While Costa has won league titles in three countries, his 35-year-old strike partner has gone one better, with wins in Portugal, Russia, China and now Brazil to his name.
So most things are pushed forward by the big clubs in the division.But equally the big clubs are part of what sells the division to the world.
Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah could be in contention to face Leicester on Thursday only four days after losing the AFCON final with Egypt, Jurgen Klopp has confirmed.
The midfielder, who won the FA Youth Cup with Aston Villa last season, made eight appearances for the National League side including three in the FA Cup.
We were hoping we could get through to the summer and use the money to grow the club. But the fans weren't going to see that for five months. Every question I got after was 'are you going to get the Andy Carroll money?' until the end of the year, but we came to the conclusion there wasn't much we could do.
Tottenham's plans for Sunday's Premier League trip to Newcastle have been plunged into chaos after two players tested positive for coronavirus.
In the years since, EA has made it a point to partner not only with YouTube stars but also with musicians and internationally famous athletes of other sports to help promote games.
We need to carry on the same way as we have done and keep delivering great achievements for Manchester City. This season's Premier League title race promises to be close and Guardiola is still pushing his players as hard as ever.
With Liverpool 3-1 up at Goodison, and with the away end working its way through its extensive song list, Andy Robertson rolled a pass into the feet of Diogo Jota, a couple of yards inside the Everton penalty area.
Vincent Aboubakar is currently the top scorer in the competition, having struck five times in his first three matches.
The 41-year-old deserves praise for his creative transfer dealings, none more so than when Barcelona's long pursuit of Philippe Coutinho ended in his departure in January 2018.
Newport's club statement said: Our Boxing Day fixture at home to Forest Green Rovers is postponed. Forest Green informed the EFL that it would be unable to fulfil the fixture at Rodney Parade due to a number of positive Covid-19 cases in their squad.
World Cup play-off Path C was billed as a straight shootout between European champions Italy and Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal, but North Macedonia had other ideas.
At times we had to cool down things on the pitch a little bit but this is what I did when I walked onto the pitch (during a late melee).
Nuno Da Costa (groin) and Joe Worrall (calf) were also absent while Loic Mbe Soh (groin) was forced off before half-time at the Coventry Building Society Arena, where Hughton's men went down to a stoppage-time winner.
The players were taken off by referee Robert Madeley as supporters staged a centre-circle sit-in against owner Abdallah Lemsagam, despite appeals from boss John Sheridan to return to the stands.
But I had to do my job then, and that was to pick the best team I could. He's obviously really disappointed and we've all felt it through the team and through the club.
Again, I say it very week, I don't want to talk about referees but there is a reason you ask me these questions.
I was so proud of the team in relation to the performance and that's what's going to allow us to get back to the level that we have been at for a few years.
It would be fair to say Moshiri's club today is not the stable, comfortably run establishment which he purchased in 2016.
“We deserved what we had. We scored four goals, we had big chances, to score even more. “And as you know, you need luck in games like this. It was not on our side.
However, neither was there any Antonio Conte-style micro management. Rangnick was calm throughout and let his players get on with it. There were no notes being made, even though he made quite a few from his seat in the directors' box during the Arsenal game three days earlier.
In highlighting Manchester United's shortcomings, it would be wrong to forget how well Liverpool played as they showed themselves to be a class apart from their rivals in this great fixture.
The Brazilian three-time World Cup winner was admitted to the Albert Einstein hospital earlier this week for chemotherapy to treat the tumour found during routine examinations at the end of August.
The crossbar came to Granada defender's Carlos Neva rescue when attempting to clear Dani Carvajal's teasing first-time cross and moments later Toni Kroos bent a shot agonisingly over the crossbar.
Lingard back in England squad - 'Biggest compliment ever' I said on Transfer Deadline Day, I thought Lingard to West Ham was the signing of the day and it looks like that.
I am already thinking like a coach. Five common tactical mistakesAccording to Loran Vrielink Failing to understand that 98 per cent of game situations are without the ball.
Sadio Mane has no preference whether Senegal face Africa Cup of Nations hosts Cameroon or Egypt, and his Liverpool teammate Mohamed Salah, in Sunday’s final in Yaounde.
The idea, being backed by FIFA's president Gianni Infantino and chief of global football development Arsene Wenger, is proposing the change as part of a revamp of the football calendar.
He has, however, been urged not to tread that path by those in Marseille, with locals shouting out to him during a rare return to his roots: “Thank you Zizou! Don't go to Paris Zidane!”
It's a silly tackle to get involved in as Ross gives the referee a decision to make. Livingston assistant manager Marvin Bartley: The players didn't find out Davie had been taken ill until today.
Ole: It's time to step asideOle Gunnar Solskjaer says he is honoured and privileged to have managed Manchester United but accepts he paid the price for not being able to take the next step.
Wolves v Burnley (19:30 GMT) This feels like it will be a close game, and there won't be many goals in it.
Paper TalkAll January done dealsLive football on Sky SportsPalace boss Patrick Vieira is pushing for a deal after his former Arsenal team-mate Bergkamp contacted him about Van de Beek, who is in a relationship with the Dutchman's daughter Estelle, with the pair expecting their first child this year.
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“If they will speak about me with that, we will see. if they ask me about my opinion, I might make the same recommendation that I did at RB Leipzig twice, that it might be better to work with me for one year.
Craig Dawson had a shot cleared off the line by Grant Hanley as Krul appealed for a foul on him by Nikola Vlasic before Bowen thought he had broke the deadlock when his teasing cross found the far corner - but referee Simon Hooper penalised Vlasic for offside as he made a move to play the ball.
St Mirren asked the Scottish Professional Football League to reschedule their game against Celtic, who are due to visit Paisley on Wednesday night, and their Boxing Day trip to Ibrox.
It must also be acknowledged that they were dire for more than an hour at the Stadio Olimpico. Of greater significance, though, is the absence of Federico Chiesa.
Eddie Howe's side are 19th in the Premier League table and have one win all season, but earlier on Friday completed the signing of
Mane then went on to open the scoring in a 4-0 win for the home side, and speaking after the game, both Klopp and Arteta were more conciliatory.
We will have to be patient, not make mistakes, wait for the right moment, and be courageous in attack. What will he tell his own players?
If we're looking at results we haven't done so well, but over the last two games I have been proud and pleased in the progression that we're making. Analysis: Victory crucial in title chargeSky Sports' Jess Creighton at Meadow Park: There was pressure on the Gunners going into this and they knew they couldn't afford any slip ups if they want to win the league.
The patient remains stable and will continue having treatment on the colon tumor that was identified in September, read a statement from Hospital Albert Einstein.
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Create environment for youth to flourish An area which is further towards the back of his in-tray, but nonetheless one Lampard will have championed during the interview process.
“United will definitely press more and higher and Rangnick will demand from them to be a collective, especially defensively.