Crystal Palace finally found the win that had been hiding from them for weeks, pinching the M23 derby 1-0 at Brighton thanks to Ismaïla Sarr’s second-half strike and a cool-headed shift that grew louder with every frustrated groan from the home stands. It was a derby that crackled around the edges, all noise and nerves, […]
West Ham arrived at Turf Moor with relegation pressure tightening like a vice, and left with a 2-0 win that felt like oxygen. Burnley, by contrast, looked like a team playing inside a storm cloud, the ground edgy, the stands uneasy, the football carrying the weight of a season that has drifted from troubling to […]
Fulham will look back at this one with that hollow, familiar feeling that comes when the performance is there, the control is there, the chances are there, and the points still walk out of the door wearing someone else’s colours. Everton left Craven Cottage with a 2-1 win that felt like a classic Premier League […]
The M23 derby rarely needs selling, but it always finds a new angle anyway. This time it’s Brighton looking for rhythm and a signature moment under Fabian Hürzeler, while Oliver Glasner arrives juggling both a stuttering run and the fallout of a transfer window that tried to tug his attack apart. Brighton’s season has flickered […]
Turf Moor doesn’t do gentle theatre when the stakes rise, and this one has the unmistakable crackle of a relegation six-pointer. Burnley are running out of calendar and confidence in equal measure, while West Ham arrive knowing a win doesn’t just add points, it drops an anchor on a rival’s hopes. Burnley’s recent sequence has […]
Old Trafford gets another proper measuring-stick for the Michael Carrick bounce. Three league wins on the spin have sharpened the mood and, more importantly, the shape: United are playing quicker through the middle, braver with their first pass, and far more willing to commit runners beyond the ball rather than turning every attack into a […]
Fulham return to Craven Cottage on Saturday afternoon knowing exactly what sort of test Everton bring right now. David Moyes’ side are not arriving to entertain, they’re arriving to compete, to stay in the game, and to turn one late moment into a result. Fulham’s job is to make sure there is no “late moment” […]
Manchester United’s revival under Michael Carrick keeps finding new ways to announce itself. This time it was the most dramatic kind: a two-goal lead, a full-blown wobble, a Fulham equaliser that briefly turned Old Trafford into a stunned theatre of disbelief, and then one last, sharp slice of quality from Bruno Fernandes that allowed Benjamin […]
Arsenal turned a potentially awkward trip to Elland Road into a statement win, sweeping Leeds aside with a four-goal display that mixed set-piece ruthlessness with second-half incision. Even the late disruption of Bukayo Saka pulling up in the warm-up failed to dent their rhythm, with Noni Madueke stepping in and immediately shaping the contest. Leeds […]
Old Trafford on Sunday (2pm) has an unusual edge: it feels alive again, but it also feels like it’s still deciding what it is. Michael Carrick’s early spell has brought a sharp uptick in intensity and clarity, punctuated by wins over Manchester City and Arsenal. The table has tightened around that momentum too, and the […]
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