Often his job was to make the difference for his team, just as Ronaldo and Salah will be instructed to do this Sunday, and just as he did when these sides met in January 1999 in the FA Cup.
He also became the youngest person to top the Sunday Times Giving List by raising £20m in donations from supermarkets for groups tackling child poverty.
They had the manager, they had the squad, they had everything covered and we were just trying to hang onto their coattails.
The Magpies' bid of £25m, rising to £33m, for Ekitike - which was made on Sunday night - was accepted by the French club on Monday.
I believe that I will be a Premier League manager and I believe I'm ready for that 100 per cent, and if that is with Everton one day in the future that'd be absolutely great.
Evidently, there remains something of the kid about him too though, judging by the way he headed to Brentford defender Pontus Jansson to swap shirts following the meeting in London last month.
However, Zimbabwe held out to claim their first Nations Cup win since 2006, although they still finish bottom of Group B.
The man who was once Britain's most expensive footballer (joining Manchester City for £32.5m in 2008) had become a free agent after leaving Turkish side Istanbul Basaksehir and could be seen arriving at the Santos training ground in his Beetle almost every day.
Wayne Rooney has tipped Mauricio Pochettino to become the next Manchester United manager, believing his Premier League experience and history of blooding youth places him ahead of Ajax boss Erik ten Hag.
These games give you an extra six or seven points because they keep your momentum rolling, they are big for confidence.
After missing out on signing a striker in the summer and with Gabriel Jesus now more comfortable playing out wide, Sterling is probably the most senior squad member who can play as an orthodox number nine.
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Young striker Anthony Elanga ballooned his shot over the bar to give Chris Wilder's side a win that was celebrated in enthusiastic fashion by a 9,000-strong visiting support.
We have really improved our defending from set pieces and wide free-kicks this season. That pipeline of Academy talent is a massive part of who we are as a club.
That will go down as Ranieri’s final victory as Watford manager. The nine games that followed included seven league defeats, one draw with Newcastle, and a 4-1 loss to Leicester in the FA Cup third round.
Marseille were incensed, with manager Jorge Sampaoli receiving a yellow card for dissent, as even though VAR looked at the incident, they refused to overturn the referee’s decision in what proved to be a huge turning point in the game.
His performances have attracted interest from a host of Premier League clubs including Manchester United, Arsenal and Tottenham.
Lacazette, when he's been on it, has been really useful to the team and Calvert-Lewin could be in that way as well.
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I'm not trying to be clever after the event. But as soon as Ronaldo comes in, Pogba has to play centre-midfield to get all these players in.
The training ground is maybe the best in the world as I've not seen this type of situation. The players and I should work a lot as we want to improve the football aspect.
In four of the last five evening kick-offs, there have been four or more cards dished out - the only exception being Newcastle's home clash with Norwich where an early red card to Ciaran Clark made for an encounter where Newcastle had to defend deep for the majority.
Although their record in the traditional match results markets is pretty ropey, hence why I'm happy to side with Chelsea, you can always rely on them to outperform their lines when it comes to various other markets due to their forward-thinking, possession-based style that does afford them a huge amount of territory even against the Champions League sides.
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Having upset the odds to win the FA Cup for the first time in their history last season, Leicester City can be backed at 14/1 (15.0) to make lightning strike twice by retaining their trophy this season. Out of the Europa League and EFL Cup, and enduring a difficult campaign in the Premier League, Brendan Rodgers' team will be focusing plenty of attention on cup success this year.
The highest? That was the 7-2 defeat to Aston Villa in the early part of last season - even that was only 2.70.
If you want to reach this level, you need work, time, patience and investment [on transfers]. I like to play with my players, he says. I live in a high-intensity way.
Jack Marriott and Frankie Kent goals either side of the break gave Peterborough a 2-0 win against fellow strugglers Barnsley at Oakwell.
Newcastle have also shown interest in Dominic Solanke - who Howe worked with at Bournemouth - Bayer Leverkusen's Patrik Schick, Liverpool's Divock Origi and Zenit St Petersburg's Sardar Azmoun this month as they look to sign a striker this month.
The noise around the impending appointment has been relentless, but Telles rejected the idea it has played a part in United's terrible form, which saw them suffer a third defeat in five matches against relegation-battling Everton.
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The identity of United's new manager will certainly play a role, coupled with the future of the Red Devils' other attacking players.
VAR-cical It's hard to say what you really want to say about VAR, but the whole thing is on the verge of becoming embarrassing and needs sorting fast.