This poor return means that when he walks out of his Mayfair office for the final time at the end of this month, he will do so with a feeling of regret that he failed to achieve what he had set out to do when he was appointed in 2013.
These two clubs - broadly speaking - play the same brand of football. Their philosophies are underpinned by an intensity that represents a big ask physically on its players. It is - to this observer's eye - the most aesthetically pleasing and effective philosophy in the game. However, having the most effective philosophy is not a guarantee of success - managers generally need to navigate injuries, losses in form and player motivation.
However, the defeat has not dampened Alisson's ambitions, with the Brazil 'keeper urging Liverpool to make the most of strong starts to their Champions League and Carabao Cup campaigns.
A sensational free-kick from Achraf Hakimi lifted Morocco to a 2-1 win over Malawi and into the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals.
The visiting goalkeeper dashed from his line to deny Ricky-Jade Jones after the Peterborough youngster collected a Harrison Burrows pass and turned a defender.
This was a day for a goalkeeper to take the pressure off his defenders in such windy conditions, especially against a team with such a strong set-piece record like West Ham.
The club and the senior players have to help him and the younger players. There is plenty amiss at United and that needs to be fixed.
The situation is here for many, many years, not only at the last moment. Spurs challenged for the top honours in the Premier League and Europe under Mauricio Pochettino before slipping down.
Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is set to leave the club after Saturday's 4-1 defeat by Watford.
Chelsea are keen on a move for Arsenal wonderkid Khayon Edwards, despite the transfer restrictions hanging over the west London club.
Nobbs returns to head coach Sarina Wiegman's squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Austria and Latvia after recovering from an ankle ligament injury.
Even with veteran striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic leading the line, Milan struggled to issue a response, as Domenico Berardi made sure of a thoroughly deserved victory for Sassuolo with a superb solo goal in the 66th minute.
But, in a balanced way, we managed to achieve both things, which wasn't enough for us to be better than them but we also could not be worse than them.
The best example of this was Micky van de Ven, a young defender previously overlooked in the under-19s, who flourished under the new regime and was sold to Wolfsburg for £3.15m last summer after Volendam won a legal battle with agent Mino Raiola over the transfer fee.
The 21-year-old made 43 appearances for the club and scored 16 goals, winning the League Cup and Premier League in his first season at the club.
There's no point [thinking about retirement], there are things that are going on now so I don't need to.
There was one final chance for the hosts before the break and it fell to Rashford in first-half stoppage time, but his effort clipped the top of the crossbar, with the half-time whistle greeted by boos from the home fans.
Two goals in three second-half minutes from Marc Roberts and Scott Hogan gave Birmingham a 2-0 win at Middlesbrough, and Keshi Anderson's late goal secured a 1-0 victory for Blackpool at Sheffield United.
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You have to win a trophy when you are three or four years in and you have got players like that. Solskjaer recognises that, although his response that he knows United must win a trophy this season or the next does buy him until the spring of 2023.
After Juventus are knocked out of the Champions League by Porto, it's telling that Ronaldo is the most inconsolable in the dressing room.
But in truth David Moyes' side struggled to mount a serious challenge, and waning impressive early-season form for sole senior centre-forward Michail Antonio, and more generally, and an ever-growing defensive injury list are beginning to present concerns to the West Ham manager, who has now seen his side drop below their hosts and out of the Champions League places.
It will be helpful to spend some time abroad as we step up our work on the training ground. The change of environment will come at just the right time for the squad and help focus our minds on the challenges to come.
Maeda chested the ball down to set up Hatate for Celtic after the break but the midfielder's effort went just past the far post.
It is a big challenge, but I am more than happy to work with this group of players. The major target for me is just to bring more balance to the team.
Robert Lewandowski stepped up and scored what proved to the winner against his old club, in front of a restricted attendance at Signal Iduna Park.
Kylian Mbappe says he hasn't yet decided on his future as speculation continues to mount over a potential move to Real Madrid.
A lack of European football this season has really hampered Mikel Arteta's ability to give his squad players game time, but their run to the quarter-finals of the League Cup has served as useful tool for the likes of Nketiah, Maitland-Niles, Leno, Calum Chambers and others, something the Gunners boss acknowledges.
We got ahead - we're disappointed with giving away the free-kick, it's a great finish, but we got back into the game then. On his goal: I saw a wall of players coming towards me, you put your head down and smash it and it'll probably hit one of them, so I tried to curl it in.
Both of Lacey’s younger brothers play football. Luis, 16, is progressing well at Barnsley while Shea, 14, is viewed as a player of considerable potential at Manchester United. As big brother, Lacey says it is his job to make sure he uses his experiences to help guide them on their respective paths.
Rangers winger Ianis Hagi will miss the rest of the season after undergoing surgery on a knee injury.
But he now feels the fee would probably be beaten only by Paris St-Germain's £200m and £166m deals for Neymar and Kylian Mbappe, respectively, in 2017.
We changed the system in the second half with three up front so we did everything to win the game. We had a top mentality and if we keep doing this, the law of statistics tells me we will be fine.
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Mateu Alemany, Barcelona's director of football, said on Thursday: With Ousmane and with his agents we began conversations in the month of July, during all this time, it has been six months almost seven months, we have talked, we have spoken, Barca has made different offers, we have tried to find a way for him to continue with us.
West Ham will face Dinamo Zagreb, Genk and Rapid Vienna on their return to European competition for the first time since the 2006-07 season after finishing sixth in the Premier League last season.
Alex Greenwood has backed Leah Williamson to be a success as England Women captain after she was named as Steph Houghton's successor ahead of this summer's Euros.
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City did not break the British transfer record so that Grealish could repeat his Villa performances.
She absolutely has the potential to go further in the game. Ryan took on talented young coach Elliott Jealous to assist him this season.
“Aston Villa is a club with a rich history and tradition in English football and I am immensely proud to become its new Head Coach,” said Gerrard.
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We're working on it to try to make it as small as possible and as clear as possible but it's the situation we are in because contracts have details, the timing of them is tricky and we are trying to resolve it.
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At the end, the counter-attack anything can happen. Crystal Palace manager Patrick Vieira: We are showing that we are improving as a team.
The midfielder is enjoying an excellent season at Selhurst Park, after making 32 appearances and scoring eight goals across all competitions for Palace.
For all the showboating, Basler was one of the few attackers on either side who was invigorated rather than inhibited by the occasion. At one point, as he munificently accepted more applause for his very existence, Stam turned to Johnsen. “I’m going to hit the arrogant w****r if he carries on,” he said. Before Johnsen could respond, Stam heard somebody else shout, “You’d have to get in line.” He didn’t specify whether the comment came from a United or Bayern player.
While Hamilton thinks little of the SCEG report as a scientist, as a footballer she admits the weeks since the report came out have been the first where she has actively considered whether she would be welcome on a football pitch.
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