Five different leagues have 17 total games scheduled to begin over the span of four hours.
McTominay’s form cools Conte’s fire after tempestuous week for Napoli | Nicky Bandini
Serie A’s best player last season showed his class against Inter despite his coach getting mouthy with former players
Scott McTominay could have been forgiven for a moment of self-pity after Napoli’s 6-2 defeat to PSV in the Champions League last week, a night when he scored twice and still wound up on the wrong end of a historic shellacking. Instead, he was the voice of reason.
While Antonio Conte debuted a new line of complaint, putting aside a career’s worth of laments about employers failing to back him in the transfer market to this time protest that Napoli had bought him too many new players, McTominay said simply: “It’s football. You have to take it on the chin.”
Continue reading...Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action
Arsenal’s title tilt is built on solid defence, Chelsea miss Cole Palmer and what happened to clampdown on shirt-pulling?
“One-nil to the Arsenal” may not be thrilling but it is certainly effective. Sunday’s victory over Crystal Palace was Mikel Arteta’s side’s third by that margin in nine Premier League games. Last season, Arsenal managed that result five times in the league, while also drawing 1-1 in seven matches. Clean sheets in just half of those might have made for an intriguing title race. For all the noise surrounding Arsenal’s attacking talent, their defence is just as vital. It is their solidity at that end of the pitch that will probably lead them to glory, with three goals conceded in nine top-flight games so far. Sunday also marked a century of games across all competitions since they have conceded more than twice. The last to put three past David Raya? Luton – remember them? – back in December 2023. Sam Dalling
Match report: Arsenal 1-0 Crystal Palace
Match report: Aston Villa 1-0 Man City
Match report: Brentford 3-2 Liverpool
Match report: Manchester United 4-2 Brighton
Match report: Everton 0-3 Tottenham
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Brian Kelly buyout at LSU: What Tigers owe football coach after firing
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With Brian Kelly’s firing from LSU, college football’s coaching carousel is about to spin out of control
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