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Everton v Tottenham: Premier League – live updates

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Afternoon everyone and welcome to … well, take your pick. Welcome to the darkest afternoon game of the Premier League season so far. Or welcome to the Richarlison derby. I said this to Paul, the editor who doles out the matches to us writers. And he came back with the Vinny Samways derby, which was a better line. We didn’t even get as far as Gazza, let alone Gary Lineker.

If Everton and Spurs had met a month ago, you’d have said it was two teams on the rise. Then Thomas Frank’s Spurs went a bit Spursy. But that was at home: they remain top of the away table, and even with a few injuries they should be a headache for David Moyes. He may have to manage without Jack Grealish, who, when he escaped from Man City, took about five minutes to become (a) his old self and (b) Everton’s new talisman.

On form there’s nothing to choose between the two sides. Both have won two, drawn two and lost two of their last six league games. Everton have had a full week to rehearse for this, whereas Spurs had a trip to Monaco for a Champions League stalemate. Truth be told, anything could happen. Back soon with the teams.

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Arsenal remained top of the Premier League table with a win over Crystal Palace, while Aston Villa earned a shock victory over Manchester City at Villa Park

Arsenal 1-0 Crystal Palace, Aston Villa 1-0 Manchester City and more: clockwatch – as it happened

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Chelsea v Ajax, Real Madrid v Juventus, Monaco v Spurs and more: Champions League – live

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Penalty to Ajax!

It’s all going on, with Raúl Moro going down inside the area after Tosin catches the Ajax winger’s right foot. It’s an easy call for the referee.

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GOAL! Chelsea 2-0 Ajax (Caicedo 27)

Oh, this is tough on Ajax. Moisés Caicedo launches a piledriver from range … it’s low and probably not going in … until it takes a wicked deflection off Josip Sutalo into the net.

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GOAL! Sporting 0-1 Marseille (Paixão 14)

It’s gorgeous from Igor Paixão to give Marseille the lead in Lisbon. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang sets it up, lofting the ball to the other wing: Paixão collects, cuts in from the left, and finds the top right corner from outside the area.

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GOAL! Chelsea 1-0 Ajax (Guiu 18)

Chelsea are quick to take advantage of the red card, with Marc Guiu tapping in from close range after a header across goal by Wesley Fofana. It suddenly looks a rather straightforward night in London.

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Updated at 21.30 CEST

RED CARD! Taylor sent off for Ajax!

Kenneth Taylor is off for Ajax after a VAR review, his studs up as he lunges into Enzo Fernández! The ref doesn’t have to spend much time looking at the on-pitch monitor before upgrading his yellow to red.

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Updated at 21.26 CEST

Bayern Munich 2-0 Club Brugge (Kane 14)

There it is. Harry Kane takes 14 minutes to rack up his 20th club goal of the season. Konrad Laimer bursts into the area and plays an appetising ball across goal, with Kane there for perhaps the easiest tap-in of his career.

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Updated at 21.23 CEST

Bayern Munich 1-0 Club Brugge: Karl, an age-group international with Germany, is making his first Champions League start. A special moment, that was also his first senior club goal.

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Updated at 21.13 CEST

GOAL! Bayern Munich 1-0 Club Brugge (Karl 5)

Bayern have scored … and it’s not Harry Kane! No, it’s the 17-year-old Lennart Karl with a stunner: he picks up the ball in midfield, jinks past his man, thunders into the D, and wallops the ball into the top right corner. Remember the name!

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Updated at 21.14 CEST

Peeeeeeeep!

All seven 8pm BST kick-offs in the Champions League are underway. Let the goals commence!

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Updated at 21.05 CEST

Nick Wayne opens up on his concerns:

I’m worried. Monaco might just find their feet and the ball. Brittle doesn’t describe Spurs’ frontline. COYS

As mentioned earlier, there’s no Eric Dier for Monaco, the former Spurs centre-half missing with a hamstring injury. The two sides met in the group stage of the Champions League back in 2016 … with Monaco winning both games 2-1. Bernardo Silva was on the scoresheet at Wembley in front of 85,000 fans.

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It’s full-time in the early kick-offs, with Athletic Bilbao and Galatasaray racking up 3-1 wins (Qarabag and Bodo/Glimt the respective losers). Here’s how the table’s looking, with Qarabag also losing their 100% record.

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Atalanta v Slavia Prague teams

Atalanta: Carnesecchi, Kossounou, Hien, Djimsiti, Zappacosta, De Roon, Éderson, Bernasconi, De Ketelaere, Krstovic, Lookman

Subs: Rossi, Sportiello, Musah, Sulemana, Pasalic, Scamacca, Samardzic, Bellanova, Brescianini, Zalewski, Ahanor, Maldini

Slavia Prague: Markovic, Boril, Vlcek, Zima, Mbodji, Moses, Zafeiris, Dorley, Kusej, Chory, Provod

Subs: Stanek, Rezek, Chaloupek, Cham, Hashioka, Sanyang, Chytil, Sadilek, Prekop, Jelinek, Sloncik, Kovar

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Chelsea v Ajax teams

Chelsea: Jørgensen, Caicedo, Fofana, Adarabioyo, Hato, Fernández, Lavia, Buonanotte, Estêvão, Gittens, Guiu

Subs: Sánchez, Merrick, Cucurella, Pedro Neto, Santos, Chalobah, James, George, Acheampong, Walsh, Garnacho, Kavuma-McQueen

Ajax: Pasveer, Rosa, Itakura, Sutalo, Baas, McConnell, Gloukh, Taylor, Moro, Weghorst, Godts

Subs: Jaros, Heerkens, Gaaei, Regeer, Edvardsen, Klaassen, Konadu, Mokio, Fitz-Jim, Alders, Bounida

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Monaco v Tottenham teams

Monaco: Kohn, Kehrer, Salisu, Henrique, Diatta, Teze, Coulibaly, Ouattara, Akliouche, Fati, Balogun

Subs: Cabral, Bamba, Michal, Ilenikhena, Minamino, Idumbo, Biereth, Mawissa, Stawiecki , Lienard, Golovin

Tottenham: Vicario, Porro, Gray, Danso, Van de Ven, Bentancur, João Palhinha, Bergvall, Odobert, Richarlison, Kudus

Subs: Byfield, Williams-Barnett, Olusesi, Scarlett, Muani, Kinsky, Austin, Simons, Johnson, Spence, Sarr

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Bayern Munich v Club Brugge teams

Bayern Munich: Neuer, Laimer, Upamecano, Tah, Guerreiro, Kimmich, Pavlovic, Karl, Olise, Díaz, Kane

Subs: Ulreich, Urbig, Kim, Goretzka, Jackson, Bischof, Boey, Mike, Manuba

Club Brugge: Jackers, Sabbe, Ordoñez, Mechele, Meijer, Stankovic, Forbs, Audoor, Vanaken, Tzolis, Tresoldi

Subs: Van den Heuvel, Romero, Vetlesen, Sandra, Vermant, Nilsson, Siquet, Spileers, Seys, Diakhon, Campbell, Furo

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Real Madrid v Juventus teams

Real Madrid: Courtois, Valverde, Asencio, Éder Militão, Carreras, Tchouaméni, Güler, Diaz, Bellingham, Mbappé, Vinicius Júnior

Subs: Pitarch, Mastantuono, Mendy, Fran Garcia, Gonzalo, Rodrygo, Endrick, Camavinga, González, Lunin

Juventus: Di Gregorio, Gatti, Rugani, Kelly, Kalulu, McKennie, Thuram, Cambiaso, Koopmeiners, Vlahovic, Yildiz

Subs: David, João Mário, Miretti, Openda, Kostic, Adzic, Zhegrova, Francisco Conceição, Locatelli, Fuscaldo, Perin

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Sporting v Marseille teams

Sporting: Rui Silva, Fresneda, Debast, Inácio, Araújo, Hjulmand, Simões, Quenda, Trincão, Goncalves, Suárez

Subs: João Virgínia, Reis, Morita, Catamo, Vagiannidis, Kochorashvili, Diomande, Santos, Ribeiro, Quaresma, Ioannidis, Mangas

Marseille: Rulli, Pavard, Aguerd, Balerdi, Emerson, Vermeeren, Højbjerg, Igor Paixão, Greenwood, Aubameyang, Weah

Subs: De Lange, Van Neck, Egan-Riley, Garcia, Gomes, O’Riley, Nadir, Vaz, Murillo

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Elsewhere, can Liverpool make it five in a row?

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Two games are already underway and halfway through. Athletic Bilbao are one-all with Qarabag, while Galatasaray are 2-0 up against Bodo/Glimt thanks to a Victor Osimhen brace. The second was comical, with Osimhen getting in the way of a backpass to set up a simple one-on-one with the keeper.

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GOALS! REDS! PENS! Tuesday night was hectic in the Champions League, with 43 (!) goals across nine games (Yara deserves a raise). Here’s to more tonight, even if my fingers are left unusable for the next fortnight.

We’ve got some juicy fixtures: Real Madrid v Juventus is the heritage pick, while it’s the Eric Dier derby with Spurs’ visit to Monaco (even if he’s injured). Chelsea host Ajax, while Harry Kane’s Bayern Munich welcome Club Brugge. Keep me company for the 44 goals to be scored this evening, with my eyeballs ready to explode as I juggle various screens. Let’s play!

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Tottenham v Aston Villa: Premier League – live

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Birmingham’s safety advisory group is meeting next week and is expected to produce proposals about the extra resources West Midlands police would need to allow the match to go ahead safely with away fans.

The force last week barred Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters from the match because of concerns that officers would not be able to police it safely. They cited “violent clashes and hate crime offences” at a Maccabi Tel Aviv match in Amsterdam in 2024.

Asked on Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips on Sky News whether Villa Park was a no-go area for Jews, Miliband replied: “No, and it can’t be, and I’m very, very clear about that.

“We cannot have a situation where any area is a no-go area for people of a particular religion or from a particular country, and we’ve got to stamp out all forms of prejudice, antisemitism, Islamophobia, wherever we find them.”

Asked about a petition calling for a boycott of Israeli teams in the UK, Miliband said: “I profoundly disagree with that approach, with what is being said in that petition.”

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WSL clockwatch: Spurs v Brighton, London City Lionesses v Liverpool and more – live

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Ipswich 2-1 Norwich

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GOAL! West Ham 0-2 Aston Villa (Wilms, 66)

A special free kick from Lynn Wilms. The Aston Villa defender stands over the ball on the edge of the box, slightly right of centre. Wilms decides to hit the ball on the keeper’s side and she beats Szemik with pace and precision. That was right in the top corner!

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GOAL! West Ham 0-1 Aston Villa (Hanson, 49)

Screamer! Aston Villa win a corner and work it well on the right hand side. The ball is rolled into Hanson’s path outside of the area. The midfielder lets it run across her body and rifles the ball into the top corner with her left foot.

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Updated at 14.27 CEST

Ipswich 2-1 Norwich

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Ipswich 2-1 Norwich

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Spurs 1-0 Brighton

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GOAL! Leicester 0-1 Everton (Vignola, 49)

It’s not taken long for Everton to get off the mark in the second half. The ball is clipped over the top to Ornella Vignola who takes down the ball brilliantly. She flicks it round a defender before jinking past another. Maintaining her balance, the Everton midfielder rolls the ball with her right foot and finishes with her left. Great goal.

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Updated at 14.23 CEST

Check out the only goal from the first half of WSL action.

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The second half starts across the WSL.

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Half time: Ipswich 2-1 Norwich

A lively end to the first half in the East Anglia derby. It’s shaping up very nicely for the second half.

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GOAL! Ipswich 2-1 Norwich (Philogene, 44)

What a goal! That was brilliant from Jaden Philogene. He picks up the ball outside of the centre circle with a lovely turn away from his man. He carries the ball forward before smashing the ball over the keeper from about 35 yards out. Wow.

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Half time: WSL

That’s half time around the grounds. Here are the scores:

Spurs 1-0 Brighton

London City Lionesses 0-0 Liverpool

West Ham 0-0 Aston Villa

Leicester v Everton 0-0

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GOAL! Ipswich v Norwich (Schwartau, 35)

An immediate response from Norwich! This time Norwich win a corner. An outswinging ball comes in from the right and Ipswich manage to half clear it away. It’s only as far as Oscar Schwartau who hits it on the volley past the keeper.

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Updated at 13.41 CEST

GOAL! Ipswich v Norwich (Kipré, 32)

What a finish! Ipswich swing the ball into the box from a corner. Vladan Kovačević tries and fails to punch the first ball, causing chaos in the Norwich box. It falls for Cédric Kipré, who smashes the ball into the top corner like a striker.

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Updated at 13.37 CEST

West Ham v Aston Villa

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GOAL! Spurs 1-0 Brighton (Tandberg, 25)

Spurs take the lead! Jess Naz and Amanda Nildén link up well on the left hand side. The Swedish midfielder sets Naz free and the winger delivers a wicked cross to Cathinka Tandberg at the back post. The Tottenham forward calmly taps the ball into the back of the net.

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Updated at 14.24 CEST

Spurs v Brighton

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Spurs v Brighton

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Updated at 13.19 CEST

Kick off

We’re under way in the East Anglia derby!

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Kick off

We’re under way in the Women’s Super League!

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Ipswich v Norwich team news

Ipswich: Palmer, Davis, Kipré, O’Shea, Furlong, Cajuste, Matusiwa, Philogene, Szmodics, Egeli, Hirst

Subs: Akpom, Azón, Clarke, Greaves, McAteer, Núñez, Taylor, Walton, Young

Norwich: Kovačević, Fisher, Córdoba, Darling, Stacey, McLean, Topić, Crnac, Schwartau, Mattsson, Sargent

Subs: Mahovo, Gibbs, Grimshaw, Jurásek, Makama, Marcondes, Medić, Schlupp, Wright

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Udinese v Cagliari has kicked off in Serie A. The two teams are level on points with Cagliari 10th and Udinese 11th in the league respectively.

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West Ham v Aston Villa team news

West Ham women: Szemik, Denton, Zadorsky, Nyström, Endo, Gorry, Siren, Asseyi, Ueki, Morgan, Martinez

Subs: Brasero-Carreira, Csiki, Hanshaw, Houssein, Paví, Piubel, Tysiak, Walsh, Wandeler

Aston Villa women: D’Angelo, Wilms, Patten, Deslandes, Grant, Kendall, Kearns, Maltby, Daly, Salmon, Hanson

Subs: Kelly, Clark, Parker, Sallaway, Mayling, Tomás, Taylor, Mullett

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Spurs v Brighton team news

Spurs women: Kop, Nildén, Hunt, Koga, Neville, Spence, Summanen, Holdt, England, Naz, Tandberg

Subs: Ahtinen, Graham, Grant, Gunning-Williams, Heeps, Oroz, Rybrink, Thomas, Vinberg

Brighton women: Nnadozie, Olislagers, McLauchlan, Hayes, Rule, Čanković, Symonds, Kafaji, Noordam, Seike, Agyemang

Subs: Baggaley, Camacho, Carabalí, Heron, Milner, Mpome, Poulter, Rayner, Tsunoda

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London City Lionesses v Liverpool team news

London City Lionesses women: Lete, Corrales, Linari, Sangaré, Fernández, Parris, Geyoro, Kumagi, Asllani, Franssi, Goodwin

Subs: Brown, Godfrey, Hillyerd, Imuran, Kennedy, Lindström, Pérez, Roddar, Zelem

Liverpool women: Borggräfe, Fisk, Bonner, Clark, Shimizu, Nagano, Kapocs, Kerr, Höbinger, Holland, Enderby

Sub: Evans, Kirby, Lundgaard, MacLean, Olsson, Haug, Silcock, Szymczak

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Leicester v Everton team news

Leicester women: Leitzig, Thibaud, Kees, Swaby, Ale, McLoughlin, Tierney, Cayman, van Egmond, Rantala, Cain

Subs: Ayane, Clark, Eiríksdóttir, Las, Mouchon, O’Brien, Payne, Sherwood, Wellesley-Smith

Everton women: Ramsey, Kitagawa, Fernández, Stenevik, Holmgaard, Wheeler, Mace, Hayashi, Momiki, Robinson, Vignola

Subs: Startup, van Gool, Payne, Ladd, Weir, Pacheco, Jones

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Updated at 12.46 CEST

Thank you, Tom. I’ve got the team news from the 11:55am WSL games and the East Anglican derby coming right up.

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Ok, that’s it from me. I’m going to hand over to Xaymaca Awoyungbo who will have the team news from the WSL games and the East Anglian derby for you shortly.

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Henry messages keep Saka sharp as he makes 200th Premier League appearance

Bukayo Saka’s second-half penalty ensured the Gunners downed London rivals West Ham 2-0, it was also his 200th appearance in the Premier League, an occasion he marked with his 100th goal involvement in the competition.

Asked about those stats and Henry, Saka told broadcasters he got a message from Arsenal legend Thierry Henry ahead of the game: “Thierry always messages me. He messaged me this (Saturday) morning as well to remind me we lost the last two games to West Ham at home.

“He is always pushing me and I think he wants me there with him. It is nice to have that encouragement from him and of course me, I want it as well.

“I’m really happy on these records. I’m just going to keep pushing and try and get some team trophies, which is what we have been searching for.”

The penalty was Saka’s 55th goal in the Premier League to go with 45 assists.

“I don’t really like to linger on these things, but you said it - it’s a beautiful achievement and I’m really proud of it,” Saka said.

“Obviously 200 games for Arsenal in the Premier League is a really big moment. I’m going to enjoy it and it was nice to get the goal as well and the win.”

Quotes via PA Media.

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More on Ange from Jeff Sax via email (keep those coming in):

After last season’s disaster at Spurs, it was obvious Ange wasn’t suited for the Premier League. His hiring to manage Nottingham Forest says everything about their owner.

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Your words, jamesofwalsh…

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The first game of the day is Udinese v Cagliari and here’s the team news…

Udinese XI: Sava, Goglichidze, Kabasele, Solet, Zanoli, Piotrowski, Karlstrom, Atta, Kamara, Zaniolo, Davis.

Subs: Bayo, Bertola, Buksa, Ehizibue, Ekkelenkamp, Gueye, Lovric, Miller, Modesto, Padelli, Palma, Venuti, Zarraga, Zemura.

Cagliari XI: Caprile, Palestra, Deiola, Prati, Felici, Mina, Borrelli, Zé Pedro, Obert, Folorunsho, Esposito.

Subs: Ciocci, Serno, Idrissi, Mazzitelli, Luperto, Adopo, Kilicsoy, Di Pardo, Cavuoti, Pavoletti, Luvumbo

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While we’re discussing managers on the brink, Russell Martin is remarkably still in a job at Ibrox. His side head to Falkirk today, where anything other than win will spell the end, right? Right?

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I love the phrase ‘shagged himself’ here. Some very lively debate over the Forest situation going on below the line, keep it coming, great stuff:

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A lot of money was spent in the Premier League this summer. Not all of it well, but some of the new arrivals are starting to shine. Benjamin Sesko has two in two, Mohammed Kudus also bagged and Estevao got the late winner for Chelsea against Liverpool. How are you feeling about your club’s new signings?

This piece from the Guardian Sports Network looks at the progress of a few of the league’s new arrivals:

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My contacts in the Tractor Boys community are very confident, too confident?

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In La Liga, Real Madrid brushed aside Villarreal yesterday but Barcelona will go back to the summit if they can win at Sevilla. This not a vintage Sevilla team, although an ageing Alexis Sanchez will get a chance to play against his od club, which is nice.

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I mentioned Genoa are at Napoli today, amongst their ranks is Brooke Norton-Cuffy, who played a part in England Under 21s defending their European crown thgis summer. He has been chatting Ed Aarons about life in Serie A:

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You would have to say the best of the Euro action is coming from Serie A today. Roma, Napoli and AC Milan are all tied on 12 points, as are Inter but they have played a game more. Roma travel to Fiorentina after a Europa League defeat at home against Lille, Napoli beat Sporting in midweek and host Genoa at 5pm, then Juventus play Milan in Turin. Woof. Nicky Bandini’s Serie A column should be a cracker this week.

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Do you know who won again yesterday? Only bloody Hearts. Jambos do you think this is sustainable? Celtic host Motherwell today and cut the gap to two points but Derek McInnes’s side cannot stop winning right now, even if they keep leaving it very late. Fascinating stuff happening north of the border and not all of it in Glasgow.

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PeterPrincey hits on an interesting point here. My theory is because the Premier League is a league of managers, where players are secondary. All the narrative comes from the men in the dugout and therefore anytime their teams take a dip they are the fall guys. Liverpool play badly and it is Slot’s fault, City play well because Pep Guardiola is a genius and so on. While there is certainly some truth in that, they are also a vector through which we compute our understanding of the game. I’ve swalled a thesaurus this morning.

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Coming up at 11.55am (BST, yes it’s still technically summer time) we’ll be bringing you live updates from the full slate of Sunday fixtures in the WSL. My colleague Xaymaca Awoyungbo will be in the chair be then. Here’s a reminder of the fixture list:

Leicester v Everton

London City Lionesses v Liverpool

Tottenham Hotspur v Brighton

West Ham v Aston Villa

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There were some pretty unhappy scenes in the EFL yesterday, namely at Hillsborough where play was stopped for five minutes due to the latest fan protest against Sheffield Wednesday owner Dejphon Chansiri. It was a miserable afternoon for Owls fans as their side was shellacked 5-0 by visitors Coventry. Steve Bruce also had a bad day. Blackpool’s poor start to the season continued with a 2-0 home defeat against AFC Wimbledon and afterwards Bruce was dismissed from his position at Bloomfield Road. Blackpool fans, who do you want to see come in? Still plenty of time to turn the season around. Wednesday fans, I’m sorry, you have my deepest sympathies.

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On the subject of doing the opposite, how are Ipswich fans feeling about today? Will the Old Farm hoodoo finally be broken? Get in touch via the link above or below the line the comment section.

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This is a textbook case of the football fan reverse anxiety complex, it’s commonly associated with the great philosopher George Costanza, who said that if everything is telling me one thing, then I must do the opposite:

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Jonathan Wilson

Some fixtures just don’t sound right. Maybe it’s just about conceivable that, had things gone slightly differently in the 70s, Malcolm Allison or Terry Venables could have been leading their side behind the Iron Curtain for a crack at Valeriy Lobanovskyi’s cybernauts, but Dynamo Kyiv against Crystal Palace is still a clash that provokes a double-take. It feels like a category error: how can those two clubs possibly be in the same competition?

But this is the modern world. Ukraine is battling invasion, its teams diminished. The Premier League is extremely rich. And Crystal Palace are managed by one of the rising talents of the European game. They didn’t just play each other on Thursday, but Palace won with a degree of comfort. It was their third straight win, their 19th consecutive game without defeat.

And so, because no mid-size club can even just be allowed to enjoy a good run, all the talk is of where Oliver Glasner might go next. His contract expires at the end of the season and he has refused to sign an extension. He is 51; if he is going to take over a major club with the possibility of an extended spell in charge, he doesn’t have a huge amount of time to secure a move. Could he then be the solution for Manchester United? He does, after all, play the same 3-4-2-1 as Ruben Amorim, just rather more successfully.

Read Jonathan Wilson’s column in full here:

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Have you got Erling Haaland in your fantasy team? Of course you have, he already has eight goals in the Premier League and is running away in the golden boot race. Here’s the full list of the Premier League’s top scorers:

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After Estevao’s late winner at Stamford Bridge last night Chelsea Enzo Maresca set off on a manic touchline dash to celebrate with his team. It was maybe the most fun thing Maresca has ever done and he was sent off, meaning he will watch Chelsea’s next match from the stands, but Barney Ronay writes that it is his opposite number yesterday, Arne Slot, who has bigger issues to address when he is next on the touchline:

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At Old Trafford, the dark clouds lifted lifted on Saturday as Benjamin Sesko clicked with his teammates and as he Mason Mount got themselves on the scoresheet. Post-match Mount insisted that the club are “100% behind” embattled boss Ruben Amorim:

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Arsenal, the latest team to inherit the moniker of champions in waiting, handily saw off West Ham on Saturday but they are counting the cost of that victory. Martin Ødegaard picked up a knee injury and had to come off before half time again. Declan Rice, who scored the game’s first goal, also departed early with a back injury.

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Liverpool’s third defeat in a row has seen the spotlight move on to the relationship, or lack thereof, between Mohamed Salah and Alexander Isak. The Reds couldn’t break down a Chelsea team missing almost all of their first choice centre-backs. Liverpool head coach Arne Slot is not concerned, yet: “The more they play together the more they will connect,” the Liverpool manager said. “You have to work really hard to reach a certain level and then it’s very hard in football because you also play against very good teams to keep that level going. What I mean by that is consistency.”

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Hello, good morning and welcome to Sunday’s Matchday live! Before we head of on our international breaks we have one more action-packed day of Premier League action, with five fixtures and the opportunity for UK viewers to go multiview on their Sky boxes with four of those at 2pm.

Before any of that, four fixtures in the WSL. The pick of those is Tottenham v Brighton, two teams hoping to break into the European places.

Then, the East Anglian derby is a lovely little midday livener. Amazingly Ipswich haven’t beaten Norwich since 2009. If you want some bizarre pop culture context, the last time the Tractor Boys won this fixture Kanye West hadn’t yet interrupted Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech for winning best female video at the MTV Awards (for what it’s worth, Beyoncé did have one of the best videos of all time!).

In the Premier League, the narrative comes from St James’ Park but not the home team, who are simply going about their business. Yes, I am of course referring to Ange Postecoglou and the threat hanging over his continued employment as the man in the dugout for Nottingham Forest. The chances of another game without a win are high for the Australian gaffer, with Newcastle nothing if not solid.

Did you know that Crystal Palace haven’t lost in ages? They take that proud record to Everton, where the Eagles’ ability to recover from a gruelling European away day will be tested. Likewise Aston Villa, who are playing Burnley in a game for the soul of the colour claret.

Quite why Wolves v Brighton is being played on a Sunday at 2pm is not clear. Neither had a European game in midweek, but here we are. Wolves were better at Tottenham last time out, Brighton won at Stamford Bridge. This one is anyone’s guess.

Then in the headline slot, Brentford look to be the Manchester slayers for the second week in a row. City will probably be less accomodating than United, but they are vulnerable, as was evidenced at the Stade Louis II in midweek.

But before we jump into today’s action, let’s quickly recap some of the headlines from Saturday…

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Leeds United v Tottenham Hotspur: Premier League – live

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Leeds drew 2-2 with Bournemouth last weekend. In fact they very nearly beat them. A result that is maturing better than fine wine. Look!

As a result, they’re unchanged. Spurs by contrast have made three changes to their starting XI from the 1-1 draw with Wolves last weekend. Mathys Tel, Pedro Porro and Wilson Odobert come in for Richarlison, Lucas Bergvall and Djed Spence, all of whom drop to the bench.

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The team lying fifth plays one sitting comfortably in 12th at the start of play … so given the lack of any significant historical enmity between the two clubs, there can’t be too much jeopardy in this one, can there?

Well perhaps not. However. Tottenham have won their last four matches against Leeds, scoring four goals in each of the last three. Widen the focus, and they’ve won nine of the last 11 meetings in the Premier League. If they score another four today, they’ll become the first club in history to notch that number in three consecutive visits to Elland Road.

So there’s plenty of pride on the line for Leeds, who will lean on their excellent home form: they’ve gone a full year without losing a league game on their own turf, a run that takes in 23 matches. One sequence or another has to snap today, then. Or maybe both. We’ll find out what’s what from 12.30pm UK time. It’s on!

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Bodø/Glimt 2-2 Tottenham, Chelsea 1-0 Benfica and more: Champions League – as it happened

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Catch up on all the action with our reports from the Aspmyra Stadion, Stamford Bridge and Rams Park plus our Champions League roundup of the rest.

And that concludes our live coverage tonight. Join us tomorrow for as Barcelona take on the holders, PSG, while Newcastle head to Union Saint-Gilloise, Arsenal host Olympiakos and Manchester City take on Monaco.

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José Mourinho speaks to TNT Sports after Benfica’s loss:

We played four matches, two game in between matches. I have never trained. I just do recovery. One of my strengths is training, we haven’t had time for that … Some difficulties and big pressure on the players with elections at the club, they cannot escape that.

We were organised, we studied Chelsea well. We coped well with the designs they put on the pitch. Cucurella in between the lines or out wide. And then a difficult moment with three midfielders on a yellow card in a match with quick transactions. Today, we did enough to get a point and we must now find points elsewhere.

As a coach that arrived 10 days ago it is a positive feeling. But the next two matches: Porto away and Newcastle away. It is what it is. I told the guys that Chelsea is better than Porto. The boys did OK.

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Sheffield United 1-2 Southampton: The Blades’s manager Chris Wilder was sent off after booting a ball into the crowd (in reaction to his side conceding a penalty which Southampton ended up missing) and hitting one of his own supporters. He went to apologise but he was shown a red regardless.

The visitors came from behind to win all three points after Ross Stewart’s scored in the 51st and 58th minute.

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Updated at 23.08 CEST

Full-time results in the Football League

Championship

Birmingham 2-2 Sheffield Wednesday

Blackburn 1-2 Swansea

Bristol City 1-1 Ipswich

Hull 2-2 Preston North End

Leicester 1-1 Wrexham

Middlesbrough 0-0 Stoke

Sheffield United 1-2 Southampton

Derby 1-1 Charlton

League One

Blackpool 2-2 Luton

Cardiff 0-1 Burton Albion

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Bodø/Glimt 2-2 Spurs: Frank’s side will be thanking their lucky stars. They were outclassed for most of the match but another late equaliser, an own goal, secured the visitors a point. It will be disappointing for Bodø/Glimt after tremendous goals from Hauge the home town hero.

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Chelsea 1-0 Benfica: Mourinho’s homecoming ends in defeat after an own goal from Ríos in the first half. It is a very important win for Maresca’s side, who have struggled as of late. It was crucial for them to grind out the win after going ahead and luckily for the hosts, João Pedro’s red card came too close to full-time to make a significant difference on the game.

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Full-time results in the Champions League

Chelsea 1-0 Benfica

Bodø/Glimt 2-2 Spurs

Galatasaray 1-0 Liverpool

Atlético Madrid 5-1 Eintracht Frankfurt

Pafos 1-5 Bayern Munich

Inter 3-0 Slavia Prague

Marseille 4-0 Ajax

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RED CARD! Cheslea 1-0 Benfica (João Pedro 90+6)

Three out of four games in which a Chelsea player gets sent off. João Pedro, who came on in the second half, is shown a second yellow for a high boot.

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Updated at 22.59 CEST

Chelsea 1-0 Benfica: A yellow card is shown towards the direction of the Benfica bench … Uefa confirm it is to Mourinho. Classic.

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Bodø Glimt 2-2 Spurs: After a very long VAR check, the goal stands! Big goal for the visitors.

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GOAL! Bodø Glimt 2-2 Spurs (Gundersen 89og)

Richarlison has barely had a kick of the ball but he gets their equaliser. Gray has a shot that is saved and it is ricocheted off of either the Brazilian or the defender Gundersen … but another VAR check. Was there an offside?

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Updated at 22.55 CEST

Bodø Glimt 2-1 Spurs: Great play from the visitors as they counter after a Spurs corner that ends with Helmersen hitting the woodwork. That is their 16th attempt on the Tottenham goal tonight. Worrying stat for Frank.

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Bodø Glimt 2-1 Spurs: Odobert hits the post after diving on to head Kudus’s cross. So close!

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GOAL! Atlético Madrid 5-1 Frankfurt (Alvarez 82)

An absolute hammering in the Spanish capital. Amenda is judged to have committed a foul after a VAR check and Alvarez makes no mistake from the spot despite Santos getting a hand on his paneka.

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Updated at 22.44 CEST

Chelsea 1-0 Benfica: Mourinho makes three substitutions. Schjelderup, Ivanovic and Leandro Barreiro come on. Chelsea breaks and Fernández puts a great ball in for Estêvão, who heads it goalwards. Trubin is full stretch as he jumps and tips it over the bar. So close!

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Chelsea 1-0 Benfica: The whistle blows after João Pedro fouls Otamendi but the replay shows the defender going down and holding his face. João Pedro did not touch his face.

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Chelsea 1-0 Benfica: The medics are on the pitch for Silva, who was caught by Trubin on the back of the head. He is up on his feet but he will be substituted off for Araújo.

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Atlético Madrid and Bayern are running away with wins, the former having just scored through Simeone (their forward not their manager) to make it 4-1 while the German giants are 5-1 up after Olise fired into the roof of the net, having earlier assisted twice.

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GOAL! Bodø Glimt 2-1 Spurs (Van de Ven 68)

It is not over until it is over. A fantastic cross from Porro finds Van de Ven, whose fantastic header is fired into the back of the net. Can Frank’s side kick on now?

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Updated at 22.37 CEST

GOAL! Bodø Glimt 2-0 Spurs (Hauge 66)

What a finish! Great little turn and on to his right foot before smashing it past Vicario. A home town hero. But so poor from Spurs who lost the ball moments earlier.

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Updated at 22.30 CEST

Chelsea 1-0 Benfica: Gittens, who came on a few minutes ago alongside João Pedro dribbles past a few red shirts but his cross to the right is slightly overhit.

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Bodø Glimt 1-0 Spurs: Spurs win a set-piece in a dangerous area … Porro slams it into the box and Bentancur tries to get it goalward but it is cleared.

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Some more goals went in during that VAR drama. Marseille are 4-0 up after Aubameyang goes from provider to goalscorer and Burkardt has smashed one in for Frankfurt.

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GOAL DISALLOWED! Bodø Glimt 1-0 Spurs

Huge cheer as the referee rules that there is no goal. Van de Ven is furious. He is judged to have fouled Bjørtuft by pulling his shirt. Moments later the Spurs captain gets a yellow card for another foul, this time on Auklend. He needs to keep his head here.

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GOAL! Bodø Glimt 1-1 Spurs (Bentancur 55)

Spurs immediately respond! It is from a set piece and the hosts are caught sleeping. Johnson gets the ball back into the area after it is half cleared and Bentancur flicks it in. But here we go … a VAR check. The referee heads to the screen.

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Updated at 22.14 CEST

GOAL! Bodø Glimt 1-0 Spurs (Hague 53)

It has been coming! Bodø Glimt have their first ever goal in the Champions League and what a finish from Hague. On the left, he skips past a few Spurs shirts and then curls one into the net. Huge noise from the yellow-donning supporters.

Hague was born and raised in the city and played every minute of their European campaign last season. What a moment for him.

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Updated at 22.14 CEST

Bodø Glimt 0-0 Spurs: The home fans cheer as Spence miscontrols a ball that goes out. Very indicative of their performance so far.

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Chelsea 1-0 Benfica: The visitors come close! Aursnes is through on goal from the left hand side but he is tripped over by Sánchez. He was judged to be in an offside position anyway.

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Chelsea 1-0 Benfica: An early yellow card for Buonanotte thought the replay shows he did get the ball before Barrenechea did. The commentators are saying Fernández – who is also on a yellow – was cautioned by the referee to “be careful” in the second half.

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We are back underway across the grounds! More goals? Yes, please!

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Half-time: I missed a couple goals during a massive rush. Griezmann scored Atlético’s third, his 200th for the club, but it was all made possible due to Alvarez, who beat his man on the left before picking out Griezmann to finish it.

Inter are 2-0 up with their second coming from Dumfries. Thuram found the full-back and all he needed to do was poke it home at the near post.

Bayern are 4-1 up at Pafos, with Kane scoring his second shortly after Jackson scored his first goal for the club. The hosts got one back on the brink of half-time with a sensational top corner shot from Mislav Orsic, who managed to wrongfoot Neuer.

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And in the Football League, with Jeremy getting in touch to tell me the Championship is “SERIOUS”. Hard agree. But hard to keep up with on a European night.

Championship

Birmingham 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday

Blackburn 1-1 Swansea

Bristol City 1-0 Ipswich

Hull 1-2 Preston North End

Leicester 1-0 Wrexham

Middlesbrough 0-0 Stoke

Sheffield United 1-0 Southampton

Derby 0-1 Charlton

League One

Blackpool 1-0 Luton

Cardiff 0-0 Burton Albion

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Half-time scores in the Champions League

Chelsea 1-0 Benfica

Bodø/Glimt 0-0 Spurs

Galatasaray 1-0 Liverpool

Atlético Madrid 3-0 Eintracht Frankfurt

Pafos 1-4 Bayern Munich

Inter 2-0 Slavia Prague

Marseille 3-0 Ajax

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Bodø Glimt 0-0 Spurs: Hague hits the side netting from a low effort after cutting inside. Fet then almost gets the opener after skying a chance from just outside the six-yard box. Spurs getting lucky here.

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Chelsea 1-0 Benfica: A well-worked free-kick routine that lands to Badiashile but his header goes over the bar. The offside flag saves his blushes as he probably should do better from that chance.

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Chelsea 1-0 Benfica: Fernández goes over for a corner kick and he applauds the Benfica fans – the midfielder played there for half a season – but the feeling is not reciprocated. The fans start chucking things his way and Mourinho is forced to walk down the touchline to tell the supporters to stop. The corner leads to nothing.

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GOAL! Atlético Madrid 2-0 Frankfurt (Le Normand 33)

The defender is the quickest to react at the back post after Antoinne Griezmann has his flick saved by the goalkeeper. A dominant performance from the Spanish club after their 5-2 hammering of Real Madrid at the weekend.

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Updated at 21.41 CEST

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