Emery’s Arsenal have lost their direction and Spurs’ problems start at full-back but Burnley’s Dwight McNeil is on songRiyad Mahrez impressed only in spells during his first season at Manchester City but, with Leroy Sané felled by a cruciate injury in …
Our picture editors chose their favourite pics from the weekend’s action Continue reading…
Our picture editors chose their favourite pics from the weekend’s action Continue reading…
On Thursday Nuno Espírito Santo ordered Rúben Neves to do extra shooting practice after watching the midfielder fluff a penalty here in the Europa League. In the 41st minute of this Midlands derby, Neves demonstrated the value of that practice by firin…
Minute-by-minute report of the West Midlands derbyWolves v Aston Villa: match previewEmail will.unwin@theguardian.com | Tweet @Will_Unwin 1.44pm GMT Lovely clear skies across England today and it’s no different in Wolverhampton where the conditions are…
The lineups will be nothing like when they met in the Carabao Cup, and Wolves hope the result will be different, too. Because losing to Aston Villa twice in a fortnight would be tough to digest, especially as Dean Smith’s team would leapfrog them in th…
Liverpool’s resilience faces biggest test, Vardy threatens to deepen Arsenal’s gloom and a welcome dilemma for NewcastleApparently there is a game going on in Liverpool on Sunday. Liverpool’s 2-1 win over Genk in midweek was very much a continuation of…
Liverpool’s resilience faces biggest test, Vardy threatens to deepen Arsenal’s gloom and a welcome dilemma for NewcastleApparently there is a game going on in Liverpool on Sunday. Liverpool’s 2-1 win over Genk in midweek was very much a continuation of…
• Wolves 1-0 Slovan Bratislava • Jiménez wins it in injury time after Rúben Neves misses penaltyWolves took a big step towards the knockout phase of the Europa League thanks to a stoppage-time goal by Raul Jiménez. Frustration loomed for Nuno Espírito …
Updates from Thursday’s Europa League matchesLive scoreboard: the latest from tonight’s gamesAnd you can email Simon here or tweet him here 5.55pm GMT Celtic and Lazio are out, with Scott Brown keeping the Italian team waiting in the tunnel. Classic Br…
Updates from Thursday’s Europa League matchesLive scoreboard: the latest from tonight’s gamesAnd you can email Simon here or tweet him here 5.55pm GMT Celtic and Lazio are out, with Scott Brown keeping the Italian team waiting in the tunnel. Classic Br…
Pulisic’s long wait pays off, Rodgers helps Vardy roll back the years and Nuno the perfectionist is back on track“Perfection doesn’t exist but we are always chasing it,” Nuno Espírito Santo said after Wolves’ thoroughly deserved draw at Arsenal. It was…
Referees, bicycle kicks, agony and ‘giving it back’ in this week’s roundup of the best top-flight picturesView the Dozen archive Continue reading…
Just when you think they might see it out, they let you back in. For a long time Arsenal looked a good bet to put one of the strangest weeks in their modern history behind them, leading for nearly an hour against Wolves and looking increasingly secure….
• Captain booed by own fans after being taken off last week• Emery: ‘We need to be focused 100% on the match’Unai Emery has confirmed that Granit Xhaka will not be involved in Arsenal’s match against Wolves on Saturday as the player continues to regrou…
• Captain booed by own fans after being taken off last week• Emery: ‘We need to be focused 100% on the match’Unai Emery has confirmed that Granit Xhaka will not be involved in Arsenal’s match against Wolves on Saturday as the player continues to regrou…
Unai Emery’s team selection will be under heavy scrutiny against Wolves. Will captain Granit Xhaka return? And will Mesut Özil start after showing his worth against Liverpool in the Carabao Cup? Özil feels a much easier decision. Emery’s side have been…
Ahmed Elmohamady, that trusty old right-back, scored his first club goal for over a year to send Aston Villa into the last eight of the Carabao Cup at the expense of youthful Wolves. Villa dominated and took the lead through Anwar El Ghazi but Patrick …
We select seven talented youngsters waiting to make an impact in the league for their clubs who should get a chance to shineIt is something of a curiosity that Smith Rowe has appeared three times in the Bundesliga during a loan with RB Leipzig and scor…
Arsenal fans turn toxic, Ralph Hasenhüttl faces a daunting week and Chelsea are no longer a one-man bandThere can be little doubt that Granit Xhaka has underwhelmed since his big-money move from Borussia Mönchengladbach three summers ago, failing to pr…
