Rangnick's time there damaged his reputation further in the eyes of his critics and prompted him to pursue a job where he would have more control, and more freedom to implement his ideas.
And Saliba has clearly flourished at Marseille, drawing widespread praise – with former Arsenal forward Stephy Mavididi, who currently plays for Montpellier, labelling him as one of the best centre-backs he’s ever come up against.
Ryan Giles - playing at wing-back instead of the forward role he has had for most of the season so far - escaped down his favoured left channel and pulled the ball back for Perry Ng, but he curled wide on his weaker left foot.
It needed an opener from the visitors, and on 35 minutes they got it. VAR would quickly intervene, with the Charlton striker comfortably onside.
Weghorst scored just his second goal for the club, heading in the rebound after Jay Rodriguez had headed Cornet's corner against the bar.
They were always on the front foot and it was a group of players who looked like they were enjoying it.
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“They’re playing with four or five central midfielders and we had problems to control that part of the pitch. We decided to change our formation and we had more control – they didn’t have as many chances – but we missed our chances and we have to admit they deserved to win.
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We just stick to our motto, which is 'follow the process'. Whenever we've been successful, we've got the details right.
Indeed, the best chance of the half fell to the towering figure of Paul Onuachu, who beat Alphonse Areola to a cross only to head wide beyond an unguarded net.
Roy Keane turned down a return to management with former club Sunderland because they only offered him a contract for the remainder of the season,
The jeopardy has brought a different feeling, earlier in the week it was all very relaxed in Rome as Wales stayed on in Italy to recover and train after the group stages.
As a lifelong United fan, it's a dream to sign for the club and it's a big moment for me and my family.
Carvalhaes joined São Paulo in 1957, leaving a job training referees for the city's football federation. The club's interest was piqued by the psychology laboratory he had founded, the likes of which would not be seen in Europe until AC Milan's 'Mind Room' of the late 1980s.
The scenes at the final whistle were a complete turnaround from last Wednesday, when the mood turned ugly after a 4-1 defeat by their city rivals.
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The Bayern forward felt that the Italian was more deserving of the accolade after a stellar 12 months that saw him win Champions League and European Championship honours, with Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo coming in third on his ballot.
We were very impressed in the talks. Dortmund knew everything about him, their scouting department did a very good job, Dick van Burik said following the transfer's confirmation.
Manchester United do have one in Cristiano Ronaldo. Tottenham also have one in Harry Kane, but there are not many of them around.
With Manchester City up next, their season will start when they get back from the international break.
The Potters, in pursuit of a third consecutive home league win, started brightly and had a golden opportunity to open the scoring inside six minutes.
He was the nearest thing to Mark Hughes at holding the ball up. He won the golden boot twice as a player.
The 36-year-old who re-signed for United in the summer has 10 goals in all competitions this season including the opener in United Champions League win against Villarreal earlier in the week.
You look at Chelsea's squad and it's a good squad. The Gerard Deulofeu incident at Watford was laughable.
The players adapted and got on with it, we had an in-house game the day after and we were able to travel to Luton to continue our preparation.
With experience in the back-line, his defensive qualities were never in doubt; however, it has taken a few years for his creative skills to develop.
Manchester United's response to going 3-1 down has been embarrassing. They have given up, Sky Sports pundit Neville said.
Tottenham fans have defied a plea from the club by continuing to chant the Y-word. But less than three minutes into their meeting with Wolves, fans were heard chanting the Y-word.
The result leaves the tie hanging tantalisingly in the balance ahead of next week's second leg at the Bernabeu, but how did we rate the players on a thrilling night at the Etihad?
Thomas Frank's side are now much more than just a bus stop in Hounslow and this is a fixture that they should be relishing.
Scotland bowed out of Euro 2020 at the group stage but manager Steve Clarke and his players vowed to build on their progress after reaching a first major tournament for 23 years.
Mr Solak is understood to be behind a new holding company which will examine offers for clubs in other international leagues, replicating a strategy employed by the owners of Manchester City.
The club's training ground was also shut over the Christmas period, but they are due to play Burnley at home on January 2.
We knew it was not an easy place to come, it is a hostile environment, it was a difficult night all round and how we defended and controlled ourselves over the two legs was incredible, Stones told BT Sport.
While maintaining that Spurs will do everything to reach the final, he believes the club need time before they are able to realistically compete with their London rivals for the biggest prizes.
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Coutinho is understood to be more than willing to sign for Villa, who are 13th in the Premier League, as he sees them as an ambitious club that are building something special for the future.
Aymeric Laporte added a second before half-time after Newcastle keeper Martin Dubravka fumbled Ilkay Gundogan's volley and Rodri made sure of the victory with a near-post header from Kevin de Bruyne's corner just after the hour mark.
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We expected a certain game-plan from Watford. That is going to happen and you have to go through that.
We go out with a positive attitude, we go out to win games, score goals, defend for our lives, we're taking this occasion on.
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And an official approach to Rangers could be made this week, with the Midlands club keen to make an appointment before their next Premier League game, at home to Brighton on November 20.
She has been absolutely amazing and it's fully deserved with the way she carries herself on and off the pitch, added Bright.
