12+ hour, 17+ 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…...

11+ hour, 48+ 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…...

12+ hour, 16+ min ago   (661+ words) Let’s break down the compensation, the cap math, and the odds, because this isn’t a fantasy exercise. It’s a live market, and the price tag is enormous. Crosby is exactly the kind of player who moves the needle. He’s a…...

12+ hour, 8+ 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, 10+ 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…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (714+ words) The Arsenal Napoli head-to-head record is 3-1 in Arsenal’s favour, with the Gunners winning three of their four previous competitive meetings. The only defeat came in Naples — the exact venue for tonight’s Champions League opener — which makes the historical record more…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (373+ words) The Ben Shelton vs. Frances Tiafoe matchup is more than just a tennis match; it is a cultural moment for American men’s tennis that guarantees an American US Open finalist. The stakes could not be higher as these two dynamic…...

4+ day, 6+ 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, 11+ 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, 6+ 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…...