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Tottenham v Wolves: Premier League – live

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Today's Premier League results

Sunderland have continued their brilliant start to the season with a 1-0 win at the City Ground. Omar Alderete scored the only goal to move Sunderland up to third in the table.

Brentford 3-1 Man Utd

Chelsea 1-3 Brighton

Crystal Palace 2-1 Liverpool

Leeds 2-2 Bournemouth

Man City 5-1 Burnley

Nottm Forest 0-1 Sunderland

Team news

Two changes for Spurs from the side that started last weekend’s 2-2 draw at Brighton: Djed Spence and Xavi Simons are preferred to Pedro Porro and Wilson Odobert.

Wolves bring in Joao Gomes for Jean-Ricner Bellegarde. That’s the only change from the XI that beat Everton in the Carabao Cup.

Tottenham Hotspur (4-3-3) Vicario; Spence, Romero, van de Ven, Udogie; Bergvall, Joao Palhinha, Bentancur; Kudus, Richarlison, Simons.

Subs: Kinsky, Danso, Tel, Gray, Johnson, Porro, Odobert, Sarr, Scarlett.

Wolves (4-3-3) Johnstone; Doherty, S Bueno, Krejci, H Bueno; Munetsi, Andre, Joao Gomes; Arias, Strand Larsen, Hwang.

Subs: Jose Sa, Wolfe, Agbadou, Arokodare, Rodrigo Gomes, Toti Gomes, Bellegarde, Lopez, Tchatchoua.

Referee Michael Salisbury.

Updated at 20.25 CEST

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Arsenal, Spurs, Man City and Newcastle win, plus Carabao Cup fourth-round draw – as it happened

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… and that, dear reader, brings us to the end of an evening of underwhelming matches followed by a promising fourth-round draw. Thanks for reading this Clockwatch.

Arsenal v Brighton & Hove Albion

Grimsby Town v Brentford

Swansea City v Manchester City

Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur

Wrexham v Cardiff City

Liverpool v Crystal Palace

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Chelsea

Wycombe Wanderers v Fulham

All fixtures to be played week commencing 27 October.

Match report: Newcastle United 4-1 Bradford City

Here’s Louise Taylor’s verdict on a comfortable night for the holders.

That’s a decent draw with some tasty ties upcoming. A big showdown between the holders Newcastle and Spurs, both teams having slaked their long trophy thirst last season and now in the mood for more. The league champions Liverpool host the FA Cup winners Crystal Palace. Chelsea have a tricky tie at Wolves, who look a different proposition in the League Cup as opposed to the League. Arsenal won’t fancy facing Brighton, who came to the Emirates and knocked them out of this competition three years ago. Grimsby, Swansea and Wycombe all host Premier League opposition. And then there’s the all-Welsh tie between Wrexham and Cardiff. Not a bad draw at all. Looking forward to it already.

The fourth-round draw in full

Arsenal v Brighton & Hove Albion

Grimsby Town v Brentford

Swansea City v Manchester City

Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur

Wrexham v Cardiff City

Liverpool v Crystal Palace

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Chelsea

Wycombe Wanderers v Fulham

All fixtures to be played week commencing 27 October.

Updated at 23.38 CEST

… and the final tie is Wycombe Wanderers v Fulham.

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Chelsea

Liverpool v Crystal Palace

Wrexham v Cardiff City

Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur

Swansea City v Manchester City

Grimsby Town v Brentford

The fourth-round draw

… begins now, and the first tie is Arsenal v Brighton & Hove Albion.

Match report: Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Doncaster Rovers

David Hytner was at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to witness a spectacular goal from João Palhinha.

Match report: Huddersfield Town 0-2 Manchester City

Jamie Jackson was in town as Phil Foden continued to play his way back into top form.

Match report: Port Vale 0-2 Arsenal

Will Unwin on a tight game in which Vale gave everything.

Tonight’s classified results. For the completists and purists.

Huddersfield Town 0-2 Manchester City

Newcastle United 4-1 Bradford City

Port Vale 0-2 Arsenal

Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Doncaster Rovers

A reminder that the fourth-round draw will be made within the half-hour or so. No flipping!

FULL TIME: Port Vale 0-2 Arsenal

Arsenal join Grimsby Town, Brentford, Crystal Palace, Swansea City, Brighton & Hove Albion, Cardiff City, Fulham, Chelsea, Wycombe Wanderers, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Wrexham, Liverpool, Manchester City, Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur in the last 16.

Port Vale 0-2 Arsenal. Trossard might have been offside, as he chased after William Saliba’s pass, but there’s no VAR, so no magic rulers, and we’ll never know. And now here we are. Vale Park was all noise a couple of hours ago. Now you could hear a pin drop. Their lads have given it a good go this evening, with a couple of half-chances coming late on, but it’s all relative and Arsenal were never seriously in bother.

GOAL! Port Vale 0-2 Arsenal (Trossard 86)

Just as Port Vale were beginning to wonder, Arsenal strike the killer blow. First up, Viktor Gyökeres should score when put through, but takes too much time and his shot is blocked. But not long after, Leandro Trossard is found down the inside-left channel. He reaches the edge of the box, takes a touch infield, and fizzes a low drive into the bottom left. Game over!

Updated at 22.56 CEST

FULL TIME: Newcastle United 4-1 Bradford City

The reigning League Cup champions are in the velvet bag as well.

FULL TIME: Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Doncaster Rovers

… Spurs are into the fourth-round draw.

GOAL! Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Doncaster Rovers (Johnson 90+4)

Brennan Johnson finally gets his reward for an impressive shift. He’s sent bombing down the middle by Lucas Bergvall. He draws the keeper and dinks home, and …

Updated at 22.59 CEST

FULL TIME: Huddersfield Town 0-2 Manchester City

The Terriers gave it a good go, but it’s the eight-time champions who are into the hat for the fourth round.

Tottenham 2-0 Doncaster. A cross comes in from the left. Lucas Bergvall taps it home. But he’s not going onto the scoresheet, because Brennan Johnson had made a lunge for the ball as well, and he was clearly offside. There goes that opportunity to perform his dressing-room tap-dance atop the moral high ground.

Port Vale 0-1 Arsenal. The Gunners ship possession cheaply again, and this time Devante Cole manages to get a shot away for the hosts. A decent effort from distance that screams over the bar. Kepa probably had it covered, to be fair.

Port Vale 0-1 Arsenal. Cristhian Mosquera plays an appalling pass across the face of his own box. He’s fortunate that when Ben Garrity intercepts, he then dillies and dallies, before laying off to Rhys Walters, who does exactly the same. What a waste.

GOAL! Newcastle United 4-1 Bradford City (Osula 87)

Two for Joelinton, now two for William Osula, and any hope of an unlikely City comeback is put to bed.

Updated at 23.03 CEST

Port Vale 0-1 Arsenal. Bukayo Saka is out of harm’s way, incidentally. He’s been replaced by Max Dowman.

GOAL! Newcastle United 3-1 Bradford City (Cook 79)

A stylish consolation for Bradford, as Andy Cook latches onto a poor clearance on the edge of the Toon D and launches a thriker towards the top-left corner, off the underside of the bar and in. Unstoppable! Cook a boyhood Newcastle fan as well. What a moment!

Updated at 23.11 CEST

Tottenham 2-0 Doncaster. Brennan Johnson has been electric down the right wing tonight. Another speedy dribble, another tempting cross that a team-mate fails to bundle home from close range. Richarlison the guilty man this time. Johnson should have had a hat-trick of assists this evening. He’s got the right to clamber atop the moral high ground in the dressing room afterwards, finger-wagging furiously. A fine performance.

GOAL! Newcastle United 3-0 Bradford City (Joelinton 75)

… and it’s certainly all over at SJP, Joelinton threading home his second for the holders.

Updated at 22.33 CEST

GOAL! Huddersfield Town 0-2 Manchester City (Savinho 74)

Phil Foden adds an assist to his goal, by teeing up Savinho, who roofs home. All over.

Updated at 22.32 CEST

Tottenham 2-0 Doncaster. Glenn Middleton takes the resulting free kick, and whips it inches wide of the right-hand stick. Antonín Kinský was rooted to the spot; had that been on target, it wasn’t getting stopped. Spurs got away with a couple of potential red cards against Villarreal last week, Micky van de Ven and Xavi Simons the fortunate men. Kevin Danso can join that lucky list.

Tottenham 2-0 Doncaster. Brandon Hanlan barrels after a long pass down the inside-right channel. Just before he enters the box, Kevin Danso hooks a leg around him and pokes the ball away … but also brings down his man. It’s a free kick, just to the right of the D, and you’ve seen red cards given for less. No VAR tonight.

Huddersfield 0-1 Man City. Leo Castledine, a young winger on loan from Chelsea, purchases a ticket to the raffle from the best part of 30 yards. The ticket floats a similar distance over the bar. But if you don’t buy one, etc.

Tottenham 2-0 Doncaster. Mathys Tel took a fresh-air swipe at a Brennan Johnson right-wing cross in the first half … and he’s just done exactly the same thing again in this second period. Another big chance spurned. Two decent connections – half-decent would probably have been enough – and Spurs would be out of sight.

Port Vale 0-1 Arsenal. A moment of worry for Arsenal as Bukayo Saka goes down, slapping the turf and grimacing, having come off second-best in a fair 50-50 midfield challenge. But fears dissipate as the pain of impact subsides, and Saka springs back up again. For a second, though … oh my.

Updated at 22.36 CEST

Port Vale 0-1 Arsenal. Gabriel Martinelli is sent scampering clear down the middle, but Vale keeper Joe Gauci has spotted the danger, and races out of his box to block-tackle and clear. That needed to be timed perfectly, and it was.

Huddersfield 0-1 Man City. A poor clearance drops to Divine Mukasa on the penalty spot. Mukasa volleys straight at keeper Lee Nicholls. So close to the second goal that would put paid to Huddersfield’s resistance.

Port Vale 0-1 Arsenal. The second half begins in Burslem.

Huddersfield 0-1 Man City. Huddersfield nearly equalise with a goal made in Aston. The on-loan Villa duo of Josh Feeney and Zépiqueno Redmond combine, the former heading down for the latter to lash fiercely over the bar. That would have made things interesting.

Newcastle 2-0 Bradford. Bobby Pointon crosses from the left. Stephen Humphrys muscles himself into a little pocket of space at the far post, but his header is a weak slap. Big change to get the Bantams back into this.

Spurs 2-0 Doncaster. Some head tennis on the edge of the Spurs box. The ball drops to Owen Bailey, who swipes a volley goalwards. Accurate, but without power, and easy for Antonín Kinský.

Huddersfield 0-1 Man City. Some pinball in the Town box. Rico Lewis can’t prod towards the bottom-right corner, and the hosts eventually clear their lines. Close to a scrappy second for City. “Arsenal looked like a person sleepwalking around the house, picking things up and putting them down again, making random progress from room to room,” yawns Charles Antaki. “That’s all very well, but the sleepwalker risks stubbing their toe on something hard, falling over and discovering that things are not very much as they should be. Another two or three goals please.”

The second halves at the Kirklees Stadium, St James’ Park and Tottenham Hotspur Stadium are back under way. No early drama to report.

A reminder that the draw for the fourth round will take place after the full-time whistles tonight. It’s expected to start at 10.20pm, and we’ll be around for that, don’t you fret.

HALF TIME: Port Vale 0-1 Arsenal

Given the overall balance of play, this could have been worse for Port Vale. But currently it’s League One nil, Premier League four (or six, depending on whether you’re totting up winning positions or goals).

Port Vale 0-1 Arsenal. Connor Hall should have done better with that header, truth be told. Free on the penalty spot, he slapped his header straight down. Anything whistled with proper conviction towards the net would have given Kepa something to act upon.

Port Vale 0-1 Arsenal. … so having said that, Vale finally show some fight. A corner. Connor Hall can’t get a header on target; then his shot is blocked. Arsenal fail to clear their lines properly, and Connor’s namesake George sends a dangerous low cross in from the right. That’s blocked too, and cleared, but it’s also so much better from the hosts.

HALF TIME: Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Doncaster Rovers

… stretches out ahead of us.

HALF TIME: Newcastle United 2-0 Bradford City

… that looks unlikely to deliver any drama, never mind a shock …

HALF TIME: Huddersfield Town 0-1 Manchester City

An evening of cup football …

Port Vale 0-1 Arsenal. Vale enjoy a little possession in the Arsenal half for the first time this evening. They do very little with it, Arsenal keeping them at arm’s length comfortably, but small acorns and all that, and the home fans seem to appreciate their team’s efforts.

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Brighton 2-2 Tottenham, Wolves 1-3 Leeds, West Ham 1-2 Crystal Palace and more: football – as it happened

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Brighton 2-2 Tottenham, Wolves 1-3 Leeds, West Ham 1-2 Crystal Palace and more: football – live - The Guardian

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Manchester United v Chelsea is next! Team news for the 5.30pm (BST) kick-off is here:

Man Utd (3-4-2-1): Bayindir; Mazraoui, De Ligt, Maguire; Dorgu, Casemiro, Fernandes, Shaw; Mbeumo, Amad; Sesko.

Subs: Lammens, Yoro, Ugarte, Heaven, Fredricson, Mainoo, Mount, Cunha, Zirkzee.

Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Sánchez; James, Chalobah, Fofana, Cucurella; Fernández, Caicedo; Estêvão, Palmer, Neto; João Pedro.

Subs: Jörgensen, Adarabioyo, Hato, Gusto, Santos, Gittens, George, Guiu, Garnacho.

Scott Murray will be helming our live coverage. Enjoy!

Premier League full-time reports:

Brighton 2-2 Tottenham – Thomas Frank certainly would have taken a point at 2-0 down in this one. Xavi Simons made a difference coming off the bench as Brighton struggled to see out the game. John Brewin has the lowdown:

Burnley 1-1 Nottingham Forest – Ange Postecoglou picks up his first point as Forest manager in the pouring rain but his wait for a first win goes on. Scott Parker can add another point to towards survival. Dominic Booth was there:

West Ham 1-2 Crystal Palace – The pressure grows ever further on Graham Potter and the West Ham board after pre-match protests. Tyrick Mitchell on the scoresheet is a rarity. Jacob Steinberg watched on:

Wolves 1-3 Leeds – Not a great day for Vítor Pereira, who signed a new three-year contract this week. His side have now lost all five of their league games this season. Dominic Calvert-Lewin helped Leeds towards three precious points. Ben Fisher reports:

Updated at 18.17 CEST

Blackburn v Ipswich has been abandoned due to a wet pitch. Must have been some deluge. Blackburn were leading 1-0, with Ipswich down to 10 men.

A couple of scores from Scotland:

Premiership

Dundee 3-2 Livingston

League Cup

Aberdeen 0-1 Motherwell

Championship full-time scores

Derby 0-1 Preston

Hull 3-1 Southampton

Norwich 2-3 Wrexham

Portsmouth 0-2 Sheffield Wed

Sheffield Utd 0-1 Charlton

Blackburn 1-0 Ipswich has still not restarted after the referee brought the players off due to a wet pitch.

“It’s 1.30 in the morning here in Brisbane,” writes Phil. “I’ve been up for 21 hours, worked a ten hour day, seen one of the greatest punk bands live for the first time in forty years and have the recurring disappointment of Norwich City being not entirely good to accompany me to sleep.” Ah, football.

Full-time scores

Brighton 2-2 Tottenham (Minteh 8, Ayari 31; Richarlison 43, Van Hecke 82og)

Burnley 1-1 Nottingham Forest (Anthony 20; Williams 2)

West Ham 1-2 Crystal Palace (Bowen 50; Mateta 38, Mitchell 68)

Wolves 1-3 Leeds (Krejci 8; Calvert-Lewin 31, Stach 39, Okafor 45+1)

Brighton 2-2 Spurs: The Spurs corner that comes to nothing. Goal-kick to Brighton.

Brighton 2-2 Spurs: Two minutes of stoppage time remain at the Amex as both Brighton and Spurs go for a winner. The visitors have a corner …

Rain has stopped play at Ewood Park. Blackburn 1-0 Ipswich has been paused with 10 minutes to play due to a wet pitch.

Sheffield United, minutes away from their first points of the season, have conceded. Isaac Ofaofe seems to have snatched it for Charlton! 1-0 in the Championship at Bramall Lane.

No penalty.

Brighton 2-2 Spurs: Huge shouts for a penalty after Simons goes down under the challenge of Coppola in the Brighton box. The referee gives a goal-kick but VAR is having a look …

Updated at 17.46 CEST

GOAL! Brighton 2-2 Tottenham (Van Hecke 82og)

Spurs are level! Kudus sends a curling cross into the penalty area. Palhinha goes for it but it comes off Van Hecke and goes in at the near post! Not much the defender could do about that.

Updated at 17.55 CEST

And at Molineux, there is plenty of mumbling and grumbling among the home crowd with Wolves still trailing Leeds 3-1. There has been talk this week of a new deal for their manager Vítor Pereira, who is yet to get a point on the board this season.

Still 1-1 between Burnley and Nottingham Forest at Turf Moor after goals from Anthony and Williams in the first half. The bucketing rain has been the talking point of the second half, by all accounts.

Brighton 2-1 Spurs: Danny Welbeck and Diego Coppola are on for Brighton.

Latest Premier League scores with 15-20 minutes to go:

Brighton 2-1 Tottenham (Minteh 8, Ayari 31; Richarlison 43)

Burnley 1-1 Nottingham Forest (Anthony 20; Williams 2)

West Ham 1-2 Crystal Palace (Bowen 50; Mateta 38, Mitchell 68)

Wolves 1-3 Leeds (Krejci 8; Calvert-Lewin 31, Stach 39, Okafor 45+1)

Brighton 2-1 Spurs: Brennan Johnson comes on for Wilson Odobert, who didn’t really get going this afternoon on his first start of the season.

Brighton 2-1 Spurs: Great chance for Simons! The Dutchman can only drag his shot wide though. You’d expect him to hit the target.

Updated at 17.31 CEST

GOAL! West Ham 1-2 Crystal Palace (Mitchell 68)

Palace’s left wing-back powers a volley past Alphonse Areola to give Oliver Glasner’s side the lead once more! He hadn’t scored since the season before last.

Updated at 17.41 CEST

Kylian Mbappé is on the scoresheet at the Bernabéu – Real Madrid 2-0 Espanyol.

Brighton 2-1 Spurs: Xavi Simons is on for Bentancur as Frank looks to add a creative spark to his side. James Milner has also emerged from the bench to make his 641st Premier League appearance – 12 behind Gareth Barry’s record now.

Brighton 2-1 Spurs: Kadioglu goes down holding his throat after bumping into Richarlison as a ball came down from the sky. Brighton are trying to rile up their opponents and even Frank appears a touch rattled.

Brighton 2-1 Spurs: Lewis Dunk goes for goal from a free-kick inside his own half! It doesn’t sail too far over Vicario’s crossbar, clipping the roof of the net. Audacious!

I probably could have written those two previous posts this morning …

Brighton 2-1 Spurs: Cristian Romero gets involved in some argy-bargy.

Harry Kane completes his hat-trick at Hoffenheim. Bayern 3-0 up. Two penalties from England’s captain today.

Updated at 17.19 CEST

GOAL! West Ham 1-1 Crystal Palace (Bowen 50)

Jarrod Bowen heads in Malick Diouf’s corner to level the scores at the London Stadium. Maybe that will lift the mood.

Updated at 17.13 CEST

Brighton 2-1 Spurs: Fabian Hürzeler has made a change at half-time, with Diego Gómez on for Carlos Baleba.

Second half begins

All four Premier League games are back under way. There were 10 goals in the first half – more where that came from?

Harry Kane has scored both of Bayern Munich’s goals at Hoffenheim – they lead 2-0 midway through the second half.

Real Madrid are one goal to the good in the first half against Espanyol thanks to Éder Militão.

Half-time in the Championship

Blackburn 0-0 Ipswich

Derby 0-1 Preston (Devine 29)

Hull 1-0 Southampton (Joseph 22)

Norwich 1-0 Wrexham (Stacey 39)

Portsmouth 0-1 Sheffield Wed (Bannan 12)

Sheffield Utd 0-0 Charlton

Half-time scores

Brighton 2-1 Tottenham (Minteh 8, Ayari 31; Richarlison 43)

Burnley 1-1 Nottingham Forest (Anthony 20; Williams 2)

West Ham 0-1 Crystal Palace (Mateta 38)

Wolves 1-3 Leeds (Krejci 8; Calvert-Lewin 31, Stach 39, Okafor 45+1)

We’re certainly not lacking for goals. I need a cuppa.

Updated at 16.51 CEST

GOAL! Wolves 1-3 Leeds (Okafor 45+1)

It gets worse for Wolves at Molineux. Noah Okafor finds some space on the counterattack and beats Sá left-footed for his first Leeds goal! What a response to going behind from Farke’s side.

Updated at 17.11 CEST

GOAL! Brighton 2-1 Tottenham (Richarlison 43)

Spurs find a way through! Richarlison manages to get a shot away while on the floor in the Brighton area and Verbruggen cannot keep it out. Bentancur and Kudus were involved in the buildup. Game on!

Updated at 17.08 CEST

GOAL! Wolves 1-2 Leeds (Stach 39)

Leeds have turned it around at Molineux! Big Anton Stach smashes a free-kick from 25 yards out and José Sá has no answer.

Updated at 17.07 CEST

“The Hammers are especially frustrating,” says Kári Tulinius via email. “They look like a good team, with lots of smart movement that sets up interesting passing angles, but when it comes time to pull the trigger, it’s either a pass backwards or to nobody.”

GOAL! West Ham 0-1 Crystal Palace (Mateta 38)

That will not help the mood at the London Stadium. It’s been coming – Jean-Philippe Mateta reacts first at a corner after Marc Guéhi’s header comes off the crossbar.

Updated at 16.56 CEST

West Ham 0-0 Crystal Palace: Not a classic so far. Daichi Kamada has fluffed a golden chance for visitors, heading wide from four yards out.

GOAL! Wolves 1-1 Leeds (Calvert-Lewin 31)

It’s a first Leeds goal for Dominic Calvert-Lewin! He heads in Bogle’s cross as the visitors score their first goal since the opening weekend.

Updated at 17.18 CEST

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Tottenham v Villarreal: Champions League – live

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Preamble

Tottenham Hotspur’s bonus prize for winning last season’s Europa League begins here. They open their Champions League campaign against the 2021 Europa League winners Villarreal. The two clubs can share their war stories of seeing off Manchester United later, but for now there’s a match to be played. The first meeting of the pair kicks off at 8pm UK time. It’s on!

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West Ham v Tottenham: Premier League – live

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Tottenham attempt to attack early with a long throw into the box, but the ball runs behind for a goal kick.

Kick-off

We’re under way at the London Stadium!

The teams are out. Kick-off is just a few minutes away.

Former West Ham star Mohammed Kudus returns to the London Stadium today for the first time since his £54.5million transfer to Tottenham.

The 25-year-old starts for the visitors.

As always, feel free to email in with any thoughts, feelings or score predictions today. Will Spurs get back to winning ways this evening? Or will the Hammers take all three points?

Today’s Premier League results

Arsenal 3-0 Nottingham Forest

Bournemouth 2-1 Brighton

Newcastle 1-0 Wolves

Everton 0-0 Aston Villa

Crystal Palace 0-0 Sunderland

Fulham 1-0 Leeds

Speaking of Levy, take a look at this from David Squires…

Jacob Steinberg

“It will not only be fans of Tottenham looking on with interest when the architects of one of English football’s most astonishing acts of corporate brutality watch life after Daniel Levy begin with a game against rivals where most supporters are waiting for something similar to happen at their club…”

As I briefly mentioned earlier, West Ham have banned half-and-half scarves for today’s match. The move is among a number of increased security measures aimed at preventing away supporters from getting into the home sections at the London Stadium for a potentially volatile match.

A statement on the club website read: “West Ham United would like to make supporters aware that enhanced security measures will be in place for Saturday’s match against Tottenham Hotspur. This includes additional checks at turnstiles, restrictions on half-and-half scarves or items illustrating the colours/crests of both clubs and steps to ensure home areas remain for West Ham United fans only.

“We would like to kindly ask all supporters for patience when entering the stadium to allow our staff to perform these checks, especially during the busiest times in the 45 minutes ahead of kick-off.”

Today marks Tottenham’s first match since Daniel Levy’s sudden departure last week. Head coach Thomas Frank revealed yesterday that he held constructive talks with Spurs’ owners following the chairman’s exit and hopes that he will be given a say in the club’s long-term strategy.

Team news

West Ham starting line-up: Mads Hermansen; Kyle Walker-Peters, Konstantinos Mavropanos, Max Kilman, El Hadji Malick Diouf; James Ward-Prowse, Mateus Fernandes, Tomáš Souček; Crysencio Summerville, Jarrod Bowen (C), Lucas Paquetá.

Substitutes: Alphonse Areola, Igor Julio, Callum Wilson, Niclas Füllkrug, Luis Guilherme, Soungoutou Magassa, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Freddie Potts, Andy Irving.

Tottenham starting line-up: Guglielmo Vicario; Pedro Porro, Cristian Romero (C), Micky van de Ven, Djed Spence; Pape Matar Sarr, Palhinha, Lucas Bergvall; Mohammed Kudus, Mathys Tel, Xavi Simons.

Substitutes: Antonín Kinský, Kevin Danso, Richarlison, Destiny Udogie, Brennan Johnson, Wilson Odobert, Rodrigo Bentancur, Ben Davies, Randal Kolo Muani.

Preamble

Hello, good afternoon and welcome to coverage of the Premier League clash between West Ham and Tottenham. There is always a buzz around a London derby and this occasion is no different - we even saw half-and-half scarves banned a few days ago, more on that a bit later on.

West Ham go into the match off the back of their first win of the season, a 3-0 victory over Nottingham Forest at the City Ground. Meanwhile, Spurs’ last Premier League outing saw them lose 1-0 to Bournemouth at home.

This is bound to be a fiery one. Kick-off is at 5:30pm BST - join me!

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Liverpool v Everton, Spurs v West Ham, Manchester United v Leicester and more: WSL – live

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Marc Skinner turns to his bench again. Manchester United named just five substitutes for this one and Millie Turner becomes the third to come on. Still 2-0 they lead against Leicester.

Taylor makes two changes for Liverpool to try to salvage something from his first match in charge. Beata Olsson and Kirsty MacLean are on for Kapocs and Nagano.

Vignola becomes the fourth Everton player to score a hat-trick in the WSL after Toni Duggan, Chloe Kelly and Hayley Raso.

Latest scores (after about 60 mins):

Brighton 0-0 Aston Villa

Liverpool 1-4 Everton (Kapocs 12; Vignola 24 54 56, Snoeijs 45+4)

Man Utd 2-0 Leicester (Toone 13, Terland 25)

Tottenham 0-0 West Ham

In the meantime, Jess Park has come on for her Manchester United debut at Leigh. And at Brisbane Road, the injured Szemik has been replaced by Megan Walsh in goal for West Ham.

And with that, Vignola matches her tally from last season: three goals in 28 appearances in Liga F for Granada.

GOAL! Liverpool 1-4 Everton (Vignola 56)

What a day for Everton’s new signing! Vignola completes her hat-trick, cutting inside on to her left foot and a deflection off Woodham takes her shot past Kirby!

Updated at 14.23 CEST

GOAL! Liverpool 1-3 Everton (Vignola 54)

Everton go further in front as Vignola scores again! The 20-year-old beats Bonner to Pacheco’s cross and the ball goes in off the underside the bar. Breathing space.

Updated at 14.23 CEST

West Ham have got goalkeeper troubles too. Kinga Szemik backpedals to see that a cross doesn’t drop in and she collides with the post. She’s receiving treatment.

Malard can’t convert a good chance for Manchester United to make it 3-0 against Leicester, the France international dragging her shot wide.

Brighton v Aston Villa is also back under way. Villa have had to make a change in goal, with Ellie Roebuck coming on for D’Angelo after a first-half injury.

Golden opportunity for West Ham! Viviane Asseyi’s cross from the left is met by Seraina Piubel at the back post but the Switzerland international’s volley is blazed over from close range. Should have scored.

Second half begins!

The action is under way again at Manchester United, Tottenham and Liverpool. Everton, interestingly at 2-1 up, have made a triple change at half-time. Record signing Ruby Mace is among those to enter the fray.

Updated at 14.08 CEST

Manchester United are in control against Leicester, who have had just two training sessions under new interim manager Rick Passmore. I wonder what he’ll ask his side to do at half-time?

Then it’s goalless between Tottenham and West Ham (which is getting better after a drab start) and Brighton and Aston Villa (where a handful of England stars, past and present, are on display).

Everton are yet again enjoying their visit to Anfield, coming from behind in that first half. What a moment for Ornella Vignola too. The highly-rated Spain youth international showed her class with that brilliant equaliser. Snoeijs’s header in first-half stoppage time means they are on course for their sixth successive win at Anfield.

Half-time scores

Brighton 0-0 Aston Villa

Liverpool 1-2 Everton (Kapocs 12; Vignola 24, Snoeijs 45+4)

Manchester United 2-0 Leicester (Toone 13, Terland 25)

Tottenham 0-0 West Ham

Updated at 13.55 CEST

GOAL! Liverpool 1-2 Everton (Snoeijs. 45+4)

Pacheco’s cross from the left is met by Katja Snoeijs and Faye Kirby cannot get enough of a glove on the header. On the stroke of half-time, Everton lead!

Updated at 13.54 CEST

Tom Garry

Spurs are playing some decent buildup stuff here, intricately working to get the ball out wide to their wingers Araya Dennis and Jessica Naz, both of whom are having a good half in terms of dangerously running at their full-backs and causing problems, but it’s the final ball that’s missing.

Chance for Spurs: Holdt produces a lovely piece of skill down the Tottenham right before Naz’s shot is tame and drifts over the bar.

Goalmouth scramble at Spurs! Lize Kop does well to bat away a West Ham corner from under her own crossbar and pinball ensues. Shekiera Martinez tries to squeeze the ball in but her shot is blocked and Spurs survive.

Off the post! Liverpool threaten to retake the lead in the derby, with Holland cutting inside from the right and seeing her curling shot come back off the post.

Kirby goes close for Brighton, getting in behind the Villa defence and fizzing a low shot beyond the far post.

Updated at 13.35 CEST

Off the bar! Villa’s Rachel Daly rattles the crossbar with a right-footed shot from range that so nearly found the top corner.

Brighton 0-0 Aston Villa

Liverpool 1-1 Everton (Kapocs 11; Vignola 24)

Man Utd 2-0 Leicester (Toone 13, Terland 25)

Tottenham 0-0 West Ham

GOAL! Manchester United 2-0 Leicester (Terland 25)

After 10 goals in the WSL last season, Elisabeth Terland opens her account for the campaign with a header from Riviere’s cross. Leicester look in trouble.

Updated at 13.42 CEST

GOAL! Liverpool 1-1 Everton (Vignola 24)

Liverpool’s corner is cleared long to Ornella Vignola who twists and turns past Holland in the penalty area and finds the far corner with a glorious curling effort!

Updated at 13.38 CEST

Liverpool continue to press for a second goal. Mia Enderby forces a corner at the Kop End. Everton clear it and go on the counter …

Anfield rises in the 20th minute in honour of Diogo Jota. The rain is still coming down on Merseyside.

Brighton 0-0 Aston Villa

Liverpool 1-0 Everton (Kapocs 11)

Man Utd 1-0 Leicester (Toone 13)

Tottenham 0-0 West Ham

Updated at 13.21 CEST

Fran Kirby is denied an opener for Brighton. The former England midfielder taps home from close range but the offside flag is up.

Off the bar! Gemma Bonner stretches to get on the end of a Liverpool free-kick and Courtney Brosnan tips her effort on to the crossbar.

Brighton’s Michelle Agyemang is causing problems against Aston Villa. She finds Rachel McLauchlan on the edge of the box and the left-back’s shot is well saved by D’Angelo.

GOAL! Manchester United 1-0 Leicester (Toone 13)

Ella Toone gets off the mark for the campaign as the ball falls to her inside the box and she cooly slots past Leicester’s Janina Leitzig in goal.

Updated at 13.25 CEST

GOAL! Liverpool 1-0 Everton (Kapocs 11)

First blood in the Merseyside derby goes to the hosts. Cornelia Kapocs comes in off the left flank, goes past Martina Fernández and smashes her shot in off the crossbar!

Updated at 13.24 CEST

Brighton 0-0 Aston Villa

Liverpool 0-0 Everton

Man Utd 0-0 Leicester

Tottenham 0-0 West Ham

Updated at 13.11 CEST

Hansen is OK after receiving treatment and tests Brighton’s debutant goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie with a low shot.

At Anfield, Ceri Holland fronts up Maz Pacheco and sends a really dangerous cross through the corridor of uncertainty but it comes to nothing.

Villa’s Kirsty Hansen is down and receiving treatment after a collision in midfield.

Tottenham have threatened from a couple of corners in the opening stages at Brisbane Road.

Meanwhile at Crawley, Brighton’s Kiko Seike has had a shot saved comfortably by Villa’s Sabrina D’Angelo.

Updated at 13.16 CEST

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It’s a rather blustery and drizzly day here at Anfield for the opening Merseyside derby of the season. There was an excited atmosphere building around the stadium as Liverpool and Everton fans started to gather and queue to get to their seats.

It is a fresh start for Liverpool this season after the frustrations of the last campaign and a first game in charge for manager Gareth Taylor who was appointed over the summer. He will be hoping that he can bring a change to Liverpool’s fortunes in this encounter – the Reds are winless in their last seven WSL meetings against the Toffees and have lost the last two encounters.

For Everton, it has been an exciting summer for Brian Sørensen who has made good use of the influx of funds provided by The Friedkin Group since their takeover. Nine players have come through the door – eight permanent and one in on loan – and he will be hoping they will be able to help him start to move the Toffees up the table after a rollercoaster of a few seasons.

Kick-off

All four games are under way!

Tom Garry

The pitch here at Brisbane Road is soaked in sunshine on the day of Martin Ho’s first game in charge of Tottenham and the mood is optimistic. The hosts have given a debut to the 19-year-old Japan international Toko Koga – who is held is such high, she tends to start for her country – and the club are understood to be particularly delighted to have persuaded her to join them from Feyenoord this summer because there were so many other big clubs enquiring about her.

What Spurs feel they can offer a young star like Koga, that perhaps current Champions League clubs can’t, is game time, and that seems to be what helped them do this deal. Their far more critical summer signing was the appointment of Ho, the former Manchester United assistant coach who led Brann of Norway to a Champions League quarter-final. Ho was understood to have been selected from a shortlist of around 30 candidates and came with glowing recommendations from some of his former colleagues. Spurs like that he is obsessive and passionate about the job and now they’ll hope it can translate into better results on the pitch.

Ho has just been introduced to the crowd here to warm applause and cheers, with the Merseyside-born coach raising both of his arms in the air to wave to the Spurs fans. He is wearing – as almost every WSL manager seems to do these days – white trainers, (what else?) with smart dark trousers, plus a grey top, and all the pitchside photographers are pointing their cameras straight towards him.

Updated at 13.04 CEST

We are five minutes from kick-off in all four games.

There are plenty of new faces in the starting lineups at Anfield – Sam Kerr and Lily Woodham make their full debuts for Liverpool, while Martina Fernández, Maz Pacheco, Katie Robinson, Rion Ishikawa and Ornella Vignola are the new signings in Everton’s XI. Club-record signing Ruby Mace could also make her debut for the visitors off the bench.

Chelsea are, of course, the team everyone is chasing. The champions began their tilt at a seventh successive title on Friday night but were given a run for their money by Manchester City at Stamford Bridge:

Leicester are the only side starting the campaign without a manager after the sacking of Amandine Miquel 10 days ago. Rick Passmore was appointed as interim manager earlier this week and has had just two sessions with the team before facing Manchester United today.

“The last couple of days have been manic, a whirlwind,” Passmore said this week. “I would love to stay at this club.”

Manchester United v Leicester team news:

Manchester United (4-4-2): Tullis-Joyce; Riviere, Le Tissier, Janssen, Sandberg; Toone, Zigiotti Olme, Miyazawa, Bizet; Malard, Terland

Subs: Middleton-Patel, Turner, Naalsund, Park, Griffiths

Leicester (4-2-3-1): Leitzig; Ale, Kees, Boureille, Thibaud; Tierney, Cayman; Cain, Van Egmond, O’Brien; Eríksdóttir

Subs: Clark, Wellesley-Smith, Rantala, Payne, Las, McLoughlin, Sherwood, Ayane, Kaczmar

Updated at 12.40 CEST

Tottenham v West Ham team news:

Tottenham (4-3-3): Kop; Koga, Hunt, Rybrink, Nildén; Dennis, Spence, Summanen; Holdt, England, Naz

Subs: Ahtinen, Tandberg, Graham, Grant, Gunning-Williams, Heeps, Jackson, Maite Oroz

West Ham (4-2-3-1): Szemik; Denton, Nyström, Zadorsky, Hanshaw; Siren, Gorry; Piubel, Ueki, Asseyi; Martinez

Subs: Bellomou, Brasero-Carreira, Cemal, Houssein, Morgan, Paví, Tysiak, Walsh, Wandeler

Spurs finished second bottom last season but there is hope for improvement under former Everton and Manchester United assistant manager Martin Ho.

As for West Ham, they have the winner of the Women’s Super League’s Rising Star award for last season: Shekiera Martinez.

Brighton v Aston Villa team news:

Brighton (4-3-3): Nnadozie; McLauchlan, Rule, Minami, Olislagers; Kirby, Cankovic, Symonds; Seike, Haley, Agyemang

Subs: Auée, Baggaley, Camacho, Carabalí, Hayes, Kafaji, Noordam, Rayner, Tsunoda

Aston Villa (3-4-1-2): D’Angelo; Wilms, Patten, Deslanders; Grant, Kearns, Baijings, Maritz; Daly; Salmon, Hanson

Subs: Kelly, Kendall, Maltby, Mayling, Mullett, Parker, Roebuck, Taylor

The Gareth Taylor era at Liverpool begins with the visit of Everton to Anfield in the Merseyside derby. The Reds finished 7th last season and will want to kick on now under the former Manchester City manager.

As Tom Garry points out, Everton have won on each of their last five trips to Anfield, which their manager Brian Sørensen joked was “our training pitch” last season.

Merseyside derby team news

Liverpool (4-2-3-1): Kirby; Fisk, Bonner, Evans, Woodham; Nagano, Kerr; Kapocs, Höbinger, Holland; Enderby

Subs: Morgan, Parry, Risa, Kiernan, Roman H, Olsson, Clark, MacLean, Silcock

Everton (4-2-3-1): Brosnan; Ishikawa, Ladd, Fernández, Pacheco; Hayashi, Van Gool; Robinson; Momiki, Vignola; Snoeijs

Subs: Ramsey, Wheeler, Payne, Gago, Weir, Stenevik, Holmgaard, Mace

Updated at 12.55 CEST

In case you missed it yesterday, Arsenal got off to a winning start as they look to challenge Chelsea in the title race. The Gunners didn’t have it all their own way though, having to come from behind against promoted London City Lionesses.

Suzanne Wrack was there to watch £1m signing Olivia Smith turn the game in Arsenal’s favour:

Preamble

Hello and welcome to Sunday in the Women’s Super League. Four teams have already kicked off their campaigns and the rest will follow at 12pm (BST) today. Four matches kick off simultaneously at midday and we’ll endeavour to bring you all the key moments from each of them. Those getting their season under way today are …

Brighton v Aston Villa (at Crawley’s Broadfield Stadium)

Liverpool v Everton (at Anfield)

Manchester United v Leicester (at Leigh Sports Village)

Tottenham v West Ham (at Leyton Orient’s Brisbane Road)

That’s a Merseyside derby and a London derby, plus Michelle Agyemang’s second Brighton debut – and all starting before we’ve even thought about lunch.

If you’d like to get in touch with your predictions for the season or thoughts on Chelsea and Arsenal’s opening victories, you can email me here.

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Stones ruled out for England, Tottenham latest, Russo’s new deal as WSL kicks off: football news – live

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The Billericay Town legend, Jamie O’Hara, was just talking about Daniel Levy’s time at Tottenham. O’Hara was at the club when they won the Carling Cup, as it was then, in 2008.

“You never felt like he wanted more,” O’Hara says. “Can we go to the next level?

“It never felt like you was going to be a Liverpool, or a Manchester United, or an Arsenal … It was: ‘Oh, amazing, we won the Carabao Cup.’”

And what of the future? Can Spurs become a force in the Premier League?

“Spending money is easy … there has to be a plan in place. If Tottenham have a plan in place, I believe they can challenge for the title in the next five, six years.”

Updated at 13.30 CEST

Tuchel was also talking about England’s lack of a natural No 6 in this squad – “Maybe John Stones, but he left this morning.”

Then he was asked if the success of the England Women’s team, and the Under-21s, has added pressure for him?

Of course, Tuchel says no. He was really happy for Sarina Wiegman and Lee Carsley, they have done a great job, but it doesn’t add pressure for him approaching the men’s World Cup.

Updated at 13.18 CEST

More from Tuchel’s press conference: “We need to be flexible. It’s not the moment to make final decisions for the World Cup. The decisions are made for Andorra and nothing else.”

And here is the Newcastle and England defender Burn, applying some kind of defensive stroke to a question earlier about IsakGate:

“I’m happy it’s over,” he says. “Alex is a mate … I’ve got nothing but sort of good wishes for Alex.

“No animosity … As a Newcastle fan, we’re very protective of our club and city … we want people there who want to play for the club and the city … I understand why fans are frustrated, but I’ve been in football long enough to know what goes on. I wish Alex all the best, apart from when we play Liverpool.”

“He didn’t flat-bat it,” says the Sky Sports News reporter, of the fact that Dan Burn spoke about Alexander Isak’s departure from Newcastle at today’s England press conference.

I think he means “straight-bat”? Or even “dead-bat”? But not flat-bat. You can flat-bat a ball anywhere, including over the pavilion.

Updated at 13.07 CEST

Thanks John. Football – it really is back, whether you like it or not. Personally I try and ignore it until the County Championship has wrapped. Any thoughts on that or anything else – Email me.

With that, taking the lunchtime baton, is Luke McLaughlin.

Everton seek to secure Pickford future

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Everton are planning talks over a new contract for Jordan Pickford that they hope will keep England’s first-choice goalkeeper at the club for the remainder of his top-flight career.

Pickford is under contract at Everton until 2027 but the club’s new owners, The Friedkin Group (TFG), want to secure him on a lucrative, long-term deal that reinforces his importance to their future ambitions. Negotiations are expected to commence with the 31-year-old’s representatives now that the summer transfer window is out of the way.

The England international joined Everton from Sunderland for £30m in 2017 and has played a key role in preserving the club’s Premier League status throughout a troubled period. With the club raising its ambitions under TFG, Everton believe retaining the services of the country’s best goalkeeper is important for the team’s improvement and their long-term strategy.

Pickford is already one of Everton’s highest earners on the four-and-a-half years contract he signed in February 2023. He has received interest from rival Premier League clubs but Everton hope the player, who has a strong relationship with the club’s hierarchy, will commit his peak years to Moyes’ team on improved terms.

Pickford, who could win his 77th England cap against Andorra on Saturday, has grown in influence behind the scenes at Everton in recent years and is part of the team’s leadership group alongside captain Seamus Coleman and James Tarkowski. A good friend of Jack Grealish, he was also influential in encouraging his England colleague to join Everton on loan from Manchester City this summer.

Moyes considers the defensive trio of Pickford, Tarkowski and Jarrad Branthwaite as the cornerstone of his attempts to improve Everton and compete higher up the table. Branthwaite signed a new five-year contract at Everton amid interest from other clubs this summer and Pickford could follow in committing his long-term future to Hill Dickinson Stadium.

Who remembers Steve McClaren after Andorra in 2007?

A highly amising outburst that could only end in umbrella shame.

Tuchel looked back on the previous Andorra game in June, which was something of a grind.

“We made it too easy for Andorra to find the moments to close us down and to find the moments to slow our game down and we will find new solutions to break down the block a bit easier. We always have to balance our expectations because Andorra is a well drilled team, I know it maybe sounds a little silly but that is the way it is, they know what they are doing after 8-10 years with the same coach.

“It can feel a little like chewing gum to break a block down like this but we have to play with more energy and more enthusiasm and so far I’m sure we will.”

Marc Guehi’s had an interesting week but Tuchel has every faith: “He is the main driver of Crystal Palace’s success, he is the captain and the leader and he played very impressively at the end of last season. He has continued like that in camp and he handles it [his transfer situation] with respect and with and with brilliant attitude.”

Ruben Loftus-Cheek was given props, Tuchel having worked with him at Chelsea: “It was always a pleasure to work with him and I am very happy that I had the chance to call him up. He is a nice guy to be around, very friendly and very polite with a good sense of humour.

“He is full of qualities and sometimes I don’t think he is aware how good he is and how good he can be but he fits in seamlessly because of his character and his quality and he competes for a place in central midfield and it is good to see that he is fit and not injured.”

Tuchel has been speaking to the broadcast media:

“We have had excellent training sessions, excellent energy, both on and off the pitch. The group worked very well and I am at the moment very, very positive.

“Like I said, in sport it is not about what you have done yesterday but about what you do tomorrow to get better and so I expect a good training session from the players to be ready for tomorrow. We will face - in both matches - a deep block and a 5-4-1 for sure in the first match and it is the challenge to overcome that quickly and aggressively and play with more rhythm than we did in the first match [against Andorra].”

Harry Kane will start.

“There is no balance, the competition is on and it is World Cup season. We have a condensed camp and that means we will start with the team that we trust and the best team possible and we will manage the second game. We will not do it backwards.

“We will not get caught up in experiments and everything that counts is today and tomorrow and then we will do our assessment after the match to see who is available.

John Stones ruled out for England

The Manchester City defender has withdrawn from the England squad through injury.

Thomas Tuchel said: “Unfortunately, John Stones just left. He came with minor issues, muscular issues, to camp and didn’t progress as we thought and hoped he would. So, he left camp this morning (Friday) because we will not take the risk. Everyone else is available.”

Tuchel confirmed captain Harry Kane will lead the line for England as he names a strong line-up for the qualifier against Andorra.

Just like Ezri Konsa, Matty Cash, on Poland duty, has been speaking about Aston Villa’s PSR problems. At one point, he was headed for a return to Nottingham Forest.

“The PSR and stuff, it’s frustrating because obviously the owners have got money that they want to spend and do what’s best for the club, and obviously we’ve got limits and we can’t do it,” Cash said.

“But obviously we’ve had good success with the squad that we’ve got now in. So as players, you can’t really get too drawn into it. You just have to focus on your job. We’re the ones that are out there on the pitch. Our jobs as players, we get paid to perform on the pitch, and that’s all we can do. We’ve got a good, strong group. We’re very close together as a team. So it’s important to have that.

Some reaction to that Germany defeat to Slovakia. Their next World Cup qualifier is at home to Northern Ireland in Cologne on Sunday in Group A.

“We have a chance to do things better in three days,” Joshua Kimmich said. “We have talked about the World Cup before this match but we first have to qualify. Because with performances such as this it won’t work with the qualification.”

“I do believe that the players now feel what is needed (on Sunday). The entire team must carry that energy. If we are more energetic then we will have a better game on Sunday,” said Julian Nagelsmann.

Leander Schaerlaeckens pays warm tribute to Michael Bradley, former USMNT mainstay now on his coaching journey.

Did he walk or was he “eased aside”? We’re expecting plenty more fallout from the sudden departure from Tottenham of Daniel Levy.

Thursday’s World Cup qualifiers. Great win for Northern Ireland, a rather difficult night for Germany and Newcastle’s new boy, Nick Woltemade.

It’s time to go off to the England camp, and hear from Elliott Anderson.

And Djed Spence.

Ezri Konsa voices a familiar complaint.

Surely Messi plays at the World Cup. Or does he?

“Day by day, trying to feel good and above all, being honest with myself. When I feel good, I enjoy it, but when I don’t, honestly, I don’t have a good time, so I prefer not to be there if I don’t feel good. So we’ll see. I haven’t made a decision about the World Cup.”

Good luck, Terry Dunn, the 54-year-old keeper.

Updated at 11.15 CEST

Women's transfer record broken again

Updated at 11.46 CEST

One of the WSL’s most heralded graduates, these days with Bayern Munich, Georgia Stanway, speaks to Don McRae.

“I had three weeks on crutches, six weeks in a brace, but as soon as I heard that I was going to need surgery I was asking: ‘Will I make the Euros?’ Nobody could really give me an answer. That was difficult but every day I said: ‘Whether you think it’s possible or not, I will make it.’

The biggest stories from the WSL deadline day here.

Not only that, but it’s the start of the WSL season, with a blockbuster as Chelsea v Manchester City.

Morning, we’ve kicked off the blog with some big news coming out of London Colney, and there will more reaction to follow on the other club in north London, as part of the buildup to a weekend of international football.

Updated at 10.05 CEST

Russo signs long-term Arsenal extension on eve of new season

Alessia Russo has signed a new long-term contract with Arsenal. On the eve of the club’s Women’s Super League opener against London City Lionesses at the Emirates Stadium, the Gunners have confirmed that the 26-year-old has put pen to paper on a new deal - the length of which is undisclosed.

Arsenal signed Russo from Manchester United in July 2023 after her contract expired, having failed with two bids in the preceding January. The forward, a European champion for club and country, has scored 36 goals in 72 games for Arsenal. She helped the team to a League Cup win in 2024 and a Champions League victory in May.

Last season Russo jointly claimed the WSL’s Golden Boot with Khadija Shaw, with 12 goals, and was named the Football Writers’ Association’s women’s footballer of the year. After being named in the Professional Footballers’ Association and Uefa teams of the year, Russo has been shortlisted for the Ballon d’Or.

“Arsenal feels like home,” said Russo. “This is such a special club and it has felt that way to me from the moment I joined two years ago. Playing for Arsenal is an honour and has pushed me to develop and grow as a player, and I feel empowered with this badge on my chest.”

The manager, Renée Slegers, said: “As a striker, Alessia’s goals often take the spotlight – but she brings so much more to our group. She’s a selfless player, working so hard for the team, and she also contributes so much to our team culture.”

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Manchester United 3-2 Burnley, Tottenham 0-1 Bournemouth: Premier League, EFL and more

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Ed Aarons was at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium this afternoon:

Click here for John Brewin’s match report from Molineux:

Premier League results

Chelsea 2-0 Fulham

Wolves 2-3 Everton

Tottenham 0-1 Bournemouth

Manchester United 3-2 Burnley

Sunderland 2-1 Brentford

Championship results

Stoke City 0-1 West Brom FT

QPR 3-1 Charlton Athletic FT

Middlesbrough 1-0 Sheffield United FT

Oxford United 2-2 Coventry City

Bristol City 4-2 Hull City

Ipswich Town 2-2 Derby County

Sheffield Wednesday 0-2 Swansea City

Millwall 0-2 Wrexham

Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Norwich City

Portsmouth 1-0 Preston North End

Watford 2-2 Southampton

League One results

Doncaster Rovers 1-0 Rotherham United

Cardiff City 4-0 Plymouth Argyle

Burton Albion 0-3 Luton Town

Wigan Athletic 1-1 Stockport County

Stevenage 1-0 Wycombe Wanderers

Exeter City 3-0 Peterborough United

Reading 1-0 Port Vale

Bradford City 3-2 AFC Wimbledon

Barnsley 3-1 Huddersfield Town

Blackpool 1-1 Bolton Wanderers

Lincoln City 1-1 Mansfield Town

Leyton Orient 0-1 Northampton Town

League Two results

Barrow 0-1 Fleetwood Town

Crewe Alexandra 0-3 Swindon Town

Oldham Athletic 0-1 Gillingham

Tranmere Rovers 1-2 Notts County

Bromley 2-0 Harrogate Town

MK Dons 0-1 Walsall

Shrewsbury Town 0-0 Accrington Stanley

Grimsby Town 0-1 Bristol Rovers

Barnet 1-1 Colchester United

Cambridge United 2-0 Newport County

Chesterfield 2-2 Crawley Town

Updated at 18.14 CEST

Full-time

It’s full-time in the Premier League. Here are the results:

Chelsea 2-0 Fulham

Wolves 2-3 Everton

Tottenham 0-1 Bournemouth

Manchester United 3-2 Burnley

Sunderland 2-1 Brentford

Championship: Ipswich have just scored an equaliser in the 16th (yes, sixteenth) minute of added time against Derby through Jack Clarke!

GOAL! Manchester United 3-2 Burnley (Bruno Fernandes, 90+7)

Fernandes converts the penalty to all-but win it for United!

Updated at 18.06 CEST

Premier League: Penalty to Manchester United following a shirt pull on Amad Diallo from Jaidon Anthony!

Premier League: A VAR review is currently ongoing for a potential Manchester United penalty…

GOAL! Sunderland 2-1 Brentford (Wilson Isidor, 90+6)

Late drama alert! From 1-0 down, Sunderland come back and are now on the verge of winning it thanks to Wilson Isidor!

Updated at 18.04 CEST

All four Premier League games are still live. We’ve reached full-time in some fixtures across the country, but there could still be some late drama…

Premier League: It’s been pretty quiet at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium this afternoon. Bournemouth still lead 1-0 with just under five minutes left to play.

GOAL! Sunderland 1-1 Brentford (Enzo Le Fee, 81)

Le Fee equalises from the penalty spot, sending Caoimhin Kelleher the wrong way and slotting his shot into the bottom-right corner!

Updated at 17.50 CEST

GOAL! Wolves 2-3 Everton (Rodrigo Gomes, 79)

Wolves are back in it thanks to Rodrigo Gomes! Can they find an equaliser now with just over 10 minutes left to play?

Updated at 17.49 CEST

Championship: And just like that, Watford are level again! Nestory Irankunda with the goal against Southampton!

Championship: Southampton lead Watford once again thanks to Ryan Manning. Elsewhere, Bristol City have increased their advantage against Hull.

GOAL! Sunderland 0-1 Brentford (Igor Thiago, 77)

Thiago breaks the deadlock at the Stadium of Light! The forward heads past Robin Roefs following a cross in from the right.

Updated at 17.45 CEST

GOAL! Manchester United 2-2 Burnley (Jaidon Anthony, 66)

Burnley are level once again! Jaidon Anthony with the strike from close range following a long throw from Kyle Walker.

Updated at 17.40 CEST

Championship: Watford are now level with Southampton thanks to Kwadwo Baah. Meanwhile, Rhian Brewster has fired Derby ahead against Ipswich in the 70th minute.

GOAL! Manchester United 2-1 Burnley (Bryan Mbeumo, 57)

Well, that didn’t take long. Just one minute and 33 seconds after Foster’s equaliser, Bryan Mbeuno restores United’s lead!

Updated at 17.29 CEST

GOAL! Manchester United 1-1 Burnley (Lyle Foster, 55)

Foster gets the equaliser for Burnley at Old Trafford! The forward breaks free in the box to flick in a cross from Jacob Bruun Larsen.

Updated at 17.24 CEST

Premier League: Brentford have a penalty and Kevin Schade steps up to take it, but his attempt is saved by Robin Roefs!

Championship: The deadlock has finally been broken at the Den. Kieffer Moore fires Wrexham into the lead against Millwall.

GOAL! Wolves 1-3 Everton (Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, 55)

Dewsbury-Hall makes it three for Everton with a powerful strike into the top-left corner! Another assist for Grealish.

Updated at 17.24 CEST

Championship: Carlton Morris has fired Derby level against Ipswich from the penalty spot. Meanwhile, Swansea have taken a 1-0 lead against Sheffield Wednesday thanks to Zan Vipotnik.

We’re back under way in the 3pm games.

Scottish Premiership

Motherwell 1-1 Kilmarnock

Livingston 1-0 Hearts

Premier League

Chelsea 2-0 Fulham FT

Wolves 1-2 Everton

Tottenham 0-1 Bournemouth

Manchester United 1-0 Burnley

Sunderland 0-0 Brentford

Leeds United v Newcastle (5:30pm)

Championship

Stoke City 0-1 West Brom FT

QPR 3-1 Charlton Athletic FT

Middlesbrough 1-0 Sheffield United FT

Oxford United 1-2 Coventry City

Bristol City 3-1 Hull City

Ipswich Town 1-0 Derby County

Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Swansea City

Millwall 0-0 Wrexham

Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Norwich City

Portsmouth 1-0 Preston North End

Watford 0-1 Southampton

League One

Doncaster Rovers 1-0 Rotherham United FT

Cardiff City 4-0 Plymouth Argyle FT

Burton Albion 0-2 Luton Town

Wigan Athletic 0-1 Stockport County

Stevenage 1-0 Wycombe Wanderers

Exeter City 1-0 Peterborough United

Reading 0-0 Port Vale

Bradford City 1-1 AFC Wimbledon

Barnsley 2-0 Huddersfield Town

Blackpool 1-0 Bolton Wanderers

Lincoln City 1-0 Mansfield Town

Leyton Orient 0-0 Northampton Town

League Two

Barrow 0-1 Fleetwood Town FT

Crewe Alexandra 0-3 Swindon Town FT

Oldham Athletic 0-0 Gillingham

Tranmere Rovers 1-0 Notts County

Bromley 0-0 Harrogate Town

MK Dons 0-0 Walsall

Shrewsbury Town 0-0 Accrington Stanley

Grimsby Town 0-1 Bristol Rovers

Barnet 0-1 Colchester United

Cambridge United 1-0 Newport County

Chesterfield 0-2 Crawley Town

Half-time

And that’s the half-time whistle around the grounds. Let me bring you some scores…

Championship: Sean McLoughlin has been shown a red card and Blackburn are down to 10 men against Norwich. The Canaries are also awarded a penalty and Josh Sargent converts to give them a 1-0 lead.

Championship: Portsmouth lead Preston thanks to a goal from Andre Dozzell. Meanwhile, Bristol have extended their advantage against Hull through Emil Riis.

Championship: Ipswich have taken the lead against Derby at Portman Road. Oxford have drawn level against Coventry and Bristol lead Hull 2-1 at Ashton Gate.

Premier League: Nightmare for Manchester United. Matheus Cunha goes to ground holding his hamstring and will not be able to continue. He is forced off. Will Benjamin Sesko replace him? No. It’s Joshua Zirkzee.

Updated at 17.14 CEST

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Manchester City v Tottenham: Premier League – live

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Kick-off

Sarr gets us under way as Spurs kick for the corner. Nick the optimistic Spurs fan says: “I don’t dare switch the notifications on.”

I wonder if Kevin De Bruyne is watching today, perhaps from a hotel room in Emilia-Romagna as his Napoli team prepare to kick off their Serie A season at Sassuolo later on. The Belgian scored three and assisted three in his 14 league games against Spurs while at City.

Kick-off is five minutes away at the Etihad!

The managers have been speaking to the TV mics:

Frank says he has “laser focus” on picking his Spurs team today amid the transfer noise surrounding Eze’s move to Arsenal. He is asked about Palhinha, who he says is a “top player” and Richarlison, who he says is a “top striker” – consistent, at least.

Guardiola says it was a “difficult selection” to pick Trafford over Ederson today given that Ederson has given City “massive things” in the last decade. As for Rodri, it will be “step by step” in terms of his re-introduction into the team.

Rúben Dias starts for Manchester City today. He signed a two-year contract extension with the club this week to take his stay through to 2029:

I love Manchester – it is my home now – and I love the Manchester City fans. Their support from day one has been absolutely unbelievable, and I appreciate them a lot. When I think about the trophies we have won and the way we have played our football during my time, I couldn’t imagine playing anywhere else.

This fixture was a sort of nadir (as nadirs go) for Manchester City last season, thumped 4-0 by Ange Postecoglou’s Spurs – it was their fifth defeat in a row and knocked their already faltering title defence even further sideways.

Maddison scored twice for Spurs that afternoon, with further goals for Pedro Porro and Brennan Johnson. Even Timo Werner was enjoying himself. Spurs will have to do without their No 10 today and for the foreseeable future after his anterior cruciate ligament injury over the summer. The same goes for Dejan Kulusevski, who has been ruled out until the new year with a knee injury of his own.

Now, though, City appear to have recovered some of the swagger that has defined them under Guardiola. Their ruthless display against Wolves last weekend, when new signings Cherki and Reijnders opened their accounts for the club, was ominous for their rivals for the Premier League title.

Eze is the elephant in the room as far as Spurs are concerned today. Without the injured James Maddison, their squad is lacking in creativity and you’d imagine they’ll try their luck in the transfer market again before the window shuts.

With Eze on his way to the other side of north London, Frank is keen to recruit players who actually want to play for Spurs:

That’s very clear and I’m also pretty sure that the fans will feel the same. If they [the signings] don’t want to put the fantastic shirt over their head, play for the badge, play for the club, really enjoy it, no problem. We don’t want them. I think that’s a key message.

James Trafford keeps his place for City, then, despite the return of Ederson from injury. Rodri and Phil Foden are only fit enough for a place on the bench after missing the opening win at Wolves. Omar Marmoush and Rayan Cherki replace Bernardo Silva and Jérémy Doku in the lineup.

Thomas Frank sticks to the four-man defence that played against Burnley having deployed three centre-backs in the Super Cup against PSG. Rodrigo Bentancur and João Palhinha come into the midfield for Lucas Bergvall and Archie Gray.

Team news

Guardiola and Frank have played their first cards:

Man City (4-2-3-1): Trafford; Lewis, Stones, Dias, Aït-Nouri; Reijnders, González; Bobb, Cherki, Marmoush; Haaland

Subs: Ederson, Aké, Doku, Rodri, Silva, Nunes, O’Reilly, Khusanov, Foden

Tottenham (4-3-3): Vicario; Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Spence; Sarr, Palhinha, Bentancur; Kudus, Richarlison, Johnson

Subs: Kinsky, Danso, Tel, Gray, Bergvall, Vuskovic, Solanke, Odobert, Davies

Referee: Peter Bankes

Updated at 12.40 CEST

Preamble

Hello and welcome to minute-by-minute coverage of Manchester City v Tottenham in the Premier League. Both teams come into this one off the back of impressive wins in their opening fixtures last weekend – Spurs against Burnley and City at Wolves.

Spurs, though, are somewhat licking their wounds after their move for Crystal Palace’s Eberechi Eze was hijacked by Arsenal, trumping the embarrassment they suffered in their failed pursuit of Morgan Gibbs-White of Nottingham Forest.

Pep Guardiola, meanwhile, is avoiding talk of “revenge” in the buildup to this one. He’ll surely have been studying the tapes of last season’s 4-0 reverse at the hands of today’s opponents. But Spurs, of course, are a very different proposition to last November. Thomas Frank is not Ange Postecoglou, etc.

Feel free to get in touch with your predictions, thoughts and opinions on today’s game – you can do so via this email.

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There were no banners, no chants, no renewed social media campaign and neither manager was asked to comment on Partey after the game. The whistles were not sufficient to be registered by everyone. Cadena Ser radio’s local correspondent, who sat high in the main stand, reported that he had not heard any.

When I was 27 of course I thought I could do everything but I also found out that as a leader I am 1,000% better now, so he also needs to learn and become better and better, so I will do my best to guide him. His aggression is phenomenal. He is fantastic in the duels. When he gives that to the team, he can transform the team and give energy to the team so I think that’s extremely important.

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