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Northern Ireland skipper Steven Davis will earn his 100th cap in the World Cup Qualifier play-off against Switzerland but his focus is on helping his side reach the finals.
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Steven Davis keen to seal Northern Ireland’s World Cup place after Euro 2016 experience
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Steven Davis says Northern Ireland’s qualification for Euro 2016 has “left them wanting more” as they prepare to play Switzerland in a two-legged play-off for a place at next year’s World Cup.
Michael O’Neill’s side reached the round of 16 at the Euros before losing 1-0 to Wales at the Parc des Princes and Davis, who will earn his 100th cap for his country at Windsor Park on Thursday when they face the Swiss - live on Sky Sports - feels confidence has grown under O’Neill.
His immediate focus is on helping them make next year’s finals in Russia, with their experience at the Euros ending a run of five consecutive campaigns for Davis where they failed to qualify for a major tournament.
“We never really made that step to feel as though we were really going to achieve it,” Davis told Sky Sports News when asked about their previous failings in qualification.
"You think it is not going to be but there’s always that little feeling you might one day get there.
"We got off to a good start with the first few games in the campaign and that snowball effect built.
"It gives you that extra incentive and real belief that you can go and achieve something and obviously we managed to top the group in the end.
"It was a special campaign and an unbelievable experience at the Euros and it has left us wanting more.
"If you had said to us in this campaign with Germany in the group that we would be in a play-off to get to the World Cup, we would have bitten your hand off.
“We have got it all to play for and we are in the position we want to be in and we will definitely give it our all to try and achieve our dream.”
As for earning his 100th cap as a Northern Ireland player, Davis admits he is thrilled, although is keen to focus on the Switzerland game before reflecting on his achievement later.
“I want to appear for my country as many times as possible,” he added.
"It’s obviously a huge landmark but being the game it is, I don’t want anything to detract my attention from what the game is and that is World Cup qualification.
“Hopefully after the two games it is something I can look back on but going into the games, my sole focus will be on getting the right results.”
Watch Northern Ireland v Switzerland on Thursday. Coverage begins on Sky Sports Main Event at 7pm.
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WATCH: Premier League saves of the weekend - Paulo Gazzaniga, Tom Pope, Lukasz Fabianski feature
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Who made the best save in the Premier League at the weekend? Here’s our pick of the top contenders…
Both Jack Butland and Kasper Schmeichel feature for saves they made for Stoke and Leicester respectively in their 2-2 draw on Saturday.
Asmir Begovic also makes the cut for helping Bournemouth win at Newcastle, while the Magpies’ Rob Elliot is included even though he was on the losing side.
Lukasz Fabianski continued his impressive form in Swansea’s home defeat to Brighton, while Burnley’s Tom Pope was unbeatable against Southampton.
Likewise, Tottenham’s third-choice goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga stood out in a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace on Sunday.
Arsenal’s Petr Cech, Watford’s Heurelho Gomes and Huddersfield’s Jonas Lossl also make the selection.
Hit play on the video at the top of the page to see our pick of the best saves of the weekend.
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Loan Watch: Four Saints in weekend action
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The Saints forward featured for 69 minutes in his side’s comfortable victory that was all but complete by half-time courtesy of goals from Aidan Nesbitt and Chucks Aneke.
Ethan Ebanks-Landell and Ed Upson added further strikes midway through the second period to extinguish any hopes of a cup upset.
The weekend’s only other winner was goalkeeper Harry Lewis as Dundee United edged past St Mirren 2-1 to draw level with the Paisley club at the top of the Scottish Championship.
Elsewhere, Sam Gallagher played the full 90 minutes at Oakwell where Birmingham City slipped to a 2-0 defeat, their tenth in 16 league games at the hands of Barnsley.
Harrison Reed’s Norwich meanwhile were beaten 2-1 at Bolton, the midfielder replaced 20 minutes from time by Mario Vrancic.
Jordy Clasie was an unused substitute in Club Brugge’s 0-0 draw with Anderlecht. The result sees the Belgian side maintain their six-point advantage at the top of the table.
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WATCH and VOTE: Premier League goal of the weekend
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WATCH and VOTE: Premier League goal of the weekend
There were some cracking goals scored in the Premier League over the weekend, but which was the best? Watch our picks and then vote for your favourite…
Stoke’s Xherdan Shaqiri features for his strike against Leicester, even though it was his first Premier League goal from inside the box since December 2015.
Mohamed Salah scored twice in Liverpool’s win against West Ham and his second goal - a drilled low shot into the far corner - makes the cut.
Rajiv van La Parra’s long-range winner for Huddersfield is included along with Kevin De Bruyne’s strike in Man City’s win over Arsenal and Heung-Min Son’s well-struck shot that gave Tottenham victory over Crystal Palace.
Or was Alvaro Morata’s headed winner for Chelsea against Manchester United your favourite?
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Ray Wilkins gives his Premier League weekend grades
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Who was top of the class in the Premier League at the weekend, and who needs to do their homework? Ray Wilkins gives his grades.
I felt Stoke did very well from going behind twice, and showed a fair bit of grit. They couldn’t quite hack Leicester’s pace in attack, but 2-2 in that fashion isn’t such a bad result.
Leicester historically have a fantastic record at Stoke, so it was always going to be a tough game. Leicester are Leicester, if you leave grass in-behind defensively, Jamie Vardy is going to run into it, and he did all day long. When they went 2-1 up I thought that would be it.
It’s an appalling result for Saints, because you’re expecting to pick up three points at home against sides like Burnley, despite them being extremely well organised. They’re just not getting the shots on goal at the moment, this is why Claude Puel got the sack, because they weren’t adventurous, and I don’t see them any different under Mauricio Pellegrino so far.
Their away form this term has been quite superb, winning at Stamford Bridge on the opening day and picking up more points than they did for the entirety of last season. Last year they stayed up based on their home form, but this year he has them playing a different style of football. He was extremely brave to bring on two attacking players in the latter stages, and Sam Vokes got the winner.
Newcastle, playing at St James’ Park against Bournemouth, you’d probably expect them to win. I’ve not been overly impressed by them this season; I think Rafa Benitez has them organised extremely well defensively, but attacking-wise I haven’t been blown away.
I really like Bournemouth. Eddie has them playing really well, and I think they’ve been unlucky this season. Their forward players have great mobility, and ability. To win away from home in the Premier League is something very special.
Full credit to them, they work their socks off each game, and they’re gaining the rewards. The goal from Rajiv van la Parra was magnificent, Ben Foster didn’t move.
West Brom are really struggling, that’s two wins in 20 Premier League games, no win since August. It’s a difficult time for Tony Pulis. He picked a pretty negative team, too, and I don’t think that’s gone down too well with the punters.
Swansea are in the mire, I think. To be losing against Brighton at home, when you think about the sides who have got to come to Swansea, that’s a tough gig at this moment in time for Clement. I think he’s really up against it, and the way they’re playing I don’t see them getting out of it at the moment.
As I’ve said, getting a win away from home in the Premier League, especially as a newly-promoted side, is a remarkable achievement. Chris Hughton has got them playing some great football.
They’re struggling big time. They’ve sacked Slaven Bilic, and this is massive for them, they just can’t seem to string a pass together. I think the stadium has killed them to be perfectly honest, and the players just didn’t even seem to be putting the effort in.
Liverpool on the attack are probably one of the best sides in the Premier League, with the class of players they’ve got. They just demolished West Ham.
After that mid-week win over Real Madrid, the high of that, it was always going to be difficult to get themselves back up for this game. Pochettino will be delighted that they’ve managed to get a clean sheet. Eric Dier was magnificent at centre-half. Most would assume just beating Real means you go and batter the next team, but it’s not like that at all. You are on such a high, and to get yourself back to being professional on a Saturday is difficult.
They had some huge chances, particularly Wilfried Zaha’s in the second half. They’re lacking a bit of confidence, but I think Roy Hodgson has got them far more organised than they were. I think they’re going to pick up some points, and I think that squad is far too good to go down. But at the moment they’re not winning.
They look untouchable at the moment as an attacking force. They will give you chances, but they look unbelievable, and are so good on the eye, whoever you support, you must enjoy watching that. That’s as good as Barcelona, and that’s the biggest compliment I can pay Pep. He’s got them winning the ball back, a work ethic, and coupled with the quality they’ve got it’s fantastic.
I’m a little bit disappointed with Arsenal, because stats will tell you that you have to score at the Etihad to get anything out of it, and Wenger leaves Lacazette and Giroud on the bench. It was always going to be a tough ask.
It was an incredible game, and when they went 2-0 down you thought ‘good grief’, and I felt for David Unsworth. But the guts they showed to fight for him was brilliant. I loved that. The atmosphere in that ground must have been toxic at 2-0, and to fight for David as they did, I was thrilled to see it. He’s a great footballing bloke.
If you’re 2-0 up away from home you need to be getting something out of that game. It’s heartbreak for them and their form has dipped slightly.
Chelsea, with an immaculate Cesc Fabregas, and with N’Golo Kante back in the side, looked a different outfit. Chelsea upped the tempo after a steady start, and Alvaro Morata scored a proper centre-forward’s goal. I loved seeing that. I loved the game because it was all blood and guts.
After watching them against Roma, I thought if Jose Mourinho has got a chance to win at Stamford Bridge it is now. I thought they were good for the first 15 minutes, but then all of a sudden Chelsea took over.
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Power Rankings: Man City’s Fernandinho and Kevin De Bruyne top
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Manchester City midfielders Fernandinho and Kevin De Bruyne are the most in-form players in the Premier League, according to the Sky Sports Power Rankings.
Fernandinho toppled team-mate Leroy Sane (No 5, down four places) at the Power Rankings’ summit after claiming an assist for De Bruyne’s long-range strike during City’s 3-1 win over Arsenal on Sunday.
West Ham suffered a 4-1 defeat to Liverpool at the London Stadium, with Mohamed Salah (No 3, up 18 places) opening the scoring from a fast break and netting the Reds’ fourth with a composed finish.
Burnley goalkeeper Nick Pope (No 4, up two places) recorded his fourth clean sheet from eight league games during a 1-0 win at Southampton, with Sam Vokes (No 128, up 160 places) heading the winner from the Clarets’ only shot on target.
Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata (No 33, up 68 places) netted a match-winner to ease pressure on boss Antonio Conte during a 1-0 win against Manchester United at Stamford Bridge, heading past David de Gea (No 15, up two places) from a Cesar Azpilicueta (No 10, up 13 places) cross.
In contrast, Glenn Murray (Mo 6, up 10 places) scored a winner for Brighton to heap pressure on Swansea boss Paul Clement, while Riyad Mahrez (No 7, up 15 places) scored a solo goal to put Leicester ahead before a Peter Crouch (No 118, up 126 places) equaliser at Stoke.
Salah, De Bruyne and Huddersfield midfielder Rajiv van La Parra collected the highest number of Power Ranking points during matchday 11, while Terriers stopper Jonas Lossl fired 177 places up the chart.
The Power Rankings methodology reflects a player’s performance over the last five matchdays by awarding points to players for 32 different stats.
Below, we present this week’s Power Rankings, your club’s top points scorer and the accumulative season rankings.
The Sky Sports Power Rankings will be updated every week during the season, so be sure to keep an eye on the big movers…
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The Southampton Cup is back for 2018!
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The 2018 competition will run between Monday 30th July 2018 and Saturday 4th August 2018 in and around Southampton. Over 200 teams have shown interest in booking one of the 44 available places at the tournament already, including teams from across the globe in countries such as Abu Dhabi, Australia, Canada, Ghana and USA plus many more.
In the second edition of the Southampton Cup, the competition will see Under-11s, Under-12s, Under 13s and Under-14s boy’s teams and Under 14s and Under 16s girls teams compete on the world stage to win a coveted trophy to proudly take back home to their clubs.
The 2017 event saw over 40 International teams take part with a mixture of pro-club academy teams and grassroots clubs and the 2018 event promises to be even better and create memories that will last a lifetime!
As part of the event, players and coaches will have the opportunity to attend a first-team friendly at St Mary’s as part of the celebration of the tournament.
Club Commercial Director David Thomas, said, “The 2017 event was a great success and we cannot wait to welcome returning and new teams to the 2018 competition”.
Spaces to play in the tournament will be offered on a first come, first served basis so if your team would like to be part of the 2018 edition, enter your team here.
In addition to the International Youth Tournament, the club will again run the hugely successful Community Tournament for the younger age groups. Further information on this event will be released in January 2018 so keep a close eye out for details.
For further information, please contact the Tournament Organisers at southamptoncup@saintsfc.co.uk
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