As well as his goals at club level, he also netted on his Romania U21s debut against Georgia in September, with his best attributes ensuring he catches the eye more often than not when on the field.
It would set the tone for an opening period in which the visitors were rattled; Bukayo Saka, who was passed fit after being substituted against Crystal Palace, acrobatically fired wide from an acute angle before Aubameyang fired over from Nuno Tavares' pass.
Mikel Arteta has confirmed Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale will be out of action for the next few weeks with a muscle injury, meaning the 23-year-old has also been forced to withdraw from the England squad.
There was little goal threat before he came on. Within a couple of minutes he had forced the first save of note from Lukas Hradecky and in his 10th minute on the pitch he scored the winner. While Mbappe is the flashier, dynamic and arguably all-round better player, Benzema seems to make the French forward play tick. Immediately the passes between midfield and attack were slicker and his movement in central areas allowed Mbappe to drift to the wing where he prefers to do damage.
Even if they are passed fit, Guardiola says the pair cannot play a lot of minutes. We are in an emergency in the squad because we have few, few, few people, he said
Jamie Carragher believes Manchester City cannot be caught in the Premier League title race after Chelsea and Liverpool's 2-2 draw ensured the champions took a 10-point lead into 2022.
St Johnstone made two changes at half-time to try to freshen things up, with Stevie May and Shaun Rooney on for Middleton and Michael O'Halloran.
At half time, I said to the lads that we were lucky to come in 1-0 up, that it was a wake-up call and that we needed to be better and not make so many silly mistakes.
While Hamilton thinks little of the SCEG report as a scientist, as a footballer she admits the weeks since the report came out have been the first where she has actively considered whether she would be welcome on a football pitch.
“The fact we've had to make some changes [because of injuries] doesn't give him the partnership with someone to understand each other,” Arteta said.
I've said from the start of the season we will need the fans when there are highs and lows in football and they were brilliant again today. Analysis: Everton must stick together in troubling times Sky Sports' Ben Grounds at the London Stadium: The misery continues for Everton.
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Now we all get to take a breath and look forward to watching them again on Saturday in the FA Cup semi-final, which is live on the BBC. These games just don't disappoint and I can't wait to see what happens next.
Jan Bednarek's opener was the fourth time Southampton have scored in the first five minutes of a Premier League game this season; the most of any side in 2021-22.
His surprise return to the starting XI against Wolves came in no small part due to a defensive crisis, and with the likes of Harry Maguire, Raphael Varane and Victor Lindelof ahead of him in the pecking order, opportunities are likely to remain scarce for Jones.
You could give him the ball, he started to dribble and you began to see what we have seen over the years - dribbling past players with speed and sharpness.
It looked like Archer's first touch had taken him too wide but the power and accuracy of the drilled effort defeated Maxwell.
Despite the questions in the build-up to the game about the future of captain Steven Davis, Baraclough believes he will add to his 132 caps and Monday's draw with Italy wasn't his final salvo in a green shirt.
Their 6-1 win over Motherwell at Fir Park was the first time they'd scored six in an away top-flight match since September 2002, a 6-0 win over Dunfermline Athletic under Alex McLeish.
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Some of the decisions we're making are incorrect and we know by now that the opposition are unforgiving, if they get chances to score goals.
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Steve Clarke's side will face Ukraine on Nations League duty home (21 September) and away (27 September) either side of a home game against Republic of Ireland on 24 September.
Extra-time loomed until on the break Gerard Moreno produced a wonderful pass to the back post where Chukwueze, who had only been on the pitch four minutes, slammed the ball home into the roof of the net sending Villarreal to their first Champions League semi-final in 16 years.
Weston McKennie says that the entire U.S. men's national team is ready to support Christian Pulisic as he looks to find his form as the Juventus midfielder opened up on his own low moment earlier in qualifying.
To add to Everton's frustration, Arsenal struck moments later as Odegaard volleyed into the bottom corner after being teed up by Kieran Tierney.
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Clinton Njie, formerly of Tottenham, has scored six of his 10 goals for his country in Cameroon. You know about Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa from his time in the Premier League.
I can still produce the numbers required and what I used to do. There are no issues with that, it's just about getting that consistency going and getting into a bit of a rhythm. Over the last few weeks I've felt better and felt stronger.
We should have gone away thinking 'it wasn't a great game but at least we picked up the three points', so that was the big moment.
There was some brilliant football at times, there was some tired and sloppy football at other times.
If Wolves can maintain their form over the next few weeks, the 11/4 with Sky Bet for them to finish above West Ham does look a spot of value.
Incredibly, two of them failed to notch here. It was a rare dry afternoon for Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane, with Diogo Jota instead taking centre-stage.
CARRA: No, what happened was that someone got injured so I went from centre-back to right-back and as soon as that happened, Alex Ferguson put Nani to the left wing straight away.
How the teams lined up | Match statsPremier League fixtures | Results | TableArteta 'out of ideas' as Arsenal receive fourth red card of 2022 Watch PL highlights and clips for free on Sky Sports Bruno Lage's side struggle to create but were given fresh hope when Martinelli was sent off in strange circumstances - booked twice in the same passage of play.
Liverpool suffered terribly in the 2018 final when a dubious challenge by Sergio Ramos saw Mohamed Salah carried off. The situation was soon compounded by the disastrous goalkeeping errors made by Loris Karius.
Aberdeen gradually began to rouse themselves, and came close to a breakthrough as Lewis Ferguson whistled a 25-yard strike inches past the far post then Calvin Ramsay had goalkeeper Jak Alnwick at full stretch with a thunderous cross-shot.
A club record-equalling sixth consecutive top-flight defeat leaves Watford 17th, two points above the bottom three, having played two games more than Burnley directly below them.
