6 d. ago European football: Bayern extend perfect start as Kane punishes Dortmund

Kane scores as Bayern Munich beat Borussia DortmundBarcelona edge Girona via Araújo’s stoppage-time winnerHarry Kane scored once and helped set up another as Bayern Munich battled past Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in the Bundesliga’s Klassiker to maintain their perfect start to the season with their seventh straight win. Bayern had to survive considerable second-half pressure from the visitors before making sure of their 11th win in 11 matches across all competitions.They lead the Bundesliga race with 21 points, five ahead of second-placed RB Leipzig. Dortmund, who suffered their first loss in 10 matches across all competitions, dropped to fourth on 14. Kane gave the hosts a deserved lead when he scored his 12th league goal in seven matches with a glancing header from a Joshua Kimmich corner in the 22nd minute.This story will be updated Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Liverpool: Arne Slot hits back at Chelsea star's Mohamed Salah claim after last

Reds boss defends misfiring superstar over his role in Estevao’s dramatic stoppage-time winner at Stamford Bridge

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9 d. ago Long games, less action: how much is the ball in play in the Premier League?

The average Premier League game lasts 100 minutes and 36 seconds, but the ball is only in play for 54.7% of thatBy Opta AnalystThe start of every football match brings a little flutter in the stomach. Will the stars perform? Will the referee have a good game by giving your players every decision? And will the football gods shine down on your team? A more pertinent question to ask this season, though, is how much football will we actually see?We wrote about ball-in-play time a few seasons ago, revealing that fans were not seeing as much football as in previous years. We’re not saying our data nosiness led to referees adding more stoppage time, but there was a notable rise in ball-in-play time over the next two campaigns. It went up from 54 minutes and 49 seconds in 2022-23 to 58 minutes and 11 seconds in 2023-24. It’s still early in the 2025-26 season, but the pendulum may be swinging back the other way. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Island nation the size of Sheffield becomes the second smallest to EVER qualify for the World Cup in historic moment

A third goal from defender Stopira in second half stoppage time sealed the 3-0 victory to start celebrations at their national stadium with World Cup qualification assured.

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2 w. ago Ferguson is Scotland’s hero as they fight back to steal vital victory over Greece

Maybe, just maybe, Scotland will end their painful wait. If the nature of this win over Greece counts, someone is smiling favourably on Steve Clarke’s bid to lead his country to a first World Cup since 1998. Greece were superior to the Scots in so many departments here yet still lost. Lewis Ferguson’s first strike for his country and Lyndon Dykes, who scored in stoppage time, have Clarke daring to dream. It was victory that mattered here, not how it was achieved, which is just as well.Assessment of this Scotland team is not particularly easy. Euphoria swept the country as Clarke led his men to the last European Championship. Epic disappointment was not only the theme in Germany but again as the Scots returned for Nations League action. Scotland rallied impressively in that group before a comprehensive defeat by Greece in a playoff. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Jack Grealish's response to Thomas Tuchel speaks volumes after England snub

Jack Grealish was snubbed by Thomas Tuchel once again for the latest England squad as the on-loan star continues to shine for Everton, netting a stoppage-time winner against Crystal Palace on Sunday

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2 w. ago Wasted chances and a late goal provide dramatic end to Crystal Palace’s unbeaten run

Everton 2-1 Crystal Palace: The Toffees ended the visitors’ historic streak through new hero Jack Grealish’s stoppage-time winner

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2 w. ago Salah and Isak will click, insists Slot after Liverpool slip to third defeat

Slot: ‘The more they play the more they will connect’Loss to Chelsea puts Liverpool second behind ArsenalArne Slot insisted that Mohamed Salah and Alexander Isak would develop an understanding in attack, speaking after Liverpool’s stoppage-time defeat by Chelsea meant they relinquished top spot to Arsenal.Salah and Isak were disappointing as the champions fell to their third successive defeat in all competitions but Slot is confident that his big-name forwards will improve once they get to know each other. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Liverpool lose AGAIN as Chelsea score dramatic winner amid red card chaos

CHELSEA 2-1 LIVERPOOL: Super sub Estevao scored a winning goal deep into stoppage time to condemn the Premier League champions to a third consecutive defeat in eight days

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2 w. ago Clyde 2 East Kilbride 2: Bully Wee fight back to stun Kilby at the death

Robbie Leitch struck in stoppage time to earn a point for the Bully Wee

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3 w. ago Bournemouth’s Adrien Truffert: ‘It is important to do something outside of football, change your mindset’

The Cherries’ full-back on why intensity is key to his side’s success, learning English early and receiving a French knighthoodAdrien Truffert has form for hitting the ground running. At Rennes, the club he joined at 13 and spent a decade at until leaving for Bournemouth in the summer, his debut arrived as a substitute against Monaco and culminated in him teeing up the equaliser with a wicked left-foot cross and then scoring a stoppage-time winner. Aged 18, Truffert sent a shot underneath Benjamin Lecomte, the opposition goalkeeper who visits Bournemouth with Fulham on Friday. “I ran off celebrating and slid on my knees,” Truffert says, “like you dream of doing as a kid after scoring your first goal.”Truffert has excelled for Bournemouth from the moment he contained Mohamed Salah on his first outing in a fearless team performance at Liverpool – where he also outshone his predecessor at left-back Milos Kerkez – and has played every minute in the Premier League this season. Continue r...

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3 w. ago Martinelli welcomes competition for places as Arsenal’s squad depth fuels belief

Arsenal substitutes have scored in five consecutive games and a sense of purpose is growing in Arteta’s sideGabriel Martinelli started the sequence when he came off the bench to open the scoring in Arsenal’s 2-0 Champions League win at Athletic Bilbao last month. He continued it when he came on again in their next game to conjure the stoppage-time equaliser against Manchester City in the Premier League. And together with everyone at Arsenal, not least Mikel Arteta, who has not stopped talking about the importance of “finishers”, he can luxuriate in how it has grown.When Bukayo Saka was introduced to score the clinching goal in Wednesday’s 2-0 Champions League victory over Olympiakos, it was the fifth match in a row that an Arsenal substitute had found the net. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Arsenal make hard work of Olympiacos as Champions League problem laid bare

ARSENAL 2-0 OLYMPIACOS: The Gunners made heavy weather of seeing off their Greek opponents before Bukayo Saka's stoppage-time strike made the game safe

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3 w. ago Arsenal’s late heroics at Newcastle and peerless Palace beat Liverpool – Football Weekly

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Will Unwin and Nedum Onuoha and there’s plenty to squeeze in as the panel review an eventful Premier League weekend, including Liverpool’s first dropped points of the season, Arsenal’s late win against Newcastle and also discuss Graham Potter’s departure from West HamRate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email.On the podcast today; a fantastic weekend of football, starting at St James’ Park as Arsenal win in stoppage time to move just two points behind Liverpool who lost at Crystal Palace. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Arsenal’s desperation for title demonstrated in Newcastle turnaround, says Mikel Arteta

The Gunners trailed with six minutes left but clinched victory deep into stoppage time

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3 w. ago Mikel Arteta: Unbelievable Arsenal took game to different level at Newcastle

Gabriel snatched a 2-1 victory for the Gunners deep into stoppage time.

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3 w. ago Rangers boss Russell Martin opens up on fans’ chants and quick exit down the tunnel after first league win

RUSSELL MARTIN revealed he disappeared down the tunnel so his players could savour their first league win of the season with the travelling fans. Max Aarons scored deep in stoppage time to secure a 2-1 win for Rangers. But it wasn’t enough to prevent furious punters belting out “Martin, Martin Get To F***” at the...

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3 w. ago Joao Palhinha urges calm from Tottenham after ‘sad draw’ at home to Wolves

Joao Palhinha’s stoppage-time leveller rescued a point for Spurs at home to bottom-of-the-table Wolves.

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3 w. ago Palhinha strikes in stoppage time to spare Tottenham blushes and deny Wolves

From zero to thwarted heroes, life breathes yet through Wolves. Though it should have been three points rather than one. Wolves had been full of a fight and determination hitherto lacking from their season, only for João Palhinha to strike an equaliser in the depths of stoppage time.It had been close to a tactical triumph for Vítor Pereira, linked with the West Ham job that is now Wolves predecessor Nuno Espírito Santo’s. Pereira signed a new, three-year contract last week, despite his team being on nil Premier League points. From a home defeat by Leeds last week that heightened the growing disquiet at Molineux, his starting team selection featured nine changes, including an initial shift to four at the back. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Tottenham 1 Wolves 1: Joao Palhinha equalises with seconds remaining to spare Thomas Frank embarrassing home defeat

JUST when it looked like the stethoscope was coming out again, Joao Palhinha slammed Dr Tottenham’s office door shut. Wolves had not taken a single point all season but looked to be on for all three when Santiago Bueno fired home a scrappy goal nine minutes into the second half. Once again, it looked like...

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