Harry Maguire scored Manchester United’s second in their 2-0 win at Chelsea – but should he have been on the pitch at the time?
Maguire was cleared of a potential red card offence by a VAR review after he appeared to kick out at Michy Batshuayi on the touchline after being clattered into by the Chelsea forward.
Arsenal teenager Bukayo Saka may be making an impression at left-back but he still dreams of being a winger at the club.
With Kieran Tierney out injured Saka has shone in his absence having been asked to play that position by Mikel Arteta, moving ahead of Sead Kolasinac in the pecking order.
Back in November, Chelsea had twice as many points as Manchester United and Frank Lampard had taken the team on a run of six consecutive wins for the first time since the club’s title-winning season under Antonio Conte. The transition season in which progress was the watchword looked like it had the potential to become much more.
Former England manager Fabio Capello says fans who are found guilty of racially abusing players must be handed life bans from football stadiums.
Capello was speaking in the wake of a disturbing incident in Portugal on Sunday – when Porto forward Moussa Marega walked off the pitch after allegedly being racially abused by opposing fans.
The match between Atletico Madrid – Liverpool will take place on 18 February (Tuesday) at 22:00 in a UEFA Champions League. Less than a year after winning the Champions League, Liverpool are back in the middle of their latest European glory. The Atletico team has undergone some changes.
Atletico Madrid winning odds are 3.40. Equality odds are 3.25. Liverpool winning odds are 2.25. Read about more events at codebet.eu.
The match between Borussia Dortmund – PSG will take place on 18 February (Tuesday) at 22:00 in a meeting of the UEFA Champions League. Thomas Tuhel returns to his former club in hopes of avoiding the known PSG mistakes of the past.Dortmund warmed up for this with an amazing attacking performance.
Borussia Dortmund winning odds are 2.87. Equality odds are 3.75. PSG winning odds are 2.30. Read about more events at codebet.eu.
The match between Motherwell – St. Mirren will take place on February 18 (Tuesday) at 9:45 pm in a Scottish Cup meeting. Motherwell enters the game against the backdrop of a five-game winning streak that was extended last week as they lost 2-1 to St. Johnstone.
Motherwell winning odds are 1.95. Equality odds are 3.30. St. Mirren winning odds are 4.00. Read about more events at codebet.eu.
The match between Oxford United – Wimbledon for League Two of England will be played on February 18 (Tuesday) at 9:45 pm. After struggling hard to earn a point at Burton, Oxford would have hoped to take another step back in the right direction last time, but they failed to cope.
Oxford United winning odds are 1.50. Equality odds are 4.33. Wimbledon winning odds are 6.50. Read about more events at codebet.eu.
Luis Figo says Bruno Fernandes is a „good buy“ for Manchester United as there is a shortage of talented players in the current generation.
Fernandes joined United in January on a five-and-half-year contract from Sporting Lisbon for an initial fee of around £46.6m, with potential add-ons taking the overall deal to £68m.
Former Derby player Craig Ramage has been sacked by the BBC following „entirely unacceptable“ comments he made about the club’s black players.
Ex-Derby midfielder Ramage criticised the club’s „young black lads“ and claimed they needed „pulling down a peg or two“ after the Rams drew 1-1 against Huddersfield on Saturday.
