New managers galore suggest many of the usual suspects will struggle to dethrone the champions, but their own hunger could be the keyMikel Arteta wants to get his messaging absolutely right. According to him, Arsenal are not...
Read MoreBruno Fernandes, Elliot Anderson and Igor Thiago join a number of Arsenal and Manchester City players in the XIBy WhoScoredRaya kept 19 clean sheets and won his third straight Golden Glove, just one shy of Petr Cech and Joe...
Read MoreA century of our favourite images from the season including wild celebrations, protesting fans and goalmouth scramblesReigning champions Liverpool left it late to beat Bournemouth 4-2 on the opening day of the season in their...
Read MoreDeparting Manchester City manager has left huge imprint but equally stands alone in his willingness to adaptWhen Pep Guardiola arrived in English football in the summer of 2016, there was a degree of scepticism. The quality of...
Read MoreBruno Fernandes, Declan Rice, Erling Haaland, David Raya and Rayan Cherki are the leading contendersBy WhoScoredThere is a version of this season in which Bruno Fernandes left Manchester United in the summer. “The club wanted me...
Read MoreManchester City have issues with injury and form, and need their big players to step up and turn the ship aroundAt Bodø/Glimt, in a first Champions League outing since 1 October, the 29-year-old appeared what he is: a player...
Read MoreThe defending Premier League champions spent big over the summer, but it’s hard to see how the new players fitSign up for Soccer with Jonathan Wilson hereWhat was it supposed to look like? Amid all the talk around Liverpool and...
Read MoreIt starts with singing, banter or enthusiastic goal celebrations – and leads to so much more. Six groups of fan friends share how they metLike so many football fans, I have my own routines and rituals with which I tie together...
Read MoreNewcastle’s new striker makes his mark, Martínez is in Villa’s good books again and Madueke has dream week• Premier League top scorers 2025-26: who is leading race?Is Gianluigi Donnarumma a Pep Guardiola goalkeeper? He may or...
Read MoreAnge Postecoglou’s Forest bow, a new-look forward line at Newcastle and a Manchester derby to forget for any loserAnge Postecoglou never won a north London derby while in charge at Tottenham, drawing one and losing three, so...
Read MoreItalian may lack skills Pep Guardiola has expected from goalkeepers but he is still a match winner in his own rightSigning a goalkeeper with a reputation as lofty as Gianluigi Donnarumma would usually register as a powerful...
Read MoreAs Everton prepare to kick off at the Hill Dickinson Stadium, a look at how other sides christened their new homesA shiny new stadium brings with it the hope of instigating a new chapter in a club’s history. Excitement abounds...
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