The Italian media did not hold back in their criticism of Roberto Mancini's side, less than a year after they lifted the European Championship trophy by beating England on penalties at Wembley.
Graham Potter stated that there were three or four positive cases at Brighton, while Norwich coach Dean Smith said he had one player who was in isolation.
Privately, PSG accept that they are now second favourites to have the superstar forward on their books next season, with the 23-year-old set to follow his heart to the Bernabeu in what will be one of the greatest free agency moves in history.
There was also an unsavoury incident off the pitch for West Ham, with news surfacing that a visiting fan had been arrested for making a Nazi salute inside the stadium.
As time goes on, however, and Arteta's looks to place his stamp on the team, there are some bright sparks to take.
United's European exploits have proved a welcome distraction from the toils of the Premier League, which forced Ole Gunnar Solskjaer out of his job at the weekend after the club fell to Watford 4-1.
He transmits confidence. This is the more prosaic reason for Frankfurt's success in Europe, but there are those at the club who believe there is a more romantic explanation.
Andros Townsend drilled home the fourth in stoppage time to give Lampard the victory he would have been desperate to secure.
The loyalty to Ole is a little bit of a factor but there were a lot of things that came into my decision.
We're the fortunate ones who can have an effect on it and make their weekend, their Sunday evening better.
Eriksen left Inter Milan last month as Serie A rules state you cannot play with an ICD. Now a free agent, Eriksen has been training on his own at former club Odense and with Swiss side Chiasso.
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It needed an opener from the visitors, and on 35 minutes they got it. VAR would quickly intervene, with the Charlton striker comfortably onside.
Emi Buendia's first-half header put a dampener on Everton's first game under Duncan Ferguson, although Aston Villa's 1-0 win was marred when two of their players were hit by a bottle thrown from the crowd.
Guardiola saw his side end the day six points clear of nearest rivals Liverpool, who have a game in hand.
Rob Dickie's 30-yard thunderbolt with quarter of an hour on the clock was followed by Lee Wallace's first for Rangers since arriving from Scotland almost two years ago.
Prutton predicts: 1-2 (Sky Bet odds) Coventry vs Preston, Saturday 3pm Coventry look like they are over their wobble and are back on the march.
Liverpool leave lasting Champions League markIf you offered Jurgen Klopp a guaranteed clean bill of health, together with another encouraging night of education for some of Liverpool's academy prospects in their final Champions League group-stage match at AC Milan, he would probably have taken it.
But while Xhaka had hold of Silva's shirt, the City midfielder appeared to already be on the way down.
And it could have been a much more convincing scoreline had it not been for a series of saves by visiting goalkeeper Adam Legzdins.
One of his first jobs was to entice Tavernier from Wigan. The right-back was one of 11 players recruited by the former Brentford boss that summer - seven years later, he is the last man standing.
But he featured in fewer than half of Bayern's games, and was sent back at the end of his loan. As it turned out, Coutinho's best moment at Bayern was against his parent club, when he came off the bench to
Midfielders: Billy Gilmour (Norwich City, on loan from Chelsea), Kenny McLean (Norwich City), Callum McGregor (Celtic), Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), David Turnbull (Celtic), John McGinn (Aston Villa), Lewis Ferguson (Aberdeen), Scott McTominay (Manchester United).
Baltazar is the former assistant manager at Nottingham Forest and will lead the side in the new MLS Next Pro league.
But they have to be held accountable, some of the staff, because they weren't just with Ole, they were with Mourinho before that.
The Arsenal youngster, who turned 18 in October, was the star of the show as Mexico Under-20s won the inaugural 2021 Revelations Cup after securing two victories from their three games in November.
Manchester United host Manchester City at Old Trafford live on Sky Sports this Saturday - but how do the teams' current styles and form compare ahead of the blockbuster clash?
At full-time, Kevin De Bruyne and Raheem Sterling slumped to the floor because of fatigue. The rest of the side summoned what energy they had left to gather in a huddle to celebrate a huge three points.
In a passage of play that was Scotland in microcosm, the brilliant McGinn got hold of the ball in his own half. Seven seconds later, it was in Denmark's net. It was like something Italy or Belgium or France in their attacking pomp would do. Che Adams' goal was a thing of beauty, a joy forever.
It's really hard to imagine the people who are struggling to eat every day. At the end of Ramadan, Muslims around the world celebrate Eid ul Fitr.
England forward Ella Toone scored twice as United briefly climbed above Tottenham, who they now trail by two points.
Klopp cannot expect his next opponents to play straight into Liverpool's hands. The German is right - the Merseyside derby is a football contest with a difference.
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I went on my own, no academy director, only two local coaches, because I was thinking that I would only stay for one year, pass on some experience.
When they win the ball, the mood changes; it is all-out attack yet with a supreme fitness to return to type if it breaks down.
He drew with Murray and Tav from indie band Fur, who also got four correct results with no exact scores.
Edwards first joined Liverpool in November 2011 and has played a key role in the club's successful recruitment in recent seasons.
The Paisley men's only other home Premiership triumph this season came against the Pittodrie side in September and Ronan - the double hero that day - again emerged the match-winner.
We'll just have a look. I heard someone say: 'They have to sell Haaland because they are listed on the stock exchange.' This is all bullsh*t! The decision whether someone is sold at our company is made by the management and only by the management.
Forster was doing his best to play up to the role as pantomime villain with his time-wasting antics at restarts, but he was belatedly called into action five minutes before the break.
It just didn't seem like they had a plan. It looked like 11 very good players had been told to go out and play.
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Hogan then attempted to turn provider with a cross intended for Troy Deeney that needed to be pushed over the bar by Southwood.
Villa lost Emi Buendia to injury with Coutinho also going off and then had Konsa dismissed with three minutes left after he needlessly blocked Meslier to earn a second yellow, but neither side could find a winner.
In the first half we passed the ball slowly and never really had any penetration at all in the forward areas.
Wales were also galvanised by the arrival of Bale, who had two speculative attempts in the brief period he was on the pitch, but they could not find a breakthrough.
The Reds said However, Klopp says defender Trent Alexander-Arnold is the only player to actually test positive.
