The cause of this friction, Liverpool’s interest in Isak, will continue to the end of the transfer window and probably beyond. Newcastle’s supporters were in no mood to forgive or forget how their star striker has, in their eyes, betrayed them, and the club they hold responsible as the catalyst for his desire to leave. This is now shaping up …
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Goodness knows what the man who was not there made of it all. Might Alexander Isak have felt the tiniest bit guilty at the sight of his increasingly overwrought understudy, Anthony Gordon, missing a couple of extremely presentable chances before being sent off for a ridiculous first-half tackle on Virgil van Dijk? And how did Newcastle’s currently striking star striker …
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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature It’s Arne Slot’s turn to talk to Sky Sports, and despite some heroic filibustering to avoid the question†, he eventually succumbs and confirms that Dominik Szoboszlai will deputise at right-back for Liverpool tonight. “Eh … yes it is … yes … yep … who else should …
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ESPN Aug 24, 2025, 01:02 PM ET Email Print Open Extended Reactions Welcome to ESPN’s coverage of Sunday’s Premier League action! Fulham host Manchester United, who named new striker Benjamin Sesko and goalkeeper André Onana among the substitutes at Craven Cottage. Earlier, Everton beat Brighton 2-0 in the first league fixture at their new Hill Dickinson Stadium, and Crystal Palace …
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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature 34 min United can’t do anything with the resulting corner, though the VAR is looking at a potential foul by Bassey, who threw Mount to the ground… and the ref is sent to the monitor! Share 33 min Better from United as Mount sends Fernandes into …
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This was Graham Potter finding out what a broken club really looks like. It is the London Stadium emptying out long before full time, patience worn thin by the latest in a long line of humiliations. It is one young fan mounting a solo pitch invasion after being driven to despair by his side’s inability to defend set pieces. It …
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After a somewhat subdued start to the game, with the two teams probing without much quality for the opening 5 minutes, Lucas Paquetá brought the occasion to life with a piledriver from a long way out that looked impressive at first sight but brought the goalkeeping into question on subsequent replays. London Stadium was rocking, but Chelsea came a-knocking, and …
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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature 72 min: … and it’s nearly six for Chelsea, with Estevao sent clear down the inside-right channel by James. He overthinks upon entering the box, and can neither get round Diouf nor dink over Hermansen. Share 71 min: Walker-Peters comes on for Soucek, and is immediately …
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Welcome to game two of the brand new season, on the far side of town, under the Friday Night Lights. Hopefully we’ve all got a bit of Coach Taylor in us tonight and we take all three points back home with us to the West side. Enzo Maresca has made a couple changes from opening day, including a fit again …
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If there was one moment that neatly summed up Monday’s curtain-raiser at Elland Road, it was the demolition job to which Ethan Ampadu subjected Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall in the first half. Facing his own goal, Dewsbury-Hall had dropped in to collect the ball from his defence, but Ampadu tracked him all the way and did not hesitate in launching into a …
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