Pep Guardiola remains convinced Phil Foden has the ability to become the heartbeat of the Manchester City team after David Silva leaves the club.
Silva, 33, has already confirmed his intention to depart City at the end of the season when his contract expires, bringing a 10-year spell at the club to a close.
The Spaniard has become a City icon, with many of the opinion he has been the Premier League s greatest foreign import, enjoying great success and consistency.
He has mostly been kept back for Premier League action this term, making only two appearances in the Champions League, and he will be missing again for Wednesday s trip to Dinamo Zagreb, with Sergio Aguero and John Stones also absent.
All three are injured, Guardiola confirmed to reporters on …
Western Conference leaders LAFC re-discovered their form after a recent slump with a 3-1 home victory over Houston Dynamo on Sunday.
Carlos Vela scored a double, with both goals coming from the penalty spot, as LAFC secured only their second victory from their past eight games.
LAFC have a 15-1-0 record when scoring first this season although Houston leveled the game in the 24th minute from Corey Baird s classy goal after Vela netted an eighth-minute spotkick.
Vela restored LAFC s advantage from the spot on half-time after Fabrice Picault s handball was spotted by the VAR, with Ryan Hollingshead lifting home a third in the 52nd minute.
LAFC remain top of the Western Conference, nine points ahead of second-placed Austin, with two more matchdays until the …
Former Italy captain and FIFA World Cup winner Fabio Cannavaro feels Cesare Prandelli s side have the strength to win the 2014 tournament.
Cannavaro was skipper when Italy secured their fourth World Cup triumph with a penalty shootout win over France at the 2006 final.
Italy failed to get out of the group stage in South Africa in 2010 but produced a strong performance under the guidance of coach Prandelli at the 2012 UEFA European Championships, where they were beaten 4-0 in the final by Spain.
However, Prandelli s men face a difficult task to qualify from Group D, which also features England, Uruguay and Costa Rica.
Yet Cannavaro, who retired in 2011 and is now working as an assistant coach for Al Ahli in the UAE, has faith in Italy s abilities.
Italy are …
Competition: Europa League qualifier
Market: FC Midtjylland to win against Derry City
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FC Midtjylland welcome Derry City to the MCH Arena in the first leg of the first round of the Europa League qualifiers this evening, and are big favourites to see past their Irish opposition given the gulf in class between the two sides. FC Midtjylland were in the Europa League two seasons ago while Derry are 247 places lower in the UEFA club coefficient rankings.
As for the hosts, Jess Thorup’s FC Midtjylland side are coming off the back off four wins from their last five games in their domestic league, keeping clean sheets in their previous two. The Danish Superligaen side famously beat Manchester United in the first leg of their last-32 clash in 2015/16 and made …
Carlo Ancelotti insisted nobody should be blamed after Real Madrid s disappointing 0-0 draw at home to struggling Cadiz, applauding the performance even if the outcome was not as expected.
Madrid had been hoping to extend their winning run to eight league matches but failed to convert their superiority into goals at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday.
Los Blancos 36 shots amounted to 10 more than any other team have had in a single LaLiga match this season and the most since Madrid themselves had 37 attempts against Levante in April 2013.
Those shots equated to 2.8 expected goals (xG), meaning it was only the fourth time in the past decade that Madrid have failed to score in a LaLiga game despite registering at least 2.8 xG.
Cadiz defended valiantly, their …
Tonight’s edition of Monday Night Football brings us the marquee game of the week when Philadelphia travels to Kansas City to take on Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs.
This is a Super Bowl 57 rematch and the Eagles will be looking to exact some revenge on the Chiefs for last year’s loss in the big game game.
Both teams can score points at will and the NFL odds have done very little to separate the two sides with the Chiefs sitting as -2.5 home favorites.
While there are a number of different subscription-based TV channels and streaming services available to watch this game… did you know that you can also live stream Eagles/Chiefs directly from legal sports betting sites?
Caesars, BetRivers, and Fanatics Sportsbook are three of o…