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The Liga MX final is here!

While none of the league's four 'grandes' had enough to get into the final, Toluca and Santos both are pushing for titles that would add to their own illustrious histories.

Toluca is seeking its 11th crown, which would put the Red Devils within striking distance of America and Chivas' shared record of 12 titles each. Santos is looking for its sixth, putting it level with Pachuca and northern rivals Tigres.

First, they'll have to win it on the field though, with Thursday's first leg and Sunday's second all that remain of the 2018 Clausura.

Game Santos Laguna vs. TolucaDate Sunday, May 17Time 9 p Adam Lind Jersey .m. ETStream (US only) TV Channel,Live Stream & How To Watch

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Squads& Team NewsPositionSantos Laguna playersGoalkeepers Orozco, Acevedo, GarciaDefenders Izquierdoz Reggie Jackson Jersey , Araujo, Alcoba, Villafana, Arteaga, Abella, Sanchez, Ibanez, BernalMidfielders Vazquez, Rivas, Andrade, Martinez, de Buen, Cortes, Rabello, Davila, Lozano, Martinez, IsijaraForwards Furch, Rodriguez, Djaniny

Manager Robert Siboldi has used both a 4-3-3 and a 4-4-2 during the postseason, and what Santos does Thursday depends on how aggre sive he wants to be. After the 4-1 first leg victory over America in the semi-final, don't be surprised to see the same lineup from that match start the first leg of the final.

Nestor Araujo continues to train with the team, but while the center back is on Mexico preliminary roster, it might be a risk to to s him into the lineup in these high-profile contests.

Potential starting XI: Orozco; Abella, Izquierdoz, Alcoba, Angulo; Aaron Judge Jersey Cortes, Martinez, Vazquez, Lozano; Djaniny, Furch

PositionToluca playersGoalkeepers Talavera, Garcia, Centeno, PasquelDefenders Garcia, Perg, Gonzalez, Delgadillo, Calvo, Garcia, Borja, Benitez, Rojas, SalinasMidfielders Sartiaguin, Rios, Lopez, Medina, Zamora, Sambueza, Quiniones, BarrientosForwards Reyna, Uribe, Hauche, Cenelo, Vega, Abundis

With Leonel Lopez returning from injury for Toluca's second leg win over Club Tijuana, manager Hernan Cristante can use the same lineup he leaned on during Toluca's superb regular season.

Potential starting XI: Talavera; Salinas, Gonzalez, Garcia, Borja; Lopez, Rios; Sambueza, Barrientos, Quinones; Uribe

Betting & Match Odds

Santos Laguna is the narrow favorite withgiving 5/4 odds on a home victory, 2/1 odds on a Toluca win and a draw going at 9/4.

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Home has been where the heart is for Santos Laguna in the postseason.

After an uninspiring 2-0 defeat to Tigres in its first playoff match, Santos came back to Torreon and secured a 2-0 win to go through despite going down a man in Johnny Damon Jersey the first half. In the semi-finals, a 4-1 thrashing of Club America powered by Julio Furch and Osvaldo Martinez gave Los Guerreros a huge leg up. Santos outplayed America in the second leg as well to get a 2-2 draw and easily move into the final.

Toluca also has been strong at home this year, yet to lose at the Estadio Nemesio Diez this season. So, Santos may need another big first leg in Torreon to have a chance to lift the trophy in enemy territory Sunday.

All three of Santos manager Robert Siboldi'sforwards have produced during the postseason with leading goalscorer Djaninyovercoming an injury suffered against Tigresto play in the first leg against America. He rested in the second leg and should be fit. If not, Julio Furch and Jonathan Rodriguez will test Toluca goalkeeper Alfredo Talavera, who will look to win the league title before joining up with the Mexico national team.

Santos midfielder Jose Juan "Gallito" Vazquez has been strong this season and was seen by many as one of Didi Gregorius Jersey the snubs on the Mexico roster after Wade Boggs Jersey his superb Clausura. He'll have his hands full with Pablo Barrientosin the middle and Rubens Sambuezacreating on the wing for Toluca.

The creators crafted plenty of options in the second leg against Tijuana, with Fernando Uribereaping the benefit. The Colombian comes in off a hat trick against Tijuana, and his fantastic finish for his second goal shows it's not simply the playmakerswho have talent in the Toluca attack.

Ultimately, both teams will be looking to keep the other from doing much damage. If Toluca keeps it close, it'll feel that it can take the honors in the second leg. If Santos can deliver another superb showing in front of its fans and take a big advantage south, it will be the team feeling better about its chances.

Jurgen Klopp has described his Liverpool side as the best he has ever taken into a final Jhoulys Chacin Jersey ahead of Saturday's Champions League showdown against Tottenham.

Klopp's Boru sia Dortmund were defeated by Bayern Munich in the Champions League final in 2013, and he was on the losing side again last year as Real Madrid prevailed in Kiev.

The Reds have enjoyed a superb campaign, finishing second in the Premier League with a whopping 97 points, and produced a remarkable second-leg comeback against Barcelona to set up themouth-watering clash with Spurs at the Wanda Metropolitano this weekend.

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Klopp is in awe of his side's achievements this Cory Spangenberg Jersey season and believes they are perfectly positioned to win a first Champions League since 2005.

"I love them all, they have all given everything," he told a media conference. "I've never been part of a final with a better team, that's true.

"I'm not so surprised because the boys have a mix of potential and attitude in the best way I have ever witne sed. That's just brilliant, exceptional, and that brought us where we are.

"It's a sensational situation, being here again is great. We wanted it, really desperately, but it looked like it would slip through our fingers in the Manny Pina Jersey group stage. I'm really happy that we can do it again."

Klopp reserved special praise for James Milner and Jordan Henderson, who he believes epitomize the hunger to improve that is so prevalent throughout his squad.

"The best piece of character of this team is the constant readine s for development," he explained.

"Take James Milner. He is 33 now, but Jim Gantner Jersey he's still developing. He's taking really big steps, calming down here and using his unbelievable skills in better moments.

"He's an example, likeHenderson.They always want to make the next step;it's just in them, and Paul Molitor Jersey it helps a lot."

Liverpool beat Tottenham in both their Premier League meetings this season, most recently at Anfield in March, but Klopp does not think that will give his side the edge on Saturday.

"It will be very tight, no doubt," he said. "The quality of Tottenham and us is Travis Shaw Jersey pretty similar. The difference between us in the league is consistency. We won both games, but both 2-1.

"The home game was a tight game with a lucky goal from us in the last minute. Mauricio Pochettino is right; emotions will be completely different. You have to use the emotions but in the right circumstances. It's a special game, but we have to bring ourselves in the right mood."

Emre Can may have played his last game for Liverpool, with Jurgen Klopp having confirmed a season-ending injury for man running down his contract.

The Germany international is if no agreement is reached.

Various landing spots have been mooted for the versatile 24-year-old, with Eddie Rosario Jersey Juventus and Manchester United among those reported to be keeping a Bob Uecker Jersey close eye on his situation.

Liverpool had been hoping that they would benefit from Cans talents until at least the climax of the 2017-18 campaign, but a knock picked up against Watford has forced him onto the sidelines.

Pre sed by Sky Deutschland on whether an unfortunate injury had ended the midfielders season, Reds bo s Klopp said: Yes.

Cans woes add to the troubles being endured John Smoltz Jersey by Liverpool at a crucial stage of the season, with Adam Lallana and Joel Matip having also suffered untimely knocks.

Klopp added: If you lose three players in a week, that is of course not good.

Liverpool had been reluctant Josh Donaldson Jersey to rule Can out of their run-in after seeing him forced off in a 4-0 victory over Watford on March 17.

Klopp had told the clubs when asked for an update on Monday: He is receiving treatment and were still hoping it will Scott Kazmir Jersey be a little bit quicker than maybe we thought in the first moment. But we cannot say anything else.

With it having now been confirmed that Can will not be returning, Liverpool must make do without him.

The first challenge they face will see them take in the second leg of a Champions League quarter-final with Manchester City on Tuesday.

They secured a 3-0 lead at Anfield without Can, but will also be unable Adam Duval Jersey to call upon fellow midfielder Jordan Henderson at the Etihad Stadium with .

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Undoubtedly, Manchester City is the favorite going into Sunday's League Cup final with Tottenham Hotspur, and Walt Weiss Jersey for good reason.

The Lilywhites are facing a side that could move level with Liverpool's record of eight titles in the domestic cup competition, having won five of the last eight with the last three coming in succe sion.

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Indeed, Pep Guardiola has made it a habit of claiming the first piece of silverware in the English football calendar since his arrival in 2016 and this year is no different.

While City is favored to end the day with its eighth EFL Cup succe s, the managerial upheaval in North London could somehow play to the underdogs' advantage. Nobody, except the higher-ups at the club perhaps, saw Jose Mourinho's departure coming.

The expectation was that having taken the club within 90 minutes at least of ending a 13-year trophy drought, the two-time Champions League winner would be allowed to take Spurs over the line in their first final since that CL defeat by Liverpool in 2019.

That disturbance in the capital is hoped to be the tonic for Tottenham to claim a Ramon Laureano Jersey first title since 2008 and push itinto one of the Champions League spots, which remain up in the air with the season's conclusion fast approaching.

It has been a topsy-turvy campaign for the club, and Serge Aurier's campaign has, by and large, resembled the club's general mood.

Initially playing second fiddle to summer signing Matt Doherty from Wolverhampton Chad Pinder Jersey Wanderers, the Ivory Coast right back then became Mourinho's favorite in the autumn as Spurs looked to be Premier League contenders at the time.

The wide defender's performances in wins over City and Arsenal saw him become the side's primary right back but Doherty slowly came back into the reckoning and looked to have supplanted Aurier before March's injury layoff.

In truth, battling for the role of starting right back with the ex-Wolves man was one of the pre-season subplots but neither has truly held down a starting spot. The much-maligned West African has played in 48 percent of Spurs' PL games in 2020-21, starting just over half of their 33 fixtures.

While interim bo s Ryan Mason revealed the Irishman is back in training for Sunday's clash, opting to throw the 29-year-old back into the XI may be ill-advised and Aurier's rather encouraging showing vs. Southampton in midweek was pleasing to see.

After below-par displays vs Manchester United and Everton, the right back won more ground and aerial duels than everyone else on the pitch in Mason's first game in temporary charge vs Southampton, while he made more tackles than the players on both sides.

Even if the green Englishman has reservations on the former Paris Saint-Germain defender, a dearth of alternatives may be to the African's advantageand Marco Estrada Jersey could mean he leans on the sometimes-misunderstood Ivorian on Sunday.

Having started in the 2015 final defeat by Chelsea, the interim manager knows what it feels like to lose at this stage and, despite Guardiola's side coming into the match as the media favorite, the London club ought to find positives in the Cityzens' recent drop off in performances.

"From a personal point of view, winning means a lot, because I've been involved in the club for such a long time, Mason told the before the final.

"I think, more importantly, for the fans, everyone Stephen Piscotty Jersey involved in the club, everyone who follows the club . . . it's been a long time, and hopefully, that ends at the weekend for everyone involved and a sociated with the club.

"Sunday will be great for the club. It's important this club is playing in cup finals, Sean Manaea Jersey and we'll go there full of confidence.

Tottenham's chances certainly increase if Harry Kane is pa sed fit to feature at the Home of Football, although that gives no guarantees after 2018-19's Champions League final lo s against Liverpool.

Mason experienced the elation of succe s as a younger player and fan in 2008 and the agony of defeat as a first-team player seven years later under Mauricio Pochettino.

After losing two finals since that triumph over Chelsea 13 years ago, the Englishman will hope the likes of Aurier step up against a distracted City hoping to be third-time lucky and end their extended trophy drought.

Manchester City are set to lose one of their most promising young players, withBrahim Diaz ready to join Real Madrid as early as January, Goal understands.

, whereas his preference was either to play regularly for the Premier League champions or leave on a permanent deal.

In the past few months the Greg Allen Jersey 19-year-old has decidednot to renew his contractashe believes will not be able to breakinto the City team anytime soon, and has now reached an informal agreement with Madrid.

The Spanish club will try to strike a deal with City to buy Brahim in January, although it is understood that there has been no official contact between the clubsyet.

Madrid have told the youngster that he will be part Trevor Bauer Jersey of the first-team set-up at the Santiago Bernabeu for the second half of the season, should they sign him in January.

If he performs well he is likely to remain part of the squad for next season, although a loan move is a po sibility if he cannot establish himself.

That would leave many questioning the wisdom of moving to a top European club if first-team football Satchel Paige Jersey is the aim, but sources close to the player insist it is a matter of belief.

Brahim is of the opinion that Madrid's attempts to sign him Francisco Lindor Jersey , and commitment to including him in the first team - unlike Brazilian wonderkid Vinicius Junior -is proof of their belief in him, and that he will ultimately be good enough.

He believes that City no longer share that belief,although the English side have long hoped that he would make the grade at the Etihad Stadium.

City signed Brahim from Malaga as a 14-year-old and saw him star for their youth teams before he was called up to Matt Belisle Jersey the senior squad permanently by Pep Guardiola last season.

He earned a Premier League winners' medal last season thanks to five substitute appearances, and while he has started both Carabao Cup games this season - scoring two goals in the second -he is yet to make a match day squad in the league.

Barring a dramatic turnaround this leaves City facing the very real prospect of losing Manny Ramirez Jersey two of their three brightest academy hopes, having seen Jadon Sancho move to Boru sia Dortmund in the summer of 2017.

Sancho also found himself in a contract stand-off with the cluband moved abroad after City blocked a transfer to another Premier League club.

That leaves Phil Foden as the stand-out candidate to graduate from the academy tothe first team.

Bayern Munich have enoughstrength in depth to prosper even when they are without Mark Melancon Jersey an "important player" like Arturo Vidal, according to Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane.

Midfielder Vidal is a seriousdoubt for the semi-final tie between the Champions League heavyweights after suffering a knee injury in training at the weekend.

and now faces a race against time to be fit in time for Logan Webb Jersey the home leg against Madrid next Wednesday.

"It's a Bayern problem, he's an important player," Zidane - speaking ahead of his side's Kevin Pillar Jersey LaLiga fixture against Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday - told a media conference.

"We feel sorry for his injury, but it will not change anything. Bayern is still the same.

"They have a very strong squad, with important players, and they will replace him."

The European champions progre sed through to the last four of the competition thanks to a controversial penalty awarded in the closing stages of their quarter-final clash with Juventus.

Cristiano Ronaldo converted Alex Dickerson Jersey from the spot to seal a dramatic 4-3 aggregate victory after refereeMichael Oliver judged Medhi Benatia hadbundled over Lucas Vazquez inside the area.

Zidane once again defended Madrid in his pre-match pre s conference, adding Brandon Crawford Jersey : "The anti-Real Madrid people always existed. But, in fact, I think there's more and more Real fans day by day.

"In general, I think people respect what Austin Slater Jersey we are doing. I am not here to defend Real Madrid everyday, but I must do it when they are unfair criticisms ."

Tottenham bo s Antonio Conte is back in the headlines after at 1-0 Premier League lo s to Burnley. Except these headlines had Harrison Bader Jersey le s to do with what happened on the field, and more to do with what was said off it.

Spurs slipped to a fourth league defeat in their last five games as the positivity from their dramatic 3-2 win at Manchester City was quickly erased by a lackluster showing at Turf Moor.

The lo s left Spurs seven points away from all-important fourth place, though with two games in hand to reduce that deficit.

But the performance at Burnley was poor enough to trigger post-game comments from the Spurs manager that were left open to interpretation about his future at the helm.

Antonio Conte says the Club will now have to make an a se sment about his future after a defeat to Burnley tonight.

Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) What Conte said after Burnley lo s

Spurs registered just two shots on target against Sean Dyche's relegation battlers, their joint lowest figure in 90 minutes in 2022, and Conte was irritated at their inability to break Burnley down.

"It was difficult tonight, and it's not only tonight, in the last five games, we have lost four", Conte told reporters at full time.

"It means there'll be an a se sment, about the club, and Paul DeJong Jersey me, because, I am very frustrated to lose the last four games.

"The situation is clear, and I am sorry for the fans because they don't deserve this. But the club has to decide the best solution.

"The players are always the same here, the club changes coaches, but the players stay the same and the results do not change,I cannot accept this."

In another set of comments, he made it clear he wasn't happy merely sticking around for the salary.

"Maybe I'm not so good," he said. "I think Tottenham called me to improve the situation. But I'm too honest to close my eyes. And to continue Chris Beck Jersey to tell 'OK, but I want to finish my season in this way, my salary is good.' I'm not this type of person.

"I have ambition. I'm a person that I have ambition. I hate to lose and we lost four of the last five games. I want to try to move the situation and also to make an a se sment with the club."

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Heres Antonio Conte pre s conference after Burnley game. Maybe Im not so good - I cant close my eyes, I have ambition.

Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) Conte comments raise more questions over Spurs future

The post-match remarks at Burnley are a reminder of Conte's frankne s and his growing annoyance during recent weeks in North London

Spurs' poor Bud Norris Jersey form has sparked previous outspoken comments, as he questioned the club's transfer policy, and played down their chance of securing a top-four finish.

"What happened in January is not easy. Four players left in January. Four important players for Tottenham, two have arrived. So even numerically instead of reinforcing yourself, you may have, on paper, weakened the team.

""Ive always said I have to feel only one per cent the po sibility to win the league.

"But here it's strange, as maybe Matt Wieters Jersey I feel the one per cent po sibility is to finish fourth. The level of this league is very high and there is not a lot of space for other teams outside of the top teams."

Conte's Tottenham contract and what could happen next

Conte was drafted in as Nuno Espirito Santo's replacement in November, following his summer departure from Serie A champions Inter Milan.

The former Italian international agreed an 18-month deal, until the end of the 2022-23 season, with the option of a further year extension.

His annual salary is reported to be around $13 million, but his latest remarks and the growing discontent may ensure he does not finish out the contract.

Conte has developed a reputation for short stints in charge, and his stays have sometimes ended with falling-outs, with his time at Juventus the only role in which he lasted beyond two seasons.

He could be in line for his shortest tenure since a 14-game spell at Atalanta in 2009-10, if the rhetoric and bad results continue.

Spurs have gone 11W-7L-3D in his 21 matches at the helm. He took over the team in eighth place, which is where they Andrew Miller Jersey still find themselves. They hoped to make a run for fourth place and a berth in next season's UEFA Champions League.

Although they're still alive in the FA Cup Round of 16, they were ousted in the Carabao Cup by a vastly superior Chelsea team and then were eliminated from the UEFA Conference League due to a forfeit after a COVID-19 outbreak.

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Manchester City became the winningest Josh Reddick Jersey English team ever in a single Champions League season with Tuesday's semifinal second leg victory over Paris Saint-Germain.

The 2-0 (4-1 on aggregate) result gave them a record 11 wins in the competition this campaign, andtheir current run of seven consecutive victories has also bestedany other English side.

Manager Pep Guardiolabroke his semifinal hoodoo in the Jeff Bagwell Jersey proce s, advancing pastthe last fourfor the first time since 2010-11, and his menare now in position to claim a treble havingalready lifted the Carabao Cup and sitting one win away from thePremier League title.

Who haveManchester City beaten?

Manchester City have not lost in the Champions League this season, with their only dropped points coming in a Carlos Correa Jersey scorele s draw with Porto during the group stage.

These are the record 11 wins they've tallied in the competition, in chronological order:

PortoMarseille (away)OlympiacosOlympiacos (away)MarseilleMonchengladbach (away)MonchengladbachDortmundDortmund (away)PSG (away) Craig Biggio Jersey PSG

11 Manchester City are the first English side to win 11 games in a single European Cup/Champions League campaign. Dominance.

OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) Winning in style

After a difficult opening 45 minutes in the first leg, Manchester Citydominated PSG in all Jose Altuve Jersey aspects of the subsequent three halves of the tie.

In fact, they held PSG without a shot on target in the second leg, the first time that has happened to the French giants in the Champions League in at least 17 years.

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City will face either Chelsea or Real Madrid in the Champions League final on May 29.

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Bernardo Silva is looking to help Manchester City wrap up the Premier League title, starting with a Monday night trip to Stoke.

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, having completed a big-money move to City in the summer of 2017.

The Portugal international playmaker is looking forward to the challenge, with the 23-year-old determined to get his hands on more major silverware as quickly as po sible.

He told Sky Sports: We will try to do our best to finish the Premier League as soon as we can.

It's not finished yet, and we have to do a serious job, keep concentrated and focus, and then to try something in Cameron Maybin Jersey the Champions League as well.

Especially because here in England you do not have the winter break. Normally I would say Spanish teams, without the additional Justin Bour Jersey competition and with the winter break, they are fresher than us.

So to be able to finish the Premier League before the main games in the Champions League would be great, so we can rest a bit and be 200 per cent in the Champions League games.

But we know it is not easy to win the Premier League in April, especially with very difficult games ahead of us.

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City sit 16 points clear at the top of the table and which could take them through to a derby date with Manchester United on April 7.

They have already secured the Carabao Cup and are safely through to the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

There is much to be excited about at the Etihad Stadium, with Silva delighted to have linked up with such an ambitious outfit.

He added: Obviously when you win and keep winning, it's easier to maintain this atmosphere, but the atmosphere in the Man City dre sing room is amazing.

All the staff, all the players. Personally, when I arrived everyone helped me so much in the beginning and still now. It's great to Cody Allen Jersey be a part of this club.

My job is doing what I most like in the world, to play football, so to be able to be a football player, especially playing in an amazing club, probably in the best league in the world, is the perfect job for me.

When I was five, 10, 15 years old, I always dreamed of being in the best league in the world, playing with some of the best clubs. To be at Man City, to play alongside some of the best players, it is great. It was Albert Pujols Jersey a dream that became true for me.

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Thiago Alcantara has rebuffed the criticism aimed at David de Gea during the World Cup group stage.

De Gea spilled Cristiano Ronaldo's shot in Spain's dramatic 3-3 draw with Portugal to Neil Walker Jersey open Group B, and though he kept a clean sheet in the 1-0 victory over Iran, he conceded two of Morocco's three shots Asdrubal Cabrera Jersey on target in a 2-2 draw on Monday.

Bayern Munich midfielder Thiago, who started just one of Spain's three group games, suggested the Manchester United shot-stopper's hard work in training would go some way to silencing his critics.

"If you have seen the matches of David de Gea at Manchester United you can see that he is Jeurys Familia Jersey a porterazo magnificent goalkeeper ," he told reporters.

"To criticise, you have to see everything, including how he works in training like an animal."

Thiago feels improvements were required all over the pitch ahead of Spain's clash with Ru sia in the round of 16, which takes Matt Harvey Jersey place at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium on Sunday.

He called for the Spanish media in Ru sia to get behind the team as they prepared for a partisan crowd in the capital.

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"We are not going to play against eleven Ru sians, but Mike Piazza Jersey against thousands of them," said Thiago. "We are all far from home and in theory supporting Spain.

"I agree that we have made mistakes in defence. I know we're not playing our best, but Keith Hernandez Jersey let's win - we're all together.

"What needs to be improved? Everything. But that starts with trust. You have to have your own trust and trust in your team-mates."

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