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Tottenham v Copenhagen, PSG v Bayern Munich, and more: Champions League – live

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Thomas Frank has called for better support from the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium crowd after revealing that Micky van de Ven and Djed Spence had apologised to him for their reaction to the 1-0 home defeat against Chelsea on Saturday.

Van de Ven and Spence were incensed when the full-time whistle sounded and the Spurs fans booed, as they had done at half-time with their team trailing to João Pedro’s 34th‑minute goal. The defenders stormed past Frank towards the tunnel, ignoring their manager’s attempts to get them to acknowledge the supporters in the South Stand – a bad look at the end of another bad Premier League day at the stadium.

Dowman makes Champions League history.

Arsenal are apparently cruising to another victory/clean sheet combo. Mikel Merino has scored twice in the second half to give them a 3-0 lead against Slavia Prague – and Max Dowman has just come off the bench to become the youngest player in Champions League history. He’s 15.

Updated at 20.29 CET

Youssoufa Moukoko, still only 20 but tipped for big things since the age of 14, starts in attack for Copenhagen tonight. Michael Butler traces his career so far.

Tottenham v FC Copenhagen team news

Thomas Frank makes five changes from Saturday’s miserable defeat to Chelsea. Destiny Udogie, Cristian Romero, Brennan Johnson, Xavi Simons (who played most of that game but didn’t actually start it) and Wilson Odobert replace Djed Spence, Kevin Danso, Mohammed Kudus, Lucas Bergvall and Joao Palhinha.

Tottenham Hotspur (4-2-3-1) Vicario; Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Udogie; Bentancur, Sarr; Johnson, Simons, Odobert; Kolo Muani.

Subs: Rowswell, Kinsky, Austin, Danso, Joao Palhinha, Richarlison,

Spence, Scarlett, Kyerematen, Akhamrich.

Copenhagen (4-4-2) Kotarski; Suzuki, Gabriel Pereira, Hatzidiakos, Lopez; Larsson, Lerager, Clem, Achouri; Moukoko, Elyounoussi.

Subs: Dadason, Zague, Madsen, Robert, Cornelius, Claesson, Garananga, Gadeberg-Burr, Runarsson.

Philipp Lahm on Harry Kane

In his third season in Munich, Kane is able to transfer his style of play to the club. He now interprets his role as he did at Tottenham: as a striker who gets the ball in midfield, distributes it and hits crossfield passes. I can’t remember a centre-forward whose passing was better. He also has a keen sense of when to move into the penalty area.

Liverpool v Real Madrid team news

Florian Wirtz starts for Liverpool; Trent Alexander-Arnold is on the bench for Real Madrid. Scott Murray has the full team news.

There’s been a second goal in Prague. You will believe the score!

Paris Saint-Germain v Bayern Munich team news

Paris Saint-Germain (4-3-3) Chevalier; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Nuno Mendes; Fabian Ruiz, Vitinha, Zaire Emery; Kvaratskhelia, Dembele, Barcola.

Subs: Neves, Mbaye, Ndjantou, Mayulu, Hernandez, Lee, Goncalo Ramos, Lucas Beraldo, Marin, Safonov.

Bayern Munich (4-2-3-1) Neuer; Stanisic, Tah, Upamecano, Laimer; Kimmich, Pavlovic; Olise, Gnabry, Diaz; Kane.

Subs: Ulreich, Urbig, Kim, Goretzka, Jackson, Bischof, Guerreiro, Boey, Karl.

Referee Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

Updated at 19.57 CET

Half time: Slavia Prague 0-1 Arsenal

Bukayo Saka’s penalty has given Arsenal the lead in one of two early games. Niall McVeigh has dedicated his entire life (okay, the next hour or so) to a separate liveblog for that; you can follow the second half with him.

The other early game is goalless at half-time: Napoli 0-0 Frankfurt.

Preamble

Hello, konbanwa and welcome to another busy Champions League clockwatch. It’s matchday four already, and the table is taking shape. Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich, the top two at the start of play, meet in arguably the match of the night. There’s also a clash of European Cup royalty at Anfield, which you can follow separately with Scott Murray, and a chance for Spurs to extend their perfect home record in this year’s competition.

Here’s the fixture list, all 8pm kick-offs unless stated.

Napoli 0-0 Frankfurt (5.45pm)

Slavia Prague 0-1 Arsenal (5.45pm)

Atletico Madrid v Union SG

Bodo/Glimt v Monaco

Juventus v Sporting

Liverpool v Real Madrid

Olympiacos v PSV

PSG v Bayern

Tottenham v FC Copenhagen

If you’re reading this you probably have nothing better to do this evening, so why not follow along? What do you mean one of your DJs has pulled out and you need to find an urgent replacement?

Updated at 19.53 CET

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Tottenham v Chelsea: Premier League – live

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Spurs make two changes to the team selected for the 3-0 win at Everton last weekend. Lucas Bergvall and Pape Matar Sarr come in for Brennan Johnson and Xavi Simons, who drop to the bench.

Chelsea also make two changes to the XI that started their last Premier League fixture, the 1-2 home reverse to Sunderland. Wesley Fofana and Malo Gusto replace Josh Acheampong and Marc Guiu, who are both benched. Both sides with slightly more defensive selections than last week, then.

Preamble

There are two ways to look at this. Tottenham Hotspur are currently third in the Premier League, while Chelsea flounder in ninth. So that’s way number one, and it was good for Spurs.

Here’s the other way. Chelsea have won their last four Premier League fixtures against Spurs. They’ve won five of their six Premier League matches at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. They’ve scored four times on each of their last two visits. They’ve only lost one of the last 13 Premier League meetings. They’re 37-8 up on wins in the Premier League era, leading by an aggregate score of 121-63. So that’s way number, er, two, and it’s fair to say the recent record between these two clubs is fairly lopsided.

Hold on, come to think of it, there’s a third way. Spurs have just lost at home to Aston Villa and won well at Everton, while Chelsea won well at Nottingham Forest before losing at home to Sunderland. So way number three suggests we simply don’t know what on earth to expect here tonight. Hey, unpredictability is the fun and lifeblood of football. Kick-off is at 5.30pm GMT. It’s on!

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Carabao Cup quarter-final draw: Arsenal v Palace, Man City v Brentford and more – as it happened

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Half-time: Newcastle 1-0 Tottenham

The home side go into the break with the advantage after Fabian Schar’s header. Interesting that Spurs’ captain tonight is Pedro Porro, in Micky van de Ven’s absence. The Dutchman is on the bench.

Newcastle 1-0 Tottenham

Half-time reading:

Newcastle 1-0 Tottenham

Half-time scores in the 7.45pm GMT kick-offs

You might notice that Palace have doubled their lead at Anfield. Join Scott Murray for the latest.

Arsenal 0-0 Brighton

GOAL! Wolves 0-3 Chelsea (Estêvão 41)

Dear me. A huge mix-up between Sa and Lopez allows Andrey Santos to nick the ball, the ball falls to Estêvão on the edge of Wolves’ box and with no defender in sight, the young Brazilian impudently dinks the ball over the keeper. A delicious finish but that was suicidal football from Wolves.

Updated at 21.44 CET

There has been a goal at Anfield, with Crystal Palace taking the lead over Liverpool through Ismaïla Sarr. I’ll let Scott Murray tell you about that one.

GOAL! Newcastle 1-0 Tottenham (Schar 23)

As simple as you like! From a corner, Schar has a free run at a header and buries his effort past Kinsky! Tottenham were defending zonally, but nobody took the initiative and Schar stole in.

Updated at 21.39 CET

GOAL! Swansea City 1-1 Manchester City (Doku 39)

Pep Guardiola’s side claw themselves back into the game with a deflected strike! Doku wriggles clear down the left – if there is one thing Doku does well, it is wriggling – and the Belgian gets to the byline before cutting back on his stronger right foot. The ball fizzes through a crowd of players, nicking off Burgess (I think) and into the net. No chance for Fisher.

Wolves 0-2 Chelsea

Arsenal 0-0 Brighton

Swansea City 1-0 Manchester City

Newcastle 0-0 Tottenham

Swansea City 1-0 Manchester City

Arsenal 0-0 Brighton

Wolves 0-2 Chelsea

Peeeeeeeep!

Our sole 8pm GMT kick-off – Newcastle v Tottenham – is also underway.

GOAL! Wolves 0-2 Chelsea (George 15)

As Football Manager would say, Wolves are sinking without trace! Gittens tears down the left wing, burning past Doherty with ease to reach the byline and the Englishman cuts a low cross to George in the middle, who has a simple tap in from five yards out. This could end up being a cricket score.

Updated at 21.12 CET

GOAL! Swansea City 1-0 Manchester City (Franco 12)

The Championship side are ahead! Swansea put Premier League opposition (Nottingham Forest) to the sword in the last round and now the Welsh side are ahead here! Trafford had no chance in the City goal as Franco shaped a peach of a curler from the edge of the area right into the top corner, the Portuguese midfielder kissing his shot off the inside the post. Postage stamp stuff!

Updated at 21.10 CET

Arsenal 0-0 Brighton

GOAL! Wolves 0-1 Chelsea (Andrey Santos 5)

Wolves give the ball away in midfield and Chelsea pounce, feeding the ball to Andrey Santos on the edge of the home box, and the Brazilian rifles a low shot into the corner, just out of the reach of José Sa’s left hand!

Updated at 21.03 CET

Peeeeeeeeep!

The four 7.45pm GMT kick-offs are underway!

Arsenal v Brighton

Swansea City v Manchester City

Wolves v Chelsea …

… and Liverpool v Crystal Palace, although you can follow the latter game with Scott Murray in our dedicated MBM.

This is what Mikel Arteta had to say about Max Dowman in the lead up to Arsenal’s match against Brighton. The 15-year-old signed scholarship terms with Arsenal last week, with a professional contract due to be finalised for his 17th birthday. He joined as a five‑year‑old and the hope is that he will stay for the long term.

[Dowman staying is] what we all want. I think what he wants as well. After that it is more for [the sporting director] Andrea [Berta] and the club. But the feeling that I have is that genuinely he loves it here. He is a huge Arsenal supporter and his family are really happy with the way things are developing around him as well. Hopefully for many years he will be with us.

If we looked at his passport every day we would never play him, simple as that. So it is finding a balance, an understanding, especially the load, the things that are changing in his life, and making sure he can cope with that. So far, he has done that.

In the front line, that is where we have more difficulties. Gabby Jesus out, Kai [Havertz] out, [Gabriel] Martinelli and [Noni] Madueke out. We have to be more careful as we don’t have many options.”

Updated at 20.46 CET

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Team news: Wolves v Chelsea

Wolves: Jose Sa, Doherty, Mosquera, Agbadou, Toti Gomes, Wolfe, Tchatchoua, Joao Gomes, Lopez, Hwang, Arokodare.

Subs: Bentley, Hugo Bueno, Munetsi, Larsen, Rodrigo Gomes, Chirewa, Bellegarde, Mane, Krejci.

Chelsea: Jorgensen, Gusto, Acheampong, Adarabioyo, Hato, Lavia, Santos, Estevao, Buonanotte, Gittens, George.

Subs: Sanchez, Fofana, Cucurella, James, Caicedo, Fernandez, Pedro Neto, Joao Pedro, Delap.

This is the fixture with the most changes. Few will expect Wolves to trouble Chelsea with that line-up.

Team news: Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur

Newcastle: Ramsdale, Krafth, Thiaw, Schar, Burn, Willock, Tonali, Ramsey, Elanga, Woltemade, Barnes.

Subs: Pope, Trippier, Botman, Joelinton, Gordon, Osula, Jacob Murphy, Guimaraes, Miley.

Tottenham Hotspur: Kinsky, Porro, Danso, Sarr, Spence, Bentancur, Joao Palhinha, Johnson, Bergvall, Simons, Richarlison.

Subs: Austin, Tel, Kudus, van de Ven, Muani, Scarlett, Olusesi, Rowswell, Gunter.

Yes, there are some key omissions, but it’s fair to say that both sides are going for it!

Updated at 20.29 CET

Team news: Swansea City v Manchester City

Swansea: Fisher, Key, Casey, Burgess, Samuels-Smith, Tymon, Inoussa, Goncalo Franco, Galbraith, Widell, Idah.

Subs: Farman, Fulton, Cabango, Vipotnik, Eom, Cullen, Benson, Santos, Ronald.

Manchester City: Trafford, Lewis, Khusanov, Ake, Ait Nouri, Gonzalez, Mukasa, Bobb, Cherki, Doku, Marmoush.

Subs: Bettinelli, Donnarumma, Stones, Gvardiol, Savio, Matheus Luiz, O’Reilly, Phillips, Foden.

The Wilfried Bony Derby! Manchester City ring the changes, but make no mistake, this is an elite, international XI, possibly with the exception of Divine Mukasa, whose sole senior appearance came in the last round.

Team news: Arsenal v Brighton

Arsenal: Arrizabalaga, White, Mosquera, Hincapie, Lewis-Skelly, Merino, Norgaard, Nwaneri, Dowman, Harriman-Annous, Eze.

Subs: Saka, Gabriel, Raya, Timber, Gyokeres, Calafiori, Trossard, Zubimendi, Rice.

Brighton: Steele, Kadioglu, Coppola, van Hecke, De Cuyper, Baleba, Boscagli, Rutter, Kostoulas, Gomez, Tzimas.

Subs: Dunk, Minteh, Watson, Welbeck, Ayari, Wieffer, Simmonds, Ramming, Knight.

At 15 years and 302, Max Dowman becomes the youngest ever person to start for Arsenal. Andre Harriman-Annous, who at 17 is almost middle-aged in comparison, makes his first ever appearance for the Gunners’ senior team. And it’s a start!

Updated at 20.21 CET

Preamble

There are only a few teams that can probably justify not fielding their best XI for these Carabao Cup fourth-round matches, but for most, there are no real excuses why each side shouldn’t be going full throttle to reach Wembley.

We saw last season with Newcastle United just what a League Cup triumph can do to a football club and its fanbase, just imagine what a successful defence would mean to the Geordies, or what might mean to the mid-table stalwarts of Brighton (no major honours ever), Crystal Palace (one major honour ever), or the Championship’s Swansea City (one major honour). With relegation heavily unlikely for all these sides, and with only minor European qualification (or a play-off place) to play for, there is no reason why these sides shouldn’t invest in this competition (especially as Europa League qualification comes with the silverware). Win tonight, and they are in the quarter-finals, and nearly within touching distance of Wembley. Woof.

Even for Mikel Arteta, trophyless for the last five seasons, a taste of Carabao would be sweet, although few expect the title-chasing Gunners to field their first XI (in fairness, their second XI is jam packed full of internationals) against Brighton.

Liverpool will be wary of another damaging domestic defeat. Palace are a formidable away team, and there might be fewer changes to Arne Slot’s side than expected as he looks to guarantee safe passage and another PR crisis.

Chelsea, Tottenham, Manchester City and Wolves (no major honours in 45 years) are probably the only sides tonight that are nailed on to rest players. In fairness to the latter, Wolves do have a bit of a relegation scrap on their hands, and a crucial trip to Fulham this weekend. Vítor Pereira is likely more concerned that and about keeping his job for another week, than a Carabao Cup final in February.

It’s a grand mix of intriguing ties as the teams look to join Brentford, Fulham and Cardiff in the last eight. Following Wednesday’s ties (below), I will also bring you live updates from the quarter-final draw, so please do stick around after the final whistles.

A reminder that Scott Murray is doing a dedicated minute-by-minute report of Liverpool v Palace, so follow him here for that game. I will post updates when I can, but will focus my most of my attention of the other four matches.

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Everton v Tottenham: Premier League – live updates

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Preamble

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

Updated at 21.14 CEST

Peeeeeeeep!

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Elsewhere, can Liverpool make it five in a row?

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.

Preamble

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

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!

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.

Updated at 14.27 CEST

Ipswich 2-1 Norwich

Spurs 1-0 Brighton

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.

Updated at 14.23 CEST

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

The second half starts across the WSL.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Updated at 13.37 CEST

West Ham v Aston Villa

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.

Updated at 14.24 CEST

Spurs v Brighton

Updated at 13.19 CEST

Kick off

We’re under way in the East Anglia derby!

Kick off

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Your words, jamesofwalsh…

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

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?

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:

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:

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

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.

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:

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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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