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Good times coming back to Arsenal after win over Newcastle takes them to third

Arsenal’s Premier League home winning streak is up to 10 after a win over Newcastle that vaults them over rivals Tottenham into third place.

Alejandro Moreno and Craig Burley explain why Arsenal’s progress in Unai Emery’s first season has them set up for long-term success.

LONDON — With about 20 minutes left of Arsenal’s 2-0 win over Newcastle on Monday, Shkodran Mustafi collected the ball on the right wing and, with two forwards in the box to aim for, lined up his cross, carefully pulled his foot back and shanked the ball high into the North Bank.

Mustafi, a high-wire footballer who always introduces an element of peril into Arsenal games with the knowledge that a buffoonish error is always just around the corner, must have braced himself for the home crowd’s…

Premier League review: ‘Ugly’ Liverpool continue to find ways to win; Warnock cries wolf

Craig Burley focuses on Andy Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold as he breaks down how Liverpool beat Tottenham to reclaim first place.

Craig Burley focuses on Andy Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold as he breaks down how Liverpool beat Tottenham to reclaim first place.
Nick Miller recaps another wild weekend in the Premier League, as Liverpool continued to defy logic and Neil Warnock got caught crying wolf.
Performance of the weekend
You could see it all over their performance. Alisson’s kicking. Mohamed Salah’s increasing desperation to score. Even little things such as Divock Origi’s freezing on the spot when he could have moved toward a deflected pass in the last 10 minutes.
Liverpool looked nervous. Panicked. Terrified even. It looked like they had frozen…

Premier League W2W4: Liverpool trip at bad time for Spurs; Solskjaer era begins in earnest

Ross Dyer and Stevie Nicol predict every match in Week 32 of the Premier League, where Liverpool host Spurs and Man City travel to Fulham.
As the Premier League returns to action after the international break, Nick Miller runs the rule over the top storylines of the weekend.
Is Tottenham’s trip to Liverpool a must-win?
The mood at Tottenham seems pretty good at the moment: Optimism is high because that new stadium is finally set to open, and while late, it looks magnificent. Then there’s a little reassurance about their manager, as the past few weeks have essentially guaranteed Mauricio Pochettino’s presence at the club for the foreseeable…

Mourinho’s next move: Is there a club out there for the Not-As-Special One?

It’s been a tumultuous season for Jose Mourinho. “Aren’t they all?” you cry, and you’ve got a point. But since his dismissal from Manchester United in December, he’s spent his time as you’d expect him to, touring assorted TV studios, offering his opinions on the game, telling amusing anecdotes from his career and generally making sure he stays in the public consciousness. Now he says he wants to return to management; his aim, apparently, is to secure a new job by the summer. He claims to have…

Germany’s new generation impresses, takes first meaningful steps in program’s rebuild

Germany scored late in the Netherlands to pull out a win in Euro 2020 qualifying and end a run of five competitive matches without a win.

You didn’t think that merely Germany’s worst ever World Cup campaign, relegation in the Nations League, a racism crisis and what seemed like the hasty dropping of three national team pillars would see off Jogi Low, did you?

Had Germany suffered a hefty beating at the hands of the Netherlands on Sunday evening, the prospect of Low’s 13-year reign coming to an end was very real. The world would feel like a very odd place without him in charge of Die Mannschaft: he’s part of the international football…

Liverpool continue their high-wire act, international break comes at right time for Man United

Nick Miller recaps a topsy-turvy weekend, with Premier League and FA Cup quarterfinal action serving up another football feast.
Response of the weekend
For the last few months Liverpool have, in the Premier League at least, been sprinting along a tightrope. Sometimes they’ve kept a straight and steady course. Sometimes they’ve wobbled. Sometimes they’ve almost fallen off only to just about right themselves.
It must be a pretty stressful business watching them. They have lain bare their deficiencies…

FA Cup/Premier League W2W4: Will Man United play kids? Only Liverpool can stop Liverpool

There are some big games in both the FA Cup (all live on ESPN+ in the U.S.) and Premier League this weekend. Nick Miller rounds up what to watch for.
Will Manchester United play kids against Wolves?
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Flamengo: Tragedy in the Vulture’s Nest
On Feb. 8, a fire at an uninspected youth dorm at one of Brazil’s highest-earning clubs killed 10 young players. How?

The greatest game never played
When Boca Juniors and River Plate were set to meet in Argentina’s most important match, Buenos Aires lost its mind, writes Wright Thompson.

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After a brilliant start under their new boss, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Manchester United side are creaking. Last weekend they lost to Arsenal, looking worn out mentally as much as physically (though that is hardly surprising after the monumental effort it took to beat PSG in the Champions League) and…

Premier League review: Has Mauricio Pochettino done all he can with Tottenham?

Nick Miller recaps another wild weekend in the Premier League, as questions are raised over Mauricio Pochettino’s future and Arsenal’s win over Manchester United answers exactly nothing.
Concern of the weekend
Mauricio Pochettino is usually pretty amiable, win lose or draw, when speaking to the media, so it was easy to miss the severity of his statements after Tottenham’s 2-1 defeat to Southampton on Saturday. Delivered in much the same manner that he might order lunch at a pleasant cafe, Pochettino…

Tottenham’s defeat at Southampton a reality check about their limitations

James Ward-Prowse scored his second free kick in as many games to give Southampton a late lead versus Tottenham.

English Premier League: Yann Valery (76′) Southampton 1-1 Tottenham

English Premier League: Harry Kane (26′) Southampton 0-1 Tottenham

SOUTHAMPTON, England — Losing to Burnley was concerning and being defeated by Chelsea was troubling. This loss, to Southampton, means Tottenham can officially panic.

The past few weeks have seen two Tottenhams. One version flexes aside Borussia Dortmund, barely breaking a sweat in the process. The other capitulates to teams either scrambling to preserve their place in the Premier League or in mid-table disarray. Much like the UK as a whole, Tottenham seem to be much better off in Europe.

Saturday’s…

Premier League W2W4: Arsenal, Man United battle European hangovers; Liverpool need Shaqiri

W2W4 previews the weekend’s Premier League action by highlighting its most compelling storylines …
Man United and Arsenal nursing different hangovers

Arsenal and Manchester United are both dealing with European hangovers of a different nature. Arsenal will have a day fewer to prepare after a 3-1 loss to Rennes in the Europa League, but it’s the Manchester United players who will probably be more exhausted ahead of their game on Sunday. After Wednesday night’s miracle/VAR-assisted win in Paris,…

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