أشادت إحدى الشبكات الإنجليزية بأداء النجم المصري محمد صلاح في مباراة يوم الثلاثاء مع ليفربول ضد ريال مدريد، في بطولة دوري أبطال أوروبا.
واستضاف ملعب “الأنفيلد” مباراة فريقي ليفربول وريال مدريد، في الجولة الرابعة من دوري أبطال أوروبا، مرحلة الدوري، حيث فاز الريدز بهدف دون رد.
وشارك محمد صلاح في تلك المباراة بأكملها، ولم يسجل أو يصنع، ولكنه قدم أداءً جيدًا، خاصة أمام مدافع الخصم ألفارو كاريراس.
وتحصل محمد صلاح على تقييم بلغ 8/10 من شبكة “thisisanfield” الإنجليزية، والتي قالت عنه: “في مباراته رقم 200 مع الريدز على ملعب أنفيلد، حسم محمد صلاح الأمور لصالحه، ربما عانى النجم المصري في الأشهر الأخيرة لاستعادة مستواه المعهود من الموسم الماضي، لكنه لم يكن ليرفع الراية البيضاء ضد المتصدر الإسباني في ملعب ليفربول”.
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وأضافت: “بدا محمد صلاح، في بعض الأحيان، لاعبًا من الطراز القديم، واستمتع بوضوح بفرصة تعليم ألفارو كاريراس، الذي يفتقر إلى الخبرة”.
واستكملت: ‘إذا كان هناك شيء تعلمناه من الأسابيع القليلة الماضية، فهو أن العلاقات المألوفة، في شكل سوبوسلاي وبرادلي، هي المفتاح للحصول على أفضل ما لدى المصري في الوقت الحالي”.
Daniel Farke must wonder how he never won promotion with the Leeds United team he inherited heading into the 2023/24 season as the West Yorkshire outfit’s new manager.
Thankfully, the EFL promotion expert did guide Leeds back up to the Premier League at the second time of asking, with a Championship title even being secured along the way, but his previous side disastrously slipped up in the playoff final, even with the likes of both Georginio Rutter and Archie Gray starring week in week out.
Crysencio Summerville, despite his unbelievable display, was another unfortunate member of that team, leaving for West Ham United after the season’s conclusion.
The attacker is still held in high esteem at Elland Road, despite his celebrated stay at the club ultimately ending in disappointment.
What made Summerville so magic
Summerville eventually got a chance to shine again in the top-flight with the Hammers, having initially burst onto the scene as a promising talent in the tough division when Leeds routinely battled against the drop.
An encouraging four goals and three assists came the tricky winger’s way across 28 Premier League outings during the 2022/23 season, with the Rotterdam-born attacker certainly sticking out as a bright spark in an otherwise depressing period for the Whites, as relegation was confirmed.
He was only getting started when looking back, however, with the former Whites number 10 striking fear into Championship defences all season long during the following campaign.
Summerville had the goals and assists to back up his immense footwork and trickery on the left channel, with 20 goals and 19 assists in regular action crowning him as the second tier’s Player of the Season.
Journalist Jake Winderman would even go all out to declare the 5-foot-9 ace as “world-class” for those sublime heroics, while Farke himself stated that the “sky is the limit” for what his star asset could go on to achieve.
Summerville has since shown flashes of his excellence with West Ham, despite injury issues threatening to stop him in his tracks.
After an injury-disrupted 2024/25 season saw just 19 Premier League appearances fall into his lap, the 23-year-old is now up to a quickfire two assists for this campaign, from just five clashes.
While the former fan favourite at Leeds underwent a testing first term away from West Yorkshire, Farke was scrambling for his new Summerville-like star to latch onto, with Manor Solomon stepping into the role effortlessly as another unpredictable talent on the left wing.
Now out on loan with Villarreal, away from parent side Tottenham Hotspur, Solomon was once viewed as a fitting replacement for the immense magic served up by Summerville and Rutter, with a devastating ten goals and 13 assists notched up last campaign by the diminutive 26-year-old helping Leeds to achieve a promotion feat not even their revered Dutchman could clinch.
Solomon would even score Leeds’ title-clinching goal when bursting forward with his usual Elland Road exuberance versus Plymouth Argyle on the final day, with the former Shakhtar Donetsk attacker also receiving similar glowing praise to that of Summerville, lauded as “unplayable” by former Whites boss Neil Redfearn.
The hope was surely to tie down the entertaining forward to a long-term deal past his loan stint, but nothing would come to fruition despite speculative talk suggesting Solomon was up for a reunion, as Leeds looked at other top-flight-ready recruits instead.
So, with Solomon now gone, who has become Leeds’ new Summerville?
Leeds' new Summerville-type figure at Elland Road
Leeds could well have been hesitant to dive in and secure Solomon permanently based on his sketchy track record in the Premier League.
The new Villarreal man is, unfortunately, more known for being ravaged with injuries at that level than being a rip-roaring success, with just four goals and two assists picked up, missing 61 games through injury for both Spurs and Fulham.
Staggeringly, he has already been absent from five games this season through more injury-related difficulties, as Leeds sense they have dodged a bullet somewhat.
In stark contrast, new signing Noah Okafor has been there and done that in some challenging top-flight environments, with a 25-goal haul for RB Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga even seeing scout Jacek Kulig refer to the Swiss international as “prolific” force.
On top of that, he was also previously on the roster of AC Milan for 57 matches, culminating in seven goals being put away with confidence.
Therefore, the powers that be at Leeds would have felt assured that dropping £18m on his services this summer was money well spent, and they have already been vindicated, with two strikes picked up in the Premier League by the direct number 19.
While his calmness in front of goal stands him in good stead to be a Summerville-type figure for Farke’s men moving forward, it’s his ardent manner to always bomb forward and try and create an opening out of nothing that also makes the similarity stick, with Summerville finding that he was constantly fouled in the Championship for also being a brash attacking presence.
Okafor last three PL matches
Stat
v Wolves
v Bournemouth
v Spurs
Touches
40
27
34
Unsuccessful touches
4
2
6
Goals
1
0
1
Key passes
0
1
2
Successful dribbles
6/14
3/4
1/2
Stats by Sofascore
Okafor has come into his own in this regard across Leeds’ last three matches in the league, with the pacey 25-year-old managing an absurd six successful dribbles against Wolverhampton Wanderers, despite only accumulating 40 touches.
Yet, much like in Summerville’s case, it isn’t showboating for showboating’s sake, with two goals picked up across his last three Premier League outings making him a firm starting figure for Farke, which is only reinforced by him amassing three key passes in his attempts to assist teammates around him.
Dubbed as an “explosive” presence by scout Antonio Mango when first securing a move to England, it now appears as if Okafor was the Summerville-like ace Leeds had been crying out for all along.
After all, even an opposition defender for Coventry City in Milan van Ewijk had to hold his hands up at Summerville being an “exceptionally good” dribbler when the Sky Blues clashed with Farke’s men in the second tier.
Okafor will hope, in time, that he’s also remembered as a feared force for defenders to wrestle with, with the early signs of his Leeds career pointing in the direction that he will be a fan favourite for many years to come, particularly if he can be one driving factor behind the Whites becoming top-flight regulars again.
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Four India A batters scored half-centuries in the second dig after Lions took a 30-run first-innings lead
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Yashasvi Jaiswal scored an attacking 64•Bipin Patel
In the end, the first unofficial Test in Canterbury was mostly an extended batting session for both teams with bowlers toiling hard on a benign pitch. After England Lions were bowled out on the cusp of the lunch break on Monday having taken a 30-run lead, four India A batters scored brisk half-centuries before the teams agreed to a draw an hour after tea.Those picking some easy runs included the India A opening pair of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Abhimanyu Easwaran, as well as Dhruv Jurel and Nitish Kumar Reddy. Jaiswal and Abhimanyu got off to aggressive starts and got to the 50-mark without breaking much sweat. While Jaiswal would be slightly disappointed about playing a loose stroke for the second time in the match, he did not berate himself on his way out like his captain did.For Abhimanyu, tour matches are a sort of litmus test. He might have played for India A for several years, might have played 100-plus first-class matches, might have been picked in the India squad many times over the last few years, but his Test debut still remains a fair distance away. On the first day, after being asked to bat, Abhimanyu was back in the dressing room about half-hour into the morning, trapped lbw for 8. On Monday, he clipped a four off his legs and looked determined to score quickly and score big.Abhimanyu Easwaran played a stroke-filled innings•Bipin Patel
Lunging forward, he would hit successive fours through the covers against Lions’ seamer Zaman Akhter to move close to a half-century, which he reached with a steer for a single. On 68, though, Abhimanyu attempted to reverse a delivery from legspinner Rehan Ahmed, who pitched it outside leg. It was an erroneous decision as he saw his leg stump uprooted.Jurel, who walked in at one-down, and Reddy enjoyed some batting time before the game was called off. Both players are in the fray for spots in the first Test in Leeds starting June 20. Having missed out on the century by a mere six runs on the first day, Jurel once again showed his free-flowing strokeplay, and is likely to be competing against Karun Nair for a specialist batter’s position in the middle order.Reddy, on the other hand, will look to build on his bowling in the second match against Lions that starts in Northampton from June 6. Though cleared to play in March by the BCCI medical staff after he suffered a side strain, Reddy started to bowl only in the past few weeks and has been since then gradually building his workload. He bowled 14.5 overs in Canterbury while picking up one wicket, that of tailender Eddie Jack.
Novorizontino e ABC se enfrentamnesta segunda-feira (25), às 21h, no Estádio Jorge Ismael de Biasi, no encerramento da 29ª rodada doBrasileiro Série B. O Tigre do Vale é 4º colocado, com 48 pontos, enquanto o alvinegro potiguar, com 16, vê sua situação se tornar irreversível a cada resultado negativo.
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O Novorizontino chega embalado após a goleada sobre o Ceará, que vinha em ascensão no campeonato: 4 a 1, com grande atuação do atacanteDouglas Baggio. César Martins, Aylon, Geovane e Tiago Pagnussat, contra, marcaram os gols do time paulista, que tem seis dos dez jogos restantes a serem disputados em seu estádio, onde tembom aproveitamento.
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NOVORIZONTINO X ABC 29ª RODADA DO CAMPEONATO BRASILEIRO SÉRIE B
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Possível escalação do Novorizontino: Jordi; Ligger, Adriano Martins e Reverson; Willean Lepo, Geovane, Marlon e César Martins; Douglas Baggio, Rodolfo (Ronaldo) e Aylon. Técnico: Eduardo Baptista
Possível escalação do ABC: Michael; Jucimar, Afonso, Fabrício e Jhonnathan; Ramon e Nathan Melo; Anderson Cordeiro; Matheus Anjos e Fábio Lima; Paulo Sérgio. Técnico: Argel Fuchs.
Muyeye’s fifty closes the contest out to keep quarter-final hopes alive
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Fred Klaassen made inroads with the new ball•ECB via Getty Images
The Kent Spitfires are still in with a shout a Vitality Blast quarter-final place, after they coasted to a seven-wicket win over Middlesex at Canterbury, with 11 balls to spare.Fred Klaassen took 3 for 39 as the visitors were limited to 160 for five from their 20 overs and they needed 68 from Leus Du Plooy to give them something to defend.A blistering opening partnership of 66 between Tawanda Muyeye, who top-scored with 59 and Harry Finch meant Kent always looked favourites and when Finch went for 36, Joe Denly took the Spitfires to the brink with 46, before Sam Billings sealed the win with a six.Middlesex chose to bat first but lost Stevie Eskinazi in the second over when he was bowled off stump by Klaassen.In his next over Klaassen got Ben Geddes for 22, after he slapped him straight to Finch at point, leaving the visitors on 40 for two after the powerplay.Kane Williamson was caught and bowled by Jack Leaning for just six but Leaning’s 10th over went for 14, and allowing Middlesex to reach 68 for three at halfway and Matt Parkinson’s 11th went for 16.There was a lengthy delay while du Plooy was treated for a hand injury, after which Grant Stewart bowled Ryan Higgins middle stump for 19, breaking a partnership worth 68.Klaassen claimed the key wicket of du Plooy when he was caught by Finch near the rope but some late hitting by Joe Cracknell, who finished on 24 not out, and Luke Hollman, who was unbeaten on 14, steered Middlesex to a defensible total.It looked less defensible when openers Finch and Muyeye flayed 59 from the powerplay,Although Zafar Gohar made a breakthrough when he caught and bowled the former for 36, it didn’t affect the scoring rate.A single from Josh Little gave Muyeye his 50 and although Higgins had him caught by du Plooy in the 16th, Billings came in and blasted 20 from seven.Denly was denied the satisfaction of hitting the winning runs when he was bowled by Tom Helm, leaving Billings to complete the job with a six off Higgins that flew over square leg.
O Boca Juniors eliminou o Palmeiras nos pênaltis, nesta quinta-feira (5), e garantiu vaga na final da Libertadores. Após empate no tempo normal em 1 a 1, com gols de Cavani e Piquerez, a decisão foi para os pênaltis, que favoreceram os argentinos, que marcaram quatro vezes contra apenas duas dos brasileiros. Raphael Veiga e Gustavo Gómez perderam para o Verdão, já Cavani perdeu para os Xeneizes.
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> CERA SEM FIM! O jogo não tinha dois minutos e o goleiro Romero, do Boca Juniors, já demorava uma eternidade para repor a bola. Assim como qualquer bola parada era motivo para pausar a partida e seu ritmo. A torcida desanimava no mesmo passo.
> CAVANI DESENCANTA! Enquanto o Palmeiras tinha enorme dificuldade para chegar perto da área do Boca, o time argentino aproveitava o nervosismo adversário para crescer. E deu certo. Numa dessas escapadas, Merentiel se livrou de Gómez e cruzou na medida para Cavani, que estava em jejum, abrir o placar.
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> CRIAS MUDAM O JOGO! Logo na volta do intervalo, Abel Ferreira fez o que toda a torcida pedia e colocou a molecada para jogar. Endrick e Kevin entraram nos lugares de Artur e Marcos Rocha. O efeito foi imediato e com 15 minutos o Verdão jogou mais do que todo o primeiro tempo.
> UM A MAIS E EMPATE! O Palmeiras estava muito melhor no jogo e ficou ainda mais quando Rojo foi expulso pelo segundo amarelo. Em um “ataque contra defesa”, Piquerez armou um chute de fora da área e Romero aceitou. 1 a 1 na semifinal.
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> VEIGA E GÓMEZ PERDEM PÊNALTI! Dois dos principais jogadores do Palmeiras nos últimos tempos foram os responsáveis por desperdiçar as cobranças de pênaltis do time. Já o Boca, que perdeu com Cavani, fez os outros quatro e venceu a decisão.
PRIMEIRO TEMPO
Apesar da enorme festa da torcida antes de o jogo começar, o Palmeiras desde o apito inicial deu sinais de que não estava embalado e de fato não evoluiu na primeira etapa. O lado esquerdo ficou “cego” e o direito não se entendeu no ataque nem na defesa. E foi por ali que Merentiel superou Gómez e cruzou na medida para Cavani desencantar. Dali em diante, bateu o desespero no Alviverde, que não soube o que fazer e ainda foi presa fácil para a catimba dos argentinos. O time foi para o vestiário sob pedidos de “raça” das arquibancadas.
SEGUNDO TEMPO
Com a entrada de Kevin e Endrick nos lugares de Marcos Rocha e Artur, o Palmeiras melhorou demais e proporcionou um “ataque contra defesa” na segunda etapa. A expulsão de Rojo também ajudou, e logo em seguida Piquerez conseguiu empatar com um gol de fora da área. Mais crias entraram no decorrer da etapa final e a superioridade foi aumentando, mas a bola batia em tudo o que era possível e não entrava. Além disso, a arbitragem deu apenas cinco minutos de acréscimos mesmo com toda a cera argentina. Com o empate, a decisão foi para os pênaltis.
OS PÊNALTIS
O Boca começou perdendo com o desperdício de Cavani, defendido por Weverton. No entanto, o Palmeiras não aproveitou a oportunidade de sair na frente e perdeu com Veiga, que foi seguido por um erro de Gómez, em péssima cobrança. Já os argentinos não perderam mais nenhum e fecharam as penalidades com 4 a 2. Kevin e Piquerez salvaram a safra para os palmeirenses.
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Eliminado, o Palmeiras perde a chance de disputar sua sétima final de Libertadores e agora foca nos compromissos do Brasileirão, último campeonato que resta no ano. Neste domingo (8), o Verdão recebe o Santos, na Arena Barueri, às 16h (de Brasília). Atualmente, a equipe de Abel Ferreira é a quarta colocada com 44 pontos, oito atrás do líder Botafogo.
FICHA TÉCNICA PALMEIRAS 1 (2) x (4) 1 BOCA JUNIORS Local: Allianz Parque, em São Paulo (SP) Data e hora: 5/10/2023, às 21h30 (de Brasília) Árbitro: Andres Matonte (URU) Assistentes: Nicolas Taran (URU) e Martin Soppi (URU) VAR: Leodan Gonzalez (URU) Público e renda: 40.398 torcedores/R$ 4.974.909,22 Cartões amarelos: Luis Guilherme, Raphael Veiga, Gustavo Gómez e Rony (PAL) Romero, Figal, Equi Fernández e Pol Fernández (BOC) Cartões vermelhos: Rojo, aos 21’/2ºT (BOC) Gols: Cavani (22’/1ºT) (0-1), Piquerez (27’/2ºT) (1-1)
BOCA JUNIORS: Romero; Advíncula, Figal, Rojo e Fabra (Saracchi, aos 36’/2ºT); Pol Fernández, Medina, Equi Fernández e Barco (Valentini, aos 22’/2ºT); Merentiel (Valdez Rojas, aos 9’/2ºT) e Cavani. Técnico: Jorge Almirón.
PALMEIRAS: Weverton; Marcos Rocha (Kevin, no intervalo), Gustavo Gómez, Murilo e Piquerez; Zé Rafael (Fabinho, aos 32’/2ºT), Gabriel Menino (Flaco López, aos 22’/2ºT) e Raphael Veiga; Mayke (Luis Guilherme, aos 32’/2ºT), Artur (Endrick, no intervalo) e Rony. Técnico: Abel Ferreira.
Manchester United had a problem between the sticks for too many seasons prior to the signing of Senne Lemmens from Royal Antwerp during the summer transfer window.
Andre Onana was signed from Inter for a fee of £43.5m in the summer of 2023, after helping the Italian side to reach the Champions League final, with the hope that he would be the answer to their problems.
Unfortunately, like the one in the clip above, his time at Old Trafford was littered with mistakes. He made two errors that led to shots and four errors that led to goals in his two Premier League seasons, per Sofascore.
Onana also made two errors that directly led to goals for the opposition in 13 appearances in the Europa League during the 2024/25 campaign, per Sofascore, which shows that he slipped up far too many times.
His short-term replacement, Altay Bayindir, did not fare much better. The Turkey international made two errors that led to goals for the opposition in ten appearances in the Premier League, with one in six games this season and one in four outings last term, per Sofascore.
Altay and Onana’s dismal form between the sticks convinced Ruben Amorim and INEOS to sign Lammens in the summer, and he has hit the ground running at Old Trafford.
Manchester United have already hit the jackpot with Senne Lammens
Statistics are great and can be brilliant when used correctly, as we will try to do later in this piece, but the Belgian shot-stopper provides United with something intangible: calmness.
The team looks more settled at the back and confident in their goalkeeper with situations in and around the box, because of the calmness and confidence that Lammens brings to the pitch.
Nervousness and indecision breed mistakes, as shown by Onana and Altay’s performances for United, but the summer signing looks like he will not be bringing either of those things to his performances.
Lammens, as illustrated in the post above, enjoyed a terrific debut against Sunderland in the Premier League last month, keeping a clean sheet and preventing 0.94 xG.
He has now made three appearances for United in the top-flight, winning all three, and has quickly established himself as one of the best shot-stoppers in the entire division.
Top-performing Premier League goalkeepers
25/26 season
Goals prevented
Goals conceded
Guglielmo Vicario (Spurs)
3.01
7
Robin Roefs (Sunderland)
2.94
7
Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace)
2.72
9
Nick Pope (Newcastle)
2.29
8
Senne Lammens (Man Utd)
1.97
3
Stats via Sofascore
As you can see in the table above, only four goalkeepers in the league have prevented more xG/goals than Lammens has, despite the fact that the Belgian star has only played three times.
His performances in the Pro League for Royal Antwerp in the 2024/25 campaign suggest that he has the potential to go and become the best shot-stopper in the Premier League, if he can hit his peak at Old Trafford.
Top performing shot-stoppers in Premier League vs Senne Lammens
24/25 season
Goals (xG) prevented
Senne Lammens (Pro League)
+15.57
Jordan Pickford (Premier League)
+6.15
Matz Sels (Premier League)
+4.55
Mark Travers (Premier League)
+4.48
Ederson (Premier League)
+4.46
Dean Henderson (Premier League)
+3.14
Stats via Sofascore
This suggests that United have one of the best goalkeepers in the world in the making, given that he has the potential to be the best shot-stopper in, arguably, the best league in the world.
However, even the best goalkeepers still need a reliable defence in front of them to help rack up clean sheets to improve their reputation in the wider footballing community.
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That is why Manchester United need to move on from and upgrade on versatile defender Diogo Dalot in order to help Lammens become known as one of the best goalkeepers on the planet.
Why Man Utd need to move on from Diogo Dalot
We mentioned earlier that nervousness and indecision breed mistakes. So far this season, the Portugal international has seemed full of nerves and indecision, which has led to mistakes.
Dalot, per Sofascore, has made two errors that have led to shots or goals for the opposition across six starts in the Premier League, which shows that he is putting his team under pressure with needless mistakes.
In the recent 2-1 win over Liverpool at Anfield, The Sun’s Samuel Luckhurst claimed that Dalot is “their weakest player”, whilst content creator Mark Goldbridge described his performance as “awful”.
It was not a direct error that led to a shot or goal from Dalot, as shown in the clip above, but he was stationed in the centre of the box and failed to position himself to cut out the ball across that Cody Gakpo scored from.
On top of his mistakes in the Premier League this season, the former AC Milan loanee’s defensive numbers have gone down across the board in comparison to the 2024/25 campaign.
Diogo Dalot (Premier League)
24/25
25/26
Appearances
33
7
Assists
3
1
Tackles per game
2.1
1.6
Interceptions per game
1.1
0.6
Ground duels won per game
3.2
2.3
Aerial duels won per game
1.2
0.6
Stats via Sofascore
As you can see in the table above, Dalot’s performances have declined this season, as he is making fewer tackles and interceptions and winning fewer duels on the ground and in the air.
This suggests that he has become a liability defensively for the Red Devils, particularly when you take his two direct errors into account, which is why Luckhurst calling him “their weakest player” may have been accurate.
United should, therefore, be looking to find an upgrade on the defender, who can play on the left or the right at full-back, because his mistakes may cost them moving forward.
Replacing him with a more reliable defender, who will not make as many costly mistakes, could help Lammens be known as one of the best goalkeepers in the world, because it would provide him with more protection and reliability ahead of him.
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This could, therefore, lead to more clean sheets, more wins, and more people talking about how impressive United’s defence is with the talented shot-stopper behind them.
أعلنت رابطة الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز عن هوية الحكم الذي سيتولى إدارة مباراة مانشستر سيتي وليفربول، في إطار منافسات البطولة، يوم الأحد المقبل.
ويستضيف ملعب “الاتحاد” مباراة قمة الجولة الحادية عشر من بطولة الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز، موسم 2025/26، بين مانشستر سيتي وليفربول.
ويحتل مانشستر سيتي المركز الثاني في جدول الدوري الإنجليزي، في الوقت الحالي، برصيد 19 نقطة، بفارق نقطة واحدة فقط عن ليفربول صاحب المركز الثالث.
وحسبما أعلنت رابطة الدوري الإنجليزي، فإن الحكم كريس كافاناج سيكون مسؤولًا عن إدارة مباراة مانشستر سيتي وليفربول، وسيساعده كل من دان كوك وستيوارت بيرت، أما الحكم الرابع فهو سام باروت.
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في حين أن حكم تقنية الفيديو، في مباراة مانشستر سيتي وليفربول، سيكون مايكل أوليفر، ويساعده في ذلك تيم وود.
وسبق أن أدار كافاناج 3 مباريات لصالح ليفربول ذلك الموسم، حيث خسر في كأس الدرع الخيرية أمام كريستال بالاس بركلات الترجيح، وفاز على آرسنال بهدف دون رد، وتعرض للهزيمة أمام كريستال بالاس بهدفين لهدف في الدوري الإنجليزي.
ولم يدر كافاناج أي مباراة لـ مانشستر سيتي في الموسم الحالي، مع العلم أنه تولى مسؤولية التحكيم في مباراتين لكتيبة بيب جوارديولا ضد ليفربول، حيث تعادلا في إحداهما بهدف لمثله في نوفمبر 2023، بينما فاز الريدز في الأخرى بهدفين دون رد في ديسمبر الماضي.
Since taking over Manchester City in 2016, Pep Guardiola’s team has constantly evolved, going through different eras with countless top quality players key to the Sky Blues’ success.
Right now, we’re all very much living in the Erling Braut Håland-era, given that the Norwegian striker has now scored 18 goals this season, most recently on target against former club Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Wednesday night.
In behind the goalbot though, Guardiola has an array of attacking options at his disposal, but could two of these players be poised to replicate, arguably, Manchester City’s most productive ever attacking duo?
Kevin De Bruyne and Raheem Sterling's Manchester City legacy
Of players who’ve made the most appearances for Guardiola during his illustrious managerial career, Raheem Sterling ranks seventh on 292, while Kevin De Bruyne sits second with 381, behind only Bernardo Silva.
The Belgian departed for Napoli in the summer having scored 108 goals and registered 177 assists for Man City, a high proportion of which were for Sterling.
As noted by Total Football Analysis, in the 2019/20 season, De Bruyne registered 20 Premier League assists, equaling Thierry Henry’s long-standing record, with 25% of these assists providing Sterling with a goal, underlining their exceptional combination play.
The midfielder himself stated that he and Sterling had a “strong connection”, making them unquestionably one of the most dangerous attacking partnerships in modern Premier League history, winning four league titles and seven other major trophies together.
With both having now moved on to pastures new, Guardiola is searching for his next great attacking partnership, seeking to feed a certain prolific striker, so does he boast the ideal two candidates?
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Now that Manchester City’s treatment room has begun to empty, Guardiola has plenty of options from which to choose, with eight players battling for the four spots alongside Håland.
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Against Borussia Dortmund in mid-week, Tijjani Reijnders, Savinho, Jérémy Doku and scorer of a brace Phil Foden started, while Silva, Omar Marmoush and Rayan Cherki were all introduced during the second half, with Oscar Bobb left in reserve.
Nevertheless, ahead of Sunday’s blockbuster Premier League clash with Liverpool, Guardiola has to prioritise establishing Cherki and Doku as a partnership.
The 22-year-old Frenchman arrived from Olympique Lyonnais for £34m in the summer with a massive reputation.
Guardiola asserted that Cherki “is one of the most talented players I have ever seen in my career”, while Lyon teammate Ainsley Maitland-Niles labelled him “an absolute… wizard with the ball”.
So far, including the Club World Cup, Cherki has scored four goals in sky blue, on target against Wolves on his Premier League debut, subsequently netting against Swansea in the EFL Cup and Dortmund in the Champions League.
Doku meantime has been consistently one of the Premier League’s most prolific dribblers since first joining the club, as the table below highlights.
Doku – PL stats
Stats
PL rank 24/25
PL rank 25/26
Attempted take-ons
2nd
2nd
Successful take-ons
1st
2nd
Progressive carries
1st
1st
Carries into area
2nd
3rd
Assists
43rd
4th
Shot-creating actions
62nd
4th
Big chances created
54th
1st
Stats via FBref & Sofascore
As the table outlines, Doku is both a high-quality and high-volume dribbler, ranked behind only Mohammed Kudus when it comes to take-ons this season.
However, ten matches into this campaign, there are signs that the Belgian will exponentially increase his attacking output, seeing a vast increase when it comes to shot-creating actions and big chances created.
In 1,514 Premier League minutes last time round, he created only eight big chances and registered just six assists, while this season, in only 549 minutes, he has already racked up five big chances created and three assists, thereby very much on course to smash last season’s tally.
Former Tottenham captain Ledley King labelled Doku “dynamic”, adding that he “likes to attack on the outside” while, following a 5-1 win over Burnley, Guardiola described the winger as “unstoppable”, interestingly noting that “I have the feeling that Jérémy’s decision-making in the final third has improved”.
Reportedly earning £50k-per-week and £180k-per-week respectively, both still aged 23 or under, there are signs that Doku and Cherki are both realising their true potential at Man City.
On paper, Cherki’s creativity and eye for a pass, coupled with Doku’s flair, pace and off-the-scale dribbling ability, has all the ingredients to replicate when De Bruyne and Sterling were able to produce for many years.
Thus, it is over to Guardiola to ensure this duo can flourish together, starting on Sunday when Liverpool visit the Etihad in a match not to be missed.
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