Category: Football

Arne Slot has backed Darwin Núñez to be influential at Liverpool despite not starting him in the first five matches of his tenure. The Uruguayan, [more…]

Chelsea will get the season under way against Aston Villa at Kingsmeadow. The champions have been in impressive form in pre-season. Their squad is packed [more…]

Welcome back to the Guardian’s MLS Power Rankings, where I have a beef with your specific team and your specific team alone. I’m convinced something [more…]

Guardian writers’ predicted position: 11th (NB: this is not necessarily Suzanne Wrack’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 11th The [more…]

1 Palmer is not West Ham’s only concern Cole Palmer was quiet during Chelsea’s victory over Bournemouth last weekend. Bournemouth tracked the playmaker’s movements closely [more…]

Mikel Arteta admitted Arsenal were far from their best against Atalanta but praised David Raya for his brilliant double save from Mateo Retegui’s second-half penalty [more…]

Kevin De Bruyne is an injury doubt for Manchester City’s showdown with Arsenal on Sunday after suffering what appeared to be a groin injury in [more…]

This proved a Celtic Park rarity. The Scottish champions were rampant against continental opposition, on an evening absorbing so many years of frustration for Celtic [more…]

Ange Postecoglou lauded the “real spirit and character” that he admits has been missing from the first four games of Tottenham’s season after late goals [more…]