Returning Giakoumakis scored two goals in four minutes before the break, only for Dark Blues defender Ryan Sweeney to head in an equaliser on the hour mark.
Villa are paying less than 50 per cent of Coutinho's weekly wage, plus bonuses, Sky Sports News has been told, and he even agreed to a pay cut, with other clubs offering deals that would have seen him earn 100 per cent of his Barca wage.
How the teams lined up | Match statsScottish Premiership fixtures | Results | TableStream with a NOW pass | Get Sky SportsThe league leaders have moved seven points ahead of Celtic who get the chance to reduce the lead at Dundee United on Sunday.
I feel like me so don't see a reason why I can't get back to the same level. In a wide-ranging interview, Eriksen also discusses:
Of these, there were 65 new positive tests Between Friday December 31 and Sunday January 2, 5,915 tests were administered across 2,434 players and club staff, with 29 new positive tests Premier League Covid-19 test results this season2 Aug-8 Aug 3,118 tested; 9 positive9 Aug-15 Aug 3,231 tests; 11 positive16 Aug-22 Aug 3,060 tests; 16 positive23 Aug-29 Aug 3,020 tests; six positive30 Aug-5 Sep 1,952 tests; two positive6 Sep-12 Sep 3,039 tests; three positive13 Sep-19 Sep 3,154 tests; two positive20 Sep-26 Sep 3,010 tests; one positive27 Sep-3 Oct 2,927 tests; four positive4 Oct-10 Oct 1,696 tests; zero positive11 Oct-17 Oct 3,044 tests; six positive18 Oct-24 Oct 3,209 tests; four positive25-31 Oct 3,006 tests; four positive1-7 Nov 2,953 tests; three positive8-14 Nov 1,647 tests; four positive15-21 Nov 3,188 tests; six positive22-28 Nov 3,379 tests; seven positive29 Nov-5 Dec 3,154 tests; 12 positive6-12 Dec 3,805 tests; 42 positive13-19 Dec 12,345 tests; 90 positive - testing increased to daily lateral flow testing and twice-weekly PCR testing20-26 Dec 15,186 tests; 103 positive27 Dec-2 Jan 14,250 tests, 94 positive Which Premier League games have been called off?Brighton vs Tottenham - Sunday December 12, Premier League Brentford vs Man Utd - Tuesday December 14, Premier League Burnley vs Watford - Wednesday December 15, Premier League Leicester vs Tottenham - Thursday December 16, Premier League Man Utd vs Brighton - Saturday December 18, Premier League Southampton vs Brentford - Saturday December 18, Premier League (now January 11, 7.45pm) Watford vs Crystal Palace - Saturday December 18, Premier League West Ham vs Norwich - Saturday December 18, Premier League (now January 12, 7.45pm) Aston Villa vs Burnley - Saturday December 18, Premier League Everton vs Leicester - Sunday December 19, Premier League (now January 11, 8pm) Liverpool vs Leeds - Sunday December 26, Premier League Wolves vs Watford - Sunday December 26, Premier League Burnley vs Everton - Sunday December 26, Premier League Leeds vs Aston Villa - Tuesday December 28, Premier League Arsenal vs Wolves - Tuesday December 28, Premier League Everton vs Newcastle - Thursday December 30, Premier League Leicester vs Norwich - Saturday January 1, Premier League Southampton vs Newcastle - Sunday January 2, Premier League What are the Premier League rules around postponements?After the postponement of a number of games in the weeks leading up to Christmas, a new Premier League guide explaining match postponement protocols was published.
Ronaldo's second came from the spot as he assumed penalty duties ahead of Fernandes, who has admitted that the pair did not discuss the change ahead of time.
The right-back then didn't close down De Bruyne quick enough as he delivered the cross for the second.
Yet, it's very hard to make a case for Palace with such little evidence of improvement so far under Patrick Vieira - even with the carrot of 5/1 with Sky Bet for the away win.
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So it could be viewed as a weakness should he let his captain get away relatively cheaply with another disciplinary breach.
I wasn't expecting how slowly we played in that first half and that always makes it difficult. The boys, they know themselves.
There are still two midweek Premier League games for our tipster Jones Knows to feast on - and he thinks Tottenham will fall foul of Leicester on Wednesday night.
How Maupay turned from villain to hero againSouthampton boss Hasenhuttl was on the verge of three years at the Saints helm, with his side seeking a first league win in four games.
Erling Braut Haaland gave a fairly non-equivocal answer to one fan who suggested that he should make some personal changes.
Getting herself match fit has been a long and arduous process, however. Chelsea’s next Champions League fixture comes three days later
Ross Stewart rescued a point for Sunderland with a last gasp-header to earn a 1-1 draw with Burton in Sky Bet League One.
He's quiet, humble and unassuming. He seems shy but he is confident deep down, and doesn't get over-excited, Osei (pictured below with Rak-Sakyi and his brother, Samuel) tells GOAL.
It would take a shock of seismic proportions for last season's Primeira Liga winners Sporting to overturn the 5-0 deficit they face after being humbled in the first leg of their last-16 clash with City, who look certainties to progress to the quarter-finals.
Raphael Varane out for a month with hamstring injuryHarry Maguire has been culpable for three of those errors, but the graphic below reveals the centre-backs are frequently being drawn wider to cover the full-backs.
Barcelona started the game knowing that a win would take them into fourth place and the Champions League places, as they looked to continue their mid-season turnaround under Xavi Hernandez.
Newcastle remain 19th in the table, three points from safety, and their task to avoid relegation does not get any easier when they host Pep Guardiola's league leaders on Sunday.
The visitors were unable to get any sort of control in the middle of the park and from early on it looked clear that the only way they were going to score was through a moment of individual quality from the forwards.
Leeds said they acknowledged complaints raised by some Newcastle supporters regarding issues experienced entering Elland Road on Saturday.
We had some accelerations with Mason from midfield but nobody was joining. It felt stuck. We controlled the game but could not find spaces.
Ramsey, who signed on loan from Juventus in the January transfer window, has had a slow start to his time at Ibrox as he took time to build fitness.
For example, Giulio Maggiore is still only 23 but has played a lot of games for the club and is a very important player for us. He brings us that level of experience on the pitch that we need.
Bursting onto the scene at Camp Nou as a precociously-gifted teenager, Messi opened his senior goal account on May 1, 2005 in a Liga clash with Albacete – becoming Barcelona’s youngest-ever scorer at the time.
The Met Office has issued a rare red weather warning for much of the south east of England, with strong winds and continued disruption expected across much of the area.
But Maguire, who has faced heavy criticism along with several other United players during a disappointing campaign, says giving their fans a night to remember and getting revenge for October's 5-0 hammering, described by the defender as one of the worst days of his career, is driving them.
”Of course there’s room for Christian at Odense, if he decides to play football again,” the club’s sporting director Enrico Augustinus told Danish newspaper BT recently. ”We can stretch a bit (financially), but there are probably no Danish clubs that have the money to buy him. It depends on whether he’s a free transfer. But there are probably no Danish clubs that can give him a fair market salary either.”
So on Wednesday, when Richarlison goes through [on goal] the ball goes in, and when the other team get a free-kick, it doesn't go in the top corner.
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Now, Atletico have responded with a passionate statement which describes their feelings about the guard of honour and explains why they will not be partaking in the custom for Ancelotti's champions this weekend.
City's defeat to Tottenham was their first league defeat at the Academy Stadium since April 2018, but it attracted headlines when the ball appeared to hit Rosella Ayane's hand before being inadvertently turned home by City's third-choice goalkeeper Karima Benameur Taieb.
On 57 minutes, City thought they had broken the deadlock when De Bruyne's shot rebounded off the inside of the post into the path of Mahrez but his firm strike was brilliantly tipped over by Guaita.
The Hornets had never previously won a Premier League match on this day before that (D4 L12).Chelsea haven't won any of their last five Premier League games played on a Wednesday (D2 L3).
The Blues have won seven of their last eight Premier League encounters against Watford and Chelsea are clear favourites, priced at 1/3 (1.33) with bet365.
I'm sure there was no intention to take advantage. I focus on the performance and want to talk about what we did.
Hibernian owner Ron Gordon says he believes in continuity despite insisting that four months was ample time for Shaun Maloney to prove himself as manager.
Ranieri felt afterwards that his side were desperately unfortunate to not earn at least a point from a game in which they registered more shots and had an even share of the ball.
It's still amazing to read in the English press and fan websites that Spurs are looking for what is called 'Eriksen's replacement' two years after he has left.
This myocarditis isn't too dramatic based on the ultrasound, but more simply signs of an inflammation. Nevertheless, it needs to heal and that will no doubt take some time, said Nagelsmann.
Reading end Brighton runGoals in either half ended Brighton's three-match winning streak as Reading moved two points off the top half with a 2-0 win at the Select Car Leasing Stadium.
Secondly, the question for the referee is always 'if I take a step back and I reflect on the decisions I made and talking that through with coaches, I trust reflectively on the next day, would I make the same decision again with the same information I had at the time?' If you can answer that question with a yes, because this has been my rationale behind it, then I think you are in a really good place.
First up, what formation does he attempt to take the Swiss on with? On the eve of the Euros, Page won't be worrying whether his players can adapt.
How it happened...As well as their remarkable record over Watford, City arrived at Vicarage Road with a replenished squad and almost took the lead inside two minutes, when Aymeric Laporte - back from suspension - headed fit-again Foden's corner goalwards, but Joao Pedro hooked off the line.
The former Burnley, Sheffield United, Wolves and Fulham player admits it has been a hard journey back - both mentally and physically - that has given him a new perspective on life.