Chelsea climbed to third place with a 3-0 win against spluttering Aston Villa at Samford Bridge on Sunday. The Blues extended their unbeaten run in all competitions to six games as Villa’s dismal winless streak reached eight matches. Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca insisted this week that his young team...
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Ruben Amorim enjoyed a dream home Premier League debut as Manchester United thrashed Everton 4-0 thanks to doubles from Marcus Rashford and Joshua Zirkzee on Sunday. The Portuguese’s first game in charge at Ipswich last weekend showed how much work he has ahead as United blew an early lead...
Liverpool opened up a nine-point lead at the top of the Premier League as Manchester City’s crisis deepened in a 2-0 defeat at Anfield on Sunday. Cody Gakpo’s 12th-minute goal was scant reward for the Reds’ first-half domination and they sealed an 18th win in 20 games under Arne...
Arsenal returned to winning ways in the Premier League with Bukayo Saka and captain Martin Odegaard inspiring a comfortable 3-0 home victory against Nottingham Forest on Saturday. Mikel Arteta’s side desperately needed three points to revive their title hopes after four league games without a win and the result...
Manchester City’s misery continued with a shock 4-0 Premier League rout by Tottenham Hotspur at Etihad Stadium on Saturday. This marks the first time in Pep Guardiola’s dazzling managerial career that he has lost five games in a row across all competitions. James Maddison scored twice in the span...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The English Premier League (EPL) has unveiled the official dates for the 2025/26 season. A statement issued via the EPL website, said the new campaign will kick off on Saturday, August 16, 2025, with the final match round slated for Sunday, May 24, 2026, ensuring...
Chelsea and Arsenal shared the spoils in a tense 1-1 battle at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. The draw keeps the London sides level in the Premier League, but still nine points adrift of leaders Liverpool. In a finely balanced game, the sides enjoyed almost equal possession and both had...
Manchester City’s misery continued with a 2-1 loss to Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League on Saturday. This was after late goals from substitutes Joao Pedro and Matt O’Riley handed the champions their fourth consecutive loss in all competitions. The defeat marks the first time City coach...
Liverpool opened a five-point lead at the top of the Premier League as breakaway goals by Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah sealed a 2-0 win at home to Aston Villa on Saturday. Manchester City’s earlier defeat was the perfect pre-match tonic for Liverpool and Nunez’s 20th minute strike following...
Mohamed Salah scored in the 81st minute to rescue a 2-2 draw for Liverpool against Arsenal in a pulsating Premier League encounter at the Emirates. Bukayo Saka, absent from Arsenal’s last two games with a hamstring injury, scored the opener after just nine minutes before Virgil van Dijk hauled...
Erling Haaland fired Manchester City to the top of the Premier League as the striker sealed a 1-0 win against Southampton, while third-placed Aston Villa were frustrated by Bournemouth’s last-gasp leveller on Saturday. Haaland had gone three league games without a goal but he ended that mini drought in...
Curtis Jones struck Liverpool’s winner in a 2-1 victory over Chelsea at Anfield to keep Arne Slot’s side top of the Premier League table on Sunday. Mohamed Salah’s 29th-minute penalty put the hosts in front against the run of play but Chelsea levelled after the break as Nicolas Jackson...
Manchester United manager, Erik ten Hag stated that his team must learn from the humiliating 3-0 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday and focus on self-improvement. A third defeat in United’s first six league games of the new campaign has left the Red Devils down in 11th and time...
Tottenham piled more pressure on Erik ten Hag’s position as Manchester United manager with a dominant 3-0 win at Old Trafford on Sunday. Spurs made a flying start when Brennan Johnson tapped in from Micky Van de Ven’s storming run after three minutes. Tottenham should have added to their...
Fulham forward Raul Jimenez converted a second-half penalty to give Marco Silva’s side a 1-0 win at Nottingham Forest in the English Premier League (EPL) on Saturday, handing the hosts their first defeat of the season. Building on last weekend’s 3-1 win over Newcastle United, Fulham climbed to sixth...
Chelsea’s Cole Palmer scored four first-half goals, including a stunning long-range free kick and a penalty, in a breathless 4-2 Premier League victory over Brighton and Hove Albion on Saturday. Goalkeeping errors at both ends, high defensive lines and speedy counter-attacks contributed to a thrilling encounter. Brighton’s French forward...
Mohamed Salah fired Liverpool to the top of the Premier League as the Egypt star’s penalty sealed a 2-1 win at struggling Wolves on Saturday. Salah struck in the second half after Rayan Ait Nouri had cancelled out Ibrahima Konate’s opener for Liverpool. Arne Slot’s side have won five...
Nicolas Jackson scored twice to help Chelsea to a third straight away win with a 3-0 victory at London rivals West Ham United on Saturday that suggested new coach Enzo Maresca is getting his huge squad to gel. Jackson capitalised on poor defending to find the net in the...
Arne Slot passed his first major examination as Liverpool manager with a statement 3-0 win at Manchester United thanks to Luis Diaz’s double and a Mohamed Salah strike on Sunday. Slot has the unenviable task of succeeding Jurgen Klopp but has made a perfect start with a 100 percent...
Erling Haaland fired Manchester City to the top of the Premier League with a second consecutive hat-trick in a 3-1 win at West Ham on Saturday. The Norwegian put Ipswich to the sword last weekend and followed up with another treble to take his tally to 70 goals in...