Welcome to the home of The Championship - English Rugby's second tier - on Twitter. Join in the conversation with #ChampRugby.. Rugby round-up from the Championship to the grassroots Then the aim, all the time, is to challenge the player in that position, to challenge the manager, and to get better. The London side were certainly happy to get their hands on Lukaku again. They would have been even happier to get De Bruyne back, and their respective contributions to Manchester City's Rangnick's system requires his full-backs to push forward and provide the attacking threat from wide areas, especially when his attacking midfielders (on Sunday that was Bruno Fernandes and Jadon Sancho) come inside to link the play. Egypt reached the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals after beating Ivory Coast 5-4 on penalties following a 0-0 draw after extra time in Douala on Wednesday. We want a game on Boxing Day and the supporters will be travelling there wanting a game as well. Morison frustrated by fan ban Cardiff's next home match is against Preston in the FA Cup on January 9 after their Boxing Day match against Coventry was postponed due to positive cases within their squad. Asked how other teams might feel about facing England, Southgate said: We've definitely got respectability and I think we will be a team other teams wouldn't look forward to playing. The Juventus defender even went so far as to admit that he felt the enigmatic striker deserved a few slaps for the way in which he conducted himself on international duty, and added that for someone who thinks he is among the top five players in the world, I never even thought he could be in the top 10 or 20. There was no love lost when Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho and Arsenal's Arsene Wenger met on the touchline, or exchanged insults in news conferences. It develops their coping strategies and their resilience to go on and really push on in their careers. His first eight games at the end of last season were a huge success but this season we have struggled for consistency. His man-management skills have kept chins up at Pride Park against all the odds, as Derby somehow remain unlikely outsiders to survive relegation despite two points deductions. The Serie A protocol in place awards a 3-0 victory to the team who shows up for the match, in this case Inter, and the club who does not attend is deducted one point. PSG now have two matches to collect at least four points or they will finish with the lowest points total of any completed season since the first of the QSI era. P-P = Postponed because of Covid-19 outbreaks. A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth He would not have walked away from coaching the country's best young talent for just any job. You could already see there was a plan, there was an identity at this club anyway. Chance of winning Champions League = 44 per cent* Liverpool stand more chance of winning the Champions League than the Premier League, according to the probabilities. Liverpool reached a record 13th League Cup final after beating the Gunners 2-0 in the second leg of their last-four tie at Emirates Stadium on Thursday night, with Jota opening the scoring early in the first half before netting a sublime second later in the second. It is fascinating to see he doesn't want to take any decision before the second leg, Laurens told BBC Radio 5 live. Rangnick himself revealed how impactful the experience of playing for Southwick was on his thinking. He watched mostly English games, explained Ziedler. Coaching in England was a dream for him. There have been two goals or more in their last 15 games across all competitions, with an overall average of 3.5 goals per game and both teams have scored in their last 10 fixtures. Gordon had been booked for diving in the first half so this may have played on referee Stuart Attwell's mind when he waved all appeals away but each incident should be judged on its individual merits, not recent history, and Everton were suitably astonished that the video assistant referee was not even called in to take a look. They had a cast-iron case. The result means Brentford remain in 14th position on 20 points from their 18 games, while City head to Arsenal at the Emirates for the early kick-off on New Year's Day knowing they could establish a daunting 11-point lead at the top at the halfway stage. I wish you and the team every success in the future. Maloney's backroom staff of Gary Caldwell, Valerio Zuddas and Brian Doogan also left the club, with former skipper David Gray in interim charge for the remainder of the season, with support from Eddie May and Jon Busch. Kevin De Bruyne scored after just five minutes, before Riyad Mahrez added another from the spot. Ilkay Gundogan made it three on 21 minutes, and Raheem Sterling scored the home side’s fourth with a 25th-minute penalty. Since mid-January, he leads the way for Newcastle for shots (21), expected goals (2.47) and goals (2 - joint with Ryan Fraser and Fabian Schar). The sensation we gave off was that anything they attempted we couldn't prevent. It was not good enough. Ralf Rangnick: Role model Anthony Elanga sets exampleThat had led to calls for the FA to include him in England's plans, possibly even as early as next month's international break when Gareth Southgate's side play friendlies against Switzerland and Ivory Coast. The German side regrouped at the break and Jill Roord's neat finish on 73 minutes gave Wolfsburg hope, but Putellas netted her second from the spot on 85 minutes to put Barca in complete control of the tie. The determination, the conviction and connection with our people. We just need to keep everyone alive and fit because we are going to need everyone. The visitors came close in the opening minutes when Sam Kerr hit the bar and Harder fired wide, but after that they looked lacking in the final third. Fans will have now heard from (managing director of football) Fabio (Paratici) about the football side of things last week - his second international break update - where he discussed the strategy around rebuilding the team, the new, younger players brought into the club and the need for unity, family, positivity and not short-termism. So we aren't talking about Liverpool? he asks as he takes his seat alongside me. No, this is all about you. I've got some stats on your season, I reply. They knocked us off 4-0 at home but we gave them a bit of a fright here. Hopefully next time the gap's even smaller. Rugby Union: Nottingham - Flashscore.co.uk Stadium: Lady Bay Sports Ground (Nottingham). SummaryNewsResultsFixturesStandings. Scheduled. ENGLANDChampionship Rugby. 21.12. 05:30. Hartpury University. Instead we are talking about the people that have Covid. Conte was not able to confirm whether it was the Omicron variant at the centre of the outbreak but revealed he had been vaccinated. Conor Gallagher went close from a free kick with 20 minutes to go, Gunn getting down low to his right to make an excellent save.