With some fans unhappy at a negative, but often effective, style of football, the club were unable or unwilling to agree a new deal with Moyes as Lopetegui was named his replacement. The early signs under the Spaniard were not encouraging. Home losses to Aston Villa, Manchester City and Chelsea led to criticism that the

Slot’s Liverpool underline title credentials Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Highlights from the Premier League match between Crystal Palace and Liverpool Arne Slot has made the best-ever start by a Liverpool manager by winning nine of his first 10 games – but did the 1-0 victory at Crystal Palace strengthen

LEVERKUSEN, Germany — Hosts Bayer Leverkusen paid the price for being complacent after squandering a two-goal lead and losing control of the game before drawing 2-2 against promoted Holstein Kiel in the German Bundesliga on Saturday. Champions Leverkusen scored twice in the opening eight minutes but wasted a two-goal advantage for the third time in

Mikel Arteta saluted Bukayo Saka’s game-changing quality after he inspired Arsenal’s 3-1 win over Southampton, saying the 23-year-old has taken another step up this season. Saka set up goals for Kai Havertz and substitute Gabriel Martinelli before adding the third himself after the Gunners had fallen behind to Cameron Archer’s strike at the Emirates Stadium.

Swansea and Stoke had to settle for a point apiece after playing out an entertaining goalless draw at Swansea.com Stadium. Stoke had arrived in Wales on the back of a 6-1 midweek demolition of Portsmouth, which had given new boss Narcis Pelach his first win since taking charge last month. Luke Williams’ Swansea also had

West Brom failed to turn home advantage their way again as they drew 0-0 against Millwall at The Hawthorns in the Sky Bet Championship. After Tuesday’s 1-0 home defeat to Middlesbrough, the Baggies struggled in front of goal once more as they made it three games without a win. Seven-goal top scorer Josh Maja missed

Liverpool boss Arne Slot has confirmed Alisson is set for ‘a few weeks’ out after the goalkeeper went down injured during his side’s 1-0 win at Crystal Palace. The Liverpool keeper went down in some discomfort punching the ground after clearing the ball in his own box. He was subsequently replaced by 23-year-old Vitezslav Jaros

Vitezslav Jaros was the unlikely hero for Liverpool in their 1-0 win over Crystal Palace, stepping off the bench to make his debut in place of the injured Alisson as Arne Slot’s side went four points clear at the top of the Premier League. With regular back-up Caoimhin Kelleher also out injured, 23-year-old third-choice Jaros

Linfield say they “will investigate further” an incident at the end of Friday’s Irish Premiership derby at Windsor Park when “an individual was removed from the ground” after Glentoran’s Fuad Sule alleged that he was racially abused by a spectator. In a statement on his X account, external, Sule said that he was aware that

Coco Gauff is through to the final of the China Open after coming from a set down to beat Paulo Badosa in Beijing on Saturday. Gauff, the former US Open Champion, was troubled by double faults early in the match but recovered to defeat the Spaniard 4-6 6-4 6-2. She will play either Zheng Qinwen

“I’ve been playing really good tennis lately and I’m just trying to keep that up,” said four-time Grand Slam champion Alcaraz, who has won four titles on the ATP Tour this year. He will next play China’s world number 560 Yibing Wu, while Sinner will face 37th-ranked Martin Etcheverry in the third round following the

England captain Ben Stokes is out of the first Test against Pakistan after failing to recover from a hamstring injury in time. Stokes, 33, has not played since the beginning of August, but England said 10 days ago he was “on track” to participate in this tour. The all-rounder mainly trained apart from the rest