Peraplay Gaming - Get 5% Extra deposit bonus every CH3

EFL NEWS

EFL

What are the 6 FIFA Confederations?

Date: 2023-12-09 12:37:01 | Author: EFL | Views: 485 | Tag: boxing

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery played down his side’s Champions League credentials despite thrashing West Ham boxing

Villa are just two points off Premier League pacesetters Manchester City and Arsenal following Sunday’s 4-1 win boxing

Douglas Luiz’s double and clinical finishes from Ollie Watkins and Leon Bailey ended Villa’s Hammers hoodoo, for their first victory over West Ham since 2015 boxing

They returned to fifth spot, just a point adrift of the top four, with games against Luton, Nottingham Forest and Fulham coming up next boxing

“There are seven teams contending boxing

We are after seven teams; Man City, Man United, Liverpool, Tottenham, Arsenal, Chelsea and Newcastle,” said Emery, with fifth potentially offering a Champions League place this term boxing

“Dream, always boxing

My dream is to win the Champions League but now we are fifth and we are going to face each match trying to get a good performance boxing

“It’s 38 matches and we lost at Newcastle, we lost at Liverpool boxing

They are matches we are not going to play again boxing

“I prefer to speak about the matches we won but I have to speak about the matches we lost boxing

This is the balance boxing

We have to be very demanding boxing

“In the table West Ham were two points behind us and the level we have now, they have as well boxing

It was very important boxing

“The process is going in the right way, it’s going to be difficult boxing

In the end we won 4-1 boxing

”Luiz had already tested Alphonse Areola from distance before opening the scoring after half an hour, firing in from the edge of the box after good work by Nicolo Zaniolo and Watkins boxing

Six minutes after the break Villa were gifted a second when Lucas Paqueta sold Edson Alvarez short and he brought down Ezri Konsa for Luiz to convert from the spot boxing

But Jarrod Bowen grabbed a lifeline for the Hammers soon after when his shot hit Pau Torres to creep into the corner boxing

The visitors sensed a recovery, Matty Cash heading over Nayef Aguerd’s shot, but with 16 minutes left Watkins ended any ideas of a comeback boxing

He latched onto John McGinn’s long ball, skipped past Kurt Zouma and lashed into the roof of the net boxing

There was still time for Bailey to get in on the act in the final minute, beating Areola from six yards after giving Aguerd the slip boxing

It was just West Ham’s third league defeat of the season, leaving manager David Moyes frustrated boxing

“I’m not having my teams losing four goals as soft as we did today boxing

There were things which I can say we did quite well but I didn’t think we were hard enough to play against,” said Moyes, whose side are now ninth boxing

“Today wasn’t so good boxing

More importantly nearly every ball we played around the box was the wrong decision and it led to us hardly creating enough opportunity to score boxing

“The lads kept on fighting and it looked like we were the team in ascendancy at 2-1 but they punished us really quickly and that took the game beyond our reach boxing

“Villa are probably just behind the top three or four in the Premier League and today was a challenge to see what level we were at and I thought we fell below that boxing

“It was a very close first half, we missed opportunities to score boxing

We had opportunities to make chances to score and that was the bit bugging me at half-time boxing

”More aboutPA ReadyUnai EmeryChampions LeagueManchester CityPremier LeagueArsenalDavid MoyesNottingham ForestLutonFulhamLeon BaileyWest HamVillaLiverpoolNewcastleDreamEzri KonsaAlphonse AreolaKurt ZoumaJarrod BowenNicolo Zaniolo1/1We’re after seven teams – Unai Emery plays down Villa’s Champions League chancesWe’re after seven teams – Unai Emery plays down Villa’s Champions League chancesAston Villa manager Unai Emery (centre) saw his side beat David Moyes’ West Ham 4-1 on Sunday (Nick Potts/PA)PA Wire✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today boxing

SubscribeAlready subscribed? Log inMost PopularPopular videosSponsored FeaturesGet in touchContact usOur ProductsSubscribeRegisterNewslettersDonateToday’s EditionInstall our appArchiveOther publicationsInternational editionsIndependent en EspañolIndependent ArabiaIndependent TurkishIndependent PersianIndependent UrduEvening StandardExtrasAdvisorPuzzlesAll topicsboxing BettingVoucher codesCompareCompetitions and offersIndependent AdvertisingIndependent IgniteSyndicationWorking at The IndependentLegalCode of conduct and complaintsContributorsCookie policyDonations Terms & ConditionsPrivacy noticeUser policiesModern Slavery ActThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inCloseUS EditionChangeUK EditionAsia EditionEdición en EspañolSubscribe{{indy boxing

truncatedName}}Log in / Register {{#items}}{{#stampSmall}}{{/stampSmall}}{{#stampClimate}}{{/stampClimate}}{{#stampPremium}}{{/stampPremium}}{{title}}{{#desc}}{{desc}}{{/desc}}{{#children}}{{title}}{{/children}}{{/items}}Indy100Crosswords & PuzzlesMost CommentedNewslettersAsk Me AnythingVirtual EventsVouchersCompare✕Log inEmail addressPasswordEmail and password don't matchSubmitForgotten your password?New to The Independent?RegisterOr if you would prefer:SIGN IN WITH GOOGLEWant an ad-free experience?View offersThis site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy notice and Terms of service apply boxing

Hi {{indy boxing

fullName}}My Independent PremiumAccount detailsHelp centreLogout @keyframes spin{0%{transform:rotate(0)}to{transform:rotate(1turn)}} boxing

They aren’t exactly the words you’d expect as part of a rivalry that has become one of the most fractious in the Premier League, certainly for the fans: “I love him and he loves me boxing

”“Like a dad boxing

”The latter statement was nevertheless what Mikel Arteta said about Mauricio Pochettino when a mere player at Arsenal, which led to the then Tottenham Hotspur manager declaring their mutual admiration boxing

It was already a notable friendship when they were on different sides of north London, let alone in different dugouts this weekend, but their bond goes back much further than this time in England boxing

The two played together at Paris Saint-Germain when Arteta was 17 and Pochettino the senior figure in the dressing room, immediately forming a bond that has persisted to now boxing

It will directly influence Saturday’s meeting of Chelsea and Arsenal at Stamford Bridge for far deeper reasons than the fact this is their first-ever meeting as managers boxing

Pochettino naturally consulted Arteta when he first made that move to England to join Southampton in 2013 boxing

There was even talk that the Basque might join Pochettino as a coach at Tottenham after leaving Arsenal as a player in 2016, but a move across that rivalry was just a non-starter boxing

Instead, their friendship persisted despite Arteta working for Pep Guardiola, with whom Pochettino doesn’t have the warmest relationship boxing

The two older coaches have inevitably influenced a tactical philosophy that Arteta was already inclined towards while developing his own interpretation boxing

What is most relevant with Pochettino, however, is how Arteta’s Arsenal were essentially modelled on the Argentine’s Spurs team boxing

It created a strategy race that has set the stage for this match boxing

When surveying the many problems the club still had on appointing Arteta in late 2019, the Arsenal hierarchy were naturally conscious of how their great north London rivals had so drastically overperformed under Pochettino throughout the previous half-decade boxing

That was through stripping the squad down to its core, introducing youth, and maximising that vigour by moulding the team into a supremely intensive unit boxing

Anyone who didn’t buy in was out boxing

Pochettino, for a time, had the most honed team in the Premier League, one that immensely overachieved in league performance boxing

Part of Arsenal’s rationale behind appointing a complete novice in Arteta was in order to implement their own style of that approach, albeit with the inherent knowledge that the club’s ceiling is far higher because they have a much greater commercial profile boxing

Hence, at key points of the team’s evolution, Arteta could sign players such as Declan Rice or sell those such as Mesut Ozil, when Pochettino was forced to go an entire year without a purchase and had to keep players he wanted to sell due to the price boxing

Arteta faces Chelsea having just beaten Manchester City for the first time (Getty)Those close to the Argentine insist he still looks back at 2017 somewhat forlornly, because he knew that was the point that he needed to make Sir Alex Ferguson-like changes to his Spurs team boxing

He wasn’t able to and the squad instead went stale boxing

Arsenal are anything but stale right now boxing

Arteta has instead specifically made signings like Kai Havertz in order to give the team more vitality and tactical variety than last season, where their otherwise impressive surge was too reliant on a primary XI boxing

They now have much more options and much more momentum than Chelsea boxing

There is the possibility Arsenal assert their superiority on Saturday, in a way that has become custom in the last few years, which would also represent such a reversal of years of their rivalry boxing

For a long time, Chelsea just found a way to beat Arsenal boxing

No more boxing

The wonder is whether Chelsea are actually ready to halt it this Saturday boxing

There are finally signs that Pochettino’s distinctive tactical approach is beginning to impress upon his own young squad boxing

That is of course part of a much grander project, that essentially takes the Spurs model to a further extreme boxing

If Arsenal have a higher ceiling, Chelsea are operating on a completely different scale boxing

Pochettino has overseen three wins in a row with Chelsea (Getty)They are willing to sign far more young players for much higher prices, believing they can exploit boxing football inefficiencies in a way that both Spurs and Arsenal leant towards but didn’t go anywhere near that far boxing

It is bold and risky, but that’s the point boxing

As to where the points will go this weekend, that arms race does leave Arsenal in a much boxing better position than Chelsea right now: Arteta’s team looks close to completion, Pochettino’s is only starting out boxing

Both nevertheless look like they need forwards as focal points above anything else and the remaining gaps allow an element of unpredictability to this boxing

Arsenal should win boxing

Chelsea could be getting themselves together boxing

They aren’t yet close enough for this first-ever showdown to affect their close friendship boxing

The “love” will remain, even if it won’t be seen on the pitch boxing

More aboutMikel ArtetaMauricio PochettinoPremier LeagueChelsea FCJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments1/3Arteta, Pochettino and the ‘love’ at the heart of a fractious rivalryArteta, Pochettino and the ‘love’ at the heart of a fractious rivalryArteta faces Chelsea having just beaten Manchester City for the first time Getty ImagesArteta, Pochettino and the ‘love’ at the heart of a fractious rivalryPochettino has overseen three wins in a row with Chelsea Getty ImagesArteta, Pochettino and the ‘love’ at the heart of a fractious rivalryMikel Arteta’s Arsenal were essentially modelled on the Mauricio Pochettino’s Spurs team boxing

It created a strategy race that has set the stage for this match Getty✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today boxing

SubscribeAlready subscribed? Log inMost PopularPopular videosSponsored FeaturesGet in touchContact usOur ProductsSubscribeRegisterNewslettersDonateToday’s EditionInstall our appArchiveOther publicationsInternational editionsIndependent en EspañolIndependent ArabiaIndependent TurkishIndependent PersianIndependent UrduEvening StandardExtrasAdvisorPuzzlesAll topicsboxing BettingVoucher codesCompareCompetitions and offersIndependent AdvertisingIndependent IgniteSyndicationWorking at The IndependentLegalCode of conduct and complaintsContributorsCookie policyDonations Terms & ConditionsPrivacy noticeUser policiesModern Slavery ActThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inCloseUS EditionChangeUK EditionAsia EditionEdición en EspañolSubscribe{{indy boxing

truncatedName}}Log in / Register {{#items}}{{#stampSmall}}{{/stampSmall}}{{#stampClimate}}{{/stampClimate}}{{#stampPremium}}{{/stampPremium}}{{title}}{{#desc}}{{desc}}{{/desc}}{{#children}}{{title}}{{/children}}{{/items}}Indy100Crosswords & PuzzlesMost CommentedNewslettersAsk Me AnythingVirtual EventsVouchersCompare✕Log inEmail addressPasswordEmail and password don't matchSubmitForgotten your password?New to The Independent?RegisterOr if you would prefer:SIGN IN WITH GOOGLEWant an ad-free experience?View offersThis site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy notice and Terms of service apply boxing

Hi {{indy boxing

fullName}}My Independent PremiumAccount detailsHelp centreLogout @keyframes spin{0%{transform:rotate(0)}to{transform:rotate(1turn)}}@keyframes slidedown-video{0%{transform:translateY(-100%)}to{transform:translateY(0)}}@keyframes slideup-video{0%{transform:translateY(200%)}to{transform:translateY(0)}} boxing

EFL FAQ

EFL RECOMMEND

Recently: Login Peraplay Gaming Peraplay Casino Money Casino hot App Google Gcash

EFL NEWS

EFL

What are the 6 FIFA Confederations?

EFL FAQ

EFL LINK

EFL RECOMMEND