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October 9, 2022
Arsenal 3-2 Liverpool: Premier League – as it happened
Bukayo Saka scored twice as Arsenal won a thrilling game to move back to the top of the Premier League
“I feel like Klopp at his press conferences sighing at the constart negativity,” says Ian Copestake. “Yes, it was Rangers but Hendo played his best game for Liverpool by not going forward. We don’t want him up there! Fabz needed to be benched as he has been truly off it. Yet if Klopp had reverted to previous he would be condemned for blinking.”
The players stroll out of the tunnel, into the autumn sunshine. There’s a cracking atmosphere at the Emirates. I cannot wait for this.
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Euro 2024 qualifying draw – as it happened
England were reunited with Italy, Scotland will face Spain and Norway – but it was a nightmare draw for the Republic of Ireland
Group A
October 8, 2022
Manchester City 4-0 Southampton, Chelsea 3-0 Wolves and more: football clockwatch – as it happened
Erling Haaland scored his 20th goal of the season, Bournemouth came from behind to beat Leicester and Newcastle routed Brentford
It’s Saturday, it’s 3pm (nearly). Let’s play.
“So Southampton have three attackers called Armstrong, Adams, and Adam Armstrong,” says Rob Clare. “I hope City’s defenders can tell them apart. Also, how many players with double-barrelled names are you allowed, in one starting XI?”
Continue reading...October 6, 2022
Arsenal 3-0 Bodø/Glimt: Europa League – as it happened
Eddie Nketiah, Rob Holding and Fabio Vieira scored as a much-changed Arsenal cruised to victory at the Emirates
5 min Nketiah bursts forward from the halfway line, leaving Vetlesen in his slipstream. He moves to within 20 yards of goal, shifts the ball onto his right foot and floats a curler that drifts wide of the far post. A decent.
2 min Tierney’s high, hanging cross is controlled deftly by Vieira beyond the far post. He opens his body to slick a low shot that is kicked away by Wembangomo in the six-yard box.
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Pep Guardiola loves football, but he doesn’t always look like he enjoys it. Why would you, when you have a win percentage of 73 and enough medals to fill a lock-up just off the M60, yet are still routinely called a bald fraud by Social Media Disgrace Twitter’s finest? The perfectionist in Guardiola is always chasing something more, something purer. But it turns out the answer to eternal happiness is much simpler. All you need is a big, hulking, Nordic cheat-code.
Continue reading...October 4, 2022
Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur: Champions League – as it happened
Spurs stay second in Group D after a useful but frustrating goalless draw in which they had the better chances
The players line up around the centre circle to pay their respects to those who died at the Kanjuruhan Stadium in Indonesia at the weekend.
Full time: Marseille 4-1 Sporting Lisbon Marseille, hitherto pointless, have plugged the group leaders Sporting Lisbon in the early game. This is shaping up to be the closest of all the groups.
Continue reading...October 3, 2022
Leicester City 4-0 Nottingham Forest: Premier League – as it happened
The inspirational James Maddison scored twice as Leicester dismantled Forest to earn their first win of the season
3 min “A proposal,” says Kevin Gier. “Every game involving Forest vs another Midlands team has to be introduced with the old ATV Star Soccer theme. It just fits with Forest.”
2 min Johnson wins an early corner for Forest on the right. Gibbs-White’s outswinger is headed away to O’Brien, 20 yards out. He drives a shot that hits Evans and goes behind for another corner.
Continue reading...October 2, 2022
Manchester City 6-3 Manchester United: Premier League — as it happened
Erling Haaland and Phil Foden both scored hat-tricks as City thrashed United in a remarkable Manchester derby
Ilkay Gundogan and Bruno Fernandes lead the players onto the field. Both teams are wearing black armbands because of the tragedy in Indonesia.
Erik ten Hag speaks
We can bring confidence [from beating Arsenal] but it’s a different game. They want to dictate the game and they are good at that, but we want to bring them out of their comfort zone. We will see.
[Marcus Rashford] is fit and trained well. Rodri has a huge influence on their game, in many aspects, so they will miss him. But they still have 11 really good players on the pitch.
Continue reading...September 30, 2022
England beat Pakistan by eight wickets in sixth men’s T20 cricket international – as it happened
Phil Salt pummelled 87 not out from 41 balls as England set up a series decider by romping to a spectacular victory in Lahore
Shan Masood goes for a duck. He missed a bread-and-butter work across the line at Willey and was given out LBW by Rashid Riaz. Shan reviewed, hoping it might have been high, but replays showed it was hitting the top of leg stump. Pakistan lose a wicket and a review.
3rd over: Pakistan 14-1 (Babar 6, Shan 0) Shan Masood is the new batter.
Continue reading...September 27, 2022
Ukraine 0-0 Scotland, Portugal 0-1 Spain: Nations League clockwatch – as it happened
Scotland produced an heroic defensive performance to secure promotion to League A, while Alvaro Morata’s late goal stunned Portugal
Ten minutes to kick off
Tense, nervous headache? Me either. This is what I like about the Nations League. If you win, it’s the be-all and end-all; if you lose, it’s just the Nations League.
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