Swansea city
Process and common sense pay dividends for Belgium
Belgium meet France in the semis in St Petersburg on Tuesday with the Red Devils tantalisingly close now to fulfilling their potential.
While Liverpool and Chelsea contend for the one remaining Champions League spot, Swansea fans are steeling themselves for the most deflating of afternoons at the other end of the table.
Manchester City walked into the Etihad Stadium this weekend as English Premier League champions, donning silver warm-up kits to mark the occasion on Sunday afternoon when they welcomed Swansea City.
Huddersfield Town played out to a goalless against Swansea - who remain in danger of being relegated.
Third-tier Rochdale knocked out Championship club Millwall 1-0 thanks to Ian Henderson’s 53rd minute goal to set up a tie at home to Tottenham Hotspur or Newport County.
The Premier League’s bottom team Swansea City have appointed Carlos Carvalhal as manager until the end of the season, the Welsh club said.
David Silva struck twice for Pep Guardiola’s side as they went past Arsenal’s 14-match winning sequence.
Swansea City will be without the attacking duo of Renato Sanches and Wilfried Bony for the Premier League game at Arsenal, manager Paul Clement said.
Teenager Tammy Abraham scored his first Premier League goal with Swansea City’s first shot on target this season.
Two of the goals came from assists by Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who was named man of the match.
The striker is determined to prove himself in the Premier League and said he will surprise people in the upcoming season during his loan spell at Swansea City.
The former Chelsea & France midfielder spent five years at Stamford Bridge, winning two Premier League titles along with two FA Cups & a League Cup success.
City climbed to third, one point adrift of second-placed Tottenham Hotspur while Swansea remained 17th.
The Welsh strugglers leapt out of the bottom three with a quite extraordinary win that stunned Liverpool fans.
It was the first time Arsene Wenger’s side had recovered from such a deficit to draw in the Premier League.
Swansea were thrashed 4-1 at home by West Ham United on Monday.
British media reports suggested Ryan Giggs was in line to replace recently sacked coach Francesco Guidolin.
James Milner scored an 84th-minute penalty as Liverpool survived a late scare to win 2-1 at Swansea City.
Liverpool were forced to play the final 14 minutes with 10 men after Brad Smith was sent off.