Arsenal will not be playing on Boxing Day this year as they welcome Ipswich to the Emirates on Friday night instead. The Gunners head into the clash off the back of two wins against Crystal Palace in the Premier League and Carabao Cup. 2 Arsenal have won two games in a week to build some … Read more
‘När Europeisk fotboll går mot ruinen brant, lever vi kvar i en tillvaro med Guldkant’ The message stretched across two vast banners, spanning the expanse of the Northern Stand of the Eleda Stadium. Malmo’s fans had something to say, and the visit of Rangers in September for the first game of the club’s Europa League … Read more
Liverpool will be looking to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League table against Leicester in Boxing Day’s late kick-off. The Reds came out on top of a nine-goal thriller at the weekend, putting in one of their best performances of the season to beat Tottenham 6-3. 2 Liverpool are still flying … Read more
Even when the pulse settled a little after this compellingspectacle it was still difficult to know quite where to start todissect this nine-goal thriller. Liverpool’s brilliance and enhanced title credentials? Further evidence, stimulating and statistical, of Mohamed Salah being the best player in the Premier League and deserving of a new contract? 7 The final … Read more
Nuno Espirito Santo will rival Arne Slot to win the Premier League’s Manager of the Year award. That’s the view of ex-Chelsea defender Jason Cundy, who has waxed lyrical over the 50-year-old with Nottingham Forest to spend Christmas in the top four. 8 Santo has guided Forest to fourth in the table after 17 Premier … Read more
Beyond the dust of Liverpool’s dock road and the huge lorries rolling in and out of the city’s port, the glass panels of Everton’s new home at the Bramley-Moore Dock sparkle impressively, radiating ambition. The site, expected to open next year, is a feat of engineering considering the narrow dimensions of the fresh land below … Read more
The EFL remains open to introducing to VAR to its competitions, despite opposition from some fans. This week’s Carabao Cup quarter-finals went ahead without the use of VAR despite each game being played at a Premier League ground, where the technology is available. 4 West Ham were awarded a penalty by referee Chris Kavanagh in … Read more
Moises Caicedo is best midfielder in the Premier League and Chelsea’s most important player over Cole Palmer. That’s the opinion of talkSPORT host and ex-Blues defender Jason Cunday, and it’s a controversial one considering the 11 goals and six assists Palmer has recorded so far this season. 5 Caicedo earned his reputation at Brighton and … Read more
Harry Kane set a Premier League record in his final season at Tottenham and it may never be broken. The festive piece of history came against Brentford on Boxing Day in 2022. 2 Kane has scored more Boxing Day goals than anyone else in Premier League historyCredit: Getty 2 Alan Shearer could have a festive … Read more
It was only six months into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine when, on a balmy September evening in eastern Germany, I came across Mykhailo Mudryk shortly after midnight. This was September 2022 and Mudryk was by then an emerging talent for the Ukrainian champions, Shakhtar Donetsk. He scored and was the team’s major attacking threat in … Read more