Goalkeeper: Jack Butland (Stoke City) – Spared Stoke defeat by making six saves, denying the Burnley trio of Jack Cork, James Tarkowski and Johann Berg Gudmundsson. Gareth Copley / Getty Images

Memorable outings for London and Manchester clubs: English football team of the week



It was a good weekend of football action for fans supporting Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal. City and Arsenal breezed through their Premier League games - admittedly both were dead rubbers - while United and Chelsea did well to reach the FA Cup final.

As a result, two players from each of these four teams form the bulk of Jolly's team of the week. Surprisingly, though, one Tottenham Hotspur star makes the composite XI despite his side's defeat to United in the FA Cup semi-finals.

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Football coverage

Liverpool's defenders left with plenty to talk about

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At a glance

Global events: Much of the UK’s economic woes were blamed on “increased global uncertainty”, which can be interpreted as the economic impact of the Ukraine war and the uncertainty over Donald Trump’s tariffs.

 

Growth forecasts: Cut for 2025 from 2 per cent to 1 per cent. The OBR watchdog also estimated inflation will average 3.2 per cent this year

 

Welfare: Universal credit health element cut by 50 per cent and frozen for new claimants, building on cuts to the disability and incapacity bill set out earlier this month

 

Spending cuts: Overall day-to day-spending across government cut by £6.1bn in 2029-30 

 

Tax evasion: Steps to crack down on tax evasion to raise “£6.5bn per year” for the public purse

 

Defence: New high-tech weaponry, upgrading HM Naval Base in Portsmouth

 

Housing: Housebuilding to reach its highest in 40 years, with planning reforms helping generate an extra £3.4bn for public finances

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Director: Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal

Stars: Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham

Rating: 3.5/5

2019 ASIA CUP POTS

Pot 1
UAE, Iran, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia

Pot 2
China, Syria, Uzbekistan, Iraq, Qatar, Thailand

Pot 3
Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Palestine, Oman, India, Vietnam

Pot 4
North Korea, Philippines, Bahrain, Jordan, Yemen, Turkmenistan