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Premier League 2024/25 HIGHLIGHTS: LIV beat IPS 2-0; ARS bag 2-0 home win vs WOL

Arne Slot's men beat Ipswich 2-0 at Portman Road with Jota and Salah on the scoresheet for the Reds. Arsenal beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 at the Emirates Stadium.

Liverpool's new era under manager Arne Slot begins with a win at Ipswich

Liverpool's new era under Arne Slot began with a 2-0 victory over promoted Ipswich on Saturday, with Mohamed Salah netting the second goal to break a Premier League scoring record. Salah poked home a finish from close range in the 65th minute to take his tally of goals in the opening round of a Premier League season to nine, breaking a tie he had with a trio of English soccer greats in Wayne Rooney, Alan Shearer and Frank Lampard. Five minutes earlier, Salah set up Diogo Jota for the first goal as Liverpool improved after a slow first half in its first competitive game under Slot, who replaced longtime manager Jurgen Klopp during the offseason. While Liverpool joined Manchester United a 1-0 winner over Fulham on Friday in making a triumphant start to the season, it was an early lesson for Ipswich, whose most famous supporter, pop star Ed Sheeran, was cheering the team on from a VIP box at Portman Road. This is Ipswich's first season in the top flight since 2002 and the team looks

Premier League: Brazil striker Evanilson joins AFC Bournemouth from Porto

Brazil striker Evanilson signed for Bournemouth from Porto on Friday in a deal worth a reported 40 million pounds ($51.6 million), a club record for the English team. The 24-year-old Evanilson scored 13 league goals in Portugal last season and netted a hat trick in the group stage of the Champions League against Royal Antwerp in October. Evanilson will replace Dominic Solanke, who joined Tottenham on Saturday in a deal worth a reported 65 million pounds ($83 million). Evanilson is a hugely sought-after striker," Bournemouth chief executive Neill Blake said, and for us to bring him to the club in a record-breaking deal shows our ambition and intent. Tottenham has also bought winger Wilson Odobert, a France Under-21 international, from relegated Burnley for a reported 25 million pounds ($32.3 million) while promoted Ipswich has signed Sam Szmodics, the top scorer in the Championship last season, from Blackburn and Kalvin Phillips on loan from Manchester City. Southampton signed stri

Premier League: Zirkzee gets debut goal as Man Utd take 1-0 win over Fulham

Joshua Zirkzee marked his debut for Manchester United by coming off the bench and scoring an 87th-minute goal to give his team a 1-0 victory over Fulham on the opening night of the Premier League season on Friday. The Netherlands striker poked out his left foot to guide home a cross by fellow substitute Alejandro Garnacho at Old Trafford. Zirkzee, who joined from Bologna for a reported $47 million last month, was one of three offseason signings to make their first appearances for United, along with defenders Noussair Mazraoui and Matthijs de Ligt. To win here in my first home game, and to grab a goal, it couldn't be better, Zirkzee said. Zirkzee, Mazraoui and De Ligt have arrived as part of a $180 million spending spree by the record 20-time champions, a club under new leadership and looking to return to its former glories. Erik ten Hag was retained as manager despite guiding United to an eighth-place finish last season and this was a solid, if unspectacular, start to the campaign

Premier League 2024-25: Manchester United full schedule, live match timings

United will play two home games and three away in their first five fixtures. The Man Utd vs Liverpool match at Old Trafford is set to be a riveting encounter. Check Manchester United full squad here

Premier League 2024-25 format, VAR rules for relegation and promotion

The new Premier League season is just 4 days away as the 2024/25 kicks off on August 17 with Manchester United taking on Fulham at the Theatre of Dreams, Old Trafford.

Premier League 2024-25 full schedule, live time, streaming and telecast

With new promotions in the name of Ipswich Town, Leicester City and Southampton joining the fray, it will be another action-packed season at both ends of the Premier League points table.

Premier League to have different look this year. Here's what's changed

The Premier League rarely stands still. For the 2024-25 season starting on Friday, there are five newly hired managers, around $1.6 billion worth of new players (and counting), new offside technology, updated financial regulations and a tweaked match schedule. COACHING CHANGES A quarter of the coaches will be taking charge of a Premier League game for the first time, with Liverpool ( Arne Slot ), Chelsea ( Enzo Maresca ) and Brighton ( Fabian Hurzeler ) all having new managers and both Southampton (Russell Martin) and Ipswich (Kieran McKenna) gaining promotion with managers owning no top-flight experience. Throw in Julen Lopetegui being the new guy at West Ham after 4 1/2 years of David Moyes at the helm and Steve Cooper replacing Maresca at Leicester, and the dugouts will look different this season. Most of the intrigue, however, will focus on Slot and what style he implements at Liverpool after the team's nearly nine years with the popular Jurgen Klopp. Rock n' roll could turn int

Ten Hag reveals Man Utd spoke to other managers before deciding to keep him

Erik ten Hag says he was aware that Manchester United had spoken to other managers before the Premier League club decided to stick with the Dutchman after a difficult season. Ten Hag said he was on holiday in Ibiza when members of the United hierarchy arrived to inform him they wanted him to remain as United manager. Former Chelsea and Bayern Munich boss Thomas Tuchel and England manager Gareth Southgate were among those linked with the position after United finished eighth in the Premier League last season. Speaking on Dutch TV channel NOS, Ten Hag said: The club management came to me while I was on holiday in Ibiza. They suddenly showed up on my doorstep and told me they wanted to continue with me. As in any organization, it is wise to evaluate. Manchester United did that too. The new owner (Jim Ratcliffe) is new to football, he has taken his time. They have indeed told me that they have spoken to other managers. That is not even allowed in the Netherlands." The two parties are

Statistical review: Is Man City team England's greatest club of all time?

The numbers speak for themselves. An unprecedented fourth-straight Premier League title for Manchester City. A sixth in seven seasons to further emphasize the club's near-total dominance of the era. A 17th trophy for City manager Pep Guardiola in eight years at the club and that could rise to 18 if City beats Manchester United in next week's FA Cup final. It's a full set of major honors over that period, having won the Champions League for the first time last season. Except for Liverpool in 2020, there has been no team in England's top flight to touch City since Guardiola began his remarkable run by winning the title in 2018. Guardiola had already led City to back-to-back titles in 2018 and '19 with totals of 100 and 98 points before his run was ended by Liverpool. In 2021 City reclaimed the title and has been the dominant force in England ever since by becoming the first English team to win four-straight top flight titles. This team's crowning glory came last season when it won

EPL 2023-24: Four in a row as Manchester City crowned champions of England

Standing on 88 points before this game, City needed to win their game to end the dependency on any other results and remain firmly in position to lift the cup

Haaland scores as Man City routs Luton to go top of English Premier League

Manchester City kept up the pressure on Arsenal and Liverpool with an emphatic 5-1 victory over relegation-threatened Luton on Saturday that put the defending champion back atop the English Premier League. An early own goal from Daiki Hashioka gave City the lead at Etihad Stadium before a fierce shot by Mateo Kovacic and a penalty by Erling Haaland put the game beyond doubt after the break. Luton earned a consolation goal through Ross Barkley in the 81st but Jeremy Doku and Josko Gvardiol added late goals to wrap up the win, which lifted City two points above Arsenal and Liverpool. Arsenal hosts Aston Villa on Sunday, when Liverpool takes on Crystal Palace. With City still in contention for a second straight treble of major trophies, manager Pep Guardiola took the opportunity to rotate his squad and left key midfielder Rodri on the bench after the Spaniard said publicly he needed a rest. Phil Foden, Jack Grealish, Bernardo Silva and John Stones also were rested ahead of Real Madrid

English Premier League club Brighton posts profit of USD 154 million

Premier League club Brighton posted an after-tax profit of GBP 122.8 million (USD 154.4 million) for the 2022-23 season on Tuesday. That figure represented a jump from GBP 24.1 million (USD 30.3 million) in profit the previous year after sales of star players like Alexis Mac Allister, Yves Bissouma and Marc Cucurella and compensation for former manager Graham Potter, who was hired by Chelsea in September 2022. Brighton said its accounts did not include further big sales like Moises Caicedo and Robert Sanchez because their transfers to Chelsea were completed after the reporting period. Caicedo's move was worth up to USD 146 million and Sanchez reportedly cost USD 32 million. Brighton's figures were also boosted after it secured its highest Premier League finish sixth and advanced to the semifinals of the FA Cup. "We now have a very solid platform to continue to make significant progress on the pitch, by investing in our squad," Brighton deputy chairman and chief executive Paul Ba

Premier League Arsenal vs Man City Highlights: Goalless draw at Etihad Stadium

With nine games left, Mikel Arteta's Arsenal, who are vying for their first league title in twenty years, sit second in the standings with 65 points, while City is third with 64.

Liverpool hires Hughes as sporting director to find Klopp's successor

Liverpool's restructuring of its technical staff continued on Wednesday when the club hired Richard Hughes as sporting director starting June 1. Hughes is leaving his role as technical director at Bournemouth to take up the post at Liverpool after previously working with Michael Edwards, who was hired last week as chief executive of football at Fenway Sports Group the US-based conglomerate whose portfolio of sports teams includes Liverpool. Hughes' main task will be identifying a replacement for Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, who said in January that he will be stepping down after nearly nine years as manager. "It is clear to everyone that Jurgen will leave a legacy to build upon," Edwards said," and in Richard we have the right person to make the key decisions and offer the leadership to take us forward into a bright future. "As one very successful chapter will come to a close for Liverpool in the summer, the objective of everyone here is for another one to begin and with Richa

EPL relegation zone: Nottingham Forest docked 4 points for overspending

Nottingham Forest was deducted four points on Monday for overspending, dropping the team into the Premier League relegation zone with nine games remaining. Forest was found to have breached the league profitability and sustainability regulations, which typically allow clubs to lose a maximum of 105 million pounds ($133 million) over a three-year period or face sanctions. Forest's assessment period ended in 2022-23 and therefore included two seasons when the club was in the second-tier Championship. For that reason, Forest was permitted losses of up to 61 million pounds ($77 million) in its first year back in the Premier League last season and the club went above the threshold by 34.5 million pounds ($44 million), having made an unprecedented 21 offseason signings at a cost of $160 million following promotion. The team managed by Nuno Espirito Santo fell from 17th to 18th one of the three relegation places in the league and onto 21 points. Luton, on 22 points, climbed out of the ..

Jim Ratcliffe's minority investment cost Man United nearly $44 million

Jim Ratcliffe's minority investment in Manchester United cost the club $43.78 million in fees, according to financial figures released Tuesday. United's latest quarterly results also showed current gross debts of nearly $1 billion. Ratcliffe, the British billionaire, last month bought a 27.7% stake in the Premier League club more than a year after American owners the Glazer family invited offers from potential buyers. United's results stated an exceptional item of 9.6 million pounds ($12.28 million) for costs incurred in relation to the Group's strategic review and agreed sale to Ratcliffe. United said that was on top of a $31.5 million fee to U.S. investment bank Raine Group, which oversaw the deal. Ratcliffe paid $1.3 billion for his minority stake and made an added investment of $200 million. United has said Ratcliffe intends to invest a further $100 million by the end of the year. While his arrival has been warmly greeted by United fans, large sections of supporters have lon

EPL 2023-24: Fernandes and Rashford lead Man Utd to 2-0 win over Everton

Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford converted first-half penalties won by Alejandro Garnacho as Manchester United beat Everton 2-0 on Saturday to recover from back-to-back Premier League losses that had jeopardized its Champions League qualification hopes. Fernandes tucked away his spot kick in the 12th minute for his first home goal since August after James Tarkowski clipped the leg of Garnacho just inside the area. The Portugal midfielder then handed over penalty duties to Rashford after Garnacho went down under a rash lunge by Ben Godfrey. Rashford slotted his kick into the corner after a stuttered run-up to double the lead in the 36th. Sixth-place United, which was coming off losses to Fulham and Manchester City in the league, trimmed the gap to Tottenham in fifth to three points. Spurs, which plays fourth-place Aston Villa in a crucial match on Sunday, has two games in hand on United. United will be hoping the Premier League has five places rather than the current four in ne

EPL today's match: Liverpool vs Man City match time, predictions, streaming

Liverpool will take on Manchester City at the Anfield Stadium on Sunday, March 10, 2024. The match will be telecast live on Star Sports and can also be live-streamed on Disney Plus Hotstar in India

Man City's 3-1 win against Man United provides reality check for Ratcliffe

Good luck trying to knock Manchester City off its perch. With new investment and renewed hope, Manchester United fans have been encouraged to believe the good times will return. That great revival felt as far away as ever after a humbling 3-1 loss to City in the Premier League, which could have been even worse Sunday if not for a spectacular miss from Erling Haaland and a series of saves from United goalkeeper Andre Onana. "This team is legendary," City manager Pep Guardiola said afterward. The same cannot be said for United after a 16th defeat in all competitions this season and its 11th loss in the league. The latest setback delivered another blow to Erik ten Hag's hopes of securing Champions League qualification, with his team in sixth and 11 points off fourth-place Aston Villa. City, meanwhile, marches on in its three-pronged defense of the Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup. "Don't forget City, at this moment, is the best team in the world," Ten Hag said. Such word