Marcus Rashford rises to the occasion, Stefan Ortega impresses and more VAR woe for West Ham We need to save our season, Erik ten Hag had said. And they did, somehow, anyhow, with a goal from Antony and a goal from Amad Diallo. With twice as many wingers on the pitch
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Manchester City’s Chelsea stumble highlights their obvious flaw
‘It is not as easy as it looks’: Guardiola fires back at Neville’s ‘boring’ comment
Manager defends Manchester City over pundit’s criticismGrealish injury rules him out of Saturday’s game against Chelsea Pep Guardiola has asked people to remember that Manchester City’s success is not as easy as it looks after Gary Neville described the champions as boring to watch. Guardiola’s side beat Copenhagen 3-1 in Tuesday’s Champions
Premier League 2022-23 review: the season’s best photos
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
De Bruyne finds key as Real Madrid are locked down in their super-prison | Barney Ronay
Shortly after the post‑World Cup resumption Pep Guardiola made some comments about Kevin De Bruyne; sighing a little, looking sad, bemoaning by sly implication the physical state of his champion midfielder. As motivational obiter dicta go it was brutally effective. The Belgian has been sublime on the current winning run. This
Pep Guardiola has all the answers for critics but none for Julia Roberts snub | David Hytner
For Pep Guardiola, it can often feel that there are more questions than answers, whirling and pounding inside his head; the critics lining up their pot shots, his best efforts never enough. Can the Manchester City manager seriously start with four centre-halves? What about Bernardo Silva on the right wing rather
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