Arsenal need energy from home crowd, Florian Wirtz has found his groove and Liam Rosenior deserves respectDaniel Farke is understood to have wanted a new goalkeeper during the January transfer window but the Leeds board failed to oblige. Might that decision ultimately cost the club their Premier Lea
Cup rules state new signings must arrive before semi‘Hopefully they can change it,’ City manager saidAny attempt by Manchester City to clear Marc Guéhi to play in the Carabao Cup final against Arsenal will be rebuffed by the English Football League.Guardiola questioned the rule which means Guéhi can
Vivid dreamscape sold to fans in 2021 is yet to materialise amid layers upon layers of bureaucracy, economics and geopoliticsLayer two: Nick Woltemade, signed for £69m in the hot madness of summer, has stopped scoring. Anthony Elanga, a £55m winger, has struggled for game time and goals. Malick Thia
Pep Guardiola replaced Haaland by using Egyptian and Semenyo in a way that had the visitors chasing shadowsPep Guardiola has been required to find solutions for a plethora of things at Manchester City. Some attribute a reinvention of the English game to him, making lumbering centre‑backs redundant i
City booked a place in the final against Arsenal after roaring into an early lead1 min: Trippier’s first act of the evening is a fine block of O’Reilly’s shot, the City man having drifted in from the left.Newcastle get the game started. They’re chasing down a two-goal deficit. Continue reading...
Strap yourself in for a Wembley showdown between Manchester City and Arsenal that should be as fascinating on the grass as the sideline where Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta bid to outsmart each other.City’s manager was the Arsenal No 1’s tutor from 2016 to 2019 when Arteta was his coach. This forged
Tonali linked to Arsenal on final day of transfer windowGuardiola aims ‘net spend’ jibe at Newcastle and othersEddie Howe has admitted he is “not in control” of Sandro Tonali’s future, but Newcastle’s manager believes the Italy midfielder remains happy on Tyneside. A quiet transfer deadline day at S
Will Arsenal regret Nwaneri move? Have Sunderland traded brilliantly again? We run the rule over every team’s businessThe foot injury sustained by Mikel Merino made the last few days of the window a bit more interesting for Arsenal supporters, although in the end there was no big signing. Deadline-d
João Pedro stepping up for Rosenior, Arsenal frontmen show their teeth and stretched Liverpool are fighting onJoão Pedro is enjoying life under Liam Rosenior. The versatile Brazil forward was excellent after coming on at half-time against West Ham. João Pedro, who has five goals in his last five gam
Centre-back scores emotional goal against NewcastleSlot: ‘Everyone was cheering for Ibou in dressing room’Arne Slot revealed Ibrahima Konaté was not due to face Newcastle after the recent death of his father. The centre-back was rewarded for responding to Liverpool’s defensive crisis with his first
Ibrahima Konate scored on his return after the death of his father to complete a fine Liverpool win inspired by Florian Wirtz and Hugo EkitikeThe race for the golden bootIt feels very strange to scan this page and not see the letters S-A-L-A-H. For a variety of reasons he’s scored only four league g
You could say Hugo Ekitiké was the one who got away from Newcastle last summer, except there were so many. But with a certain inevitability and a devastating, gamechanging performance, the Liverpool striker haunted Eddie Howe and the club who coveted him all the same.Pain came in various forms for N
Benfica goalkeeper Trubin scored in 4-2 win over MadridEddie Howe’s men face 3,000-mile trip for first legReal Madrid have been dealt an instant rematch with José Mourinho’s Benfica in the Champions League playoffs. The Portuguese club will seek a repeat of Wednesday’s astonishing 4-2 victory agains
Nico O’Reilly gives Manchester City options, Sunderland miss Granit Xhaka’s grit and West Ham find a wayJust when Brighton supporters were hoping their side was building some momentum after a run of five games undefeated in all competitions, Saturday’s stoppage-time loss at Fulham arrived. Fabian Hü
On a chilly, fun, boisterous night in Paris, with the Champions League mega-table scrolling away in the background, Newcastle produced a fine performance at the home of the European champions that left both teams outside the automatic qualification slots, but Newcastle much the happier of the two.A
Casemiro is thriving under Michael Carrick, Newcastle look short of ideas and Sean Dyche takes aims at … towels?Casemiro will depart Manchester United this summer. His four years in English football have been mixed but he may yet go out on a high. At one point in his first season, such as his perfor
Villa win at Newcastle, Chelsea take the points at struggling Palace, and Forest record a crucial victory at BrentfordOh, but here’s Rosenior, explaining that Cole Palmer isn’t fit to play today, but has a chance of making Wednesday’s trip to Naples.He notes that the league is close and physical, bu
Some wins are a little bit lucky and others downright fluky or simply ground out, but this Aston Villa victory belonged to a different category entirely.A triumph secured by goals from the impressive Emiliano Buendía and Ollie Watkins, and illuminated by Morgan Rogers’s skill, was firmly of the sort
If Bruno Guimarães is out, the 19-year-old should get his chance in midfield for game that could decide Champions League spotFor Eddie Howe, the darkest hour really did come before the dawn. It was early November 2021 and the then unemployed manager headed to bed one Tuesday night reeling from a lat
This weekend’s fixtures are the reverse of a first round in which Nottingham Forest thrashed Brentford and there was optimism at SpursStart-of-season shape: Continue reading...
