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Arsenal's Premier League title challenge was hit on Saturday after Emiliano Buendia struck in stoppage-time to seal a 2-1 win for Aston Villa. Villa cut the gap to first-place Arsenal to three points and gave Manchester City the chance to close in on Mikel Arteta's team. Buendia fired into the roof of the net in the fifth minute of added time at Villa Park to leave the visitors stunned. In the manner that happened at the end, obviously, (it is) really difficult to take, Arteta told TNT Sports. It was the third time in succession that Arsenal has dropped points away from home after recent draws with Sunderland and Chelsea. Those results have opened the door to rivals like City and Villa to put pressure on at the top. Villa provisionally moved up to second in the standings after a ninth win from its last 10 games. That was after a dire start to the campaign when Unai Emery's team was winless after five games. At the minute we're on a great run, said Matty Cash, who put Villa ahead
The longest active unbeaten streak in Europe's top five leagues is over. After 19 games and nearly six months, Crystal Palace has finally lost a game after conceding a stoppage-time goal to fall to a 2-1 defeat at Everton in the Premier League on Sunday. It ended Palace's club-record undefeated streak, dating back to April 16 when the team was thrashed 5-0 at Newcastle in the league. Since then, Palace has won the FA Cup for its first ever major trophy by beating Manchester City in the final, followed that up by winning the season-opening Community Shield after a penalty-shootout victory over Liverpool, and also won its first ever match in Europe 2-0 over Dynamo Kiev in Poland on Thursday. Three days later and back in domestic action after a trip east, Palace squandered a lead earned by Daniel Munoz in the first half. Iliman Ndiaye equalized with a penalty and Jack Grealish scored the winner for Everton in the third minute of stoppage time. Palace manager Oliver Glasner said it h
Liverpool's perfect start to its Premier League title defense ended with a late 2-1 defeat at Crystal Palace on Saturday and Bruno Fernandes failed to score a penalty for the second time this season in Manchester United's latest lackluster loss. Eddie Nketiah lashed home the winner for Palace in the seventh minute of stoppage time, just when it seemed Federico Chiesa's 87th-minute goal would earn the champions a point with their latest late goal this season. Liverpool won its first five league games despite not being entirely convincing and Arne Slot's team was undone again by Palace, which beat the Reds in a penalty shootout to win the Community Shield before the English season began. Palace is now Liverpool's closest rival, moving up to second and just three points adrift after six rounds. United was beaten 3-1 at Brentford for a third defeat from six matches in the league but it could have been so different had Fernandes' spot kick not been saved by Brentford goalkeeper Caoimhn
Liverpool saved the biggest transfer until last in its remarkable $570 million summer spree, finally signing Alexander Isak from Newcastle for a British-record fee as the window closed on Monday with spending by Premier League clubs soaring beyond $4 billion. The biggest saga of Europe's summer transfer window ended with Isak completing his dream move to the English champion for 125 million pounds ($170 million), with the deal announced in the final throes of a chaotic deadline day. I feel amazing. It's been a long journey to get here," said Isak, who effectively went on strike at Saudi-controlled Newcastle over the summer as he agitated for a move to Anfield. On the back of winning the Premier League for a record-tying 20th time, Liverpool has aggressively overhauled its squad and blown its rivals out of the water, spending more than any other team in Europe. Germany playmaker Florian Wirtz and young French striker Hugo Ekitike have also joined in deals worth more than $100 ...
Manchester City signed Gianluigi Donnarumma from Paris Saint-Germain after selling long-time goalkeeper Ederson Moraes to Fenerbahce on Tuesday, in a switch that seems at odds with the playing approach by the once-dominant Premier League team. Donnarumma one of the world's best shot-stoppers was a key figure in PSG's run to the Champions League title last season but was deemed surplus to requirements at the French club following the signing of Lucas Chevalier from Lille last month. City has moved for the 26-year-old Donnarumma even though his strength isn't passing the ball out from the back typically a key requisite for goalkeepers in teams coached by Pep Guardiola. That's what Ederson excelled at, helping to revolutionize the goalkeeper position in English soccer with his uncanny calmness under pressure with the ball at his feet and ability to start attacks from deep. The Brazil international had seven assists in the Premier League two more than any other goalie thanks to his
Brighton came from behind to beat Manchester City 2-1 on Sunday in the Premier League for the second straight season, highlighting the vulnerabilities still present in Pep Guardiola's once-dominant team. Brajan Gruda surged through an open defense, rounded the goalkeeper and slotted into an empty net for an 89th-minute winner for Brighton, which trailed to Erling Haaland's first-half strike his 88th goal in 100 Premier League appearances since moving to England in 2022. City conceded an equalizer in the 67th minute after Matheus Nunes raised his arm in the area to block a shot, with James Milner converting the penalty for Brighton. With City noticeably fading, Brighton created a succession of chances before Gruda converted one. After opening with a 4-0 win at Wolverhampton, City has lost 2-0 at home to Tottenham and now caved at Amex Stadium. West Ham eased the pressure on manager Graham Potter with a 3-0 win at Nottingham Forest, secured by late goals by Jarrod Bowen, Lucas Paqu
Ruben Amorim couldn't watch. Bruno Fernandes was about to take a penalty in the seventh minute of stoppage time that could well determine Amorim's future as Manchester United manager, and it was too much for the Portuguese coach who has had the weight of the world on him this week. So, he slid into his seat in the dugout, put his crossed feet up on the wall in front of him, and looked into the sky. Amorim just listened as Fernandes converted the spot kick to seal a 3-2 win over Burnley at Old Trafford on Saturday. Who knows, it might just be enough to keep Amorim in a job. We should have won in a different way, Amorim said, we should not suffer. Amorim experienced another roller-coaster of emotions, days after falling under massive pressure following United's embarrassing English League Cup exit at the hands of fourth-tier Grimsby Town in midweek. After that game, he criticized his players and suggested discussions would be held next week about his position. If those negotiations
A misstep by the referee might have contributed to Bruno Fernandes missing a penalty for Manchester United in the Premier League. Fernandes was walking backward away from the ball in readiness to take the spot kick against Fulham when he stumbled into referee Chris Kavanagh, who was trying to get round the United captain on Sunday. Fernandes threw up his arms to complain, went back to the ball and picked it up. After some seconds, Fernandes put the ball back down and attempted to compose himself before taking the penalty, which he powered over the crossbar. It left the score at 0-0 heading into halftime at Craven Cottage. I was upset. Obviously, as every penalty taker, you have your own routines. You have your own things that you do. It upset me because the referee didn't apologize, and that was what triggered me in that moment," Fernandes told Sky Sports. But that's not the excuse to missing the penalty. I just had a very bad hit on the ball. I got my foot too (much) under the b
Nottingham Forest coach Nuno Espirito Santo acknowledged he's worried about his job security because of worsening relations with the club's owner Evangelos Marinakis. The Portuguese coach impressed last season in leading Forest to seventh place in the Premier League with the club securing a place in Europe for the first time in 30 years and opened this campaign with a win over Brentford. Still, Nuno's job was not safe despite signing an improved contract in June. "I always had a very good relationship with the owner, last season (it) was very, very, very close," Nuno said on Friday during a news conference ahead of Sunday's game against Crystal Palace. "This season, not so well. ... And where there's smoke, there's fire, so I know how things work, but I'm here to do my job." He added that "I'm the first one to be worried" about the situation. Marinakis, who also owns Greek champion Olympiakos, is known in soccer as a big personality with strong opinions on how his clubs are ...