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Thanks Tumaini. I’ll start with Maradona and some different footage from that 1986 World Cup quarter-final against England.

𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙜 🇦🇹 (@GregABZ03)

I'm sick of hearing the English media and ex England players criticise Maradona following his death regarding the "Hand of God".

This video shows the English kicking the little guy all over the pitch. Strangly we don't often see these pictures from the English media. pic.twitter.com/bjCfB1gGF4
November 27, 2020

That’s all from me this afternoon and David Tindall will be taking over. Thanks for following.

A reminder: the FA Cup draw third round will be held on Monday.

Emirates FA Cup (@EmiratesFACup)

Last season's #EmiratesFACup champions @Arsenal will be ball no.2 in Monday night's third round draw!

Find your club's draw ball number below 👀
November 27, 2020

Crystal Palace and Newcastle United kick off this weekend’s action at 8pm tonight.

It must be said that this is not exactly the most goal-heavy fixture in the history of football. The last time either team scored more than one goal was exactly five years ago on 28 November 2015 when Crystal Palace battered Newcastle 5-1 at home.

The story since then:

April 2016: 1-0 to Newcastle October 2017: 1-0 to Newcastle February 2018: 1-1 (Selhurst Park) September 2018: 0-0 (Selhurst Park)

April 2019: 0-1 to Crystal Palace December 2019: 1-0 to Newcastle

February 2020: 1-0 to Crystal Palace

They are all even over the past half decade: 3 wins for Crystal Palace, 3 wins for Newcastle, 2 draws.

Tottenham confirm that they will allocate some of their 2000 tickets for the upcoming North London Derby against Arsenal on Sunday 6 December via ballot.

Also: “We shall be applying a proportionate allocation of tickets between Season Ticket Holders (including those on our Access scheme), Premium and other stakeholders, such as partners and affiliates.”

Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial)

We are pleased to confirm we shall be opening our doors to 2,000 fans at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for the first time since March for our Premier League clash with Arsenal on Sunday 6 December.

More information ⤵️#THFC ⚪️ #COYS
November 27, 2020

Liverpool team news. There is not much to report.

Football Daily (@footballdaily)

🗣"Hendo trained yesterday, all the other players are still in recovery, so that is how it is when you have a few days, if you would ask me now which would be the line up and I would be in a mood to tell you I couldn't"

Jurgen Klopp gives an injury update on his Liverpool squad pic.twitter.com/34vEdOzb5r
November 27, 2020

Brendan Rodgers was very complimentary of 19 year-old Luke Thomas after he scored his first goal for Leicester City yesterday in their 3-3 draw with Braga in the Europa League. Via PA:

“Of course it will give him huge confidence. He’s a very good defender, for a young guy, very brave, and you see with the quality of his football that he’s a very good footballer.

“He still has a lot of improvements to make but that will come with experience and time. But it’s a great moment for him to get his first goal.”

Leicester face Fulham at home on Monday.

More from Jürgen Klopp on fans returning to Anfield and small steps:

“I think we are all really waiting for little steps in the right direction. Not only in football but in all parts of life. These things with Tier 1, 2 and 3, it’s the best idea we have at the moment in this country, so I mean it depends on how many people are getting infected over a specific period of time.

So, yes, I understand that there are obviously some discussions about, ‘Oh, it’s an advantage for some clubs.’ I said before I knew which tier Liverpool would be in that it’s not discussing the advantage or disadvantage of this or that.

It’s just making small steps in the right direction and I hope this is the sign for it. So I’m happy, obviously, that we can bring in 2000 people. Nobody knows how long we can do that - I don’t know even for the moment for which game it will be for the first time and all these kinds of things. But I just think we should discuss this not on the basis of an advantage or disadvantage for this or that team because the world is in a difficult place and we all wait for small steps. It’s a small step in the right direction - that’s how I see it.

Jürgen Klopp on Diego Maradona:

“During my own playing career, he was the standout player. His life, I think, shows how nice life can be when you can be when you are a world class footballer and also how difficult it can be.

“I met him once and for a player of my level it was like meeting the Pope, to be honest. It was really, really special.”

Any mention of the Pope and Maradona in the same sentence requires me to reference Maradona’s famous quote:

Double Down News (@DoubleDownNews)

Maradona on meeting the Pope in 1987:

"I argued with him because I was in the Vatican and I saw all these golden ceilings and afterwards I heard the Pope say the Church was worried about the welfare of poor kids. Sell your ceiling then amigo, do something!"

Rest in Power
November 25, 2020

Jürgen Klopp is speaking this morning ahead of Liverpool’s away fixture with Brighton. He had a lot of good things to say about Brighton and it certainly sounded sincere. His conclusion:

“We have to make sure that we’re ready for a lot of necessary defensive work because they make the pitch big, they try to use all of it, and it’s hard work.”

Just something to keep an eye on.

Christian Falk (@cfbayern)

True ✅: Alaba-Agent Pini Zahavi plans to start talks in January with @ChelseaFC about a transfer of @David_Alaba Also on his List: @PSG_inside https://t.co/hfrO7QZW4x pic.twitter.com/Ixxkk9wJve
November 27, 2020

Football Daily (@footballdaily)

🗣"In my big defeats he would always call me, in my victories never, I will miss Diego"

Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho pays tribute to Diego Maradona 🙏 pic.twitter.com/RtW0XI0OQt
November 27, 2020

Here is Sean Dyche on Manchester City ahead of Burnley’s meeting with Pep Guardiola’s team on Saturday, via PA:

“I still think they’re a proper outfit. I think it was more the prowess of Liverpool (last season). I never thought for one minute Man City were bad or off where they needed to be, they just couldn’t quite go the course as Liverpool did.

“They’re still a top side, still operating in a very, very good manner. They all know their roles and responsibilities, both in possession and out of possession.

“People forget about the work that they do and the shape that they keep when they’re out of possession. It’s always a tough task playing these sides, we know that. On the other hand, we go open-minded. Every game is there to be won.”

Marcelo Bielsa has showered Carlo Ancelotti with praise ahead of Leeds’ meeting with Everton on Saturday. Via PA:

“I have respect and admiration for Ancelotti,” said Bielsa.

First of all, because he has been wanted by all the best teams in the world. He has been chosen by some of the most powerful institutions in football, which shows how good he is.”

The second thing is he has triumphed everywhere he has been. The third thing is he is a manager well respected by the players as well as his other colleagues.

Here is some more information on Manchester United’s recent cyber attack. Clearly someone was trying to uncover Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s genius plans for world domination.

Declan Rice to West Ham TV on the challenge of facing Aston Villa on Monday:

“I think Villa have shown this season that they’re a completely different team,” Rice observed. “They’ve made fantastic signings and obviously I know some of their lads really well, so it’s going to be a battle and I know how good their players are.

“They’re playing really well at the moment, but we’ve got the joint second-best defensive record in the Premier League. We’re moving in the direction the manager wants us to go so, while it’s going to be a battle, we’re going to be ready for that.”

Football Daily (@footballdaily)

🗣"I can turn Celtic form around"

Celtic manager Neil Lennon insists he can pull Celtic out of their poor run of form after they lost 4-1 to Sparta Prague in the Europa League pic.twitter.com/5L8W4RbQXi
November 27, 2020

England has been seeded among the top teams for the UEFA part of the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying. With Wales drawn in pot two and Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in pot three, England could potentially draw Wales and one of Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in their group.

Other interesting opponents in pot 2 include Switzerland and Wales. The draw will take place on December 7th at 17:00 GMT as a virtual event.

Here is the full list of teams:

FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup)

🌍 UEFA #WCQ seedings announced 📢

👀 Find out which pot your team will be in for the preliminary draw on 7 December 🏆#WorldCup | @UEFAcom
November 27, 2020

In case you missed any recent stories:

Barney Ronay on Diego Maradona:

Louise Taylor on Shelley Kerr and Scotland’s hopes of qualifying for Euro 2022

Paul MacInnes on the return of fans to some but not all cities

Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson spoke about Wilfried Zaha, who continues to isolate after testing positive for COVID-19 earlier this week.

“He’s still got to serve out the period of isolation. That will take him I think to Saturday when he’ll be tested again and we’re hoping that will come back negative.”

“He’s a very important player. It’s always the case whenever you have a player who’s hit the headlines for his club in the way Wilf has done for us and lots of other players you could name for other clubs in the same category, it’s normal when the team plays without that player and don’t get a result, everything focuses around the man who’s missing.”

Here is Newcastle boss Steve Bruce on the return of Callum Wilson ahead of tonight’s clash at Crystal Palace:

“As we speak now, he’ll be fit. He’s trained all week.”

“We didn’t think we could risk him (against Chelsea), so he will be available which obviously we’re delighted about.”

“Already he’s made a difference. He’s got six goals already in eight games in the Premier League – he didn’t play last week – so we’re delighted with his return.

“We have got one or two other niggles. We have one or two problems with COVID, so we have to manage that as well, but we’re delighted to see Callum back.”

Bruce also confirmed that “two or three individuals” from Newcastle’s training ground are self isolating.

As we wait for another Friday to unfold, here are 10 things to look out for this weekend.

Hello and welcome to another weekend football countdown where we will cover all the pre-match press conferences and team news as they unfold before the tenth weekend of this fascinating season. There is also, of course, the continued fallout from the passing of Diego Maradona.

Crystal Palace kick off the weekend tonight by hosting Newcastle at 8pm. Saturday will see Brighton against Liverpool, Manchester City versus Burnley, a very interesting match-up between Everton and Leeds and then a bottom of the table contest between West Brom and Sheffield United. With both teams still searching for their first win of the season, that will be an essential game for both.

On Sunday, Manchester United will travel to Southampton before we see the pick of the week at 16:30 in Chelsea vs Tottenham Hotspur. Arsenal vs Wolves will close off action on Sunday. Leicester City will then face Fulham on Monday before West Ham and Aston Villa battle.

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