It has been a record-breaking start to the season for Liverpool, with Jurgen Klopp’s team sitting eight points clear at the top of the Premier League after winning all eight league games so far this campaign.

Another victory against Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday would be Liverpool’s 18th consecutive league win, equalling the Premier League record set by Manchester City in 2017-18.

The Champions League winners are showing the kind of form that suggests they could go through the…

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The match is paused due to racist chants and captain Ivelin Popov speaks with the crowd in Sofia at halftime.
SOFIA, Bulgaria — England’s Euro 2020 qualifier against Bulgaria was temporarily halted during the first half of the Group A fixture in order to warn supporters that the match could be abandoned following racist chanting in the Vasil Levski Stadium.
Match referee Ivan Bebek instructed the stadium PA announcer to broadcast the message — the first step in FIFA’s three-step protocol when dealing with such incidents — after England defender Tyrone Mings complained of being the subject of racist chanting…

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England go to Prague! The Exploding Heads use FIFA 20 to predict the Czech Republic vs. England.

Trent Alexander-Arnold is taking things one game at a time for both England and Liverpool.
Raheem Sterling has said that England’s players will “give UEFA a chance” to resolve any potential incidents of racially-motivated abuse during the forthcoming Euro 2020 qualifiers away to Czech Republic and Bulgaria.
Gareth Southgate’s team, who will secure qualification for Euro 2020 with a win in Prague on Friday, are preparing for their first competitive away games since England’s black players were subjected to racist chanting during the 5-1 victory against Montenegro in Podgorica in March.
Chelsea…

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England go to Prague! The Exploding Heads use FIFA 20 to predict the Czech Republic vs. England.

Trent Alexander-Arnold is taking things one game at a time for both England and Liverpool.
Raheem Sterling has said that England’s players will “give UEFA a chance” to resolve any potential incidents of racially-motivated abuse during the forthcoming Euro 2020 qualifiers away to Czech Republic and Bulgaria.
Gareth Southgate’s team, who will secure qualification for Euro 2020 with a win in Prague on Friday, are preparing for their first competitive away games since England’s black players were subjected to racist chanting during the 5-1 victory against Montenegro in Podgorica in March.
Chelsea…

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Prague is one of the most picturesque cities in Europe, a great place to enjoy a weekend away, but from the perspective of the man charged with policing English football supporters, this Friday is most certainly not the time nor the place to stage an England Euro 2020 qualifier against the Czech Republic.

The Czech Republic capital is the latest city having to brace itself for a visit from England’s sizeable travelling contingent for the next round of Euro 2020 qualifying (Stream live in U.S.:…

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Craig Burley addresses Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s fit at Manchester United and credibility as a manager.

Man United usually fight for a top six spot, but Mark Ogden says they might be fighting to avoid the bottom three.

As Man United continue to slip in the table, how long will Ole Gunnar Solskjaer remain with the team?

Now winless in five matches, Craig Burley says Manchester United look like a team going nowhere.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is battling to build a unified squad at Manchester United amid the club’s worst start to a season in 30 years, with sources having told ESPN FC of concerns within Old Trafford that the playing squad lacks unity and togetherness.
United sit 12th in the Premier League, two points above the relegation zone, after winning just two league games so far this season.
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Craig Burley says Frank Lampard has rejuvenated Chelsea with youth after the Blues’ 4-1 win over Southampton.

Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool are setting a relentless early pace in the Premier League.

Eight games into the 2019-20 Premier League season, Liverpool have made a record start by winning all eight fixtures so far to sit eight points clear of the chasing pack heading into the international break. For Jurgen Klopp’s team, the season could not have gone any better and Liverpool are now overwhelming favourites to win the English title for the first time since 1990.

But what about the rest of the so-called “Big Six?” Manchester City, Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham and Manchester United have…

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NEWCASTLE, England — It is a thought most Manchester United fans would never imagine, especially during the trophy-laden glory years of Sir Alex Ferguson, but after losing 1-0 to Matthew Longstaff’s goal at Newcastle United on Sunday, the nightmare scenario of a relegation battle cannot be ruled out.
While Liverpool have surged clear eight points clear of champions Manchester City at the top of the Premier League table with eight wins from eight games, United are languishing in 12th position, just…

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Craig Burley says Mauricio Pochettino got his tactics wrong and should shoulder the blame for Tottenham’s record-setting defeat against Bayern.

LONDON — Mauricio Pochettino called for “calm” after his Tottenham Hotspur team had just suffered the club’s biggest-ever home defeat by losing 7-2 to Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Tuesday.

After such a brutal humiliation, which resulted in the stadium being virtually empty but for the celebrating Bayern fans at the final whistle, Pochettino had two options, and he chose the diplomatic one rather than allowing his frustrations to boil over after perhaps the worst 90 minutes of his…

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