Only two teams are still without a goal after four matches of the new Premier League season. Tottenham Hotspur and Coventry City are 360 minutes plus stoppage time without a goal. As a newly promoted team, Coventry have their own issues to resolve. Spurs have invested heavily in improving on the last two seasons of … Read more
Coventry City couldn’t have asked for a worse start to their first season back in the Premier League. The Sky Blues have played four, lost four. New signing Taiwo Awoniyi was sent off against Brighton & Hove Albion on Sunday, leaving his teammates to see out a match that took the number of goals they’ve … Read more
Roberto De Zerbi has seemingly begun pointing fingers at his Tottenham Hotspur squad, citing their sub-par fitness as a reason for their drab start to the season, following last weekend’s 0-0 draw against Everton. The Toffees played their part, operating an effective man-to-man marking structure that helped extended Spurs’ barren, goalless start to the new … Read more
It was tough watching Manchester United’s players labour ineffectively against the hungry and aggressive press of London City Lionesses. Simi Awujo’s late consolation goal did little to ease the mounting concern for a side that have several teams nipping at their heels. Don’t panic; that has to be United’s message. To an extent, it is … Read more
The league phase of the 2026/27 Champions League started on Tuesday, September 8 with wins for AEK Athens and Aston Villa in the early time slot. Villa qualified for European football’s premier club competition twice over, backing up a top-four finish in the Premier League with victory in the Europa League final in May. But … Read more
Aged 18 years and 341 days, Bouaddi became the fourth-youngest player to start a Champions League match for City. Question marks were raised around the size of the fee for a position on the pitch where players can be exposed, but Bouaddi seems to have settled in immediately and showcased why he will be a … Read more
Unai Emery is not panicking. He may kick every ball on the touchline but, behind closed doors, Aston Villa’s players are used to him being the calmest person in the room, routinely more demanding after victory than defeat. John McGinn tells a story in which the Villa manager, early in his now almost four-year tenure, … Read more
Tottenham will be hoping that the 2025/26 season saw the club bottom out following a series of recent struggles. The club only secured their Premier League status on the final day of last season, as they meandered to a second consecutive 17th-place finish, but did not have a cup win to fall back on this … Read more
Two Premier League games played for Chelsea under Xabi Alonso: two wins and seven goals scored. It’s the sort of start that would delight many new managers – only two other clubs can boast about a six-point start this Premier League season (albeit with Arsenal to play later on Monday). Points gained in this odd … Read more
Real Madrid maintained their perfect start to the season in La Liga with a comfortable 4-0 home win over promoted Málaga on Sunday, scoring three times inside 30 minutes before adding a late fourth. Jude Bellingham’s brilliant solo opener, an own goal by the Málaga goalkeeper Alfonso Herrero and a sharp Kylian Mbappé volley effectively … Read more