Premier League news: Arteta denies his team ‘block’ at set pieces; Slot rues Isak absence
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Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend
Bukayo Saka could switch to No 10, Brentford’s Igor Thiago sets sights on 20-goal mark and a key selection dilemma looms for ChelseaPremier League top scorers: latest top-flight standingsIn the summer, Burnley signed two new goalkeepers. Martin Dubravka agreed a one-year deal after leaving Newcastle
English clubs have week to forget in Champions League – but is that a bad thing? | Barney Ronay
Of six teams in the last 16, only two – Arsenal and Liverpool – look more likely than not to get to the quarter-finals. But does it matter?The coefficient is safe. The coefficient is yours. You’re going home with the coefficient. But perhaps not, on this evidence, with the microwave, the washing mac
‘He looked devastated’: club tells of Barcelona fan who ended up in Exeter
Supporter mistakenly travelled to St James Park ground instead of Newcastle namesake (save for an apostrophe)The two stadiums are 366 miles apart. One holds more than 50,000 people, the other less than 10,000. The buzz as you walk up to the two grounds is a little different.But nevertheless, one Bar
Champions League review: English teams disappoint, Valverde dazzles and Simeone’s last dance?
All six of the Premier League’s last-16 teams have plenty of work to do in their second legs. Bodø/Glimt, meanwhile, have eyes on a fairytale quarter-finalA rude awakening for the English Premier League, a week when European football reasserted itself; financial dominance need not mean dominance on
Barcelona fan ‘gutted’ at missing Newcastle game after going to wrong St James’ Park
Supporter ended up in Exeter, 366 miles awayLeague One club took pity and let him watch their gameA Barcelona fan’s navigation mishap turned into an unexpected adventure when he arrived at the wrong St James’ Park on Tuesday for the Champions League game, ending up 366 miles from where his team wer
Harvey Barnes urges Newcastle to outplay Barcelona again at Camp Nou
Scorer senses self-belief to reach last eight‘In the Champions League we have hit our top form’Harvey Barnes believes Newcastle are primed for historic success against Barcelona after showing they are more than capable of living with them in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie.Barnes
Newcastle and Barnes confound assumptions and make life awkward for Barcelona | Louise Taylor
Visitors were underwhelming in the face of Newcastle’s power and pace and Eddie Howe’s men can still hope to reach the last eightBanners are not always that easy to unfurl. Particularly on the sort of capriciously breezy March nights when sheeting emblazoned with the message “Budapest awaits me” ref
Lamine Yamal hurts Newcastle hopes as Barcelona snatch draw with last kick
It was a night when the Tyneside passions pulsed; the nervous energy, too, because this was something unprecedented – a first Champions League knockout stage tie in Newcastle’s history. It was not just the gilded level of the opposition that fired the excitement, the imagination. Eddie Howe was in l
Howe calls Newcastle’s match with Barcelona ‘biggest game in club’s history’
Newcastle host Barça in Champions League last-16 first legHowe: ‘It’s an opportunity to grab a moment we never get again’For Eddie Howe it was quite a statement. “Barcelona is the biggest game in this club’s history,” said Newcastle’s manager. “It’s massive.”Given Howe usually seems allergic to exag
FA Cup fifth round: talking points from the weekend’s action
Max Dowman and Rio Ngumoha staked their claim for more game time while Fulham paid for a lack of ambitionPort Vale have reached the last eight of the FA Cup once before in their entire history, in 1953-54, when they went one stage further, losing their semi-final at Villa Park 2-1 to West Brom thank
Newcastle 1-3 Manchester City: FA Cup fifth round – as it happened
City came from behind to swat aside Newcastle and keep their quadruple hopes alive1 min: The kick-off’s sent long, and Newcastle win a throw deep in City territory on the left. Hall launches long. The ball nearly drops first to Woltemade, then Elanga, but neither can get an effort on target and turn
Marmoush double seals comeback FA Cup win for Manchester City at Newcastle
Pep Guardiola had Omar Marmoush in the tightest of bear hugs and seemed strangely unwilling to release the smiling Egyptian.It was the 73rd minute and two goals from the newly withdrawn Marmoush, the second a real show stopper, and another from Savinho had enabled Manchester City to come from behind
Manchester United and Newcastle defend 5% price rises on season tickets
Supporter groups’ pleas for price freezes ignoredBoth clubs insist hikes needed to compete on pitchManchester United and Newcastle have increased season-ticket prices by 5% for 2026-27. While both clubs insist the rises are necessary to achieve success on the pitch, their respective supporter groups
FA Cup fifth round: things to look out for this weekend
Garnacho gets his chance to stake a claim, a big day for Port Vale and more scheduling concerns for GuardiolaWho would have thought approaching mid-March Wolves would be the Midlands team – at least in the Premier League – with the most to cheer? Aston Villa, while fourth and still capable of securi
Newcastle United 2-1 Manchester United: Premier League – as it happened
Will Osula scored a majestic 90th-minute solo goal to secure the points – deservedly so - for ten-man Toon2 min: Newcastle get onto the front foot immediately. Hall bombs down the left; Trippier probes down the right. Shaw looks to have tugged Trippier back, but the referee waves play on. Not too mu
Osula wonder goal for 10-man Newcastle ends Carrick’s unbeaten Manchester United start
Eddie Howe accepts his Newcastle side are at their best when they create chaos and no one in black and white is better at conjuring it than Will Osula.The Denmark Under-21 striker is, to say the least, unpredictable. No one, least of all Osula himself, ever seems quite sure what he will do at any gi
Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action
Jordan Pickford’s ‘best save ever’, Antoine Semenyo’s shifting mentality and Liverpool’s set-piece threat growsPremier League top scorers: check the latest standingsArsenal won the battle of set pieces, beating Chelsea 2-1 to keep Manchester City at bay. In a game that offered few clearcut chances f
Barry and Pickford stun Newcastle to extend Everton’s fine away form
As rain fell, incessantly, Eddie Howe wandered around the pitch alone. The final whistle had just gone and, with Everton celebrating a deserved win, Newcastle’s lingering hopes of a top-six finish were also blown.Newcastle look shattered, mentally as much as physically, by a Champions League campaig
Premier League news: Guardiola says silverware hunt decided ‘in the head’; Gordon ‘must stay focused’
City manager wants players rested for run-in, Howe wary of Arsenal interest and Moyes wrestles with ‘dark arts’ Continue reading...