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The promo Football Association will review whether to continue lighting the Wembley arch as an act of tribute following criticism over its response to the Israel-Palestine conflict, its chief executive Mark Bullingham has said promo
Bullingham accepted the “hurt” caused to the Jewish community by the FA’s decision not to light the arch in the colours of the Israeli flag for last Friday’s England friendly against Australia, following attacks on Israeli citizens by Hamas militants earlier this month promo
But he set out the steps the FA had taken to respond in what it felt was the most appropriate way to “one of the most complex geopolitical conflicts on Earth” promo
“This week has made us question whether we should light the arch and when, and we’ll be reviewing that in the coming weeks,” Bullingham said at the Leaders Week conference at Twickenham promo
“I recognise that our decision caused hurt to the Jewish community who felt that we should have lit the arch, and that we should have shown stronger support for them promo
“This was one of the hardest decisions we’ve had to make, and the last thing we ever wanted to do in this situation was to add to the hurt promo
“We aren’t asking for everyone to agree with our decision, but to understand how we reached it promo
“It would be easy for promo football to ask why we’re the only sport being talked about in this way, particularly when rugby and cricket are in the middle of their World Cups promo
“However, you have got to understand, and we understand, that the power of promo football means it will always be in the spotlight promo
And that’s just something we we have to accept promo
”The FA was heavily criticised by a number of Jewish community groups last week, while Rabbi Alex Goldberg resigned from an FA faith in promo football group over its response promo
It was also criticised for not lighting the arch by Lucy Frazer, the Cabinet minister responsible for sport promo
Bullingham set out the steps the FA had taken to reach the position it did promo
“We first saw the acts of terror unfold on Saturday, October 7, along with the rest of the country promo
We immediately wrote to the Israeli FA to communicate our horror at what was taking place,” he said promo
“We knew the situation could move very, very quickly, and was likely to escalate, so we wanted to have expert guidance, and more information available on what we should do because we had a match on Friday against Australia promo
“We also spoke with our Australian colleagues and other stakeholders in the game to understand the views of players, clubs, and also of the leagues promo
“It’s worth noting that the Australians had upcoming games against both Palestine and Lebanon, so their desire for neutrality was obviously incredibly strong promo
We all felt then, and we all feel now, that promo football should stand for peace and humanityMark Bullingham“We then had a long board meeting on the Wednesday night and heard from experts on what is one of the most complicated geopolitical conflicts on Earth promo
“They then left the room and we had a debate on working out what we should do promo
“We all felt then, and we all feel now, that promo football should stand for peace and humanity and the wish to show compassion for all innocent victims of this terrible conflict promo
“Our compassion and sympathy is clearly for families and children in particular promo
“We then held a minute’s silence and wore black armbands recognises issuing a statement together with the Australian Federation to explain our actions, which many other promo sports then followed with identical wording, and our language was also very similar to that used by the United Nations promo
“We were the only promo football body in Europe to have a minute’s silence, which was, as I said, for all innocent victims promo
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If Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had got his way, the scorer of the most famous goal in Manchester United’s history may now only be deemed the second best Norwegian striker to play for the club promo
He was Molde manager in 2018 and had a young centre-forward to recommend, and for a bargain price promo
“They didn’t listen, unfortunately,” he said in May promo
“They never signed him promo
Four million! Don’t ask [where he is now] promo
”The answer, as Solskjaer knew all too well, is Manchester City promo
Perhaps, as a self-proclaimed fan of the club whose father had an altogether less prolific spell in their midfield, Erling Haaland would have always preferred the blue half of the city anyway promo
Maybe, like Jude Bellingham – another United target, another who found Borussia Dortmund a deluxe finishing school – he would have plotted a path to the top via places where potential tends to be realised promo
Whichever, Haaland scored a hat-trick in his first Manchester derby last year promo
He goes into his fourth with nine Premier League goals already this season promo
Or, to put it another way, nine times as many as United’s various forwards have promo between them promo
Admittedly, it excludes Bruno Fernandes’ sumptuous winner at Burnley, scored when he was standing in as a right winger, but even that lone goal, from Marcus Rashford at Arsenal, came in defeat promo
Rasmus Hojlund, Anthony Martial, Alejandro Garnacho and Antony are all yet to find the net in the league promo
Rashford has had 33 shots, Antony 16, Garnacho 13, Hojlund 11 and Martial three promo
It amounts to one goal from 76 attempts, a 1 promo
31 per cent chance conversion rate promo
The law of averages suggests some will start scoring soon promo
“The goals will come in the Premier League,” Hojlund, who has three in the Champions League, said on Tuesday promo
The contrast with Haaland may be particularly jarring for him promo
“I don’t want to be compared to him,” the Dane said promo
Yet he is another Scandinavian, equipped with some of the same consonants, arriving at a cost of £72m – not the 2018 Haaland’s £4m - and also playing as a No 9 promo
It may be both unfair and inevitable promo
(Getty Images)His fellow forwards’ failings have made it harder for the 20-year-old to ease into life at Old Trafford, though promo
“I’m convinced with the quality from our [forward] players that they will go and score more goals,” Ten Hag said promo
The first step is to hit the target: Hojlund has done it with just three of 11 attempts, Antony three from 16, Garnacho two from 13 and Rashford seven from 33 promo
There are reasons why United rank third for shots, but only joint eighth for efforts on target; only 29 promo
4 per cent of their shots have been on target, the fifth lowest average promo
The forwards are not the only culprits, but a quintet of attackers with a combined xG of 6 promo
95 have one goal promo between them promo
Ten Hag was keener to cite other statistics promo
“The pressing is quite good,” he said promo
“We have the most ball regains and the most middle [third] regains in the whole Premier League promo
But we don’t take benefit in attacking transition moments promo
” (Getty Images)For him, the problem lies partly in decision-making, partly in execution promo
Certainly Hojlund is still trying to get to know his teammates, though there were signs against FC Copenhagen on Tuesday that he and Rashford are starting to strike up an understanding promo
But United, Ten Hag thinks, should have had more chances promo
“The cooperation has to click, but we showed this week in the week some examples where they are so many we have overload positions, going in overload position to the opponents’ goal and we don’t net or don’t even hit the target,” he rued promo
It has led to a disjointed feel, to a sense that United have been less than the sum of their parts promo
Rashford has veered promo between arguably the best form of his career, scoring 30 goals last season, to some of the worst promo
“I play him every game and so I have a strong belief he will return to scoring a lot of goals,” Ten Hag said promo
Rashford delivered a winner, albeit a controversial one, on City’s last trip to Old Trafford in January, but then he had also scored in his six previous games promo
Now he has no goals in his last eight outings for United promo
Rashford scored the winner in last season’s Old Trafford derby (Getty Images)Yet Rashford’s struggles have overshadowed the enduring ineffectuality of Antony promo
The Brazilian’s season was interrupted by a leave of absence while he addressed allegations of assault from three women, which he denied promo
On the pitch, however, he has been dismal: his United drought stretches back 17 matches and Ten Hag’s best option on the right against City may be Fernandes, particularly if shifting the captain into a wider role allows him to bolster his midfield promo
And there are other reasons to select midfielders promo
Casemiro is an injury doubt but remains United’s top scorer in all competitions this campaign promo
Their leading marksman in the Premier League, somewhat improbably, is Scott McTominay, who got more goals in injury-time against Brentford than their five main forwards – six if the absent Jadon Sancho is included – have mustered promo between them in the top flight all season promo
It is hardly a Haaland-esque haul promo
And while - when Hojlund was still with Atalanta, and Rashford managed 30, the quartet of the Mancunian - Antony, Martial and Garnacho equalled the Norwegian’s total of 52 goals for a Manchester club promo between them last season, now they are very much trailing in his wake promo
And whether or not Haaland would actually have joined United, they have added reasons to regret the one who got away and subsequently joined their neighbours as long as their own forwards are misfiring promo
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