SENTIMENTS FAIL TO SAVE POCHETTINO
Sentiments don’t pay bills. Tottenham reached the UEFA Champions League final last season thanks to Mauricio Pochettino. Before the new season could reach its mid-point though, the club sacked him.
And although Tottenham and everyone in charge of the club are going to whip up superlatives to justify the sacking of their most successful manager in recent times, it would be wise to remember that nobody makes decision based on logic. They only make it base on sentiments and try to justify it with logic. …
Under pressure since the start of the campaign, Mourinho may not be so lucky as his team face a tough away fixture and ironically, it could be his former club Chelsea who finally bring the curtain down on his Old Trafford career. 
Spain have become a team renowned for having a miserly defense and a large part of that is down to Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea. The Spanish shot-stopper is widely considered the best goalkeeper in the world and the Portuguese will have a tough time getting past the adopted Manc. 
Townsend is now 26-years old and has matured from the powerful, tricky winger that fired his way into the England set-up. He’s one of the first names on the Palace teamsheet, not through Hodgson’s soft spot for him but his sheer work rate and do-or-die performances, and recent debutant Aaron Wan-Bissaka will be the first to tell you what Townsend provides defensively.