Category: Football
Premier League fans’ half-term reports, part one: Arsenal to Ipswich
Arsenal We’re being called the “new Stoke City” for our set pieces – but for as long as Martin Ødegaard is around we’ll keep the [more…]
Premier League fans’ half-term reports, part two: Leicester to Wolves
Leicester Well, we’re not bottom, but there’s no getting away from the fact that we have, at times, looked like the worst team in the [more…]
Sandro Tonali turns power on for Newcastle to light mid-season spark
Eddie Howe kept flicking switches and pressing buttons but the power refused to do anything more than blink sporadically into life before swiftly fading once [more…]
Age of tactical ideologues is over as Spain dominates new era of pragmatism | Jonathan Wilson
Spain are the European champions. Real Madrid won the Champions League. Rodri won the Ballon d’Or and has only come to seem more important since [more…]
The Guardian Footballer of the Year Sofie Junge Pedersen: ‘We wanted to send a message’
The Guardian Footballer of the Year is an award given to a player who has done something remarkable, whether by overcoming adversity, helping others or [more…]
Goals of the year: long-range stunners, joyful skills and outrageous finishes
Halfway line Here’s a sublime wallop from just inside his own half by Heracles’ Mario Engels against Ajax on 21 October. Unfortunately his side let [more…]
Pereira hopes rejuvenated Wolves can cling on to ‘special player’ Cunha
As Wolves were on Friday night breathing a sigh of relief that Matheus Cunha is set to be available to face Tottenham on Sunday, there [more…]
Kai Havertz guides Arsenal past Ipswich to show there is life without Saka
The Premier League season has not reached its halfway point and yet Arsenal knew this was a game they had to win. Liverpool’s stunning form [more…]
Bruno Fernandes and the problem of being captain if you keep getting sent off | Simon Burnton
Against Leicester on Boxing Day Virgil van Dijk took to 50 the number of successive league games he has played every minute of. This alone [more…]
Arne Slot warns of ‘many challenges still ahead’ after Liverpool extend lead
Arne Slot said it was far too early for Liverpool to be celebrating a 20th league title despite his team going seven points clear at [more…]