But just as they were contemplating their trip to Qatar, Ilija Vukotic scored a breakaway goal for Montenegro with eight minutes remaining, and shortly afterwards Nikola Vujnovic headed home as Van Gaal's side crumbled.
The feasibility study included an analysis of the economic impact, the political football landscape and likely costs of hosting major international tournaments. On balance, the five associations have decided to focus solely on an official bid to host UEFA EURO 2028, and have agreed not to bid for the 2030 FIFA World Cup. Hosting a UEFA EURO offers a similar return on investment, with the European tournament carrying a far lower delivery cost and the potential of the benefits being realised sooner.
Manchester United scraped their way past Aston Villa to reach the FA Cup fourth round after a 1-0 victory at Old Trafford.
Substitute Jorginho doubled the lead five minutes later after Fernandez brought down Christian Pulisic.
We have so many games to play and, yes, if we could win them all, it's a title race, he added. If not, maybe it's not a title race. I don’t know exactly. I understand 100 per cent that people get excited about it – good, good – because they are not completely out of reach anymore, but it's anyway a really tricky situation. I never prepare for press conferences, I have to say, but for today I can tell you I did not think for a second about the title race.
But Rashford had the final word as United secured back-to-back wins for the first time under Ralf Rangnick.
Alex Neil won 72 of his 191 games in charge of Preston North End in all competitions - a win rate of 37.7%
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Alli's problems tactical as well as mentalSky Sports' Adam Bate: As Dele Alli's Tottenham career reaches a conclusion that few could have anticipated when he won back-to-back PFA young player of the year awards, much of the focus will be on the mental side of the game.
Live football on Sky SportsPremier League fixtures | Table | ResultsBrentford will have a double fitness boost with Sergi Canos and Mathias Jensen both available.
Footballers are so obsessed with pass percentages. Defenders want 88, 89, 90 per cent pass completion, but they're all five-yard passes to each other!
Sky Sports' Jamie Redknapp called him phenomenal in the aftermath while Gary Neville awarded him the man-of-the-match award.
Goal will keep you updated on the individual goal tallies for the highest-scoring Champions League players this season.
The visitors did not have to wait too long to double their lead, with Jesus firing past Lewis Ward just before the half-hour mark.
Two players that have been absent from the Tottenham squad in recent weeks are Dele Alli and Tanguy Ndombele.
Arsenal are unbeaten in their last three Premier League home games against Man Utd (W2 D1), keeping a clean sheet each time - they've never kept a clean sheet in four consecutive home league games against the Red Devils.Manchester United won the reverse fixture 3-2 against Arsenal in December, ending a six-game winless run against the Gunners in the Premier League.
Opta stats: Villa cast aside Palace's bogey-team tagAston Villa have won four of their last six Premier League clashes with Crystal Palace (L2), one more victory than they enjoyed in their previous 13 against the south Londoners (W3 D5 L5).Crystal Palace suffered their first defeat in their last eight Premier League games (W2 D5), since a 3-0 away defeat to Liverpool in September.Crystal Palace have conceded eight goals from corners in the Premier League this season, more than any other side.Steven Gerrard is only the second manager to win his first two Premier League games in charge of Aston Villa, after John Gregory in February/March 1998.Matt Targett's opener for Aston Villa was his first Premier League goal in 75 appearances in the competition, since the full-back netted against Brighton on October 19th 2019, 770 days ago.Ashley Young has now provided more assists for Aston Villa than any other player in Premier League history (42, one ahead of Gareth Barry) while he is the oldest Villan to provide assists in consecutive appearances in the competition (36y 141d).What's next?Crystal Palace are at Leeds on Tuesday night in the Premier League at 8.15pm, while Aston Villa host Man City on Wednesday at 8.15pm.
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The highly-rated 19-year-old midfielder has been out of action since picking up a hamstring problem while away with his country on World Cup qualifying duty in September 2021.
Steve Cooper's appointment has been somewhat revolutionary, instilling drive and attractive attacking threat into the team and building vital engagement with the fans.
I was saying on commentary, I was saying almost drink this in to the supporters watching it at home - it will never get better than that.
Amid all that, Scotland striker Che Adams had the ball in the net, but the offside flag had long been up.
But when it isn't, then it's good to have people around you that see those small things every day and can tell you them, because it's not always easy to see them yourself.”
In the aftermath, Marko Mitrovic, Reading's assistant manager, was booked for protesting by referee Robert Jones.
The Gunners played through Southampton's press, and quickly got the ball out wide to Bukayo Saka, who cut back for Alex Lacazette in the centre, and the forward slid the ball home.
The Stallions reached the semis after beating Tunisia 1-0, the goal coming courtesy of Dango Aboubacar Ouattara on the stroke of half-time at Omnisports Roumde Stadium in Garoua on Saturday.
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It was the age-old debate which followed Frank Lampard around as a player. Could England's golden generation cater for both him and Steven Gerrard in the same team?
While a hat-trick of Lionel Messi assists ensured that Mauricio Pochettino's side earned another three points, they may be left to rue the repercussions of another lay-off for one of their star men - and GOAL has taken a look at just what this latest knock could mean in the long run.
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Argentina closed in on a direct World Cup spot on Friday with a 1-0 win in Uruguay despite the absence of Lionel Messi for most of the match as he recovers from a knee injury. Veteran winger Angel Di Maria scored the only goal in the seventh minute with a powerful shot from the right corner of the penalty box, with Uruguay goalkeeper Fernando Muslera not even getting close to stopping the ball.Second-place Argentina now have 28 points from 12 matches, with the top four teams in South America earning direct entry to the World Cup.
The 22-year-old uncapped Frenchman had some big moments at the back as Inter were pushing. Central defence was not a weakness for Liverpool.
We said we wanted to get to the November games being competitive, with a chance of qualifying for the World Cup, so we're still on track for that.
Barcelona were utterly in control in the first half, taking the lead through Mariona Caldentey's rebounded finish (32), before Alexia Putellas turned home Asisat Oshoala's cut-back (43).
The world's best striker sharing a pitch with pals from Derby County and Barnsley. This is the peculiar challenge of international football.
Inter Milan's game at Bologna on Thursday did not go ahead amid farcical scenes at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has taken the p*ss out of Donny van de Beek, according to Paul Ince, who says the £40 million ($54m) midfielder was sold a dream by the Manchester United boss.
Rivaldo, who turns 50 in April, achieved much, much more. He can now look back on a career that not only vastly exceeded his own expectations, but disproved the widely-held belief that we must dream big to achieve great success.
I don't get how it works but you can tell because I try and pour a glass of water and I will miss the glass completely, unless I'm holding the glass myself and I have done it around the training ground a few times and a few of the girls have just laughed at me. Spilling water has not translated into spilling goals.
If this team is allowed to gel, and not just lumped together overnight for an experiment, they might challenge for the Premier League. Then again, we’ve shoehorned an injured Raphael Varane into defence because, well, the alternatives are even worse than a Frenchman at 30%.
He departs with the second-best win record of United's post-Ferguson managers, winning 91 of his 168 games in charge across all competitions - a better percentage return than David Moyes, Louis van Gaal or Mourinho managed.
We know Liverpool have got a big fight in front of them with Manchester City and the other teams they've got to play but if you ever thought of a game that reminded me of the sort of years gone by when you think 'something's happening'...
Leupolz helped Chelsea to the WSL title in 2020-21, having previously lifted the Bundesliga twice while at Bayern.
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