But the Manchester City manager was also thrilled by the fact that Silva closed down Tyrone Mings and Emiliano Martinez in the dying minutes of Wednesday night's 2-1 win at Villa Park, thus preventing the home side from launching a late attack.
I am happy for him. As other clubs have had several matches postponed as a result of rising Covid-19 cases, City's fixtures have been unaffected.
Louis van Gaal will be on the bench for the Netherlands' World Cup qualifier on Tuesday against Norway despite injuring his hip when he fell off his bicycle.
While Hermoso picked up the top scorer nod in Spain, Kerr’s 40 goals helped her to the same achievement in England. She also captained Australia to fourth place in the Olympics, scoring six goals in as many games.
The Blues laid siege to the Everton goal in the first half but could not take advantage due to wayward finishing and an inspired display from Jordan Pickford.
Kilmarnock secured promotion back to the Scottish Premiership in dramatic fashion as they beat closest challengers Arbroath 2-1 to seal the Championship title.
Referee Matthias Jollenbeck immediately pointed to the spot when Dortmund goalkeeper Gregor Kobel rushed out to close down Christopher Antwi-Adjei shortly before half-time and sent the winger flying.
“His quality of delivery from set-pieces and open play has brought him plenty of assists for Aberdeen. For someone so young to come in and make the impact he has is a great credit to him,” former Dons boss Derek McInnes told The Scotsman.
The Premier League still has a title race, just. Twenty-four hours after Chelsea saw their hopes extinguished at the Etihad, the Reds kept theirs alive with a hard-fought, but much-needed, 3-0 victory over Brentford at Anfield.
Looking purely at goals, the formidable options of Salah, Mane, Jota and Roberto Firmino all produce sensational per-90 returns.
We didn't play our best, but it is normal, a semi-final, the players feel the pressure and wanting to do it. Football is unpredictable, it is a game like this. We have to accept it.
“It’s like anyone in any form of life. If you clean up your day-to-day living, you eat the right foods, you get plenty of sleep and you are not doing the wrong things, you will feel better in yourself.
New Toffees boss Lampard knows what Alli is capable of, having watched him closely down the years, and was cut from similar cloth as a player – with there no better mentor when it comes to delivering goals from midfield.
We could hear them singing from the first minute to the last. They stayed behind, we went over, they were amazing.
The battle for Champions League qualification is going right down to the wire and Sky Sports will be there right until the end to watch all the twists and turns.
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United had David de Gea to thank for both of those as he made late saves from Ozan Kabak to earn Gary Neville's man of the match award.
City haunt Hammers again - Match statsManchester City have won 11 of their last 13 matches against West Ham in all competitions, losing none.
There is not a widely accepted definition of transphobia, it is a fast-evolving space, the language is different to 20 years ago but society has not necessarily kept up, so it is difficult for referees or FAs who are administering reports on harassment or discrimination to make the right decisions.
I'm pleased and proud a member of my family is doing so well as a footballer. He's playing for his local team, which is absolutely fantastic that he's doing that. It's great to go there and it's now more meaningful when I go and watch West Ham play.
What the managers said...Blackpool's Neil Critchley: I didn't think there was anything in the game until Stoke scored.
Irrespective of our current position in the league and whether therefore these are the right conditions in which to call on young players, it is part and parcel of being in the first team being able to adhere to what's needed, he says.
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But following Sunday's performance against Norwich many of those concerns will have been put to rest as the Whites were back to their high-octane, scintillating best for the visit of the Premier League's basement side.
They made the most of their six games with a 14-point haul and a huge 17-3 goal differential as Johnson juggled his squad and lifted them to the top of the table.
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Scotland's delayed World Cup play-off semi-final against Ukraine has been rearranged for Wednesday June 1, and the winner will face Wales on Sunday June 5, with both matches live on Sky Sports.
It's really difficult to win matches in this league. Match report and highlights - Arsenal 2-1 BrentfordHow the teams line up | Match statsPremier League table | Fixtures | ResultsWatch PL highlights and clips for free on Sky Sports Arteta praises 'impressive' Smith Rowe and Saka Arteta also hailed goalscorers Smith Rowe and Saka, with the academy graduates once again serenaded by the Emirates Stadium crowd, who have tweaked Status Quo's hit 'Rocking All Over the World' to praise the England pair.
Billed as heavy favourites before the season kicked off, Manchester City remain 8/15 (1.53) front runners to win their eighth Premier League title after a strong opening half to the campaign.
Despite the troubles at the Wanda Metropolitano, Galan points out we have been here before with Simeone and with other players. He does not think the decline is terminal.
Pepe has started just five of Arsenal’s 11 Premier League outings this season, with just one of those starts coming in the last six matches.
Ralf Rangnick is the fourth manager he has played under, while he has had his position and role in the team alterered on multiple occasions. It is somewhat telling that during the one season where he was played consistently as a central striker, in 2019-20, he returned 17 league goals - the best tally of his career to date.
Van Bronckhorst revealed Balogun had a scan which was very positive while Jack will return to training this weekend. However, Ianis Hagi, who has been ruled out for the rest of the season, will also miss the start of next term.
