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with a dozen Premier League managers losing their jobs in 2013, and eight the year before. In the early years of the Premier League there were five in 1997 and only three in 1999, although there were eight in 1998.

So why the apparent reluctance so far this season? It cannot be that all the clubs have simply decided that their man is the best man for the job? That is highly unlikely.

It helps that the league is so concertinaed; after the top three only 11 points separate 17…

already assured of their place in the knockout stages with four wins out of four but their perfect record was ended by goals from Yaya Sanogo and Alexis Sanchez.

That means Dortmund need to win at home to Anderlecht on matchday six to guarantee their place as group winners, although given their superior goal difference a draw will likely be enough.

Klopp had no complaints with the final result, conceding Arsene Wenger's side were good value for their victory.

"Over 90…

Brian Clough's advice to me before most games was: 'you get it, you pass it to another player in a red shirt'. That's really all I've tried to do at Forest and United pass and move and I've made a career out of it.

oy Keane

 and by 1991 he was a regular starter in the side, displacing the England international Steve Hodge. Keane scored three goals during a run to the 1991 FA Cup Final, which Forest ultimately lost to Tottenham Hotspur. In the third round, however, he made a…

after being caught by a robust Kenny Miller challenge that earned the Rangers striker a yellow card.

Despite scans revealing that he will not be able to select the 21-year-old until the new year, Neilson admits the prognosis could have been worse after -initially fearing McHattie was facing up to three months on the sidelines.

Neilson said: We knew it was quite a bad one. No surgery is -required, though, with rest being needed.

He will be in a brace to begin with and…