emirates Stadium.
The FA said in a statement: “This exceptional decision was approved by the FA Board on Friday 17 December and has been taken in the wider interest of English football to alleviate the possibility of fixture congestion, following several postponements in recent days and continued uncertainty ahead due to Covid-19.
At the end of Wednesday's 90-minute hearing, Judge Thompson told both defendants: You will next be required to attend on Friday the 11th of March.
The Us, who had been forced to postpone their weekend clash with Wigan, led through Luke McNally and Cameron Brannagan, then wrapped up the points through Nathan Holland after Jay Matete had reduced the deficit.
The silence - to commemorate the contribution of British and Commonwealth service people in the two world wars and later conflicts - was not observed by a small section from the start.
The full-back thundered an effort past Martin Dubravka's fingertips as the Reds became the first side to win 2,000 English top-flight games.
We are working very hard in these five months [that he's been in charge] but now I'm starting to see great improvement of my team in many aspects: not only on the pitch but also outside, with the mentality.
Derby are rooted to the bottom of the Championship on 11 points after accepting a 21-point deduction.
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Ferran Torres, who is expected to be out until January with a broken metatarsal, is City's only notable absentee.
“That can be hard for me, because I'm used to doing all of these things and when I suddenly can't do them, you're like, 'This is so easy. It should be easy to walk. It should be easy to jump. It should be easy to run'.
Fellow forward Divock Origi is fit, however, having sat out full training on Thursday as part of his recovery - a session which he was joined by Roberto Firmino who is back after a hamstring problem.
Ann-Katrin Berger, Millie Bright, Sam Kerr, Pernille Harder and captain Magdalena Eriksson were all included following the side's first appearance in the Women's Champions League final.
When I joined this football club obviously that was the aim. In a one-off game with such a big prize, people are going to lift their levels of performance.
On the agenda at the meeting with Premier League and managers, captains, and senior players is whether to reintroduce five substitutes to help players cope with what will be an increased workload.
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Many will point out that spending £85m on five players in January - almost a third of the Premier League's outlay - has been a key factor in Newcastle's upward trajectory.
And while Augsburg are currently in a relegation battle, the youngster sees big things on the horizon.
Moses started the move, lifting the ball to Ruslan Litvinov before barrelling into the area and was left unforgivably unmarked to glance in Ignatov's fine cross.
“I've always had a pretty basic understanding of what good music is,” he says. “My brother,” Weah says. “A magician.”
All this persuaded Man Utd, as directed by Sir Alex Ferguson, to pay an initial £12 million ($16m) to bring him to Old Trafford in the summer of 2012.
The Portugal international is one of only three players to have played every minute for City in the Premier League so far this season, along with Ruben Dias and Ederson, and his influence has been immense.
I like making things happen and what do people remember? Things that stick out of the ground, he said. I had a vision that things would happen with me as leader, that people would go past somewhere and say 'there is a football stadium that wasn't there before'.
