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Konsa bullish about Arsenal’s Champions League hopes as Bayern clash looms
Centre-back has settled right in at Arsenal and is looking ‘to win everything’, starting with Wednesday’s duel against Harry KaneFor Ezri Konsa, it was just a wonderfully satisfying challenge. The Nottingham Forest striker Liam Delap had stolen in behind him up the inside left channel on Sunday. …
Brighton peck Palace and will a point silence the noise around Carrick? | Football Weekly – video
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Semenyo’s eight-week injury absence leaves Manchester City short on cover for Haaland
Ghana forward suffered knee injury against IpswichMaresca to ring changes against AEK Athens on TuesdayAntoine Semenyo has been ruled out for eight weeks with a knee injury, leaving Enzo Maresca short of alternatives to Erling Haaland, who is a doubt for Manchester City’s Champions League game at…
Bayern and Luis Díaz warm up for Arsenal revenge mission with furious rout of Leipzig | Andy Brassell
Bruised Bundesliga champions hit a supposed rival for six and their flying winger is peaking at a perfect momentWhen Bayern Munich fail to win for two games in a row, you know what is coming next. Particularly on a Saturday night showcase, against the sort of good domestic opposition that tend to…
WSL talking points: pressure mounts on Slegers as Hemp closes on record
Another round of games and another disappointing draw for Arsenal while Manchester City sit top of the table with a 100% recordThere would have been hope that the international break could offer the Arsenal players and staff a reset but the same problems reared their head at the Emirates on Sunda…
Sarina Wiegman signs contract extension to stay as England women head coach until 2029
Wiegman says she ‘cannot think of a better job in football’She can target three Euros wins in a row with LionessesSarina Wiegman has extended her contract to continue as the head coach of England women for Euro 2029. Her deal was due to expire after next summer’s World Cup and this gives her the …
Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action
Florian Wirtz takes on more responsibility in Liverpool’s attack while Pierre Sage is under pressure at Crystal PalaceDominic Calvert-Lewin’s physicality overpowering Bryan Mbeumo in Manchester United’s area at a corner grabbed him a fifth goal in 10 outings for Leeds: a pretty respectable ratio.…
Elite-level incompetence is Manchester United’s problem – not Michael Carrick | Barney Ronay
Getting rid of head coach is not going to solve the problems that led to his appointment. Perhaps it’s worth, for once, doing something differentAt the final whistle at Elland Road the TV cameras cut to a lingering shot of Manchester United chief executive Omar Berrada, looking down pensively fro…
Another unremarkable win shows Arsenal’s strength is in depth rather than creativity | Jonathan Wilson
Champions so risk-averse Forest were lured into thinking they had a chance, until bench was used to see them offPass. Pass. Pass. Pass. Sideways. Square. Backwards. Pass. Pass. Recycle. Pass. It wasn’t much of a spectacle. But in the end, for the second week running, thanks in no small part of th…
European football: Monaco miss chance to go top; Bayer Leverkusen find form
Monaco go down 1-0 at Lorient in Ligue 1Bayer Leverkusen come from behind to beat FreiburgNoah Cadiou’s second-half penalty for Lorient prevented Monaco returning to the top of Ligue 1 as they fell to a 1-0 defeat in Brittany on Sunday.Monaco are one of four teams level on points at the top of th…
Madueke breaks Nottingham Forest’s resistance as dogged Arsenal edge to victory
The theme before kick-off was blanks. Or, more precisely, whether either team could stop firing them at the City Ground. It was a detail to make Oliver Glasner extremely uncomfortable that his Nottingham Forest team had still to score at their own stadium this season. Arsenal, meanwhile, had draw…