Too much too soon: glimmers of light from Chelsea’s splurge but at what cost? | Chelsea
Thirteen points from their past six games, 15 goals scored, and Chelsea went into the weekend fourth in the Premier League table. The m...
Shapeless, demotivated, petulant … Ten Hag’s ghost ship drifts on | Manchester United
Who did not think that, sooner or later, we’d be here again? At the end of last season, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, Sir Dave Brailsford and the ...
Romantic swirl of Villa v Ipswich four decades ago feels so quaint as to be absurd | Aston Villa
It has been 40 years since Ipswich last beat Aston Villa in the top flight at Portman Road. Alan Sunderland had put Ipswich ahead early...
Arsenal fall short against City again despite Arteta’s full embrace of his inner Mourinho | Arsenal
The expectation – perhaps the fear – had been that Manchester City against Arsenal would be like their two league meetings last season:...
North London derby defeat raises further doubts about Ange Postecoglou | Tottenham Hotspur
It was, as everybody pointed out, inevitable that the north London derby would be decided by a set-play, Gabriel heading the only goal ...
Scorcher scarcity is not data’s fault – players are passing more and shooting less | Pep Guardiola
Last season, only 11.5% of goals scored in the Premier League came from outside the penalty area, the lowest figure Opta has recorded s...
Carsley’s star problems with England show the difficulties of international management | England
One pass was all it took. Eleven minutes in to England’s 2-0 win in Ireland on Saturday, Trent Alexander-Arnold picked up the ball abou...
Chaos club Everton reap the whirlwind of Premier League’s financial revolution | Everton
It’s 40 years since the greatest season in Everton’s history, when they won the league and the Cup Winners’ Cup and reached the FA Cup ...
Scouting, WhatsApp messages and Messi – my two weeks as Argentina assistant coach | Argentina
I was in the Jardyland bar in Abidjan, Ivory Coast’s biggest city, watching Manchester City beat Everton on 10 February when I was appo...
No individual player is the answer to Manchester United’s problems | Manchester United
In his beginning is his end; now the night falls. Two years ago, before their third game of the season, against Liverpool, having lost ...