3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (1526+ words) As of today, this Premier League Team of the Season so far is gloriously lopsided, slightly reckless on the whiteboard, and pretty hard to argue with once you get into the numbers. It is a 3-3-4 in spirit, with Jo'o Pedro…...

9+ hour, 10+ min ago  (887+ words) Liverpool versus Tottenham rarely behaves like a routine Premier League fixture. Over the years it has produced chaos, late drama, controversial moments and more goals than any other matchup in the competition's history. This meeting arrives with both clubs under…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (722+ words) Eight Champions League first legs across two kick-off windows, and not a single one feels like a gentle warm-up. This is the stage where reputations get tested in unfamiliar places, where a five-minute wobble becomes a week-long narrative, and where…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (629+ words) Liverpool and City have spent the last decade turning Premier League Sundays into appointment television. This one comes with a slightly different flavour: Liverpool are chasing the season back into shape, Manchester City are chasing Arsenal, and both have Europe…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1158+ words) The final night of the Champions League opening phase was supposed to tie up loose ends. Instead, it set the whole thing on fire. And yes, a goalkeeper scored. Benfica versus Real Madrid was already leaning toward classic before the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (842+ words) This season uses the new "league phase" format: 36 teams in one table, with each club playing 8 matches (typically 4 home, 4 away) against eight different opponents. When those eight games are done, the table determines everything, not groups. Once the top-eight bye…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (1003+ words) Old Trafford at lunchtime is usually a recipe for chaos. Add a title-chasing Manchester City, a Manchester United side trying to stabilise under interim boss Michael Carrick's first game, and a league table that suddenly feels crowded from second to…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (873+ words) Manchester City vs Chelsea has the feel of a regular big-six Sunday, right up until you remember Chelsea have arrived in Manchester with their manager-shaped space suddenly empty. Enzo Maresca walked away on New Year's Day, leaving Calum McFarlane to…...