West Ham United will aim for a home win, while Chelsea will be seeking consecutive victories in the Premier League on Saturday
The biggest challenge to Manchester City's Premier League dominance was due to start on Monday at a hearing into a slew alleged financial breaches. On the line is City's reputation and punishment could be as extreme as expulsion from the league. City, which has won the last four league titles, denies the charges, which include providing misleading information about its finances. It will be down to a team of lawyers to clear the club's name and finally quash accusations that have cast a cloud over its unprecedented period of success. Manager Pep Guardiola confirmed on Friday that the long-awaited hearing into more than 100 charges of alleged financial wrongdoing was due to start. I'm happy it's starting on Monday. I know there will be more rumors, he said. Everybody is innocent until guilt is proven. The chargesCity was accused by the Premier League in February last year of providing misleading information about its finances over a nine-year period between 2009-18 after it was boug
Defender Gabriel's powerful header in the 64th minute put the Gunners ahead in the game and ensured they got the bragging rights in the North London derby.
With 9 goals in 4 matches, including two brilliant hat-tricks, the Norwegian striker is showing an insatiable hunger to convert every chance into a goal.
Anthony Taylor was in charge of the match and brandished a record 14 yellow cards, including bookings for both teams' managers, Enzo Maresca and Andoni Iraola.
Erling Haaland moved to 99 goals for Manchester City after scoring twice in a 2-1 win against Brentford in the English Premier League on Saturday. The Norwegian's double maintained City's 100% start to the league after Yoane Wissa fired Brentford ahead with just 22 seconds on the clock. Liverpool lost for the first time under new manager Arne Slot, to Nottingham Forest by a shock 1-0 at Anfield. Manchester United won at Southampton 3-0 to end its two-game losing streak. Unstoppable Haaland ============== Haaland scored his 98th and 99th goals in his 103rd City appearance in all competitions. And he was the width of the post away from his third consecutive hat trick after trebles against Ipswich and West Ham. Haaland, who has been nominated for the Ballon d'Or, has nine goals in four league games. He has topped the league scoring charts in each of his two seasons at City since joining from Borussia Dortmund in 2022 for $63 million. Haaland's first goal after 19 minutes evened th
Marcus Rashford snapped a 12-game barren run in front of goal as Manchester United beat Southampton 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday. Rashford doubled United's lead at Saint Mary's after Matthijs de Ligt's scored his first for the club. Substitute Alejandro Garnacho scored a third in the sixth minute of stoppage time. The win came after back-to-back defeats for United in a disappointing start to the season. Rashford hadn't scored since United's 4-3 win over Liverpool in the FA Cup in March. He curled in a shot from the edge of the area to put Erik ten Hag's team 2-0 up at Southampton in the 41st minute. De Ligt, who joined United from Bayern Munich in the off-season, headed in from Bruno Fernandes' cross in the 35th. It was a much-needed with for United after losses to Brighton and Liverpool in the first three games of the season. But it could have been a different story if Cameron Archer had converted a penalty for Southampton in the 33rd. Instead, his effort was saved by ..
Wins against Chelsea, Ipswich, and West Ham United have kept them at the top of the table during the international break.
United require a win after a disappointing spell in the first three games. They have only three points from their first three fixtures, courtesy of defeats against Brighton and rivals Liverpool.
Liverpool has yet to allow a goal this season and Mohamed Salah has scored in each of the three games all victories. If this is what contract distractions look like at Anfield, new manager Arne Slot is fine with it. Salah, captain Virgil van Dijk and right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold are all in the final year of their deals, and though it's still early in the Premier League season Liverpool is the only team keeping pace with defending champion Manchester City. Slot reiterated Friday at a press conference that we don't talk about contract situations over here unless there's a new deal and said the focus is on making it four wins in a row when Nottingham Forest visits Merseyside on Saturday. I'm fully focused on the individuals and the team," he said about the trio in question, and they are part of the team and trying to work with them in the best possible way to get the best out of them. So it's not a distraction for me at all. The transition from Jurgen Klopp has been ...
Over the years, the fixture has witnessed some thrilling high-scoring clashes, right from their First Division days.
With both clubs having an impressive trophy haul over the years, the argument as to which club is the better one is a never-ending one.
Mikel Arteta's men dropped the points for the first time this season after their match against Brighton.
After being constantly booed by the home crowd for a disparaging social media post about Wolverhampton, Noni Madueke responded with a second-half hat trick to give Chelsea its first Premier League win under manager Enzo Maresca. Madueke netted three goals in a 14-minute span all of them assisted by Cole Palmer to spark a 6-2 win over Wolves on Sunday that at times had the same kind of chaotic feel that envelops most things at Chelsea these days. But the emphatic second-half performance also indicated that Maresca may already be figuring out how to use the wealth of attacking talent at his disposal and overshadowed a more routine 2-0 win for Liverpool against Brentford in new manager Arne Slot's first game at Anfield. Madueke's hat trick capped a day where he had already drawn headlines for an Instagram post that used an expletive to describe everything about this place after Chelsea arrived in Wolverhampton. While he later deleted the post, Wolves fans let him know they didn't ..
Chelsea and Wolves will look to secure their first points of the 2024-25 season on Sunday
Mikel Arteta's men know the importance of getting a good run of games under their belt early on in the season and will try not to break their winning momentum on Saturday.
Defending champions City continue their fifth straight title defence against Ipswich Town at Etihad Stadium on Saturday
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