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My children always saw it on YouTube when I swore in the Premier League. It doesn't put me in a strong position at home when I'm bringing them up, telling them what to say and what not to say. But when I get really annoyed, when we're too arrogant ... we have to be convinced of how strong we are and we already know that. But I don't like unnecessary arrogance.

Arsenal have scored 19 goals from corners in all competitions this season. Much of the credit for that goes to their primary corner takers, Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka. Taking corners from the left with his right foot, Rice has created eight goals, compared with five from Saka, who offers left-foot deliveries from the right. The vast majority of Arsenal's corners (81%) are in-swinging, and statistically more likely to lead to a goal than out-swinging deliveries.

Paris Saint-Germain will look to move to the top of the Ligue 1 table with a victory over Auxerre on Friday night. PSG are a point behind surprise leaders Lens in the standings and will be determined to put the pressure on top spot with a win ahead of the weekend. Auxerre are currently second-bottom in the standings, and should be easy pickings for the French Champions. 101GreatGoals has the team news ahead of the clash.

Chelsea are interested in signing the Barcelona midfielder Fermin Lopez in the coming months. According to a report from Fichajes, they rate the player highly and believe he could be a player for them in the long term. They are prepared to offer 100 million in order to get the deal done. It will be interesting to see if Barcelona are prepared to sanction his departure.

Image source, SNS There will be a pitch inspection before Saturday's Scottish Premiership match between Dundee United and St Mirren at Tannadice. Following heavy rain in Dundee this week, a precautionary inspection will take place at 09:30 before the scheduled 15:00 kick-off. Saturday's Scottish League 1 match between Montrose and Peterhead is also subject to an inspection, which is due to take place at 09:00. Peterhead St Mirren Dundee United Scottish Football Football Montrose

Arsenal are going very strong on all fronts this season. In the Premier League, they top the rankings by seven points ahead of second-place Manchester City. City boss Pep Guardiola believes the Gunners, under the leadership of his former assistant Mikel Arteta, are the best team in the world at the moment.

"Those were good minutes, I'm taking it one step at a time and now I'll continue to grow," Gutierrez said.

"It won't be a normal game. I'll be seeing former teammates and familiar faces again. We know that Bayern are currently one of the best teams in the world. But we have quality too, we want to give Bayern a hard time and try to beat them at home. I'm really looking forward to this game," Wanner told Sport Bild (as captured by @iMiaSanMia).

We've given ourselves a chance to get through and from that viewpoint, I'm delighted. My own view is that if we had stayed with 11 men, we would have won the game. Given the circumstances, absolutely [a point gained]. We're playing a good team trying to get into the top eight - naturally they're going to put pressure on us. We showed a great resilience. We have to win next Thursday, but even so, we've got a lot to think about before then.

Rangers continued their fantastic form under Danny Rohl as they beat Ludogorets 1-0 to extend their win streak to seven games. Mohammed Diomande's goal in the 33rd minute was enough to separate the two sides at Ibrox, and though Rangers cannot qualify for the playoffs, Ludogorets' chances of doing so took a blow. The Scottish Premiership side started on the front foot as Youssef Chermiti saw an early shot saved by Hendrik Bonmann before Mikey Moore blazed the rebound over the bar.

One week ago we were at Newcastle and won 2-0 and you look in the Champions League how strong they are, I have an extraordinary team and we are all together. I don't have any doubts about that. [ Arsenal] are the best team in the world. They are the best team right now and hopefully we can be close, getting better, and they can give us one chance to catch them.

Everton manager David Moyes says it is a "big blow" that on-loan midfielder Jack Grealish has a stress fracture in his foot. Moyes said he could not give a timescale for Grealish's recovery.

The absence of the wantaway Lucas Paqueta has given Mateus Fernandes a chance to take on more responsibility for West Ham. Paqueta, who is said to be nursing a minor back problem, was unavailable again for last week's win against Spurs but Nuno Espirito Santo's struggling side coped without the Flamengo target. They called on Fernandes to dictate the flow in midfield and the diligent Portuguese did not disappoint.