Five Premier League flops Ruben Amorim salvaged at Sporting includes Liverpool outcast
Ruben Amorim built his Sporting revolution on the back of players who flopped in the Premier League – and frequently embarrassed Wolves in the process.
Articles By Matt Stead
Liverpool and incredible Salah complete perfect day by plunging Emery and Guardiola into crisis
Neither Pep Guardiola nor Unai Emery had lost four consecutive games before this weekend. By 10pm on Saturday both had been swept up in this Liverpool wave.
List of best assist providers in 2024 has us asking: why the f*** Ruben Amorim is leaving Sporting?
Kevin de Bruyne is the only Premier League name on a list of Europe’s premier assist providers in 2024, but he has finally been knocked off top spot.
Four managers have served touchline bans this season over discipline
Mikel Arteta is one of only five Premier League managers not to have been booked this season. Arne Slot, Enzo Maresca and Pep Guardiola are close to bans.
Keane nailed Henderson, Wolves off the mark and Lopetegui sack coming – 3pm Blackout
Julen Lopetegui ambled to another uninspiring result and performance as West Ham manager in the David Moyes derby, while Roy Keane nailed Dean Henderson.
David Moyes managed Manchester United once and it is time we all just moved on
Manchester United makes up about four per cent of the coaching career of David Moyes, but nearly all of his interviews. It is obvious why but no less boring.
Manchester United top scorers against Big Six: Fernandes overtakes Van Persie
Alejandro Garnacho and Kobbie Mainoo scored their first Premier League goals against Big Six opposition in the space of a few days for Manchester United.
Chelsea top scorers against the Big Six: Jackson overtakes Blues legends for goals since 10/11
Nicolas Jackson is apparently not very good but he also has more Premier League goals against Big Six teams than many Chelsea legends since 2010/11.
The ridiculous records of new Real Madrid signing Kylian Mbappe
Kylian Mbappe had already won 17 trophies and scored 329 career goals before making his predestined move to Real Madrid. And he has started well enough.
Five Premier League sporting directors Arsenal could steal in search for Edu replacement
Arsenal have lost Edu to Nottingham Forest so it is only right that they raid a Premier League rival for his replacement. Liverpool should be worried.
Premier League winners and losers: Praise for Bournemouth and Gomez, flak for Arsenal, Lopetegui, Palmer
Bournemouth, Joe Gomez and Nottingham Forest’s assistant are praised. But Arsenal and Julen Lopetegui are in trouble and Cole Palmer must improve.
16 Conclusions on Manchester United 1-1 Chelsea: Garnacho, Caicedo, pathetic Martinez and more
Alejandro Garnacho should be dropped but Manchester United have made an actual good signing! As have Chelsea with Moises Caicedo, it turns out.
Aston Villa need something different from Unai Emery as slump continues
Aston Villa have achieved some incredible things under Unai Emery but their Premier League form is of some concern. Their tightrope tactics are not working.
Van Nistelrooy, Slot and £30m signings among five random reunions this weekend
Arsenal midfielder Mikel Merino might not recognise Newcastle but there will be more emotional reunions for Ruud van Nistelrooy and Arne Slot.
West Ham claim Erik ten Hag as their ninth Premier League manager scalp
Julen Lopetegui has taken Nathan Jones and Erik ten Hag from us and his culling of Premier League managers should be stopped before he goes too far.
Only two players have forced more Premier League manager sackings than Jarrod Bowen
Jarrod Bowen has scored in the final games of three Premier League managers after his stoppage-time penalty contributed to the sacking of Erik ten Hag.
Man Utd player finds place in worst XI of the weekend alongside full debut nightmare
Only Leicester have more than one player in the worst XI of the Premier League weekend, so there is room for representatives from Man Utd and Spurs.
Arsenal top scorers against Big Six: Only one player ahead of sensational Saka
Only one player has scored more Premier League goals for Arsenal against the rest of the Big Six since the start of the 2010/11 season than Bukayo Saka.
Liverpool top scorers against Big Six: Salah almost completes incredible full set v Arsenal
Mo Salah has scored more Premier League goals for Liverpool against all but one other Big Six team since the 2010/11 season.
Everton demand for Calvert-Lewin change only boosted by Beto brilliance
Everton supporters have had about enough of Dominic Calvert-Lewin but Sean Dyche will not give Beto his chance too easily. Michael Keane might be first.
Haaland inevitable, Villa forced to scrap, Brentford ridiculous and Wieffer whiffs – 3pm Blackout
A ludicrous round of Saturday 3pm kick-offs featured some transformative late goals, a mistake which keeps Arsenal fourth and more Erling Haaland brilliance.
One clamour for every Premier League club: fans demand Arsenal teen and £37.2m Man Utd forward start
Ian Wright and Gary Lineker are throwing their weight behind Arsenal and Leicester clamours but every club has one player fans want to see starting more.
Ranking the Emirates showdown injuries by significance: all-Arsenal top three makes Liverpool favourites
Arsenal have been decimated by injury ahead of their crucial match against Liverpool, who have their own problems but nothing close to as damaging.
Arsenal 1-0 Shakhtar Donetsk: Arteta’s side hold on to realise Wenger’s dream and jump up to fourth
Arsenal barely beat Shakhtar Donetsk to realise Arsene Wenger’s dream of breaking into the top four of the Champions League and it being a good thing.
Real Madrid have Gittens before Vinicius steps in as latest Chelsea transfer obsession emerges
Borussia Dortmund inevitably collapsed against Real Madrid and Vinicius Junior but Jamie Gittens still had time to feed Chelsea and Liverpool’s obsession.
Newcastle’s Cantona transfer moment sums up Howe problem after ‘biggest overpay’ backfires
Newcastle had an awful transfer window and the sale of Elliot Anderson to Nottingham Forest looks the worst decision of all. Take the points deduction.
Premier League winners and losers: Slot and Hojlund shame Martin, Paqueta and ‘naive’ Arsenal
Arsenal, Newcastle and Russell Martin are creating their own problems, while brilliant Bournemouth, Arne Slot’s Liverpool and Leicester’s subs all impressed
There is a clear winner in the Nicolas Jackson v Darwin Nunez chaos clash
Nicolas Jackson and Darwin Nunez feel chaotically linked but one is proving himself an accomplished Premier League forward and the other plays for Liverpool.
Maddison sacrificed as abysmal West Ham help teach Postecoglou ‘irrelevant’ subs lesson
West Ham were truly atrocious but they did at least kindly help show Ange Postecoglou and Spurs the difference between ‘irrelevant’ and excellent subs.
Guardiola ‘will give my opinion’ on successor with one key difference to Ferguson replacement plan
Pep Guardiola will offer Manchester City his ‘opinion’ on who should replace him as manager when the time comes, but he says the decision will be the club’s.