England colleague Mason Mount fired into runner-up spot in the form chart after scoring his third goal on the spin during Chelsea's 3-2 victory against Leeds, having also notched two assists in that run.
Exciting for everybody bar Everton fans, that is. The Merseyside Blues still have the advantage of position, of points and of games played. But Burnley have the goal difference. And Burnley don't have to play Liverpool, Chelsea, Leicester or Arsenal: that goal difference is only going one way.
County, fresh from their first home win of the season - a victory over Premier Sports Cup finalists Hibs - were shade sharper and more direct, seemingly ready to pounce and punish any slack defending.
The other thing that still feels impossible to ignore is the club’s financial situation. Again, the work done by the board has been good so far, but there is still a lot of work to do. It’s a worry in being able to retain Araujo, Dembele and the lingering extension that is needed for Gavi. There’s a lot of players to move on as well, Neto, Samuel Umtiti, Sergi Roberto, Martin Braithwaite and maybe Memphis Depay? That is a lot of change for one off-season particularly when you consider next year will be interrupted by the World Cup.
Opta statsAston Villa have lost their last two home league games against Leicester - only once have they lost three in a row against them at Villa Park, doing so between 1936 and 1954.Leicester have won five of their last seven league games against Aston Villa (D1 L1), as many as they had in their previous 22 league meetings with the Villans (D9 L8).In Premier League history, only Middlesbrough (15 v Man Utd), Fulham (14 v Man City) and West Brom (13 v Arsenal) have hosted a side more often without registering a single clean sheet than Aston Villa and their 12 previous home games with Leicester, conceding 23 times across those matches.Leicester are without a clean sheet in their last 14 away Premier League games, since a 0-0 draw with Wolves in February.
That consortium also includes Vivek Ranadive, an Indian-born entrepreneur, and a syndicate of other investors from around the world whose identities are expected to be confirmed in the coming days.
Mr Kretinsky, who owns assets in the energy, media, industrial and retail sectors, has become a significant player in corporate Britain, and now ranks as the largest shareholder in Royal Mail and the second-largest in Sainsbury's.
He's a skilful team player who always has the goal in mind. That has certainly been the case this season.
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Bernardo Silva has warned his Manchester City team-mates that Manchester United are more than just Cristiano Ronaldo, as he prepares to face his compatriot for the very first time.
Clearlake Capital is a Californian private equity firm, which would own a majority of the shares in Chelsea.
So who might get a bit more time to rest over the festive schedule and sneak in an extra chocolate and which teams will have to make sure they eat their sprouts?
Mane, however, remained on the pitch, despite seeming to lose consciousness in the incident. Six minutes later, he scored an excellent goal for Senegal, before laying down on the halfway line.
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And QPR finished with 10 men after Dozzell was sent off following a challenge between Solanke and QPR's Yoann Barbet, which resulted in a melee involving players from both teams.
Saint-Etienne were missing eight first team players against Lyon and did cause the hosts a few problems in the second half, but their gameplan appeared to be simply to survive the match which will do little to give their fans confidence.
We've got our frailties as a team and it's up to me, in the near future anyway, to hopefully get better. Tottenham manager Nuno Espirito Santo: I think we handled it well, but we didn't start well.
The most important thing for the people who stand behind the club is that they feel pride and dignity and they feel authentic.
It may be surprising to hear, then, that the Blues' only defeat in their last 12 matches was on penalties to Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final, while they have recorded 10 victories in those games.
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Viktor Gyokeres scored for the first time since early October as he hit the winner in Coventry's 1-0 victory at home to Stoke.
Ben Brereton, the English-born striker who replaced Alexis Sanchez at half-time, hit the bar with a looping header and Ederson made at least two good saves.
Paul Pogba's home was burgled with his children asleep inside during Manchester United's Champions League defeat to Atletico Madrid on Tuesday night.
Representation of South Asians on the pitch in elite football is a statistical anomaly. Roop's made really good progress since she's come in, Ryan told Sky Sports News.
Spurs, Arsenal a million miles behind' If Arsenal had lasted another 10 minutes without conceding, there was only one winner in the football match.
FIFA's plans for the men's calendar include a major tournament every June, fewer qualifiers, one or at most two in-season international breaks and mandatory 25-day rest periods for players at the end of summer tournaments.
Sometimes players are just reckless but that doesn't mean it is excusable. We had a player who had a serious injury, there's a couple of others who were lucky to escape from that and that is why I was disappointed with the way the night panned out.
The result ended a run of three straight defeats for Hull, who will be the happier of the two sides with a point.
Everton have formally agreed a £17m deal for Ukraine left-back Vitaliy Mykolenko, paving the way for the departure of Lucas Digne who has been targeted by both Leicester and Newcastle in the January transfer window.
But as Arsenal, who have played more games than some of their nearest rivals, sit in fourth, six points ahead of north London rivals Tottenham, project Arteta remains on the right track.Oliver Yew Moura shining under Conte Lucas Moura had to make do with a place among the substitutes in Tottenham's last Premier League game, the 2-2 draw with Liverpool, but Antonio Conte reinstated him against Crystal Palace and the decision paid off emphatically.
Sven-Goran Eriksson was faced with such a dilemma during his time as England boss, before you mention the brilliance of Paul Scholes.
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Gareth Southgate's squad also visited Leicester in September 2018 and Southampton in September 2019.
He won La Viola's Player of the Year award in 2019-20 but wasn't quite as impressive the following campaign and left at the end of his contract, with Salternitana then giving him the chance to extend his career in Serie A.
However, Solskjaer has clarified that his former manager's appearance at the training ground was pre-arranged and had nothing to do with the team's poor run of results.
Boulaye Dia's goal after 2 minutes and 51 seconds is the earliest Liverpool have conceded in the CL since April 2018 (01:57 vs Manchester City).
Kane almost moved to Manchester City in the summer, but he scored two goals in Tottenham’s 3-2 win over Pep Guardiola's side in the Premier League on Saturday. In total, he has scored 238 goals in 380 appearances for the north London club.
Diemers has been on loan at Hannover for only a couple of months. Vrielink has followed his journey from Utrecht to Feyenoord via De Graafschap and Fortuna Sittard.
I said before, you could sense in the stadium the fans starting to turn, they were booing when Greenwood came off, he said.
To be able to count on players that unbalance is very necessary. Man of the match - Raphinha Sky Sports' Efan Ekoku: Raphinha has been outstanding.
Eddie Howe will take charge of Newcastle determined to shut out the noise surrounding the club. That can't change despite the bits of my job now, the demands on my time that are going to be huge.
We have the position we have because we don't create too many chances but today, we showed we can do that too.
Wales prosper on the night of permutations Beat Belgium and they would be guaranteed a home play-off semi-final; lose and they would be away.
The 67-year-old is chair of the FA referees' committee and is technical director at IFAB, who are the global game's rule-makers.
It's not about signing a proven striker who scores 30 goals, we need to implement an offensive system and mentality. Ancelotti went on to coach Bayern Munich and Napoli after he was sacked by Real in 2015.
Brest midfielder Romain Faivre believes he would cost Newcastle around £15m should they turn their interest in him into an actual offer (Daily Express, December 4).
They started poorly but slowly worked their way into the game, regrouped at half-time before dominating the second half.
Ousmane Dembele has been told to leave Barcelona immediately after he was dropped from the squad for their meeting with Athletic Club.
You look back on results like that and come what may, you remember it as a difficult game against one of the teams down at the bottom, who couldn't win a game but turned up on the day, and it turns out to be an important win.
