August The season began with Manchester City’s new £51m signing, Erling Haaland, scoring … a lot. The Norwegian struck twice on his Premier League debut at West Ham, scored another against Newcastle where City rescued a 3-3 draw, and then racked up back-to-back hat-tricks against Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest. Contrast
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Brilliant Brighton, Bundesliga duel and relegation battle – Football Weekly Extra
Rate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email. Today: Brighton and Manchester City play out a high quality 1-1 draw that confirms Europa League football for the hosts next season – a brilliant achievement for Roberto
De Zerbi maintains Midas touch as the Brighton success story continues
Shortly after the final whistle had blown at Stamford Bridge on Saturday there came a touching gesture from Roberto De Zerbi. Having finished celebrating Brighton’s deserved victory against Chelsea with his coaching staff, he wandered over to a despondent looking Mykhailo Mudryk and, in the late afternoon sun, embraced the
Next Generation 2021: 20 of the best talents at Premier League clubs
*Brentford do not have an academy so their player falls outside the age bracket Photo credits: AFC Bournemouth/Getty Images; Arsenal FC/Getty Images; BPI/Shutterstock; Burnley FC; CameraSport/Getty Images; Chelsea FC/Getty Images; Everton FC/Getty Images; Getty Images; Manchester City FC/Getty Images; Manchester United/Getty Images; Newcastle United; Norwich City; PPAUK/CPFC; ProSports/Shutterstock; Shutterstock; Southampton FC/Getty
Premier League 2021-22 review: the season’s best photos
This season we’ve received more than 800,000 Premier League pictures from staff, agency and freelance photographers. Here are some of the most emotive, arresting and creative images which capture the narrative of another memorable top-flight campaign.AugustChristian Nørgaard of Brentford celebrates after scoring against Arsenal on the first night of the
Liverpool v Brighton: Premier League – live!
Despite their recent reinforcements Liverpool’s defence looks more ragged than ever with Alisson out with a mystery illness. Otherwise the only change is Firmino’s return in place of Origi. Ben Davies, their new centre-back signing from Preston, is on the bench. Brighton make two enforced changes to the side that
Brighton give Ben White new contract after fending off Leeds interest
Premier League 2020-21 season preview No 3: Brighton
Guardian writers’ predicted position: 19th (NB: this is not necessarily Ed Aarons’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 15th Odds to win the league (via Oddschecker): 500-1 Last season – the first with Graham Potter in charge after Chris Hughton’s five years – was always likely to be
Underrated Premier League players: part one, from Arsenal to Liverpool
Arsenal: Olivier Giroud Position Centre-forward Time at club 2012-2018 League apps/goals 180/73 Karim Benzema might take issue with the idea, but Giroud has always been more than a chugging go-kart. Perhaps his misfortune was that, for most of his time at Arsenal, there was someone else to take the limelight. Arriving in
Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action
1) Lloris quick to deliver emphatic reminder of his pedigree The debutant Steven Bergwijn will rightfully claim the headlines for Spurs but the contribution of Tottenham’s current third-longest serving player against Manchester City should not be forgotten. Hugo Lloris made one of the saves of the season to deny Sergio Agüero