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Dusan Tadic admits Southampton must improve after winless start to season
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Dusan Tadic believes the first 30 minutes of Southampton’s performance against Arsenal can be used as a blueprint for the remainder of the campaign.
The attacker’s free-kick midway through the first half led to Petr Cech’s own goal at the Emirates as the Saints went ahead.
They were pegged back by Laurent Koscielny, before a controversial late penalty by Santi Cazorla kept the points in north London.
But Tadic says Southampton played their best football of the season in the early stages, and should look to replicate that form moving forward.
“The Premier League is really hard and it is difficult but I think the first 30 minutes [against Arsenal] was our best under our manager,” he told Soccer Saturday.
“We stretched them a lot and we caused them a lot of problems and I think this is how we should play because Arsenal are one of the best teams in England.”
The defeat extended Southampton’s wait for their first league win of the season, and Tadic admits they must improve after collecting just two points from their opening four games.
“It is always important to get good results and to play well,” he added. "I think we can improve a lot in our game and it is important to do our best and to try to work hard to clean up some mistakes.
“We will give our best and we have a lot of games - the Europa League and Premier League and cups - and I think as time goes, we will be better and better.”
Claude Puel replaced Ronald Koeman as Southampton manager over the summer, and the Frenchman has tinkered with his formation.
Summer signing Nathan Redmond has been used as a central striker, while the Saints have also used a diamond midfield on occasion.
It has meant a new role for Tadic, who typically played wide in an attacking three under Koeman, but the Serbia international is not concerned where he lines up.
“This is a new system for everyone,” he continued. "I used to play normally in a 4-2-3-1 system and I can play in all three positions, left, right or number 10.
"For me, it doesn’t matter which position I play, the most important is I play where the ball is, because I like to be on the ball.
“We need to listen to him [Puel] and he wants to correct things and explain our mistakes. He wants to make us better and this is a nice thing.”
Check out the full extended interview with Southampton forward Dusan Tadic on Soccer Saturday, on Sky Sports News HQ from 12pm
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Liverpool have won 4-3 at Arsenal and thrashed champions Leicester 4-1 so far this season. Friday night’s trip to resurgent Chelsea represents the latest test to their upward trajectory.
Elsewhere, Manchester United need a response to their 2-1 derby defeat at home to Manchester City as Jose Mourinho’s men travel to Watford on Sunday, while Pep Guardiola’s side are at home to Bournemouth.
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CHELSEA: An exciting, incident-packed encounter is in prospect as two lively attacks face up to two brittle defences. Diego Costa, at the peak of his goal-scoring powers for Chelsea, will no doubt be the focus of Liverpool’s wind-up merchants meaning referee Martin Atkinson is likely to be the busiest man on the pitch.
Prediction: Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool – Mark Worrall
LIVERPOOL: With strikers on both sides in fine form there should be goals in what is normally a tense, tight affair. The home side have the edge defensively but the Reds rarely disappoint in away games against the top sides, so both teams’ advantages should cancel themselves out.
Prediction: Chelsea 2-2 Liverpool – Steven Kelly
MAN CITY: Pep Guardiola’s men are in splendid form. They’ve won all seven of their opening matches of the new season and the new coach has got them playing beautiful, attacking football. Bournemouth won their last outing in the Premier League but are enduring a difficult second season so far. With City’s attack, this should be a formality.
Prediction: Manchester City 4-0 Bournemouth – David Mooney
BOURNEMOUTH: Last weekend’s 1-0 win over West Brom will fill Bournemouth with plenty of confidence heading into their next fixture against Manchester City. However, it’s still a colossal task for the Cherries to overturn Guardiola’s undefeated side. Eddie Howe’s team won’t go down without a fight, but they will lose.
Prediction: Manchester City 3-1 Bournemouth – Will Kent
HULL CITY: You have to go back to 1915 for the last time Arsenal came to East Yorkshire and failed to leave with a victory but Mike Phelan’s side will fancy their chances of bucking the trend. Hull City are playing as well as their seven-point haul would suggest and showing no sign of trepidation against stronger opponents. That wasn’t quite enough against Manchester United three weeks ago but they are capable of exposing Arsenal’s frailties.
Prediction: Hull City 1-1 Arsenal – Phil Buckingham
ARSENAL: A long trip to Hull after a draining sojourn to Paris presents an early test of Arsenal’s mettle, but it is one they should pass. Class will prevail as Arsenal have too much talent, even if the two teams are locked together on seven points after four games of the season.
Prediction: Hull 0-2 Arsenal – Tom Adams
WATFORD: Walter Mazzarri’s men will be confident after a stunning comeback away at West Ham, but will be wary of a wounded Manchester United who will be looking to bounce back after their derby day defeat. The pressure is on Mourinho’s men, but the Hornets must avoid the slow starts that have plagued their season if they are to avoid defeat here.
Prediction: Watford 1-1 Manchester United – Mike Parkin
MAN UNITED: Watford have shown some strong form this season, providing a stern test for Chelsea and overwhelming West Ham. Manchester United, perhaps a little shaken their derby defeat, still have an attack that could punish the home defence, and should have enough for the win.
Prediction: Watford 1-2 Manchester United – Musa Okwonga
LEICESTER: The champions will be confident of rounding off a superb week at home to Burnley. After thrashing Club Brugge 3-0 on Wednesday night, the Foxes will expect another three points. Riyad Mahrez has found his goal-scoring touch and his Algerian compatriot Islam Slimani will look to get off the mark. Leicester will get a huge ovation following their Champions League success and can win equally as handsomely as in Brugge.
Prediction: Leicester 3-0 Burnley – Ben Jacobs
BURNLEY: Leicester’s European exertions should give an advantage to the Clarets. They have had a full week to prepare for this game, rather than a couple of days, although a win against Club Brugge will be a lift to the Foxes. With both sides relying heavily on energy for their game, this could be a frantic match and Burnley can claim their first away point of the season.
Prediction: Leicester City 1-1 Burnley – Jamie Smith
TOTTENHAM: Spurs could not ask for a much easier fixture after Wednesday night’s disappointment in the Champions League. They have slipped up in such circumstances before of course and, like Monaco, Sunderland will probably set up to defend and frustrate – but Spurs’ squad is stronger than it was last season and they should come out on top.
Prediction: Tottenham 2-0 Sunderland – Ben Pearce
SUNDERLAND: David Moyes’ men have lost all three of their televised games this season and were thumped 4-1 in the corresponding fixture in February. Changes may be made at the back and there is a possibility Moyes may select three central defenders in a bid to stem the goals conceded while Victor Anichebe may add some much-needed muscle up front.
Prediction: Tottenham 2-1 Sunderland – Pete Sixsmith
WEST BROM: The Baggies need both a good performance and result at the Hawthorns against fellow early season strugglers West Ham to ease the pressure on head coach Tony Pulis. Brendan Galloway will need to improve on last week’s performance against Bournemouth if he wants to keep the in-form Michail Antonio quiet.
Prediction: West Brom 1-1 West Ham – Matthew Evans
WEST HAM: Pulis’ side have struggled this season so far but are on a high after beating Bournemouth. West Ham, meanwhile, are still stinging after huge criticism following last Saturday’s defensive nightmare against Watford. These are two early season crisis clubs and it’s hard to separate them.
Prediction: West Brom 2-2 West Ham – Peter Thorne
EVERTON: Evergreen midfield mainstay Gareth Barry could make his 600th Premier League appearance, against Middlesbrough on Saturday. Alongside the equally impressive Idrissa Gueye, Barry has been the driving force behind a fine start that has the Blues chasing a fourth consecutive league win and third successive clean sheet.
Prediction: Everton 2-0 Middlesbrough – Luke O’Farrell
MIDDLESBROUGH: Boro will be looking to bounce back from their first Premier League defeat of the season, at the hands of Crystal Palace. The Teessiders will be hoping to cut out the careless mistakes that let them down last week, but rallying against a buoyant Everton will be no mean feat. Centre-backs Ben Gibson and Daniel Ayala will be occupied with the unenviable task of keeping Blues’ striker Romelu Lukaku quiet, but it might be too much.
Prediction: Everton 2-0 Middlesbrough – Catherine Wilson
CRYSTAL PALACE: The Eagles appear to have found a spring in their step in recent weeks, and with more confidence and a striker hungry for goals, Alan Pardew’s side look reinvigorated. It’s the perfect time to face a Stoke side struggling to find their stride.
Prediction: Crystal Palace 3-1 Stoke – Rob Sutherland
STOKE: Having overseen the club’s worst start in 110 years, Mark Hughes will be firmly under the microscope when he takes his rock-bottom Stoke side to Palace. Playing away from home could help them, but the thought of an in-form Wilfried Zaha running at the Potters’ porous defence is a frightening one.
Prediction: Crystal Palace 2-1 Stoke – James Whittaker
SOUTHAMPTON: The Premier League season may only be four matches old, but this already looks like a pivotal game for Claude Puel against a Swansea side expected to struggle. The Frenchman is yet to taste victory in the league and is already coming under fire from fans over his tactics.
Prediction: Southampton 1-1 Swansea – Alex Crook
SWANSEA: Swansea’s unlikely 2-2 draw against Chelsea last Sunday should give Francesco Guidolin’s side some belief, and belief might be all that’s required to defeat the winless Saints. The Swans have beaten Southampton just once in the Premier League. Sunday presents a golden chance to make it twice.
Prediction: Southampton 1-2 Swansea – Max Hicks
To get you in the mood for the weekend’s action, read Richard Jolly on the issues facing Antonio Conte and Jurgen Klopp at their respective clubs, while Scott Patterson says Henrikh Mkhitaryan needs to be patient at Manchester United.
Michael Cox, meanwhile, says Mourinho has a problem fitting in his playmakers at United. Can the Portuguese find the right mix at Vicarage Road this Sunday? Vote in the match poll and have your say in the comments.
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Sadio Mane proving a perfect fit for Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool
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Liverpool’s deal for Sadio Mane was questioned in some quarters, but he has made an immediate impact following his arrival from Southampton. Ahead of the Reds’ Friday Night Football clash with Chelsea, we examine his impressive start to life under Jurgen Klopp…
Even in a record-breaking summer of Premier League spending, Liverpool’s decision to splash £36m on Sadio Mane raised eyebrows. The Reds have experienced mixed success with signings from St Mary’s in recent years and, despite the huge price-tag, the 24-year-old was not the marquee addition many supporters were hoping for.
One month into the new campaign, however, and Mane is neatly illustrating why Jurgen Klopp has so little appetite for big names. The former Southampton winger has been one of the Premier League’s outstanding performers so far, and, even more significantly, he looks tailor-made for his new manager’s explosive, high-pressing playing style.
It started with a scintillating performance in the 4-3 win over Arsenal on the opening day, where he surged past Nacho Monreal and Calum Chambers before smashing a spectacular shot inside Petr Cech’s far post with his weaker foot. It was Liverpool’s fourth goal in an 18-minute blitz at the Emirates Stadium, and it was fitting that Mane made a beeline for Klopp in the celebrations.
Having added another goal and an assist in Liverpool’s 4-1 demolition of Leicester on Saturday, Mane has now played a starring role against each of last season’s top two. He had a hand in four of Liverpool’s five goals in their Capital One Cup clash with Burton Albion in between, and he was a notable absence in their 2-0 loss to Burnley.
In Klopp’s brand of heavy metal football, it’s already Mane who’s making the most noise. His high-risk style is highlighted by the fact that he is dispossessed almost twice as frequently (4.3 times per game) as any of his team-mates, but while Southampton fans will be the first to tell you it won’t always come off, at Liverpool the rewards have outweighed the risks.
Mane ranks top for successful dribbles and fouls won per game (3.3 and 3.0) among Liverpool players, and he is already combining to great effect with Adam Lallana, Philippe Coutinho, Roberto Firmino and Daniel Sturridge. “He’s a fantastic player,” said Coutinho this week. “He’s very quick, he’s got very good feet, so that helps us to create a lot of chances to score.”
Indeed, it’s no coincidence that Liverpool have created more chances (64) than any other Premier League side since Mane’s instalment on the right. Klopp’s style centres on the counter-attack, and few players are more effective in transition than Mane, whose speed and movement off the flank make him a nightmare for opposition defenders.
He showcased his frightening pace when he beat Kasper Schmeichel to set up Firmino’s late second against Leicester, and the tracking data shows that only Tottenham’s Kyle Walker and Crystal Palace’s Wilfried Zaha clocked higher top-speeds than his 34.75kmph in the last round of Premier League games.
“I think Klopp needed that, someone with great pace behind the front man,” former Liverpool captain Phil Thompson told Sky Sports. “He has electric pace and he has a great football brain too. Because he can see things with the pace he’s moving at, it means he’s had a massive impact on this team.”
It’s not just with the ball that Klopp’s style demands a frantic tempo, and Klopp will be delighted by how Mane has adhered to his defensive responsibilities. The winger made more high-intensity sprints than anyone else in the games against Arsenal (75) and Leicester (73), and he has also averaged more tackles per game (2.7) than any of Liverpool’s other attacking players.
“We knew of his qualities and how they fit our style, which is why we brought him here,” said Klopp, who had tracked Mane’s progress since he featured for Senegal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, where his performances earned him a transfer from Metz to Red Bull Salzburg.
The winger thrived in Austria under the guidance of Roger Schmidt, another German manager with an unwavering dedication to direct attacking and ferociously aggressive pressing. In hindsight, that spell coupled with two years under Ronald Koeman - another advocate of the high-press - amounted to the perfect preparation for life under Klopp.
So while the Liverpool manager was forced to defend his transfer policy in the summer, Mane’s instant impact demands a reassessment. He does not carry the prestige of Marco Reus, Mario Gotze or the other bigger names who were linked with the Reds, but it is difficult to imagine another player more suited to Klopp’s philosophy. Mane had already tormented Arsenal and Leicester. On Friday night at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea could be next.
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They’re a dying breed, but let’s remember some of the best. Here, talkSPORT has ranked each Premier League club by their loyal players.
It’s a list looking at the players who remained at one club for their professional career, so stints before or after at amateur level are not counted.
Scroll through the gallery to see the talkSPORT list of brilliant one club men.
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Southampton will be seeking their first win of the season when they entertain Sparta Prague in the Europa League this evening.
The Saints will be without club-record signing Sofiane Boufal as the French midfielder continues to build up his match fitness. Jeremy Pied is also ruled out due to a long-term injury.
Southampton will be eager to seize their chance on the European stage after being knocked out by FC Midtjylland in the play-off round last season.
Here talkSPORT looks at how Southampton could line up against Sparta Prague – Who will play in midfield? Will Charlie Austin be preferred to Shane Long?
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Wijnaldum, Kalou, Van Persie… Feyenoord XI Man Utd could’ve faced if they kept their stars
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Manchester United square up to the Dutch side tonight in the Europa League.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s side are a club with plenty of history and some brilliant players have plied their trade with the Eredivisie outfit over the years.
In recent memory, Premier League stars like Georginio Wijnaldum, Salomon Kalou and ex-Red Devil Robin van Persie have all taken to the pitch in the red and white of Feyenoord.
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