Bakary Sako s sixth goal of the season gave Crystal Palace a 1-0 win over Burnley and moved Roy Hodgson s side further away from the relegation strife that once threatened to engulf their season.
Former Wolves forward Sako was aghast to see a first-half penalty claim waved away after being brought down by James Tarkowski but channelled his frustrations to secure the points midway through the first half at Selhurst Park.
Palace s recovery under Hodgson now stands at a solitary defeat in their past 12 Premier League outings – an impressive rehabilitative effort for both the south London club, who are five points clear of the bottom three, and their veteran former England manager.
That poisoned chalice might one day pass to Sean Dyche, who has rarely seen his ro…
James Maddison is more than happy to shoulder responsibility at Tottenham but has insisted it will take a “collective” effort to replace Harry Kane.
Maddison continues to impress in the Spurs number 10 shirt previously worn by Kane, who completed a £100million move to Bayern Munich on the eve of the new season.
Kane’s departure has not derailed the early progress of Ange Postecoglou’s team with Maddison relishing his role as creator in chief with two assists at Brentford earlier this month followed up with a maiden Tottenham goal in Saturday’s 2-0 win over Bournemouth.
Happy Saturdays from me and the old boy in Row E
— James Maddison (@Madders10)
While Richarlison and captain Son Heung-min are yet to open their accounts for the seas…
Erik ten Hag looked to move past the controversy surrounding Cristiano Ronaldo s early departure from a pre-season friendly as the Dutchman prepares for his first Premier League game as Manchester United manager.
Ronaldo was one of several United players who left Old Trafford early during last weekend s 1-1 friendly draw with Rayo Vallecano.
Ten Hag gave an interview on Dutch television during the week and called such actions unacceptable .
While he was talking broadly about all players who went home early, the focus of those quotes in the media was on Ronaldo.
The Portugal star s relationship with United has been a constant sideshow during pre-season, as he did not go on their tour of Australia and Thailand owing to personal reasons, though at the time…
Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino claimed a slice of history in Liverpool s victory over Manchester City on Tuesday, becoming the club s most prolific goalscorers in a single European Cup or Champions League campaign.
Both players netted their eighth of the season, putting them clear at the top of a list that contains some Anfield greats of yesteryear.
Remarkably, the seven-goal haul of Sadio Mane this season places him just behind Salah and Firmino, alongside Roger Hunt (1964-65) and Steven Gerrard (2008-09).
Graeme Souness (1980-81), Terry McDermott (1980-81), Gerrard (2007-08), Peter Crouch (2006-07) and Fernando Torres (2007-08), meanwhile, all managed six European goals in a single season for the five-time champions.
Salah has now been involved …
Jimmy Greaves would have been absolutely delighted Harry Kane was the man to break his Tottenham goalscoring record, according to his son.
Greaves had long represented the benchmark at Spurs with his 266 goals across a nine-year career with the club.
But modern Tottenham great Kane moved past the club legend on Sunday in scoring his 267th goal, a winner against Premier League champions Manchester City.
It was a special occasion and a vital win for Spurs as they chase Champions League qualification, and fans at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium were in no rush to head home.
First of many !xx
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial)
As they waited for Kane to address the crowd from the centre-circle at full-time, Tottenham played a video message for…
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang can smash the curse of the Chelsea number nine shirt and become a Blues favourite, according to boss Thomas Tuchel.
Former Arsenal captain Aubameyang completed a return to the Premier League on Thursday when he left Barcelona in a deal worth £10.3million (€12m), signing a two-year deal.
As well as winning over Chelsea fans who remember him as a recent opponent from a rival London side, Aubameyang also faces the task of living up to his shirt number.
A string of well-known strikers have struggled to impress as Chelsea s number nine, including Alvaro Morata, Gonzalo Higuain, Radamel Falcao and more recently Romelu Lukaku.
Head coach Tuchel dismissed concerns over Aubameyang s attitude, after a four-year spell at Arsenal came to…
Manchester City can go 11 points clear at the Premier League summit by beating arch-rivals Manchester United on Sunday, but Michael Owen does not believe such a result would end the title race.
Pep Guardiola s side have been in phenomenal form in 2017-18 and head into the Manchester derby at Old Trafford as the top flight s only unbeaten side.
City took an early advantage at the summit last season before Chelsea surged to the title, and former United forward Owen does not think they will be able to ease off should they open a sizeable lead.
I think City were quite a few points ahead last season and didn t go on to win it and actually Chelsea went on to win it at an absolute breeze, so definitely nothing is going to be decided so soon, Owen told Omnisport, speak…
Arsenal head coach Unai Emery believes Aaron Ramsey will deliver for the Premier League club despite uncertainty over his future.
Ramsey is out of contract at the end of the season and talks over a new deal have reportedly broken down.
The Wales international, 27, arrived at Arsenal in 2008 and has made more than 300 appearances for the club.
Despite Ramsey s contractual situation, Emery believes the midfielder – who has featured in all six of Arsenal s league games this season – will stay focused.
I don t think the situation will affect his performances, he told UK newspapers ahead of Arsenal s meeting with Watford on Saturday.
I just want to give him and the players the most stability so that they can be focused only on the games. I spoke …
Jurgen Klopp told Liverpool fans to give their tickets away if they are not prepared to get behind the side in Saturday’s clash against Arsenal.
The Reds manager was unimpressed with the atmosphere at Anfield as Liverpool cruised into a the Carabao Cup semi-finals by thrashing West Ham 5-1 on Wednesday.
Klopp felt the crowd, coming off the back of last weekend’s frustrating Premier League draw against Manchester United, were flat and wants more for the upcoming top-of-the-table date with Arsenal.
The German said: “I thought in the first half when the boys played really exceptionally, I was not overly happy with the atmosphere behind me.
“I asked people what do they want? We changed a lot of things and we dominated West Ham like crazy and missed ch…
Manchester United dropped points in the Premier League for the fourth time in five matches as they were held to a 1-1 draw at rock-bottom West Brom, further denting their disappearing hopes of challenging Manchester City at the summit.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer s men extended their unbeaten run away from home to 19 matches, though it will be seen as another missed opportunity as United are left seven points adrift of City, who still have a game in hand.
United, as they have become accustomed to, fell behind thanks to Mbaye Diagne s controversial early opener, but the visitors equalised through Fernandes on the stroke of half-time, making this the first season since 2012-13 that they have netted 50 times after 20 league matches.
They continued to dominate proceedings i…