Ten Hag faces scrutiny after United loss while Haaland nets hat trick and Arsenal beats Aston Villa
Joao Pedro headed home in the fifth minute of injury time to give Brighton a 2-1 win over Manchester United and renew the scrutiny on manager Erik ten Hag.
Texas-based Friedkin Group enters exclusive talks for majority stake of Premier League Everton
Everton says the Texas-based Friedkin Group is in exclusive discussions to buy a majority stake in the Premier League club.
Everton faces uncertain future after proposed sale to investment firm 777 Partners falls through
Miami-based private investment firm 777 Partners has failed to conclude a deal for the purchase of Everton.
Man City beats Brighton 4-0 to stay on course for another Premier League title. Phil Foden scores 2
Manchester City has chalked up another big win in its pursuit of an unprecedented fourth straight Premier League title.
Liverpool's Premier League title hopes hit by 2-0 loss to Everton. Man United survives another scare
It looks like there will be no dream send-off for Jurgen Klopp after a 2-0 loss at Everton dealt a major blow to Liverpoolโs Premier League title hopes.
Hodgson pleads with 'harsh' fans after Palace loss. Newcastle rallies for 4-4 draw against Luton
Roy Hodgsonโs position at Crystal Palace is looking increasingly shaky after another poor result and the latest display of anger and frustration from the clubโs fans.
Premier League makes explosive return as 2 teams score inside 22 seconds. Arsenal up to 2nd with win
The Premier League made an explosive return following the competitionโs short winter break with Luton scoring after just 18 seconds of its game and Sheffield United netting after 21 seconds.
Everton facing further punishment for breaking Premier League financial rules. Forest also in breach
Everton could be facing another costly punishment for breaking the Premier Leagueโs financial rules.
Ratcliffe takes in Man United's 2-2 draw with Spurs that underlined his team's strengths and flaws
Jim Ratcliffe sat beside Alex Ferguson in the directorsโ box at Old Trafford and took in a Manchester United game in person for the first time since agreeing a deal to buy a 25% stake in the boyhood club.
Man City inspired by world champion badge to rally for 3-1 win at Everton. Rare home win for Chelsea
Manchester City rallied from a first-half deficit to beat Everton 3-1 in the Premier League and climb back into the top four.
Man City beats Luton without Haaland to end 4-match winless run. Tottenham thrashes Newcastle 4-1
Manchester City was in danger of plunging into a full-blown crisis approaching the halfway point of its Premier League title defense after falling behind to Luton.
Garnacho's sensational overhead kick stuns protesting Everton fans and helps Man United earn 3-0 win
Manchester United needed to produce something extraordinary to quieten a home crowd at Goodison Park seething with anger and resentment.
Garnacho scores acrobatic wonder goal for Man United to revive memories of famous Rooney strike
Manchester United winger Alejandro Garnacho has scored a wonder goal in the Premier League off a bicycle kick that revived memories of a similar strike by Wayne Rooney in a Manchester derby 12 years ago.
Arsenal goes top after Liverpool halts Man City's winning streak. Newcastle beats Chelsea 4-1
It looks like Pep Guardiola has a fight on his hands in the Premier League if he is to win an unprecedented four titles in a row with Manchester City.
Everton gets biggest sporting sanction in EPL history of 10 points for breaching financial rules
Everton has been handed the biggest sporting sanction in the Premier Leagueโs 31-year history for breaching the competitionโs financial rules with the deduction of 10 points dropping the team into next-to-last place in the standings.
Chelsea's Emma Hayes formally named coach of the US women's team but she won't take over until May
Chelseaโs Emma Hayes was formally named the new head coach of the U.S. womenโs team.
Man United gets emotional victory to pay tribute to Bobby Charlton. Man City and Liverpool also win
On a day when English soccer mourned the passing of Bobby Charlton, Manchester United paid tribute to the club's greatest player in a 2-1 win over Sheffield United.
Man City out of the League Cup after 1-0 loss at Newcastle. Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea advance
Manchester City seems to win every competition it enters these days except the English League Cup.
Man United wins after horror start, Arsenal draws after also conceding early in EPL
Manchester United has bounced back from conceding two goals in the opening four minutes to beat Nottingham Forest 3-2 at Old Trafford in the English Premier League.
Saka sparkles as Arsenal opens EPL season with win. Newcastle sends statement by dismantling Villa
Arsenal wingers Gabriel Martinelli and Bukayo Saka have lit up the opening Saturday of the Premier League season with an audacious assist and a curling long-range strike that helped the team start the campaign with a 2-1 win over Nottingham Forest.
Man City's Gundogan scores inside 13 seconds for quickest goal in an FA Cup final
Ilkay Gundogan has scored the quickest goal in FA Cup final history to give Manchester City the lead against Manchester United inside 13 seconds.
Leicester's fairy tale is over as Everton stays in Premier League after final-day escape
Seven years after the most improbable Premier League title triumph of all Leicester has been relegated from English soccerโs top division.
Manchester City 3 points away from Premier League title after Arsenal's latest loss
Manchester City is one win away from a third successive Premier League title and a fifth in six seasons under Pep Guardiola.
Man United sale: Sheikh Jassim, Jim Ratcliffe make 3rd bids
Qatari banker Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani and British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe are still hoping to take control of Manchester United after a third round of bidding.
Kane's milestone goal gives Tottenham win, helps Arsenal too
Harry Kane broke Tottenhamโs all-time scoring record with his 267th goal for the club that will have been celebrated almost as jubilantly by the other team in north London.
Liverpool wins derby, dumps Everton into EPL relegation zone
Staying in the slipstream of Manchester City in the Premier League title race wasnโt Liverpoolโs only cause for celebration following victory in another frantic Merseyside derby.
EPL plays on, urging 16% of players unvaccinated get jabbed
Premier League clubs have decided against pausing the season despite 10 fixtures being postponed in the previous week due to widespread coronavirus outbreaks across squads.
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Frustration for Ronaldo, joy for Werner in Premier League
Cristiano Ronaldo was grumbling to himself and shaking his head as he went straight toward the tunnel at the final whistle of Manchester Unitedโs latest slip-up at Old Trafford.
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Fury cross the Mersey: Liverpool loses world heritage status
Civic leaders in Liverpool are expressing outrage after the English port city was stripped of its World Heritage status by the United Nationsโ culture organization.
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Man City into FA Cup semifinals, keeps quadruple dream alive
Manchester City's Ilkay Gundogan, right, celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during the English FA Cup sixth round soccer match between Everton and Manchester City at Goodison Park in Liverpool, England, Saturday, March 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Jon Super, Pool)With an unprecedented quadruple still a possibility for Manchester City, the pressure on Pep Guardiola is intensifying heading into the final two months of the season. I will not watch games.โFew would begrudge him the break, with an intense 34-match, four-month stretch -- featuring games every three or four days -- concluding with a 2-0 win over Everton in the FA Cup quarterfinals on Saturday. AdIndeed, Guardiolaโs players are sweeping all before them this season, having also reached the final of the English League Cup, the quarterfinals of the Champions League and forged a 14-point lead in the Premier League. "Iโm looking forward to everyone coming back safe.โSouthampton is the other team through to the FA Cup semifinals after beating second-tier Bournemouth 3-0 earlier Saturday.
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Man City moves closer to title; Chelsea held in top-4 bid
(Adam Davy/Pool via AP)LONDON โ Manchester City only needs to win five of its remaining eight games to secure the Premier League trophy. Sergio Aguero then fired the ball into the corner of the goal for his first Premier League goal in 14 months. "We want to still fight for the position in Europe.โTUCHEL UNBEATENChelsea extended its unbeaten start under Thomas Tuchel to 10 Premier League games with the draw at Leeds. ZAHA STANCEWilfried Zaha became the first Premier League player not to take a knee before his Crystal Palace team beat West Bromwich Albion 1-0. Zaha had already indicated that he thought taking a knee has lost meaning after being brought in by the Premier League in June as an anti-racism message when football resumed.
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Tuchel says Pulisic 'in my plans' despite limited minutes
Chelsea's Christian Pulisic, right, is challenged by Everton's Allan during the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Everton at the Stamford Bridge stadium in London, Monday, March 8, 2021. Yes, so this is my job, and his job is to be ready โ to be ready like everybody else. Pulisicโs lone Premier League goal this season came on Dec. 5 against Leeds in a 3-1 victory. Pulisic has missed one game to injury and another for family reasons under Tuchel and his only recent start came on Feb. 11 in an FA Cup match against Barnsley. โWhen you sign and play for Chelsea, it is part of the job description as a player to be impatient and patient at the same time,โ Tuchel said.
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More Liverpool misery: 1st home loss to Everton in 22 years
Everton's Richarlison, second left celebrates with teammates after scoring the opening goal of the game during the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Everton at Anfield in Liverpool, England, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. The worst form since 1923 for Liverpool after a fourth straight home loss. Even worse for Liverpool was losing yet another center back option as Jordan Henderson was forced off injured in the first half. Pickford dived at the feet of striker Mohamed Salah as Liverpool turned up the pressure without really laying siege to the Everton goal. While Southampton ended a six-game losing run in the league, the point stopped Chelsea recording a sixth straight win in all competitions.
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Crisis averted as Man United and Solskjaer come out fighting
After his teamโs stirring comeback in a 3-1 win at Everton in the Premier League, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer didnโt hold back, either. Edinson Cavani capped the fightback with his first goal for United deep in stoppage time. ZIYECH STARSLike United, Chelsea also fought back from conceding an early goal and ultimately swept aside Sheffield United in a 4-1 win. And like United, Chelsea had a creative playmaker pulling the strings as the catalyst for the recovery. โWe played against him in the Champions League last year,โ Chelsea manager Frank Lampard said of Ziyech.
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Relief, happiness as Bale is Tottenham's match-winner again
Tottenham's Gareth Bale, right, celebrates with teammate Eric Dier following the English Premier League soccer match between Tottenham Hotspur and Brighton & Hove Albion at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020. (John Walton/Pool via AP)LONDON โ Gareth Bale soared into the air, connected with the ball and powered it into the net. It's taken more than seven years but Bale was Tottenham's match-winner again. And it had only required three minutes on the field for the substitute to clinch a 2-1 victory over Brighton on Sunday. โA bit of relief and a lot of happiness,โ Bale said after being set up by Sergio Reguilon, who also switched from Real Madrid in September.
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Sam Mewis scores to help Man City retain Women's FA Cup
Manchester City's Sam Mewis celebrates after scoring her side's first goal during the Women's FA Cup final soccer match between Everton and Manchester City at Wembley stadium in London, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020. (Adam Davy/Pool via AP)LONDON โ Just when it really mattered, the routine Sam Mewis worked on at Manchester City with teammate Alex Greenwood in the days before the FA Cup final finally came off. โThere are girls who played in the FA Cup last year to get us to this point." This was Cityโs third Womenโs FA Cup triumph in four seasons โ a winning streak that began with another American, Carli Lloyd, netting in the 2017 victory over Birmingham. Mewis wasnโt the first American to score in a pandemic-delayed FA Cup final at Wembley in 2020.
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Everton loses last unbeaten record in unpredictable EPL
Everton was the last side to relinquish its undefeated record in this most unpredictable of seasons, though the 2-0 loss at Southampton didnโt knock Carlo Ancelottiโs side off the top of the standings on Sunday. Playmaker James Rodriguez was quiet and striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin failed to score in a league game for the first time this season. Aston Villa was the other unbeaten team coming into this round but was outclassed in a 3-0 defeat by Leeds on Friday. The win over Everton came on the one-year anniversary of Southampton's 9-0 loss to Leicester. By stooping to head home a cross from fellow substitute Cengiz Under following a rapid counter-attack in the 80th minute, Vardy scored his 11th Premier League goal against Arsenal.
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Van Dijk injury causes concern for frustrated Liverpool
Early in what proved to be a painful Merseyside derby for Liverpool, Van Dijk was the subject of a reckless lunge by Jordan Pickford that saw the Everton goalkeeper clatter into the extended right leg of the Netherlands defender. Van Dijk roared in agony and, tellingly, stayed down. There was no official word from Liverpool on the potential length of his absence, but Van Dijk reportedly left hospital on crutches in the evening. Van Dijk might have been marking Keane and Calvert-Lewin for both of those Everton chances. For Southamptonโs second goal, Kurt Zouma underhit a back pass before goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga made two errors in a matter of seconds to allow Che Adams to score.
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Premier League leader Everton signs Godfrey from Norwich
LIVERPOOL โ After remodelling his midfield to great effect, Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti made a signing to bolster its defense on the final day of the transfer window by bringing in Ben Godfrey from second-tier Norwich for a reported 25 million pounds ($32 million) on Monday. The 22-year-old Godfrey was part of the Norwich team that was relegated from the Premier League last season, but is regarded as a top prospect and was captain of England's under-21 side last year. With Mason Holgate and Jarrad Branthwaite injured, Ancelotti currently has no back-up to center backs Yerry Mina and Michael Keane as Everton looks to maintain its brilliant start to the season that has left the team first in the Premier League after opening with four wins. โThe managerโs past speaks for itself," Godfrey said of Ancelotti, a three-time Champions League-winning coach. Everton has won all seven of its games โ including three in the English League Cup โ and scored 24 goals in the process.
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Man City slips further behind leader Everton with Leeds draw
Manchester City's head coach Pep Guardiola, left, talks with Leeds United's head coach Marcelo Bielsa at the end of the English Premier League soccer match between Leeds United and Manchester City at Elland Road in Leeds, England, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020. What to make of seeing his Manchester City side held 1-1 by Bielsa's Leeds on Saturday? While Leeds had seven shots on target, Raheem Sterling's 16th-minute strike low shot inside the far post was one of only two for City. We must do more and better.โEspecially with City already eight points behind Everton, which is the early leader after beating Brighton 4-2 to make it four wins out of four. Fifth-place Leeds, which like Everton has played a game more than City, is still three points ahead of Guardiola's side.
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Mourinho woe, Ancelotti joy: Everton opens with win at Spurs
โI didnโt like my team," the Tottenham manager said after Dominic Calvert-Lewinโs second-half header gave Everton a 1-0 win in the Premier League on Sunday. For all that Everton was dynamic โ with James Rodriguez and Allan controlling the midfield on their debuts โ Tottenham was ineffective going forward. โThe struggle started in the way we pressed โ or the way we didnโt press," Mourinho said. But it was the perfect start for Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti, who took charge midseason last year like Mourinho. โHe defended well, attacked and ... he will run all day and looks to get in the box," Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers said.
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PREMIER LEAGUE 2020-21: Rodriguez, Havertz among signings
James Rodriguez joined Premier League club Everton on Monday, Sept. 7, 2020 in an attempt to revive a career that faltered at Real Madrid. Now, they are both at Everton, a team without a trophy since 1995 and living in the shadow of neighbour Liverpool, the recently crowned Premier League champion. KAI HAVERTZ (Chelsea)The most expensive signing of the offseason at a fee rising to $92 million, Havertz might also be the most interesting. Havertz is the youngest player to reach 100 Bundesliga appearances and scored 36 goals in four seasons with Bayer Leverkusen in the German league. With Timo Werner, Christian Pulisic and Hakim Ziyech making up Chelsea's likely attack, Havertz won't be short of quality around him.
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Slow starts, few home comforts: Early themes in EPL restart
(AP photo/Jon Super, Pool)The first full round of games of the Premier League restart has almost been completed, with just one team yet to play. Seven of the 11 games so far have had goalless first halves. Less than half of the teams have chosen to take up that opportunity in the Premier League. Across the 11 games, 10 of the 22 teams chose to make all five subs. According to the Premier Injuries website that tracks injuries sustained in Englands top division, there have been seven confirmed in-play injuries since the restart and only one James Milner (left hamstring) has been a muscular problem.
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Liverpool held by Everton as delayed bid to seal EPL resumes
Everton fans are displayed on a large screen as the watch remotely the English Premier League soccer match between Everton and Liverpool at Goodison Park in Liverpool, England, Sunday, June 21, 2020. (Peter Powell/Pool via AP)LIVERPOOL No win for Liverpool on the longest day of the year, and an even longer wait maybe to clinch the title. When you've been waiting 30 years and then had the coronation delayed by three months because of a pandemic patience is expected. The quietest of the 236 Merseyside derbies, with fans denied access to Goodison Park, produced no goals as Everton held Liverpool to a 0-0 draw on Sunday. The only football that fans could see at Goodison Park was a family kickabout against one of the stands before kickoff.
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Faltering restart for Liverpool title charge after shutdown
Everton's Seamus Coleman, left, challenges Liverpool's Sadio Mane during the English Premier League soccer match between Everton and Liverpool at Goodison Park in Liverpool, England, Sunday, June 21, 2020. Liverpool can become champions with a win if Burnley does not lose at second-place defending champion Manchester City on Monday. Liverpool lost to Watford in the penultimate Premier League match before the unexpected break in the league. Well try to improve every time.That has been the message since the week before the football shutdown in March when Liverpool was also knocked out of the Champions League and FA Cup. A 3-0 win over 10-man Sheffield United lifted Newcastle 11 points clear of the relegation zone with eight games remaining.