10 h. ago Guardiola speechless over Jamie Carragher’s comments on Erling Haaland’s absence

Manchester City’s top scorer did not get off the bench as the Premier League champions crashed out of the Champions League on Wednesday.

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13 h. ago Marco Asensio doubles up to steer Aston Villa to win over Chelsea

Unai Emery recently graded Aston Villa’s season as a seven out of 10 at best, acknowledging while their progress in Europe has been eye-catching, they needed to kick-start their Premier League campaign. Just as it seemed they would extend their winless run to six matches, the Chelsea goalkeeper Filip Jörgensen made a mess of a routine save, inadvertently giving Villa the leg-up they had been looking for, allowing Marco Asensio’s side-foot volley from Marcus Rashford’s cross after a short corner to slip through his gloves. Rashford’s half-time arrival proved inspired given he also laid the ball on for Asensio to cancel out Enzo Fernández’s opener.Thousands of Villa fans had spent the previous 24 hours plotting their second trip to Brugge in four months but for all of its pluses the Champions League has undoubtedly damaged their league form. Unai Emery has highlighted as much, unable to hide his mixed feelings on their season so far. Villa won six points from a possible 24 after midwe...

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13 h. ago Marco Asensio double leads Aston Villa to fightback victory over Chelsea

Unai Emery recently graded Aston Villa’s season as a seven out of 10, acknowledging while their progress in Europe has been eye-catching, they badly needed to kick-start their Premier League campaign to bank another Champions League adventure. Approaching the 89th minute, Villa’s season appeared to be stalling, a third consecutive draw incoming. Then the Chelsea goalkeeper Filip Jörgensen made a mess of a routine save, allowing Marco Asensio’s lukewarm volley from Marcus Rashford’s cross to squirm through his gloves.Rashford’s half-time arrival proved inspired given he also laid the ball on for Asensio to cancel out Enzo Fernández’s early strike. This was a big result for Villa after taking four points from their previous five matches and one that squeezes the order towards the top. Chelsea can vouch for that. Villa are now seventh, a point behind fifth-placed Bournemouth and sixth-placed Chelsea, though those above and below Emery’s side have at least one game in hand. Continue rea...

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13 h. ago Chelsea player ratings vs Aston Villa: Filip Jorgensen mistake costly as Pedro Neto efforts in vain

Chelsea have now lost their last three games in a row across all competitions

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13 h. ago Furious Mikel Arteta accuses Arsenal of dropping standards in West Ham defeat

Liverpool could go 11 points clear if they beat Manchester City and Arteta did not hold back as he expressed his disappointment

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13 h. ago Premier League club facing massive punishment for 'breaching financial rules'

Champions League hopefuls Aston Villa are reportedly bracing themselves for a hefty fine after allegedly breaching UEFA's spending regulations

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13 h. ago Arsenal ‘deserve’ to feel pain as West Ham deal huge title race blow

Arsenal’s hopes of catching Liverpool were dealt a huge blow as West Ham won 1-0 at the Emirates

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14 h. ago Arsenal and Liverpool's next five fixtures after huge twist in Premier League title race

Arsenal dropped points in the Premier League title race as they lost to West Ham United and failed to capitalise after Liverpool only drew against Aston Villa earlier in the week

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14 h. ago Oliver Glasner hails ‘tough to play against’ Crystal Palace after win at Fulham

The Eagles made it four wins in six and were helped by former player Joachim Andersen, who scored an own goal in the 37th-minute.

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14 h. ago Arsenal’s title challenge in tatters as West Ham claim away win

Arsenal 0-1 West Ham: Jarrod Bowen scored the only goal of the game before Myles Lewis-Skelly was sent off

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15 h. ago Premier League release two statements after Everton vs Man United VAR and penalty controversy

Manchester United and Everton played out a thrilling 2-2 draw on Saturday lunchtime in their last meeting at Goodison Park

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15 h. ago Brennan Johnson at the double as Tottenham’s winning run continues

Djed Spence continued his fine form to help Spurs to a third consecutive Premier League victory.

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15 h. ago Johnson’s early double sets Tottenham on way to emphatic win at Ipswich

Some afternoons come like a kick in the teeth. Not only did Ipswich suffer a fourth successive home defeat in a game that never felt as one-sided as the scoreline ultimately suggested but fourth-bottom Wolves inflicted on Bournemouth only their second defeat in 16. After weeks of bubbling along in touch, the gap to safety is now five points and survival is becoming an ever more distant prospect.There was no sense in which this was an undeserved win for Spurs, some sort of smash and grab to offend notions of dignity and propriety, but equally it wasn’t entirely convincing. Not for the first time this season, there was a sense that if only Ipswich had been able to seize their opportunity, it might have been very different. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago West Ham’s Jarrod Bowen delivers major blow to Arsenal’s title hopes

So it turns out Arsenal should have signed a striker. Fourteen months after they last put a major dent in Arsenal’s title aspirations, a goal from Jarrod Bowen secured West Ham’s second successive Premier League away win over their north London rivals as Mikel Arteta’s side saw their hopes of maintaining the pressure on leaders Liverpool evaporate.To compound Arteta’s misery, substitute Myles Lewis-Skelly was shown a straight red card in the second half as Arsenal – who had toiled with Mikel Merino again filling in as a makeshift attacker – struggled to find an equaliser against a defence that would have done Graham Potter’s predecessor, David Moyes, proud. Yet while this was a welcome triumph for Potter, it also laid bare the deficiencies in Arsenal’s squad caused by so many injuries to forward players that has made their task of overhauling Arne Slot’s side almost impossible. A first defeat in 15 games – a run that had stretched back to the start of November – almost leaves them n...

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15 h. ago Brighton brush aside Southampton to keep European hopes on track

Joao Pedro, Georginio Rutter, Kaoru Mitoma and Jack Hinshelwood struck for the visitors.

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16 h. ago Manchester United’s illogical comeback can’t hide an alarming trend

Everton 2-2 Manchester United: The visitors were outclassed by Everton but, inspired by Bruno Fernandes and perhaps fortunate to avoid a late penalty, they overcame another slow start

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17 h. ago Nearly 30,000 season ticket holders quit Premier League club and don't come back

West Ham have suffered a huge drop-off in season ticket sales since moving to the London Stadium, with more than half of the initial 50,000 season ticket holders not renewing

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17 h. ago Premier League forced to change VAR statement after late Man United penalty drama vs Everton

Manchester United were rescued by VAR on Saturday afternoon after they earned themselves a point against Everton at Goodison Park

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17 h. ago Ruben Amorim and David Moyes clash over penalty review after Everton vs Manchester United controversy

Red Devils survive a late VAR review to earn a point after fighting back from 2-0 down

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17 h. ago Arsenal v West Ham, Ipswich v Tottenham and more: clockwatch – live

Goal updates and key action from Saturday’s gamesLive scores | Tables | Fixtures | Email Will hereBournemouth (4-3-3): Arrizabalaga; Hill, Zabarnyi, Huijsen, Kerkez; Christie, Adams, Cook; Kluivert, Semenyo; Ouattara.Subs: Dennis, Brooks, Scott, Evanilson, Adams, Sinisterra, Soler, Jebbison, Winterburn. Continue reading...

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