The 48-year-old has seen a host of leading managers linked with his job in recent weeks, and added fuel to the fire this week when he said his future would be revealed after the FA Cup final against Manchester United on May 19.
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We certainly don’t expect too much spice from the home side regardless, as Newcastle have picked up just four bookings in seven home games in 2018.
Meanwhile, West Brom have scored in eight consecutive matches and they’ve only twice managed better streaks in the Premier League: 10 in a row under Steve Clarke in 2012/13 and 15 in a row under that man Hodgson the season before.
“The Premier League isn’t comparable to the play-off final”, said the German, when asked how survival compared to the May afternoon previous year when promotion was secured on penalties against Reading under the Wembley Arch.
Despite a hard start to the 2017-18 term, Ronaldo has come into his own since the turn of the year and boasts an impressive record of 43 goals in just 42 appearances.
To do that, Liverpool must put the Champions League final to the back of their minds. The Tyneside experienced a roller coaster ride under Rafa this season who begged for reinforcements throughout the campaign, the home fans would like to finish off on a high.
Tottenham Hotspur’s participation in next season’s Champions League will be a “big attraction” for leading players in the upcoming transfer window, striker Harry Kane has said.
Do you think Mohamed Salah deserves the Ballon d’Or? Not of course in our dressing room or our club, but a lot of people that watch the Premier League.
Liverpool can not focus all of their energies on Real just yet, with the battle for a place in next season’s Champions League still not settled.
“They should have come here”.
Chelsea are unbeaten in six Premier League games (W4, D2).
Newcastle need to win to try and ensure they stay tenth for a top half finish.
Last season’s champions are 20 points worse off than at the same stage last season.
They had gone ahead against the run of play through Laurent Delpoitre soon after halftime but a freakish, fortunate equaliser for Marcos Alonso was the signal for Chelsea to bombard their goal.
Providing the most assists in the Premier League hasn’t meant much in the past, but this year the Premier League introduced the Playmaker’s version of the Golden Boot. This is my first year here and it is the same for some other players.
Tale of the Tape: Cometh the end of the road for two very different clubs in ideologies but similar in the mentality that was exclusively based on survival this season. He is now joint-third with Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.
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Still, a 5-0 win over Stoke and a 5-0 defeat for Southampton at home to Manchester City would do the trick.
