Zubimendi doubles for Arsenal, Gyokeres scores again

Zubimendi doubles for Arsenal, Gyokeres scores again

Arsenal welcomed former Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou back to Premier League football with a 3-0 drubbing of his new team Nottingham Forest on Saturday. Martin Zubimendi notched a brace while Viktor Gyokeres was also on the scoresheet for the Gunners. In the late kick-off, Chelsea were held to a 2-2 draw at Brentford as Fabio…

Read More
Premier League summer transfer window roundtable: More players on strike? Who ‘won’ and ‘lost’ the window?

Premier League summer transfer window roundtable: More players on strike? Who ‘won’ and ‘lost’ the window?

The transfer window closed earlier this week. The passing of the deadline brought to an end an extended summer in which Premier League clubs spent £3.11billion ($4.2bn) to improve their squads. There were strikes, big moves and, fundamentally, hundreds of millions of pounds splashed by clubs across the English top flight. It was a window…

Read More
Rory Delap's long throw-ins terrorised the league when Stoke City were in their pomp in the late 2000s

Why the long throw-in is the Premier League’s favourite secret weapon again: How it revolutionised Liverpool, the THIRTY things you have to get right with every throw and the tricks teams are using to defend them

Only five Premier League clubs have refused to litter the opposition box with a single long throw-in this season. The kicker? Rory Delap’s son, Liam, plays for one of them. That is Chelsea, joined by Fulham, Manchester City, Sunderland and West Ham United as the quintet of clubs who must have missed the memo circulated…

Read More
Who was the best player from Matchweek 2 action?

Who was the best player from Matchweek 2 action?

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Joao Palhinha has been voted the Premier League Player of the Matchweek for Matchweek 2. The summer loan signing from Bayern Munich follows in the footsteps of his new Spurs team-mate Richarlison who won the honour for Matchweek 1. Palhinha secured 33 per cent of the vote in the official Premier League…

Read More