It feels like another two points dropped for Arsenal, given recent events, but there were at least reasons for optimism in a hard-earned draw at Chelsea.
Alejandro Garnacho should be dropped but Manchester United have made an actual good signing! As have Chelsea with Moises Caicedo, it turns out.
Arsenal and Liverpool played out a tremendously entertaining 2-2 draw at the Emirates, but there’s no escaping the identity of the big winners from that result.
England have won the World Cup. Thomas Tuchel is a genius. Here are 16 Conclusions on his Harry Kane call, cap waving, Reece James and Lee Carsley’s legacy.
Yes, that’s right. We’ve got 16 Conclusions on a game in which almost nothing happened on a day when two other games had almost everything happen.
Tottenham were good but not as good as Manchester United were bad in another new low for Erik ten Hag, whose summer signings have changed nothing at Old Trafford.
Man City v Arsenal is without question a clash between the two best teams in the country and this was the best game between them since that became true.
Silly Spurs stumbled directly into a very obvious Arsenal trap. Plenty of thoughts here on Arteta, Ange, Vicario, Romero and woke kit nonsense.
Arne Slot humiliated Erik ten Hag, who should have walked away from Man Utd after an embarrassing summer. Ryan Gravenberch was slightly better than Casemiro.
Chelsea should consider dropping Enzo Fernandez before Raheem Sterling, but at least Romeo Lavia was good. Rico Lewis is even better for Manchester City.
Gareth Southgate and England losing by “fine margins” again feels careless. Harry Kane was abysmal, Declan Rice was poor and Kyle Walker must be dropped.
Gareth Southgate’s England are off to another major final after another dramatic late goal. It’s all par for the course, these days.
England are in the Euro 2024 semis in spite of their manager, captain and best player. Gareth Southgate, Harry Kane and Phil Foden must thank Bukayo Saka.
Gareth Southgate is still England manager but this reprieve must come with wholesale changes for the Euro 2024 quarter-final after another poor performance.
England have won Group C and are safely into a knockout game against a third-place lucky loser in the easier half of the draw. It’s all going well, then…
England were miserably awful against Denmark and Gareth Southgate must be on the way out, along with midfielder Trent Alexander-Arnold. That was Algeria bad.
England won but they were sloppy in a second half when control went out of the window. Thankfully, England have Jude Bellingham and he is mint.
Scotland bad, Germany good, Graeme Souness hilarious. A miserable Scot has wiped his tears to give us 16 Conclusions on the Euro 2024 opener.
Erik ten Hag has somehow made things even worse for Man Utd by winning the actual FA Cup; Kevin De Bruyne, Erling Haaland and Manchester City were awful.
Who thought Gareth Southgate was about to leave Jordan Henderson and Marcus Rashford out of a 33-man England squad? Put your hands down you liars.
Manchester City have one hand on a fourth straight Premier League trophy after a pretty weird 2-0 win at a very weird Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Arsenal were not great but Saliba dragged them through; Casemiro, Garnacho and Ten Hag having no Manchester United answer without Bruno Fernandes helped.
We’re going to miss Jurgen Klopp for the batsh*t brilliance Liverpool produce under him, while Spurs can still rescue this season.
We honestly think Spurs played better against Chelsea when they had nine players and none of them were playing in defence.
In which we ponder how a NLD with so many predictable elements – not least its outcome – was in fact one of the most hard-to-explain games this season.
Chelsea can hijack all the transfers they want but without that Arsenal structure it is pointless. Mikel Arteta might have just put Mauricio Pochettino down.
Nicolas Jackson reached peak form as Chelsea were laughably wasteful against a knackered Man City. But there is a problem with Pep Guardiola’s complaints.
Spurs suffered their most humiliating trip to Newcastle in almost a year on a day where Micky van de Ven alone could have accounted for 12 conclusions.
It should shame Liverpool not to have beaten Manchester United this season. But Bruno Fernandes always gives Erik ten Hag – or Sam Allardyce – a chance.
Cole Palmer saved Mauricio Pochettino’s Chelsea job. Antony and Alejandro Garnacho tried to do the same for Erik ten Hag but he is done at Manchester United.