Ligue 1

Eddie Howe’s side faces an uphill battle against Southampton after defender Fabian Schar received a straight red card after just 28 minutes. Coming off the back of a relatively disappointing season, Newcastle fans would’ve been looking forward to a fresh start with newly promoted Southampton the first hurdle standing in their way. But after a promising start for the Magpies, …

Emmanuel Petit has labelled Arsenal star Declan Rice ‘one of the best midfielders in modern football’.  Rice joined the Gunners from West Ham United last summer in a deal worth in excess of £100m (per BBC Sport). Since then, the England international — who was a key part of the Three Lions squad that went to the Euro 2024 final …

Bukayo Saka doubled Arsenal’s lead with an unstoppable strike to settle the nerves around the Emirates Stadium. After a disappointing finish to last season which saw Mikel Arteta’s side just miss out on Premier League glory to Machester City once again, fans will be expecting another title challenge at least. The Gunners welcomed Wolves to the Emirates Stadium on the …

Emmanuel Petit has backed Arsenal to make it ‘difficult’ for Manchester City to win a fifth straight Premier League title this season.  The Gunners have finished second to Pep Guardiola’s men for two seasons in a row but came agonisingly close to winning their first title since 2003/04 last time out, with the race going all the way to the …

Luton Town goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski received a straight red card after a moment of madness recklessly taking two players out. After being relegated back to the Premier League, Luton Town got their new season in the Championship off to a rough start, drawing away from home against Portsmouth. The visitors were reduced to ten men after goalkeeper Kaminski brought down …

Liverpool made a winning start to the Arne Slot era with a 2-0 victory over Ipswich Town on Saturday. Two goals in the space of five second-half minutes from Diogo Jota and Mohamed Salah settled the tie at Portman Road, with Slot becoming the first Liverpool manager to win his first league game in charge since Gerard Houlier and Roy …

Nottingham Forest midfielder Danilo was forced off just minutes into his side’s opening Premier League clash against Bournemouth with a horrific injury. After a long summer break of international fixtures, the highly-anticipated Premier League season has finally kicked off with Manchester United’s Friday night win against Fulham the opening game of the new campaign. Sides will be eager to start …

Arne Slot’s first game in charge of Liverpool got off to the perfect start on Saturday with a 2-0 win over newly-promoted Ipswich Town. Two goals in the space of five second-half minutes from Diogo Jota and Mohamed Salah were enough to settle the Portman Road clash, meaning Liverpool moved to the top of the very early Premier League table. Incredibly, this …

Arsenal have been handed a boost in their pursuit of Spanish midfielder Mikel Merino after the latest comments from the Real Sociedad manager. With the Premier League season finally kicking off this weekend, fans will be counting down the minutes until they get to see their side back in action after a long summer break. It also gives supporters the …

Virgil van Dijk has once again demonstrated his incredible versatility with a pinpoint accurate cross-field ball to Mohamed Salah prior to his goal. The Reds are currently cruising to victory at Portman Road Stadium against Ipswich Town thanks to goals from Diogo Jota and Mohamed Salah. The Portuguese winger broke the deadlock when he swept the ball past the Ipswich …