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With these kinds of results that Arteta claims to be so dominant, Arsenal have now lost points to Wolverhampton Wanderers and Villa. As Arsenal suffered another injury setback with Thomas Partey coming off in the second half, Ollie Watkins' early goal was enough for the victory.Arsenal's full-back Soares converted a strong interception by Gabriel into a prime opportunity for the home team in those first two minutes. With the return pass, Gabriel was short and Traore interfered. It was too too quick for the full-back and picking out Watkins in the area. Watkins shoots, deflects off Rob Holding and Ryan had no chance. In the first half, Villa produced the best opportunities. Most notably an exciting flick and direction switch from Traore on 31 minutes. It had the defense of Ars...

Dominic Calvert-Lewin scored deep in second-half stoppage time to give Everton a 3-3 draw as Manchester United twice gave up the lead. In the opening minutes, Everton looked the more threatening side. But it was Manchester United who scored first when Edinson Cavani linked at the back post to head home on 24 minutes with a lovely Marcus Rashford cross. For Everton, the first half was a lesson in violent, organized, high-intensity pressure that regularly left them unable to get out of their defensive third. Pogba was substituted by Ole as he was limping off, Fred came in. In first-half stoppage time, Everton struggled contain Bruno Fernandes. Thus, on the edge of the penalty area and he made them pay. He fired a stunning shot over Robin Olsen's head to stake Man United at the bre...

Liverpool welcomes title rivals Manchester City to Anfield on Sunday. The Premier League champions host the leaders following a bad run of form for the Reds. Seven points separate the two sides in the table, combined with a relentless winning streak from the men of Pep Guardiola in recent weeks.This has been the fixture to have the greatest effect on the title race so much in recent seasons. And, although there are more teams still in contention this time around, it may once again be a critical showdown. Liverpool is arguably more important than Man City, however, with the recent form of the visitors giving them some margin for error. In their last eight Premier League outings, a run of only two wins left Jurgen Klopp's side seven points behind the leaders. While Man City hav...

At home, Arsenal had lost three Premier League games in a row and needed something badly from Burnley's visit in mid-December. It didn't prove straightforward and Xhaka felt his blood run hot with the game level at 0-0 in the 56th minute. With a foul on Dwight McNeil, he had caused the flashpoint and, from that point, it got out of control. McNeil squared up to Xhaka, who had never gone back down. And then Ashley Westwood, another Burnley player, arrived on the scene. Westwood went down and Xhaka's red card was inevitable in a frustrating way. After the legendary Crystal Palace incident in October 2019, it was a similar story when Xhaka was booed off by a portion of the Emirates Stadium supporters. He was taken out of the squad for a month and stripped of the captaincy, and his ...

Bournemouth Championship Club fired boss Jason Tindall, who had been in charge for just six months. The decision was made by Sheffield Wednesday after Tuesday's 2-1 home loss, with the team sixth in the table. Following Eddie Howe's exit, former Cherries player and assistant boss Tindall was appointed in August. "We feel a change is needed now to give the club the best possible chance of achieving the goals clearly set out last summer," a club statement said. Former Middlesbrough manager Jonathan Woodgate, who only joined Bournemouth on Monday as first-team coach, will be in caretaker charge on Saturday for their match against Birmingham. Last season, Bournemouth got relegated from the Premier League, lost four straight Championship matches. And won only once in their past ei...

With a 3-1 victory over Chelsea on Boxing Day, Arsenal and Emile Smith Rowe's 2020/21 season improved. The Gunners were struggling in the Premier League before the festive season. Despite a perfect winning record in the Europa League group stage, they were in a relegation battle realistically. Reflecting on events ahead of his first campaign league launch, the 20-year-old has revealed that before learning of Arteta's intentions, he felt he was in trouble. "I found out I was in the starting XI against Chelsea on the day of the game," he told Arsenal media. "I had a knock on my hotel room door and it was one of the coaches basically saying 'the manager would like to speak to you downstairs” "I was thinking 'am I in trouble, have I done something wrong?' So I've gone down there and...

For failing an out-of-competition drug test, Ajax goalkeeper Andre Onana was given a 12-month ban. The club said their number one inadvertently took medication prescribed for his wife. The Eredivisie club announced that UEFA had suspended the Cameroon international after it detected the illegal substance Furosemide in its urine following a test in October 2020. A statement on the Ajax website says: "On the morning of October 30, Onana was feeling unwell. He wanted to take a pill to ease the discomfort. Unknowingly, however, he took Lasimac, a drug that his wife had previously been prescribed. Onana's misunderstanding resulted in him accidentally taking medication from his child. Eventually prompting UEFA to take this action against the goalkeeper. Furthermore, the disciplinar...

Brazillian football Emerson Carioca was given an eight-game ban for starting a riot over his naked goal celebration. The ban came after scoring a dramatic winner against Marica to send Sampaio Correa into the Carioca Championship. The 25-year-old bizarrely had taken off his top and lowered his shorts. The winger showed his bottom and waved at opposition players with his genitals-sparking an on-pitch brawl. Emerson was also given an eight-game suspension for his actions, despite leaving Sampaio Correa to join Portuguesa Carioca. The disciplinary panel of the league reported that he was engaged in 'some conduct contrary to sports discipline or ethics' as well as 'participating during a match in a brawl, confrontation or chaos.' Meanwhile, when Marica's players and coaches racia...

Arsenal’s Premier League revival was stopped by a 2-1 loss by Wolverhampton Wanderers on Tuesday at a rain-swept Molineux. A spectacular long-range effort by Joao Moutinho shortly after the break ended an eight-game streak without Wolves winning the league.In the opening 10 minutes, Bukayo Saka should have had a hat-trick. After playing with Thomas Partey's pass, he hit the post in the first two minutes. Then forced a fine save from Rui Patricio with a sharp shot on the turn. After Alexandre Lacazette's cut back, Saka beat Patricio in the 10th minute with a brilliant finish. But Lacazette was correctly ruled offside after a VAR check. With Max Kilman going over from a corner, Wolves had their moments. But when Arsenal went in front, it was no surprise. As they totally outplayed ...

Manchester United demolished a shorthanded Southampton side 9-0 to go level on points with Man City at the top of the Premier League. Southampton's Alexandre Jankewitz who was making his first Premier League start—was given a straight red card. Card was given for a studs-up challenge on Scott McTominay just 82 seconds into the match. The visitors were forced to play almost the whole match with 10 players. Shortly after the quarter-hour, Aaron Wan-Bissaka put Man United in front. He raced on to a Luke Shaw cross and meeting it at the back post to poke home for an early lead. Soon after, when Marcus Rashford redirected a Mason Greenwood assist past Saints keeper Alex McCarthy to make it 2-0. Jan Bednarek unintentionally poked a whipped-in Rashford cross into his own net in the 34t...