Manchester United really feel warmth as they journey to Leeds; Emi Martínez thanks followers after surgical procedure – matchday stay
Key occasions
Liverpool got here from behind to win at Brentford yesterday, nevertheless it wasn’t all excellent news. The talismanic Dominik Szoboszlai suffered a recurrence of his hamstring damage and can be joined within the remedy room by Jeremie Frimpong.
“I believe we’ve a really delicate state of affairs,” mentioned Liverpool supervisor Andoni Iraola. “We have been coming from enjoying Champions League away two days in the past, we arrived late at evening and doubtless with not a correct restoration.
“You are doubtful between the gamers which have already began two video games and are very drained, or the gamers which might be recovering from accidents however you’re most likely not 100 per cent sure.
“They have been totally different circumstances. Dom felt the identical damage, it’s not a brand new damage and was most likely not healed sufficient, so we’ll want extra time with him. Jeremie’s was new, I believe he completed cramping the opposite day [against LASK].
“I put him on as a result of enjoying in opposition to 10, going ahead I assumed he may give us greater than Ronald Araujo. But it’ll imply we’ll lose Dom and Jeremie for a while.”
“In your opinion, which different groups come near the present PSG?” asks Krishnamoorthy V. “The magical Kvaratskelia, the inimitable Dembele, the silky Doue and the majestic Vitinha, who Bareny Ronay rightly described because the human WD40, all mix to make a formidable staff. No egos, no CR7 equivalents sucking the life out – the staff is an equal of Roger Federer in soccer.”
I’d probably not seen them play beneath Luis Enrique till I liveblogged their 3-1 win over Aston Villa in March 2025. I was blown away by how good they were and have adored them ever since. I believe they’re one of the best staff since Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona and presumably within the high 5 golf equipment sides of all time.
We talked about earlier that Chelsea goalkeeper Emi Martinez had undergone profitable surgical procedure after being stretchered off at Everton yesterday. The membership have confirmed that he suffered a fractured jaw in a collision with Jarrad Branthwaite.
Martinez, sporting a hospital robe, posted on social media that the surgical procedure had gone properly and that he could be again in just a few weeks.
On this present day in 2003… Manchester United win at Elland Road.
On this present day in 1995… Juventus give Rangers a reality check.
This is the state of play within the Premier League forward of at this time’s video games. Manchester United may finish the day as excessive as eighth – or as little as sixteenth.
On this present day in 2000… AC Milan and Rivaldo share six goals in a Champions League thriller.
Another plug for Jonathan Wilson’s piece on Sunderland’s return to Europe.
On this present day in 2015… Gini Wijnaldum scores F-O-U-R as Newcastle thrash Norwich.
“As a Man United fan, I completely can’t anticipate the sport later,” writes Joshua Keeling. “No, actually. Desperate for it to start out. Or not. The solely crumb of hope is that soccer at all times retains the capability to shock you. Normally with United although, they shock you by being worse than anticipated. Que sera, sera, and many others.”
Erling Haaland scored twice in Manchester City’s 3-2 win over Ipswich. Surprise, shock, he’s the early chief within the race for the golden boot.
On this present day in 2014… Southampton put eight previous Sunderland.
Barney Ronay
Yet once more the mainstream wokealorium is preachifying from its pulpitrex. It’s egregious. It’s sanctiforial. It’s a wangitude of full retardifaction.
This has not been a straightforward column to jot down. It has been tough, gruelling in elements, but in addition heat, exhilarating and at instances deeply erotic. Yes. I used to be SAVAGED by Simon Jordan. And I’ve by no means felt so alive.
You know who Simon Jordan is. Used to personal Crystal Palace. Now an excellent and listenable pundit on TalkSport, the place he does the grown-up matters. Simon Jordan has robust opinions. This is his factor. His worldview says: the international stage is dangerous. The international stage is in want of correction. And he’s proper about that, as he typically is about issues.
That’s what makes this all a bit stunning as a result of I like Simon Jordan! I hearken to his morning present with Jim White and it’s typically actually good. I respect the very fact he has trade information as a result of he ran a soccer membership. And sure that concerned a lot of dealings with Steve Bruce, Iain Dowie or comparable, nevertheless it’s nonetheless principally the identical factor.
On this present day in 1998… Lazio rating 5 away to Internazionale.
We even have some stay cricket on the location at this time. Well, some stay rain.
A reminder of at this time’s WSL video games
The high three – Manchester City, Chelsea and London City Lionesses – all have awkward however winnable residence video games. We’ll have stay, minute-by-minute protection of Chelsea v Tottenham at noon.
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Chelsea v Tottenham (12pm)
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Crystal Palace v West Ham (12pm)
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Aston Villa v Liverpool (2pm)
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Charlton v Man Utd (2pm)
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London City Lionesses v Everton (2pm)
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Manchester City v Brighton (2.30pm)
From the archive: Leeds United v Man Utd classics
Leeds United 1-0 Manchester United (FA Cup semi-final replay, 31 March 1965); Leeds United 0-1 Manchester United (Division One, 17 April 1965)
Here’s the place the stags actually start to rut. Don Revie’s aspect, freshly promoted, have been on target for the Double. Only downside was, so have been Matt Busby’s males. The pair have been drawn within the semi-final of the FA Cup, and spent 90 minutes at Hillsborough kicking seven colors out of one another, Jack Charlton, Billy Bremner, Nobby Stiles, Denis Law and Paddy Crerand having fun with themselves just like the proverbial pigs. Good luck in case you discovered your self in the course of that.
Brouhahas broke out on the terraces as properly, and did so once more 4 days later in the course of the replay on the City Ground. The on-field behaviour was a lot improved, although. According to Big Jack, Manchester United placed on a efficiency as fashionable and harmful as they ever have been beneath Busby, however Leeds someway held on, wrested the ascendency, and nicked it within the final minute, Bremner twisting in mid-air to steer residence an outrageous curling header.
Bremner was lacking 18 days later when Manchester United got here to Elland Road within the league. Had they gained, Leeds would have gone 5 clear on the high with 4 video games left. They went into the sport as favourites, Busby’s aspect having failed to seek out the web in opposition to Leeds in each Cup video games and the sooner league match at Old Trafford, which the guests gained 1-0. That explicit lean spell ended after 14 minutes – or 284, in case you like – when John Connelly drove residence. Leeds failed to reply, regardless of one of the best efforts of the newly topped Football Writers’ participant of the yr, Bobby Collins, and went down once more of their subsequent Bremner-less match, a 3-0 hosing at Sheffield Wednesday. Busby’s third nice aspect gained their first title; Revie’s staff, not fairly prepared but, misplaced the Cup remaining as properly.
On this present day in 1989… Spurs beat the reigning champions Arsenal.
On this present day in 2008… Amr Zaki scores a spectacular purpose in Wigan’s 3-2 defeat at Anfield.
Sid Lowe
The first time Fernando Roig watched Villarreal play as their president, he sat within the stand at a tiny whitewashed floor that had concrete fever and was half empty. It was a Sunday evening within the second division, they misplaced 3-0 to Badajoz, and he didn’t take pleasure in it a lot.
But then, he doesn’t ever take pleasure in it a lot. Even on Tuesday at Anfield, he won’t: into his thirtieth yr, the longest presidency in Europe, that’s about the one factor that hasn’t modified. More than 1,000 video games and nonetheless it occurs. “I don’t get nervous. It’s worse: I get anxious, very anxious,” he says. “I undergo loads.
“It’s emotional to play Liverpool. This would be the fifth time we’ve confronted them, the third at Anfield. The different two have been European semi-finals. I’ll watch the morning coaching session, journey with the staff. We’ll go and eat; in every single place we go we get handled very properly and we deal with them properly again. The subsequent day I’ll watch the under-19s within the morning, that I do like. And then the sport, which I don’t. Then we’ll fly again right here very, very late. It’s very disturbing.”
Scottish Premiership
Rangers missed the possibility to go high of the desk after drawing 2-2 at Dundee. The leaders Celtic meet third-place Hearts this afternoon.
On this present day in 1992… Ian Rush turns into Liverpool’s file goalscorer in a thrilling draw at Old Trafford.
Tottenham v Coventry (Monday, 8pm)
Coventry supervisor Frank Lampard, whose aspect are wanting up after two glorious wins over Nottingham Forest and Newcastle, has been chatting about his reverse quantity Roberto De Zerbi.
I don’t know what stress he’s beneath, aside from seeing a coach who has come to this nation and carried out nice jobs, an unimaginable job at Brighton, has come and saved up Tottenham within the league on the finish of the yr, which is a very powerful second for them.
We’re six video games into the season and it feels very early for me for these type of conversations. But I perceive that we’re all beneath stress. It’s the fashionable international stage we stay in.
Dominic Booth
If the 2013 FA Cup remaining represented a blip for the Sheikh Mansour-era Manchester City of their quest for complete domination of English soccer, it was a historic second for his or her conquerors, Wigan Athletic. Memories of that famous day at Wembley nonetheless endure for Latics’ supporters regardless of the relegation from the Premier League that adopted. Yet watching the modern-day Wigan, who stay backside of League One regardless of a 1-0 win over Reading on Saturday, makes the toppling of City in a Cup remaining appear an epoch in the past.
The membership, maybe understandably, proceed to hark again to their halcyon days. Last season they introduced again Gary Caldwell – membership captain in 2013 – for his second stint as supervisor, having led the membership to promotion from this division in 2015-16. Choosing to swap Exeter for a return to the Latics final season was seen as a dangerous transfer by Caldwell, contemplating the shoestring price range imposed upon him by Mike Danson, the proprietor who’s eager to promote.
Finances are ultra-tight on the Greater Manchester membership amid dwindling crowds and losses on the pitch and on the steadiness sheet. The native businessman Danson and his household saved Wigan from liquidation in June 2023 after mismanagement from earlier house owners introduced a factors deduction and relegation from the Championship. Three successive mid-table finishes in League One beneath their stewardship have introduced a semblance of stability, however this season they’ve plummeted.
The downside is the Dansons have been unable to seek out an formidable purchaser to take the membership to the following stage. Now the prospect of a primary season within the fourth tier since 1996-97 is a definite chance, though victory in opposition to Reading – the Latics’ second league win of the marketing campaign, sealed by Scott Hogan’s 71st-minute strike – made the image a little bit rosier.
Leeds v Manchester United (2pm)
Manchester United journey to previous rivals Leeds with stress mounting on Michael Carrick. United are off to their worst league begin in 40 years and have been plunged additional into chaos by the defender Lisandro Martínez’s assault on the membership’s hierarchy over an absence of asset placement within the squad after Tuesday’s 2-0 defeat by Atlético Madrid. The Argentinian pulled no punches regardless of being a type of most culpable for a depressing begin to the marketing campaign for his half in objectives conceded to Fulham and Tottenham in current weeks. United have gained simply certainly one of their opening six league video games and have been additionally dumped out of the League Cup by Brighton. Leeds final beat the Red Devils at Elland Road again in 2002, however did inflict the one residence defeat of Carrick’s interim spell in cost final season when the perimeters met in April. There is not any love misplaced on this footballing War of the Roses and Michael Butler dons heavy armour on the helm of our stay weblog whereas Jamie Jackson and Barney Ronay will file reviews and evaluation.
In the MLS, Lionel Messi scored twice to assist Inter Miami to a 3-1 win at Atlanta United. Messi and Luis Suarez had mixed to arrange the primary purpose, scored by the Mexico ahead Germán Berterame. Messi took issues into his personal palms – properly, his left foot – after half-time with two stunning solo objectives.
European roundup
Barcelona continued their good begin to the La Liga season by routing Real Betis 5-2, whereas there have been additionally wins for Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain and Internazionale.
Nottingham Forest v Arsenal (4.30pm)
Arsenal demolished Lille 3-0 within the Champions League on Tuesday, however Mikel Arteta’s aspect have little wriggle room to give up factors if they’re to maintain tempo within the title race. The Gunners sit second on 15 factors and go to Forest realizing any slip may permit Manchester City to open a major early hole. Forest stand fifteenth with 5 factors and have a frightful residence file. Their final league win on the City Ground got here in April, a 4-1 defeat of relegated Burnley. Daniel Harris helms the weblog, whereas David Hytner and Jonathan Wilson watch on on the City Ground.
John Brewin
WSL: Arsenal 1-1 Birmingham
An equaliser from Olivia Smith averted defeat for Arsenal, however a house draw with Birmingham did little to calm fears for Renée Slegers’s future as Gunners coach. Boos accompanied the ultimate whistle on the Emirates Stadium, because the end result left Arsenal on six factors from six matches and and not using a win in 5 Women’s Super League matches, the club’s longest winless run in WSL historical past. They are eighth within the desk, 9 factors behind the leaders, Manchester City, who’ve performed one sport fewer.
Birmingham opened the scoring at the beginning of the second half when Océane Hurtré coolly tapped in after her run from the midway line went unchecked. Alessia Russo had hit the woodwork within the first half with a diving header, amongst a slew of Arsenal possibilities as Sophie Baggaley was saved the busier of the goalkeepers.
Jonathan Wilson
The solar shone. The temperature was within the excessive 20s. There was a temper of nice conviviality. If you have been battling the official allocation, it turned out you could possibly simply e-mail the president of Torreense and he’d kind you out. Were these “Nuno-tickets” actual? It turned out they have been. Not solely that, however you could possibly sit anyplace you needed in a stadium too huge for the sport and, in case you occurred to have gravitated to the snug hospitality seating in the back of the decrease tier, the beer was inexplicably free.
Locals in Leiria appeared bewildered however may hardly have been extra accommodating. A beer pump had been put in outdoors a patisserie on the Praça Francisco Rodrigues Lobo, whose proprietor quickly discovered followers pleased to assist stack empty barrels if that facilitated the free movement of Sagres. “There was a gathering on the city corridor to elucidate these aren’t hooligans,” mentioned the proprietor of a radical leftist flammkuchen restaurant between the sq. and the cathedral. “They instructed us the membership comes from the labour motion and I discovered that very fascinating.” And how had she discovered the followers? “Noisy, however with a unusual sense of humour.”
This was all the things Sunderland followers may have wished for from their first European away sport in 53 years and extra. They had seen different followers expertise these items, and now they may tick off the guidelines: sophisticated journey to a fairly international city they might in any other case by no means go to, a fussy Albanian referee and a terrific sense of togetherness and group. There was even an injury-time winner from, miracle of miracles, Noah Sadiki.
Ask any of the 5,000 or so Wearsiders who made the journey to Portugal if the Europa League was price it and the reply could be unanimous. Bournemouth, Crystal Palace and Brighton followers would certainly say one thing comparable: European soccer, particularly for golf equipment who’re unfamiliar with it, is a pleasure and an journey. It generates experiences that can be remembered for ever, and if the associated fee is that the chance of relegation goes up, that’s a worth price paying. Others at these golf equipment might even see issues in another way.
Premier League match reviews
Chelsea v Tottenham (12pm)
Spurs’ shiny begin to the marketing campaign ended earlier than the transnational break due to a 6-1 drubbing by London City Lionesses. By distinction, their London rivals are on a roll beneath Sonia Bompastor, unbeaten in 13 WSL video games and with 4 wins on the spin. Six consecutive clear sheets in all competitions – their longest such run since December 2021 – underline the Blues’ glowing kind. Taha Hashim is on the weblog, with Suzanne Wrack reporting from Stamford Bridge.
Martinez thanks well-wishers after surgical procedure
Chelsea goalkeeper Emi Martinez has undergone surgical procedure after struggling a nasty head damage in opposition to Everton.
Martinez didn’t specify the character of the surgical procedure however posted a message on social media this morning.
“Thanks to everybody for the messages,” mentioned Martinez, sporting a hospital robe. “The operation went properly. The most essential factor is that we gained, and saved a clear sheet. In just a few weeks we’ll be again.”
Leeds v Man Utd (2pm)
Plenty of eyes can be on Elland Road, the place beneath stress Manchester United face their previous pals Leeds United. Here’s what Michael Carrick needed to say about Lisandro Martinez and all that.
He’s launched his assertion, he’s realised he’s made a mistake and that’s sufficient for all of us to maneuver on with.
Preamble
Hello and welcome to our common Sunday service. Over the following few hours we’ll have information, response from yesterday’s video games and previews of a busy day. There are 4 Premier League video games, these ones to be exact.
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Bournemouth v Sunderland (2pm)
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Brighton v Crystal Palace (2pm)
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Leeds v Man Utd (2pm)
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Nottm Forest v Arsenal (4.30pm)
There’s additionally a repeat of final season’s title decider in Scotland, the place Celtic host Hearts (3pm), and 6 matches within the WSL:
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Chelsea v Tottenham (12pm)
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Crystal Palace v West Ham (12pm)
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Aston Villa v Liverpool (2pm)
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Charlton v Man Utd (2pm)
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London City Lionesses v Everton (2pm)
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Manchester City v Brighton (2.30pm)
