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Enzo Maresca might have been expected to keep his head down and not make any curious team selections in his first Premier League game in charge of Manchester City. Instead, he made the surprising decision to field Marc Guehi in a holding role and, eventually, the gamble paid off - as discussed on Match of the Day above. The Guehi experiment may end up being a long-term fix, with Maresca saying afterwards he provides "a solution" in the middle of the park.
Roberto de Zerbi, by his own admission, confirmed his role was more psychologist than coach when he was given seven games to keep Tottenham in the top flight following his appointment in March. The Italian has been handed vast funds for a host of new players to ensure Spurs do not suffer a repeat of the nightmare campaign. Saturday's dreadful defeat at Brentford was not the start he or the Spurs power brokers envisaged.
Aleksander Ceferin, president of the European soccer confederation (UEFA) has announced that he will not run against Gianni Infantino but warned the under-fire FIFA president that he must either quit or face a leadership challenge in March. Infantino has been mired in a crisis since the failure of his controversial – and ultimately abandoned – plan to open FIFA to private investors.
LEWIS STEELE: Last August, they were singing and dancing as they left the stadium. They were doing the same here but with a nagging worry in the backs of their minds.
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