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Arsenal claimed bragging rights over their fierce rivals Tottenham at the Emirates Stadium, with their intensity and attacking style of play bearing fruit. Thomas Partey opened the scoring for the Gunners before Harry Kane levelled from the penalty spot after Gabriel fouled Richarlison inside the box.
The pair then laughed amongst themselves as they walked away to the dressing room to reunite with their squad. Xhaka has turned his fortunes around at the Emirates Stadium and been out of the standout players in Mikel Arteta's side, benefitting from his newfound licence to roam forward and be a presence in the final third.
The emphatic victory over Tottenham, who were unbeaten so far this season, will certainly catch the eye of title contenders Manchester City and Liverpool. The arrival of Jesus has proved to be the final piece of the puzzle in the final third, with his fifth goal of the campaign rubbing salt in the wounds for Tottenham – who attempted to sign him from Manchester City over the summer.
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Santi Cazorla has insisted his former team-mate Mikel Arteta is the right man to lead Arsenal despite a season where results have been largely unconvincing.
The Gunners are ninth in the Premier League table, and are relying on winning the Europa League to secure a place in Europe next season.
But Cazorla, who played with Arteta in North London for four years under Arsene Wenger, back his friend to come good as manager.
Cazorla, who now plays in Qatar for Al Sadd with Barcelona legend Xavi as his manager, was a fan-favourite at the Emirates, but left in 2018 after an ankle injury blighted his last two years at the club.
The Spaniard underwent eight surgeries on the problem, one leading to gangrene and doctors telling him he should be happy just to walk again after fears he could lose a leg.
The 36-year-old had two spells as a Villarreal player, and ahead of the second-leg of the Europa League semi-final between two of his former sides, Cazorla's hope is that one of them will lift the trophy in Gdansk.
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Arteta wants to sign a winger in this window and is also open to bringing in a forward following the injury to Gabriel Jesus. Arteta and Edu have worked well together in the transfer market in recent seasons.
Shakhtar Donetsk winger Mykhaylo Mudryk is Arsenal's top target. The north London side have already made two bids for the Ukraine star.
Shakhtar are yet to respond to the second offer but it still falls way short of their public valuation of the 21-year-old. Arsenal are also interested in signing Joao Felix from Atletico Madrid.
Felix is available on loan for the remainder of the season but Chelsea are also among the clubs keen on him. Speaking to Sky Sports, Arteta insisted Arsenal must use January to its maximum.
Arsenal were unable to break down a resolute Newcastle team, who haven't conceded a goal in their last six matches in all competitions. The Gunners moved to eight points clear of second-placed Manchester City, who play their game in hand against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Thursday.
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Jurgen Klopp's side won 2-0 at the San Siro three weeks ago, and are expected to progress to the next stage.
City fans will also be able to rest easy this week knowing they've all but sealed their place in the next round.
Pep Guardiola will likely be ringing the changes for Wednesday's match against Sporting Lisbon, as his side won the first leg 5-0 in Portugal.
Ralf Rangnick's side will be welcoming Atletico to Old Trafford for the second leg, although the away goals has been scrapped for this year's competition.
You can watch the draw live on BT Sport 1 from 11am, and it will also be live streamed on the UEFA website.
That means any team can play against anyone else in the competition, regardless of whether they play their domestic football in the same league.
All eight teams will be drawn one-by-one to reveal the four fixtures - similar to an FA Cup or Carabao Cup draw.
The draw will immediately be followed by the semi-final draw, so teams will have an accurate picture of their route to the final.
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Portugal missed out on automatic qualification for the 2022 World Cup in dramatic circumstances as Serbia scored a late winner to prevail 2-1 and book their place in Qatar instead.
Going into the game, Portugal knew that if they avoided defeat then they would qualify. However, despite taking the lead through Renato Sanches, a goal from Dusan Tadic pulled Serbia level before substitute Aleksandar Mitrovic got the winner in the dying moments.
Portugal still have an opportunity to qualify, but it was a hugely frustrating night for Fernando Santos' side, especially with Cristiano Ronaldo struggling to make much of an impact.
Much of the reaction on social media focused on Ronaldo's disappointing performance and the fact that Portugal failed to top a group which many people expected they would win.
There was also focus on coach Fernando Santos, who led Portugal to glory at Euro 2016. Portugal won the Nations League in 2019 but were knocked out at the last-16 stage of both the 2018 World Cup and Euro 2020.
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The former World Cup winner came under fire for making comments about Queiroz's Iran side, aiming a dig at the team for "their culture" in harassing match officials and winning free-kicks.
The 58-year-old, who was in the BBC studio analysing the game as a pundit, has backed down after initially defending his comments and insisted he was not speaking culturally but purely in the context of football.
Iran lodged an official complaint to the BBC over the remarks, while an enraged Queiroz called for Klinsmann to step down from his position as part of FIFA's Technical Study Group in a lengthy Twitter post on Saturday.
The Portuguese coach called his comments a "disgrace to football" and Klinsmann's comments appeared to add tension to relations between the USA and Iran, with a press conference ending early due to a question over such comments.
But with Klinsmann failing to give an outright apology to Iran or Queiroz in his comments, it remains to be seen whether his statement will bring an end to the saga.
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Kevin De Bruyne hit a first-half double, either side of Jadon Sancho's curled response, as United's backline were punished for their disorderly defending.
Riyad Mahrez then struck a brace of his own in the second period to compound United's woes and shift the spotlight from Ronaldo to United's ragged defence.
While United showed signs of promise in attack during the first half in particular, chaotic scenes in their own penalty then saw City ruthlessly put their neighbours to the sword.
De Bruyne's second strike in particular left United's back four sprawling, with Victor Lindelof sucked out of position by Phil Foden and his three defensive comrades left on the turf as the Belgian tucked home following a scramble.
Speaking to Sky Sports at half time, former United captain Roy Keane lambasted Rangnick's defence for their notable lack of application and organisation.
Question marks will remain over Ronaldo's future, but United's need to address their extortionate yet leaky backline must be the priority.
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Ralf Rangnick has said he will urge Manchester United to sign younger players in the future rather than focusing on signing established star names.
The 63-year-old will advise on recruitment and said his preference would be for United to target young players while moving away from a philosophy that has seen the club spend heavily on the likes of Angel Di Maria, Alexis Sanchez, Romelu Lukaku and Paul Pogba.
United are set to miss out on a place in next season's Champions League after falling behind Arsenal and Tottenham in the race for the top four.
Rangnick insisted that even without Champions League football the club can attract the right players but accepted that they might struggle if Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea are also interested.
Rangnick has three games left as interim manager, starting with Brentford's trip to Old Trafford on Monday.
Jadon Sancho, who missed the 1-1 draw with Chelsea, could be out for the rest of the season with the England international suffering with tonsillitis.
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Sam Smith, 30, admitted they never met Adele, 34, in person as they rejected a "crazy" theory invented by fans. The Stay With Me singer tried to explain the reason some fans believe they are the same person as the Someone Like You star.
Sam's reaction to the rumours comes after Adele has been taking Las Vegas by storm since mid November on a tour that is set to continue until March.
The Set Fire To The Rain singer has been battling a secret bout of sciatica, and is now forced to "waddle" around the stage.
She let slip the impact that the painful nerve condition has had on her after fans spotted her struggling to walk smoothly.
According to the NHS website, the condition is most commonly caused by a slipped disc which compresses the sciatic nerve, and it causes intense shooting pain that flows from the lower back all the way down to the feet.
Adele revealed that she had slipped her first disc due to sneezing aggressively at the age of 15 - and it was the same way that subsequent discs "flew out", too.
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Garang Kuol had long been hoping for his moment to announce himself to the football world and on Sunday he went agonisingly close to etching his name in World Cup folklore.
Kuol became the youngest player since Pele to feature in a World Cup knockout match when Graham Arnold brought him off the bench in search of two late goals after Lionel Messi and Julian Alvarez gave Argentina a comfortable lead in their last-16 match.
Craig Goodwin halved Australia's deficit with a deflected strike before Kuol went so close to sending the game to extra time.
Receiving a cross at the back post from the left hand side, Kuol set himself with a glorious first touch and, shooting on the half turn, put all his strength behind a right-footed strike at goal.
However, Argentine goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez was equal to the chance and stretched an arm out to parry and break Australian hearts.
Toon legend Alan Shearer praised Kuol's cameo, crediting Martinez with a superb save rather than a poor effort from the 18-year-old.