West Ham 1-1 Spurs (Soucek 55′ | Kehrer O.G 34′) THE LONDON STADIUM — Tottenham continued their habit of collecting points that were missed last season by taking one against a resurgent West Ham. There was a contentious VAR call, an own goal, a debut...
Man City 6-0 Nottingham Forest (Haaland 12′, 23′, 38′, Cancelo 50′, Alvarez 65′, 87′) ETIHAD STADIUM — I think it’s probably going to work out OK, on balance. You can fret about your Bundesliga tax. You can wor...
Arsenal 2-1 Aston Villa (Jesus 30, Martinelli 77′ | Luiz 74′) EMIRATES STADIUM — His face betrayed not a flicker of emotion. Beneath the icy façade Steven Gerrard was broiling. The equalising goal he was celebrating just minutes earlier was stripped ...
The WhatsApps begin to light up around 6am – and don’t stop until the deadline ticks past 11pm. From unsolicited clips packages sent by hopeful agents to the phantom medical slots that most clubs will book in anticipation of any last minute deals, de...
Leeds United are making a concerted effort to land a striker as part of what Jesse Marsch predicts will be an industrious final few hours of a transformative summer transfer window. A first offer of £17m for Wolves’ Hwang Hee-chan has been turned dow...
It was the kind of gesture that might have sparked a thousand theories before Frank Lampard brought the speculation to an abrupt end in the following hours. Anthony Gordon headed for the throng of Everton fans massed in the John Charles Stand after s...
Leeds 1-1 Everton (Sinisterra 55′ | Gordon 17′) ELLAND ROAD — Leeds and Everton escaped relegation by the skin of their teeth last season, but there was enough bite in this full throttle Premier League contest to suggest both have brighter days ...
Southampton 2-1 Chelsea (Lavia 28’, Armstrong 45+1 | Sterling 23’) Southampton leapfrogged Chelsea in the Premier League table after battling back to a 2-1 home win that exposed more issues for Thomas Tuchel. With the transfer window open until Thurs...
These days you’ll get arrested and thrown in jail for doing a few kick-ups on a sunny day in Nottingham. Or at least that’s what one might assume judging by some of the hysterical responses to Richarlison‘s ball juggling during Tottenham’s 2-0 win ag...
A full round of Premier League fixtures will take place this midweek after being squeezed into the calendar due to the upcoming winter World Cup in Qatar. Managers and players have been critical of the league’s intense schedule from now until Novembe...
The Premier League can be an unforgiving, helpless place for a manager. Bournemouth have lost three of their four league matches this season against last year’s top two and the only team in England with a perfect league record; they won the other. Sc...