It’s important to distinguish this is a completely different Premier League era to Derby’s, so the comparisons may feel unfair. It is not a problem purely based on this season either. Since successive seventh placed finishes in 2018-19 and 2019-20 Wolves have slowly slipped down the table. In the past five seasons they have finished

Welcome to The Briefing, where every Monday during this season, The Athletic will discuss three of the biggest questions to arise from the weekend’s football. This was the weekend when Mohamed Salah plunged his Liverpool future into huge doubt by airing his frustrations with manager Arne Slot, Arsenal’s Premier League title hopes were hit when they

BARCELONA: Ferran Torres scored a first-half hat-trick as Hansi Flick’s Barce­lona won 5-3 at Real Betis in LaLiga on Saturday, bouncing back after conceding an early goal to provisionally extend their lead over Real Madrid at the summit to four points. Lamine Yamal and Roony Bardghji scored the other goals as the champions racked up

According to an AFP report, Alonso’s position is under increasing scrutiny after Sunday’s 2-0 home defeat to Celta Vigo, even as he publicly insists the City clash is about points, not job security. The toughest test with pressure already peaking The Celta loss was ugly in every sense. Madrid’s perfect home league record vanished, Williot

1 La Liga giants Real Madrid have on Sunday been dealt a double blow on the personnel front. This comes owing to developments in the club’s meeting with Celta Vigo. Xabi Alonso’s troops are of course currently locked in action on the domestic front, in a league meeting with the aforementioned Celta. Los Blancos headed

NAPLES, ITALY – DECEMBER 07: Rasmus Hojlund of SSC Napoli celebrates scoring his team’s second goal during the Serie A match between SSC Napoli and Juventus FC at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on December 07, 2025 in Naples, Italy. (Photo by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Images) Napoli defeated Juventus 2-1 in Naples this evening as Antonio

Glasner joined Palace in February 2024 following successful stints at Wolfsburg and Eintracht Frankfurt. The 51-year-old has since guided Palace to back-to-back record points totals in the Premier League and led them to a first major trophy when they triumphed over Manchester City in the FA Cup last season. That led to a first ever

MADRID – Real Madrid had two players sent off in its 2-0 home defeat to Celta Vigo on Sunday and lost more ground to Spanish league leader Barcelona. Madrid conceded early in the second half and then saw red cards for Fran García and Álvaro Carreras in its first defeat of the season at the

NAPLES, ITALY – DECEMBER 07: Rasmus Hojlund of SSC Napoli celebrates scoring his team’s second goal during the Serie A match between SSC Napoli and Juventus FC at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on December 07, 2025 in Naples, Italy. (Photo by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Images) After going eight games without a goal, Rasmus Hojlund scored

1 Following the conclusion of the Round-of-16 this week, the draw for the DFB-Pokal quarterfinals has been officially completed. Eight teams remain alive in the competition. Two top flight clubs who met in a lopsided match on the Bundesliga’s opening night are back on a collision course. The total bombshell of the night saw Bayern

It is nine years since Pep Guardiola arrived at Manchester City and brought with him a style of play that was to be followed – and copied – by coaches up and down the country, from the highest professional level to the amateur and youth game. As I talked about in a previous column about

Georginio Rutter scored his first goal of the Premier League season in stoppage time and Brighton salvaged a 1-1 home draw against West Ham on Sunday to stay in contention for the European spots. Rutter found a gap between West Ham defenders to grab the equalizer with a shot from close range one minute into

Georginio Rutter scored his first goal of the Premier League season in stoppage time and Brighton salvaged a 1-1 home… Georginio Rutter scored his first goal of the Premier League season in stoppage time and Brighton salvaged a 1-1 home draw against West Ham on Sunday to stay in contention for the European spots. Rutter

1 An explanation for the early withdrawal of Alejandro Balde from Barcelona’s clash with Real Betis has been forthcoming online. Defender Balde sparked concern across Catalunya’s capital on Saturday evening. The Spaniard was afforded his latest starting berth, as Barcelona made the trip to Seville for a La Liga meeting with the aforementioned Real Betis.

1 A member of the loan army at La Liga champions Barcelona on Sunday continued to turn heads with his efforts in the final third. The player in question? Héctor Fort. Youngster Fort is for his part currently in the midst of a season-long loan with newly-promoted Elche. The 19-year-old endured a difficult start to his

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Ed Aarons It should have been a night for Crystal Palace supporters to savour. About 1,500 officially made the trip to Strasbourg for their second away match of the Conference League group stage last week, although plenty more had gathered in