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What the name SANJAY means

What Does The Name "Sanjay"
Mean
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Cech expects "play-off" game against Olympiacos

Arsenal keeper Petr Cech said Wednesday he expected a
"play-off" Champions League game against Olympiacos on
December 9 as the two teams vie for a spot in the knock-out
phase.
"It will be like a play-off game because the head-to-head
counts and we have things to catch up with," Cech said on
his website, as third-placed Arsenal trail the Greek side by
three points in Group F with one match to play.
"We lost 2-3 at home and the maths are easy," added the 33-
year-old helmet-wearing Czech Republic keeper, who had
joined Arsenal from Chelsea before this season.
"They can even lose under some circumstances while we have
to win by two goals. It won't be easy but I believe we'll be
able to handle it well and advance."
On Tuesday, the Gunners saw off Dinamo Zagreb 3-0 at home
with first-half goals from Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez who
added another on 69 minutes.
Olympiacos were meanwhile crushed by group leaders Bayern
4-0 in Munich.
The last round pits Arsenal against Olympiacos at Piraeus
while Bayern have already secured a place in the last 16.
Cech said Tuesday's results had brought "exactly the scenario
we needed" as both Arsenal and Bayern won, leaving the
play-off door open for the London side.
"I'm glad it went like this and Bayern in the other game also
confirmed being the favourites," said Cech.
Against Zagreb, who are fourth in Group F without a chance to
make the play-offs, "it ended up well," he added.
"They defended well and we knew we had to be patient. It
took us some time to score the first one but when we did we
had more room. We added another one fast and that decided
the game."
"I'm happy with the clean sheet and with having managed the
game easily and having it under control all the time."

Isco gets two-game ban for Neymar kick

Real Madrid midfielder Isco was handed a two-game
suspension on Wednesday for his wild kick on Barcelona's
Neymar that saw him sent-off in Madrid's miserable 4-0
defeat at the weekend.
The Spanish international was on the field for less than 30
minutes having come on as a second-half substitute before
taking his frustration out on Barca's brilliant Brazilian.
As a result Isco will miss Madrid's trip to Eibar on Sunday
and Getafe's visit to the Santiago Bernabeu in a Madrid derby
on December 5.

Suarez hails Barca's 'perfect' game against Roma

Barcelona striker Luis Suarez hailed his team's 6-1 rout of
Roma in the Champions League as a "perfect game", which
also saw Lionel Messi start for the first time since returning
from injury.
Suarez scored twice as the holders celebrated qualifying for
the last 16 of the Champions League with another stunning
display on Tuesday.
Barcelona discovered they had qualified from Group E before
they had kicked a ball at the Camp Nou, the 1-1 draw
between BATE Borisov and Bayer Leverkusen in Belarus
ensuring their passage.
Fresh from crushing eternal rivals Real Madrid 4-0 in La Liga
action at the weekend, they then produced a performance that
the Italians could not live with to secure top spot in the
section.
"We know that every player has to fulfil their expectations,"
Suarez said.
"We played a perfect game, very complete, and we didn't leave
any space in midfield. In the first half we put the game away.
"Neymar, Messi and I are here for the good of the team, for
the good of Barca. We don't think individually."
Messi, making his first return since injury, also notched up
two goals.
"The people were waiting for Messi to return and we're all
happy that he scored," acknowledged Suarez.
Messi said there was an evident synchronicity with his
teammates.
"With Neymar and Suarez we get on really well. We know we
have a responsibility but we also want to have a good time,"
the Argentinian said.
"I was really excited to have that feeling of coming back and
playing again. I enjoyed watching the team, but playing is
better."

MANCHESTER CITY’S IHEANACHO RULED OUT OF AFRICAN U23 CHAMPIONSHIP

The Citizens' rookie will play no part in the country's
quest to book a place in Rio Olympics according to coach
Samson Siasia
Manchester City's Kelechi Iheanacho has been ruled out of
the 2015 African U23 Championship in Senegal, coach
Samson Siasia has revealed.
The forward who part of the Super Eagles that silenced
Swaziland in the 2018 Fifa World Cup second round
qualifier will not join the Dream Team VI as they hope to
secure a place in Rio 2016.
"The initial plans I had with the player and his
representative was that he would join us at least five
days to the competition and also help the team till the
semi-finals stage which he agreed but later he told
somebody very close to me that his club Manchester City
is not convinced to release him again since he was
dumped on the bench at the last Fifa U20 World Cup
under Coach Manu Garba. So as it is right now I don't
think Kelechi Iheanacho will join us again," Siasia told
Goal.
"The good news is that Junior Ajayi who is based in
Tunisia has since Sunday joined us and we are expecting
the team captain Azubuike (Okechukwu) and Taiwo
Awoniyi to arrive on Tuesday so that we can have a full
house to concentrate on for the tournament."
The former Super Eagles' handler confessed that his team
still find it hard to score goals but vowed to do his best
to ensure that the players convert at least two or three of
five chances created in matches.
"This team has been creating a lot of chances in
competitive matches and test matches but the problem is
that they used to waste these begging chances which are
not good for a team aspiring to win tournaments," he
continued.
"We are expecting the invited foreign based strikers like
Awoniyi and Junior Ajayi who have been with the team for
some time before they turned professionals to use their
newly garnered experience to help the team score goals in
the competition.
"We are targeting winning the competition or better still
pick one of the qualification tickets for the 2016 Olympic
Games."
He confessed that he has been very disturbed and affected
by the kidnap of his mother but had to concentrate on
tinkering the U23 national team to get the 2016 Olympics
against all odds.
"I will confess to you the kidnap of my mother really
affects me but this is a national assignment which I need
to make sure we get the qualification ticket for next year's
Olympics in Brazil.
"I want everybody most especially the federal government
led by president Muhammadu Buhari, Bayelsa State
Government and the Inspector General of Police to help me
secure the release of my mother," he concluded.
Nigeria missed out of the London 2012 Games men's
football event and would hope to qualify for Rio 2016
having been zoned in Group B alongside Egypt, Mali and
Algeria.

Kane brace sets Spurs on Arsenal's tail

Harry Kane scored his seventh and eighth goals in five matches as
Tottenham Hotspur dispatched West Ham United 4-1 on Sunday to close on
the Premier League's top four.Defenders Toby Alderweireld and Kyle
Walker also found the net at a chilly White Hart Lane as Mauricio
Pochettino's side equalled the club record of 12 successive Premier
League games without defeat.Spurs now trail third-place Manchester
City and fourth-place Arsenal by just two points and look ideally
placed for an assault on the Champions League berths ahead of next
weekend's home game with spluttering champions Chelsea, who will not
relish the trip to north London.The only disappointment for Pochettino
was the booking collected by rising star Dele Alli following a shoving
match with Mark Noble, which rules the England newcomer out of the
Chelsea game.It was only a second defeat in 10 league games for Slaven
Bilic's West Ham, who replied late on through Manuel Lanzini, and left
them three points adrift of Spurs in sixth place.The visitors badly
missed injured playmaker Dimitri Payet, whose place was taken by
Diafra Sakho in West Ham's only change.Bilic strung his midfielders
across the pitch in a 4-1-4-1 system, with Sakho wide on the right, in
an attempt to stop Spurs' centre-backs sliding passes into the feet of
Alli, Christian Eriksen and the fit-again Son Heung-Min, who replaced
the suspended Erik Lamela.Victor Moses gave Spurs early concern by
skipping past Mousa Dembele and crossing from the left, but Spurs
looked in control and after Eriksen had warmed Adrian's palms from
range, they took a 23rd-minute lead.Alli's shot from the edge of the
box was partially blocked and fell to Kane, who easily rolled Carl
Jenkinson before rifling a left-foot shot into the roof of the net for
his seventh goal of the league campaign.West Ham threatened to reply
immediately when Cheikhou Kouyate volleyed acrobatically against the
crossbar after Noble's blocked shot ballooned into the air.But in the
33rd minute the hosts added a second, Alderweireld outjumping Andy
Carroll at the near post and nodding in Eriksen's corner.Spurs should
have put the game out of sight before half-time.Alli headed against
the bar after Adrian had thwarted Son and moments later Kane was sent
clean through, only to miscue horribly and bobble a left-foot shot
well wide.It did not take long for him to atone, however, as an
ill-advised attempt to play the ball out from the back by West Ham
gifted Spurs their third goal five minutes after the change of
ends.The reluctant recipient of a throw from Adrian, Tomkins passed
the ball straight to Eriksen, who moved it on to Kane, and the England
striker drove a low strike through Adrian from outside the box.Adrian
should have done better than allow the ball to slip beneath him, but
he provided a firmer barrier shortly after, blocking from Son at his
near post and then parrying Eriksen's volleyed follow-up.Walker was
booked after a needless face-off with Sakho, but the right-back made
amends in the 83rd minute by using the outside of his right foot to
curl Son's lay-off around Adrian's forlorn dive and into the
net.Lanzini denied Hugo Lloris a clean sheet by flummoxing Walker with
a step-over and slamming home left-footed, but Spurs finished
strongly, with substitute Ryan Mason hitting the post.

SANJAY'S ZONE: Terry hopes Norwich success will spark winning streak

Chelsea captain John Terry expressed his relief after the West Londoners chalked up only theirfourth league win of the Premier League campaign on Saturday at Stamford Bridge.Diego Costa's second half strike was enough to defeat Norwich 1-0 as the defending champions finally had something to celebrate after an appalling start to the season.Terry, who had a strong game at the heart of the Chelsea back-four, says the win was a welcome boost to the squad who still lie a distant 14 points behind surprise leaders Leicester down in 15th position."We're delighted to win," Terry told Chelsea TV ahead of the Champions League trip to Maccabi Tel Aviv on Tuesday."Relieved as well. Picking up three points has been a really good feeling. Good performance totop it off as well."Hopefully we can put ourselves on a good run of games now and climb up this table.The victory was also a much needed boost for under-fire manager Jose Mourinho who had overseen three straight league defeats for the first time since owner Roman Abramovich took over the club 12 years ago.A victory in Israel combined with a Porto success over Dynamo Kiev the same evening will seethe 2012 European champions qualify for next year's knockout phase."We can build on this now and hopefully get another win on Tuesday," continued the 34-year-old.""We have three points on the board now in the Premier League and switch focus to the Champions League again," Terry added."With that in mind and the importance of qualifying it's all there for everyone to see and to go and do.""Anyone who has been to the games and watched the last five, six games has seen the performances have been there," Terry added."(Against Norwich was) very much the same. Creating chances, shots on goal, crosses into the box. It could've been four or five. It wasn't."We'll certainly take the 1-0 and we have something to build upon now." said Terry after the team's third clean sheet of the season.Following Tuesday's key tie, the Blues return to London and a difficult trip to arch rivals Tottenham on Sunday before matches against Bournemouth, Porto, Leicester, Sunderland, Watford and Manchester United to finish the year.

SANJAY'S ZONE: Mourinho looks forward to Costa goal boost

Jose Mourinho hopes Diego Costa's winning goal against
Norwich City will prove to be a turning point for the Chelsea
striker.
The Spain forward has come in for growing criticism after
struggling to recapture the form he showed during his club's
march to the Premier League title last season.
Costa again missed a number of chances against Norwich
before securing Chelsea's first win in four league games with
the 64th-minute winner in a 1-0 success at Stamford Bridge
on Saturday -- only his third goal in 11 Premier League
appearances this season.
Chelsea manager Mourinho admitted his player has been
feeling the strain, but believes Costa can now begin to put a
difficult period behind him.
"When you don't score goals, you get heavier," said Mourinho.
"Every game that you don't score goals, you get 5kg more.
You get heavy and the pressure is there.
"In the first half he (Costa) misses two chances. The second
one, in the last minute, is really a big one. So it was important
for him. Important for us, the result and the goal, but I think
also for him."
The Portuguese boss added: "He's working well, he's a happy
guy, he tries everything. He's positive, so if I had to choose
somebody to score the winning goal, I would go exactly with
him.
"Everything is connected. I think when you are full of
confidence it's not just about goals, it's also about -- I don't
know if it's the right word -- but fluent.
"You are fluent in your decisions, you choose well your
movements, you choose well the number of touches, when to
hold, when to keep possession, when to touch, first touch.
"When you lose confidence, you lose this fluent game. Yes, he
can do much better, but again, yes, one goal is very
important."
And the manager believes Costa is benefitting from showing
more discipline on the field.
"He's doing well. He had three yellow cards in 16, 17 official
matches in the season.
"He's not responding, basically, to provocations. Little things
are the salt and the pepper of football. He's behaving well and
everything is fine."
Chelsea remain in the bottom half of the table with a third of
the season gone yet while Mourinho has written off his side's
title hopes, he still believes they can finish in the top four.
"We have to go game after game. But I said already in the
press conference yesterday that the fourth position for me is
not an impossible mission," he explained.
"If you ask me the title, I would say impossible mission.
Maybe Tom Cruise can do it," Mourinho joked.
"It's complicated because you have to recover points from
four candidates.
"But to recover positions and points to teams that normally
are in the middle of the table and to grab one of the ones that
go up and will also have a little bit of a collapse for sure,
because everybody will have.
"The fourth position is a difficult position but a possible
target. But match after match. Now is Maccabi (Tel Aviv in
the Champions League) and we hope we can win and maybe
the Porto-Dynamo result allows us to qualify before the last
match, which would be good.
"But if we have to win the last match at home, let's go for
that."
Norwich manager Alex Neil was frustrated his side were
denied a first-half penalty when Willian challenged Robbie
Brady, claiming it was the latest in a succession of decisions
to go against his team.
"I generally don't say anything about referees because they
have a hard enough job but it is getting extremely frustrating,"
he said.
"When you are one of the smaller clubs it becomes extremely
difficult to accept because those minor decisions mean a great
deal to us as we might not have five or six opportunities to
score.
"So when you do feel you deserve a penalty you would like it
to be awarded. That is where the frustration lies."

Firmino and Liverpool punish sluggish Man City

Roberto Firmino scored his first Liverpool goal and made two
more as Jurgen Klopp's team stopped Manchester City
recapturing the Premier League summit with a brilliant 4-1
away win on Saturday.
City were bidding to return to first place after being usurped
by Leicester City earlier in the day, but they were left in third
after a sloppy and unfocused display at the Etihad Stadium
culminated in their third defeat of the campaign.
Raheem Sterling, playing against Liverpool for the first time
since his acrimonious close-season exit, had been the focus of
the pre-match build-up, but it was Firmino, a £29 million
($44.1 million, 41.4 million euros) capture from Hoffenheim,
who stole the headlines.
The Brazil international created an own goal by Eliaquim
Mangala, teed up Philippe Coutinho and scored himself, all
inside the first 32 minutes, and although Sergio Aguero
marked his return from a seven-game lay-off with a
hamstring injury by replying, Martin Skrtel slammed home
Liverpool's fourth late on.
Klopp's side, beaten 2-1 at home by Crystal Palace in their
previous outing, have now won away at Chelsea and City,
although they rose just one place in the standings to ninth.
Prior to kick-off several Tricolores were held aloft during the
playing of the French national anthem, in tribute to the victims
of last week's Paris attacks, and City's France internationals
Bacary Sagna and Eliaquim Mangala were both shown singing
along on the stadium's big screens.
The pair could have been forgiven for having their minds
elsewhere and that appeared to be the case as a sequence of
glaring errors in City's defence allowed the visitors to take
control of the game.
Liverpool went ahead in the seventh minute after Coutinho
dispossessed Sagna and found Firmino, whose low cross was
inadvertently scuffed in at the near post by the back-pedalling
Mangala.
City manager Manuel Pellegrini had changed both his centre-
backs, Mangala and Martin Demichelis starting in place of
Nicolas Otamendi and injured skipper Vincent Kompany, and it
was from a mix-up between the two newcomers that Liverpool
added a second goal in the 23rd minute.
As both players converged on a loose ball, Demichelis
contrived to head it past Mangala and Firmino squared for
Coutinho to steer a shot between the legs of Joe Hart.
Liverpool were playing with an aggressivity and purpose that
has characterised their approach since Klopp's arrival and they
swelled their lead yet further after a sweeping counter-attack.
Coutinho initially saw a shot parried by Hart, but an audacious
back-heel by Emre Can gave the Brazilian a second bite at
the cherry and he rolled square for Firmino to tap home.
Firmino twice went close to compounding City's misery, first
seeing an effort blocked by Hart and then hooking inches wide
from Coutinho's flick.
Each misplaced pass from a player in sky blue drew a flurry of
invective from the home fans, but shortly before half-time
Aguero gave them hope.
The Argentine picked up the ball midway inside the Liverpool
half, resisted the attentions of Adam Lallana and arced a
right-foot shot around Simon Mignolet from 25 yards.
Pellegrini took reparative action at half-time, sending on
Fabian Delph and Fernandinho for Yaya Toure and Jesus
Navas in a bid to go toe-to-toe with Liverpool's three-man
midfield.
His side remained troublingly porous at the back, however,
and Hart was required to save with his right leg on the hour
after Can's pass, dummied by Lallana, gave Firmino yet
another sight of goal.
Hart also had to save from Dejan Lovren, before a calamitous
back-pass from old boy James Milner almost let City back
into the game, only for Mignolet to deny Aguero from
Sterling's lay-off.
After Hart had thwarted substitute Christian Benteke, Skrtel
slammed home from a corner to rubber-stamp Liverpool's first
league win at the Etihad since October 2008 and condemn
City to a second 4-1 reverse of the campaign after
September's drubbing at Tottenham Hotspur.