1+ day, 37+ min ago   (414+ words) Arteta explained that pre-season can provide controlled opportunities to create problems that might appear naturally during a European campaign. Arsenal can arrive later than expected, change routines or lose some of the comforts normally associated with match preparation. Such exercises…...

1+ day, 8+ min ago   (915+ words) Liverpool 0-0 Fulham ended with Andoni Iraola pointing to the calendar: his players simply hadn’t had enough time to recover from Wednesday’s Champions League win over Atletico Madrid. That’s a real explanation. It’s also not the whole one. Liverpool weren’t just…...

1+ day, 28+ min ago   (863+ words) Chelsea 2-2 Hull City didn’t just cost the Blues two points at Stamford Bridge — it gave Xabi Alonso the moment to say, unprompted, exactly what’s wrong with his team. “[Playing well for] 15 to 20 minutes is not enough. You have to be…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (698+ words) Chelsea 6-3 Leeds was, on the surface, a chaotic Carabao Cup thriller that had no business being close after Leeds led 2-0 early in the second half. Inside a nine-goal, four-substitution fightback was a smaller, more interesting story: the midfielder Xabi Alonso…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (185+ words) Liverpool (4-2-3-1): GK: Alisson DEF: Ronald Araujo, Jeremy Jacquet, Virgil van Dijk, Milos Kerkez MID: Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexis Mac Allister ATT: Cody Gakpo, Florian Wirtz, Bradley Barcola, Alexander Isak Atletico Madrid (4-4-2): GK: Jan Oblak DEF: Marcos Llorente, Marc Pubill, David Hancko, Alejandro…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (181+ words) Available: Levi Colwill Unavailable: Moisés Caicedo, Marco Palestra, Jordan Henderson, Emmanuel Emegha Also out of first-team contention (not injury-related): Kendry Paez, blocked from selection until January after his loan return, as reported by SportBible Given how many first-choice defenders and…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (674+ words) Stadium Rant Seven Of The Best Premier League Goals In History Goals are what we love to see in the Premier League (and soccer generally). Players have scored more than 30,000 goals in the Premier League. So, picking the very best…...

1+ week, 51+ min ago   (848+ words) English football analyst Jamie Carragher believes Arsenal’s 2-1 comeback win over Chelsea revealed something that could be crucial to its Premier League title defense. The victory displayed Arsenal’s ability to survive chaos without losing its defensive structure. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (749+ words) Manchester United vs Everton will offer the first real test of whether Michael Carrick’s side has fixed the problems that their 5-2 win over Ipswich managed to hide. Bruno Fernandes scored a hat-trick. Marcus Rashford started his first Premier League game…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (754+ words) Ahead of Arsenal vs Chelsea clash, the Blues already know how to prepare for Bukayo Saka. That is the problem facing Xabi Alonso before a Sunday’s trip to the Emirates. Saka, Arsenal’s biggest star, is also their most predictable threat....