VILLA PARK — West Ham United produced a performance worthy of top-four billing as they climbed back into the Champions League places. You could argue the 50th-minute sending-off of Aston Villa defender Ezri Konsa was a factor, but Ben Johnson’s seven...
CARROW ROAD — When Anthony Taylor’s whistle confirmed victory for Leeds United, Marcelo Bielsa paused for a moment of reflection at pitchside. Crouched on his haunches and with his head bowed, the Argentinian appeared temporarily lost in the moment b...
THE ACADEMY STADIUM — They were not at their best, but Emma Hayes’ Chelsea thoroughly demonstrated why they deserved a spot in the FA Cup final when they comfortably beat current holders Manchester City 3-0 on Saturday. The London club put in the epi...
It took 17 games for the tide to turn against Nuno Espirito Santo. Never have the rumblings of discontent against the new Spurs boss been as audible as they were in the 3-0 defeat to Manchester United, but this was the culmination of a growing cresce...
West Ham will host holders Manchester City in the Carabao Cup fourth round in one of five all-Premier League ties. City have dominated the Carabao Cup in recent years, winning each of the last four finals and can move ahead of Liverpool as the most s...
In the short history of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, it is hard to recall as toxic an atmosphere as the one which soured the 3-0 defeat to Manchester United on Saturday. None of it was directed at Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Nuno cannot possibly survive ...
Forget everything you assumed on the walk to the ground. Leave those predictions of a fizzing home crowd, of Leicester City outfighting Arsenal, of Mikel Arteta’s team lethargically succumbing to high-intensity pressure, at the turnstile. In fact, do...
Edinson Cavani’s work rate in training was what finally convinced Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to start the Uruguayan alongside Cristiano Ronaldo in Manchester United’s 3-0 win at Tottenham on Saturday. Solskjaer had previously refrained from sticking both v...
How many games does Ole Gunnar Solskjaer have to save his job? Quite a few, one would suspect, after Manchester United totally demolished Tottenham 3-0 in north London on Saturday night. A team that at times against Liverpool last weekend looked like...
It won’t go down as an example of free-flowing Premier League football but Crystal Palace’s clinical victory over Manchester City onSaturday is the marker of even better things to come in south London. The 2-0 result – earned through Wilfried Za...
Jurgen Klopp’s injury headaches just won’t go away. In fact, if Liverpool’s club doctor were ever to investigate they’d likely diagnose the Anfield boss with an 18-month cluster migraine. It’s becoming vogue to scoff at Klopp’s supposed excuses about...
As Emile Smith Rowe wheeled away to celebrate his fourth goal of the season in Arsenal’s 2-0 win at Leicester on Saturday, one could be forgiven for forgetting that just two months ago this club were supposedly in crisis. Having lost their opening th...
There can be few better approaches to a stadium than walking down the Avenida de la Palmera in the late afternoon sun. Its buildings, alternating between businesses and sprawling high-end villas, contain a hotchpotch of grand architectural styles lik...
Tottenham head coach Nuno Espirito Santo has said that his frozen out stars need to understand what it takes to get back in his team. Nuno has been questioned relentlessly about Dele Alli and Harry Winks in recent weeks as both men have found themsel...
The adulation for Ibrahima Konate among Liverpool supporters increased as the humiliation of Manchester United went on at Old Trafford. Just nine minutes in, with Liverpool already 1-0 up, Konate had Cristiano Ronaldo on his backside; a tackle left t...
There’s a distinctly retro feel to the Championship’s nascent promotion race as it morphs into a deliberate, discernable shape. The last time play-off chasing Coventry City – currently fourth and gunning for a highest league finish in more than 20 ye...