On-loan attacker Jadon Sancho has thanked Chelsea after setting up their winner at Bournemouth in the Premier League on his first appearance following his switch to Stamford Bridge for the rest of the season. Former England attacker Sancho joined United for £73 million from Borussia Dortmund in July 2021 but has struggled at Old Trafford and returned to the German …

Juventus fielded a heavily rotated starting XI for their game against Empoli this evening, and the lack of chemistry among some of the players was evident. Thiago Motta gave several of his summer signings their first starts, raising fans’ expectations for a strong performance. However, it quickly became clear that the players hadn’t spent enough time together on the training …

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has joked that he was “so grumpy” at Erling Haaland’s failure to score a third consecutive Premier League hat-trick in his side’s comeback win at home to Brentford. Premier League top scorer Haaland took his tally for the season to nine in four games with two goals in 14 first-half minutes, playing despite the death …

The Premier League clash between Bournemouth and Chelsea was a tightly contested match on the South Coast, ending with Chelsea narrowly clinching a 1-0 win thanks to an 86th-minute strike by Christopher Nkunku. It was a game dominated by yellow cards, with Bournemouth picking up a total of six bookings, while Chelsea added eight to their name. Both teams struggled …

Juventus played out a dull goalless draw against Empoli this evening, in a performance that won’t linger long in the memory of their players. The men in black and white struggled to connect during key moments of the play and found Empoli too well-organised to break down. Empoli, with nothing to lose, quickly closed off the spaces Juventus might have …

Arne Slot said Liverpool had fallen short in “too many individual performances” on their way to a surprise first defeat of his reign as Nottingham Forest won 1-0 at Anfield in the Premier League on Saturday. Callum Hudson-Odoi curled in the winner via a post in the 72nd minute with the first goal the Reds have conceded since Slot’s arrival …

This afternoon, Aston Villa pulled off one of their best comebacks of the year to defeat Everton and give themselves a major lift ahead of Champions League week. As the minutes passed, Emery was seen getting angry at new addition Ross Barkley while being happy to see his team win. Sky Sports commentator Adam Bate described how he saw Ross …

Sky Sports’ Giovanni Guardalà has reacted to Juventus’ goalless draw against Empoli this evening and says Thiago Motta took a lot of risks. The Bianconeri manager made several changes to his last starting XI as he now has Teun Koopmeiners and Nicolas Gonzalez available to him. The gaffer started both new signings alongside Douglas Luiz, who has been coming off …

Oydsseas Vlachodimos is set to be frozen out of Newcastle United’s squad despite only joining the club this summer, according to reports. The Greek stopper became Newcastle’s most expensive-ever goalkeeper when he arrived from Nottingham Forest for £20m. However, the move was always a strange one given Nick Pope’s status as undisputed No.1 at St. James’ Park. Although technically a …

Chelsea captain Enzo Fernandez missed his side’s return to Premier League action against Bournemouth because of illness, according to a report. Midfielder Fernandez was the most notable absentee from manager Enzo Maresca’s starting lineup at the Vitality Stadium, joining new signing Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall in being ruled out by illness. Fernandez, who had started all of Chelsea’s previous three top-flight matches …