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You could cast Anfield today as flop striker Alexander Isak versus flop striker Benjamin Sesko, if you wanted. Jonathan Liew would rather you didn’t.
Frank Lampard’s Coventry, to give them their legal name, are flying. The thought of them back in the top division is rather stirring to those of a certain age.
Continue reading...Lionel Messi wraps up MLS Golden Boot, MVP race with hat trick during Inter Miami’s win over Nashville
Messi finishes the regular season with 29 goals and 19 assists
European football: Bayern extend perfect start as Kane punishes Dortmund
Kane scores as Bayern Munich beat Borussia Dortmund
Barcelona edge Girona via Araújo’s stoppage-time winner
Harry Kane scored once and helped set up another as Bayern Munich battled past Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in the Bundesliga’s Klassiker to maintain their perfect start to the season with their seventh straight win. Bayern had to survive considerable second-half pressure from the visitors before making sure of their 11th win in 11 matches across all competitions.
They lead the Bundesliga race with 21 points, five ahead of second-placed RB Leipzig. Dortmund, who suffered their first loss in 10 matches across all competitions, dropped to fourth on 14. Kane gave the hosts a deserved lead when he scored his 12th league goal in seven matches with a glancing header from a Joshua Kimmich corner in the 22nd minute.
Continue reading...Fulham 0-1 Arsenal: Premier League – as it happened
Another goal from a corner, another three points for the Premier League leaders
The teams emerge from the Cottage. Fulham in white, Arsenal in second-choice blue. A heady atmosphere down by the river. It won’t be too long now.
Marco Silva talks to Sky. “[To have Raúl Jiménez back] is crucial … we have two strikers who have been scoring more than 20 goals a season together … we miss Rodrigo [Muniz] … it is crucial to have at least one of them.”
Continue reading...Jean-Philippe Mateta’s hat-trick rescues Crystal Palace in thrilling draw with Bournemouth
For most of this breathless encounter, Bournemouth supporters were relishing the prospect of going top of the Premier League, albeit perhaps for only a few hours, and inflicting Crystal Palace’s second home defeat of 2025. Andoni Iraola’s impressive side had led through two goals from the teenager Eli Junior Kroupi before being pegged back by Jean-Philippe Mateta and thought they had won it when the substitute Ryan Christie scored with two minutes of normal time remaining.
Mateta, who scored on his first start for France in midweek, had other ideas as he converted an injury-time penalty to complete his hat-trick, although he missed a golden opportunity to win it at the death.
Continue reading...Manchester City’s unstoppable Erling Haaland downs Everton with double
Erling Haaland’s double seized the points, took him to 23 goals in 13 games for club and country this season, and kept Tottenham as the only foes the uber-striker has failed to score against this season.
The 25-year-old’s goals – on 58 and 63 minutes – shredded the visitors in two high-quality moments that decorated a generally middling affair.
Continue reading...Championship roundup: Coventry back on top while Thomas sends Stoke third
Thomas-Asante and Torp strike for Coventry
Stoke beat Wrexham; West Brom back into top six
Coventry reclaimed their spot at the top of the Championship with a 2-0 victory over Blackburn. They had slipped to second after Middlesbrough’s victory over Ipswich on Friday night, but goals from Victor Torp and Brandon Thomas-Asante took them back to the summit. Liam Kitching should have made it three near the end but he headed over from inside the six-yard box.
Frank Lampard, the Coventry manager, thought the game was a “good test for all of us”, saying: “All credit to Blackburn in the first half. They came here with an aggressive organisation about them and were happy to be man-for-man pretty much all over the pitch.
Continue reading...Nottingham Forest 0-3 Chelsea: Premier League – as it happened
Ange Postecoglou was sacked less than half an hour after Chelsea inflicted another defeat on Forest
1 min After the players take a knee, Morgan Gibbs-White gets the match under way on a dank, drizzly afternoon in Nottingham.
A bit of news from elsewhere. Crystal Palace have confirmed their captain Marc Guehi will leave the club in the summer after rejecting the offer of a new contract.
Continue reading...Manchester City 2-0 Everton, Brighton 2-1 Newcastle, and more: football – as it happened
Ange Postecoglou’s dismissal from Nottingham Forest hogged the early-afternoon headlines, before Manchester City, Burnley, Brighton and Sunderland returned to winning ways after the international break
Burnley v Leeds United: Jordan Beyer, Connor Roberts and Zeki Amdouni all remain sidelined for Burnley, but Scott Parker is hoping to have Lyle Foster and Jaidon Anthony available despite the duo suffering recent injuries.
Harry Gray and Willy Gnonto are both absent for Leeds United, while Noah Okafor is a doubt. Lucas Perri has recovered from a hamstring injury, while Dan James will have to undergo a fitness test as he tries to return from an ankle injury.
Continue reading...Middlesbrough go top of Championship after Whittaker gets off mark against Ipswich
Morgan Whittaker scored his first Middlesbrough goal as Rob Edwards’ side returned to the top of the Championship with an action-packed 2-1 win against Ipswich. Victory ended a three-game winless run for the home side, who had made their intent plain by pummelling the visitors’ goal after a forgettable first 30 minutes.
Whittaker doubled Boro’s lead in the 55th minute after Cédric Kipré’s own goal in first-half added time had given them the advantage, shortly after the home goalkeeper Sol Brynn saved a George Hirst penalty.
Continue reading...Alexander Isak now ‘100%’ ready to start making a major impact at Liverpool
Sweden striker missed pre-season training at Newcastle
Arne Slot says Isak is at full fitness ahead of United clash
Arne Slot has said Alexander Isak is ready to showcase the qualities that made him Britain’s most expensive footballer.
Isak’s low-key start to life at Liverpool has been attributed to him missing the majority of pre-season training with Newcastle while he forced through a record £125m transfer to Anfield. Seven weeks after joining the Premier League champions, however, and having played the entirety of Sweden’s two recent World Cup qualifiers, Slot believes match fitness is no longer an issue for a striker who aims to kickstart his Liverpool career against Manchester United on Sunday.
Continue reading...Thomas Frank calls for ‘cohesion’ between Spurs fans and team to lift home form
Tottenham have taken 13 points from past 17 home games
‘We need the fans, especially in the tough moments’
Thomas Frank believes that Tottenham’s poor home form will improve if there is a better connection with the crowd, the fans make more noise and stay positive during tough spells.
Frank’s side have made a strong start to the season, 14 points from their first seven games taking them into third place, but they will need to raise their level when they host Aston Villa on Sunday. The statistics do not reflect well on Spurs, whose record of 13 points from their past 17 Premier League home fixtures is the worst of any team to have been in the division throughout that period.
Continue reading...Manchester City delay decision on John Stones’ future due to fitness concerns
England defender is out of contract in the summer
Stones played only 11 Premier League games last season
John Stones’s Manchester City future will be reliant on the defender’s fitness, according to Pep Guardiola. The England international’s contract expires in the summer and the club must decide if he deserves an extension after an injury-hit spell at the Etihad Stadium.
The 31-year-old recently said he contemplated retirement last season due to fitness problems, which resulted in him making only 11 Premier League appearances and missing the final three months of the campaign with a hamstring injury. Stones was an unused substitute for City’s past two league matches but will hope to return to the starting lineup against former club Everton on Saturday, having featured twice for England during the international break.
Continue reading...Premier League team news: predicted lineups for the weekend action
Out-of-form Liverpool host Manchester United on Sunday while leaders Arsenal visit Fulham on Saturday evening
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