Michel and Xabi Alonso backed for Man City manager job as Guardiola struggles continue
What if Pep Guardiola really is done at Man City? What then? They’ll be wanting a new manager, maybe one of these guys. Probably not Amorim.
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Liverpool top scorers against Big Six: Salah has almost completed incredible full set
Mo Salah has scored more Premier League goals for Liverpool against all but one other Big Six team since the 2010/11 season.
Man City top scorers against the Big Six: Erling Haaland clear of Sterling with only two players ahead
Erling Haaland has edged ahead of Phil Foden in their personal Big Six scoring battle – only two Manchester City players are ahead of the Norwegian now.
Every Premier League club’s worst player in 24/25: Walker, Jesus, Ugarte, Ferguson…
Here is the worst player for every Premier League club in 2024/25. We are using WhoScored average match ratings, so please shout at them, not us.
Premier League player stats: Salah, Saka, Van Dijk, Onana flying; Sanchez, Watkins struggling
The 2024/25 Premier League season is in full swing and we have some lovely statistics for you. Here are the leading players across 29 metrics.
Premier League winners and losers: Liverpool, Guardiola, Kluivert, Newcastle, Amorim, Martinez, Saka…
It genuinely feels more likely that Pep Guardiola resigns than he turns this around. Liverpool and Bukayo Saka are brilliant. Newcastle and Everton are not.
Robbie Savage’s Winners & Losers: ‘Give Liverpool the title now’
Pep Guardiola ‘will find a way to recover’, according to Robbie Savage. But this Liverpool side is walking away with it.
Some good news for Man City: Fifth place would currently still get them a Champions League spot
The good news for fifth-placed Manchester City is that the Premier League is currently on course for a fifth Champions League spot next season.
Man City ghost makes worst Premier League XI of the weekend
There were some absolute paddlings in the Premier League at the weekend so Everton, Leicester, Wolves and Villa feature. As does a Man City man.
Arne Slot’s 13 near-perfect Liverpool games make him best new manager ever!
Arne Slot has had the best start of any Premier League manager over his first 13 games at a club. What a guy…
16 Conclusions from Liverpool 2-0 Man City: is there even going to be a title race at all?
Liverpool swatted Man City aside four days after swatting Real Madrid aside to open a nine-point lead at the top of the Premier League. Handy week, that.
Arne Slot breeds Liverpool concern over Konate being their Rodri as ‘last step’ made difficult
Is Ibrahima Konate’s injury the point after which it all comes crashing down for Liverpool? Probably not, but Arne Slot hasn’t helped.
Andreas Pereira is an egotistical cretin who doesn’t deserve Fulham, let alone Marseille
Andreas Pereira has said he was “looking forward” to going to Marseille. Turns out he’s a nitwit as well as a fraud. Have at it, Fulham fans.
Arsenal decide not to force Lopetegui sack despite Saka and Odegaard masterclass
West Ham place immense importance on games against Arsenal, as David Moyes recently revealed. Julen Lopetegui should be grateful they pulled their punches.
Van Nistelrooy under pressure, Kane-Solanke food chain makes history and Wood fires – 3pm Blackout
Ruud van Nistelrooy might have made a mistake in taking the Leicester job. Evanilson and Chris Wood are brilliant, while Marc Guehi had his redemption.
Liverpool set for quadruple after Chiesa: Rubbish transfer windows that preceded brilliant seasons
Liverpool could win it all after a terrible transfer window. Here are eight other examples of rubbish summer transfers preceding brilliant seasons, featuring the Reds’ title win.
Tyler Dibling and semi-automated offsides are two godsends for the Premier League
VAR provided more confusion in Southampton’s draw at Brighton and left us begging for semi-automated offsides to come to the Premier League. At least Tyler Dibling exists.
Van Nistelrooy infuriates managers, ‘bonkers’ Amorim and Slot is the next Paisley
Future Leicester manager Ruud van Nistelrooy is coming over here and taking our jobs, while it is so difficult not to see Arne Slot as the next Bob Paisley.
Rashford is ‘cooked’, Liverpool are giddy and Arsenal will still win the title
Marcus Rashford is ‘cooked’ and probably not the £129m Mo Salah replacement Liverpool would need. Nor can he stop Arsenal winning the Premier League title.
When will Arne Slot’s Liverpool beat their first Proper Team this season?
Liverpool are famously yet to beat a Proper Team but when can Arne Slot’s double table-toppers hope to prove themselves properly and end that streak?
Big Weekend: Liverpool v Man City, Aston Villa, Odegaard, Dawson, Yorkshire, Der Klassiker
Can we officially rule Manchester City out of the title race if they come a(nother) cropper at Anfield on Sunday? Feels naughty even to think it.
Hojlund can solve one big problem for Man United – and make fixing others easier too
Man United obviously remain a very early work in progress under Ruben Amorim, but there were a couple of encouraging signs in a 3-2 win over Bodo/Glimt.
Kylian Mbappe next? He wouldn’t be the first failed Galactico signing…
It has not been plain sailing for Kylian Mbappe since joining Real Madrid from PSG. He surely won’t be a failed Galactico like these seven, will he?
Robbie Savage: Diary of a Football Manager: Keane’s clash, cameras and coping with abuse…
Robbie Savage is used to what Roy Keane faced at Ipswich – and much worse. Ignoring abuse, though, doesn’t stop it. So the Macclesfield manager has to take measures…
Danny Welbeck, Douglas Luiz among five stars who could re-sign for former PL clubs in January
Danny Welbeck to solve Manchester United’s striker crisis, anyone? Here are five stars who could return to their former Premier League clubs in January…
Ten Rodri regens and their chances of a January move to Man City
If we accept that Manchester City need a new Rodri – and they clearly do – then the best place to start looking is at players with similar skills.
Arne Slot’s Liverpool have actually beaten zero Proper Teams so far this season
Remember when everyone was reserving judgement on Arne Slot until Liverpool had beaten a Proper Team? Well, we’re still waiting. Here’s why all of the 17 teams they’ve beaten don’t ...
Liverpool crush sorry Real Madrid as Conor Bradley puts Mbappe in his pocket and Mac Allister shines
Conor Bradley destroyed Kylian Mbappe in every way and Alexis Mac Allister was a prime Luka Modric against the actual Luka Modric. Liverpool are good. Real Madrid are bad.
Man City shamed by Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea in peak age data drill-down
Only FIVE of Manchester City’s most-used 15 players this season in the Premier League are in their peak years. Liverpool and Arsenal have smashed this.
Five next moves for Salah ranked on likelihood include leaving Liverpool for Barcelona
After Mohamed Salah’s latest contract outburst made Liverpool fans squirm, we have ranked his next move options on the likelihood of them happening…
Gvardiol, Ederson shambolic in latest Manchester City exposé as giddy Liverpool, Salah await
Liverpool will be giddy after Josko Gvardiol and Ederson’s latest disasterclass. Not even Pep Guardiola can save this sh*t and Sunday will be ugly…
Arsenal embarrass Manchester City and anger Amorim with perfect European performance
Arsenal were phenomenal in victory over Sporting, to the point you wonder why they don’t simply do this all the time. Ruben Amorim can’t have enjoyed that.
Five reasons Man City are absolutely rotten this season (and it’s not just Rodri)
Don’t know if you’ve heard, but Manchester City are having a bit of a time of it. Why has it all gone so spectacularly to sh*t?