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Manchester City shrug off chaos and controversy in public shaming at Anfield | Andy Hunter

What had been billed as a day of reckoning for the Premier League champions turned into a Sunday afternoon stroll Anfield welcomed Manchester City to their new reality, a sullied place where every touch is accompanied by cries of “cheat”, any favourable decision is considered proof of further conspiracy and every victory hollow. But Welcome to Hell this was not. The only body of irrefutable evidence in City’s favour since the guilty verdicts landed is that Enzo Maresca’s league leaders appear immune to prosecution and persecution. That may well change depending on the outcome of City’s appeal and any punishment that eventually arises, likewise the merits and value of a commanding 3-0 win on Liverpool soil. The sight of Erling Haaland savouring a statement victory in front of City’s supporters after the final whistle, while chants of “going down” echoed around the rest of the stadium, captured the schism at the heart of this Premier League season. Continue reading...

‘We make our own noise’: Maresca hails Manchester City after Liverpool triumph

‘You cannot imagine how happy I am … I’m here to win’ City win 3-0 at Anfield in first game since guilty verdict Enzo Maresca praised Manchester City for “making their own noise” at Liverpool as they brushed aside the controversy and threats surrounding the club with a comprehensive 3-0 win at Anfield. City, in their first outing since the club were found guilty on 114 charges relating to Premier League financial rules, maintained their 100% start to the season courtesy of goals from Erling Haaland, the excellent Jérémy Doku and Rayan Cherki. A sixth successive league win ensured Maresca equalled the best start to a managerial reign in Premier League history and kept City at the top of the table. Continue reading...

Premier League returns in shadow of Manchester City’s judgment day | Jonathan Wilson

Football felt secondary on the first weekend of action since club were found guilty of breaking financial rules The Cimbri are heading menacingly south, but in Rome life goes on. The asteroid is definitely coming this way, but people go to work, eat, drink, plan as usual. The White Walkers are approaching the Wall, but the squabbles between the great houses go on. Everyone in the Premier League knows the crisis is approaching, thinks – hopes, fears? – it may be apocalyptic, but until it arrives, what can you do but carry on? After any break, there’s always an awkward moment while everybody resets. What was the cliffhanger we left the soap opera on? What new plotline had just been seeded? This is one of the reasons international weeks are so disruptive. It’s not just that the Premier League story slows for a while, it’s that we are reminded that these entities are not eternal but alliances of convenience between paid employees who have a life outside the soap opera. Continue reading...

Cherki cracker caps Manchester City win at Liverpool in face of Anfield taunts

It is a soundtrack that Manchester City have heard before but never for such sustained spells during a match. It came from the Liverpool support, first ringing out around Anfield before kick-off and coming at regular intervals thereafter. It was always going to be like this as City felt their way into a new reality , one conditioned by the guilty verdicts handed to them by an independent commission on virtually all of the 115 charges they have faced for breaking the Premier League’s financial rules. City maintain their innocence and have appealed. Continue reading...

Who 'simply has to do better'? Liverpool v Man City player ratings

How Liverpool and Man City's players rated following their Premier League match.

PL Predictions: Man City's siege mentality can lead them to Anfield win

Our top tipster Lewis Jones, aka Jones Knows, provides his analysis and betting insight across the Premier League weekend.

⚽ What's next for Man City: How long will appeals, punishments take?

Man City have appealed the Premier League's guilty verdict, while the sanctions board also begins its work on figuring out appropriate punishments. So what happens next, and what is the possible timeline?

Aston Villa’s wait for home win goes on after Ajer hits back for Brentford

Kristoffer Ajer spent a chunk of the extended international window fielding questions about the state of mind of his Norway teammate Erling Haaland and perhaps in recent weeks he also picked up some finishing tips. Two minutes after John McGinn’s shot cannoned in via Ajer’s calf, the centre-back strode into the Villa box and kept three defenders at arm’s length before equalising, his side-foot shot also catching a nick off a defender, on this occasion Victor Lindelöf. For the second time in the game, one team cancelled out the other within two minutes; just 88 seconds separated Yehor Yarmolyuk’s opener, born from Jaidon Anthony pressing Tyrone Mings, from Nicolas Jackson’s simple equaliser. It was a strange, seesawing and tempestuous game and a busy one for Ajer, who was also booked late on for questioning a decision by Craig Pawson, who managed the impressive feat of drawing ire from both sets of supporters. Continue reading...

Maresca: Man City titles not tainted by guilty verdict

Enzo Maresca has said he would still have joined Manchester City as manager if he had known the club had been found guilty of breaching financial rules.

Premier League reranked: Have we found Arsenal's fatal flaw? Why are Chelsea so bad?

Let's rank all 20 Premier League teams again: making sense of Chelsea's poor start, Arsenal's weakness, and whether Hull City can survive.

Ian Darke's early Premier League impressions for all 20 teams

Might Arsenal be more vulnerable than expected? Here's what stands out from the Premier League so far.

Palmer signs new Chelsea contract until 2034

Cole Palmer signs a new Chelsea contract on improved terms until 2034, one of the longest active deals in the Premier League.

Sliding Doors meets Biff’s Almanac: City saga stirs up a world of alternate histories | Max Rushden

Even New Romantics have a view but this long story will not be cut short amid endless hypotheticals and split narratives It’s Wednesday afternoon (UK time) and I find myself interviewing Tony Hadley on TalkSport about his upcoming big band tour. We play a bit of Spandau Ballet, chat about the classics and his career – hanging out with Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett. In as much as you can deduce in a 10-minute chat on Zoom, Tony seems like an absolute gent. We do always try to bring it back to sport – Tony is an Arsenal fan, there’s a bit of Arteta, Leeds at the weekend. Tony brings up Billy Bremner and suggests that my co-host Charlie Baker and I are too young to remember him playing. We are, and how wonderful to be called young. Continue reading...

Man City titles 'absolutely not' tainted - Maresca

Manchester City manager Enzo Maresca says the club's titles are "absolutely not" tainted after they were found guilty of the majority of the 115 charges brought against them by the Premier League.

Transcript: What Maresca said on Man City charges verdict

The Premier League is back: welcome to the new era of post-verdict unreality | Barney Ronay

As the top flight returns, armed with the knowledge its serial champions have been the authors of a 10-year sham supremacy, the first question is simple: how is it going to feel? The internet: an apology. It turns out you were right. It was actually a simulation all along. Now, talk to me about chemtrails again. And yes, maybe Vinícius Júnior has been replaced by a handsome, baffled-looking waxwork. Welcome to the weirdest weekend of them all. We are now post-judgment, post-statement, postlapsarian. As the Premier League prepares to snap back into what must be described, out of habit, as reality, armed with the knowledge its serial champions have been the authors of a 10-year sham supremacy , the first question is fairly simple. How is it going to feel? Continue reading...

The Premier League so far: draws, underperforming xG and other data pointers

Goal averages are crumbling as players take fewer touches in the box and forwards underperform against xG Goals are on the up in the Premier League. The average of 2.70 non-penalty goals per game in 2026-27 is higher than last season and two of the four previous campaigns. Yet we should have been even more royally entertained. Matches have averaged 2.88 non-penalty expected goals, the second most in the past six seasons. Chances have been going to waste. If the 20 teams converted at the par rate, there would have been almost two extra goals per week. As few as that sounds, the proportion of games drawn is higher than in any past Premier League season. Some tied matches might have been settled had the finishing been up to the mark. Continue reading...

Premier League team news: predicted lineups for the weekend action

Manchester City face Liverpool after a trying international break while struggling Tottenham go to Old Trafford Saturday 12.30pm TNT Sports 1 Venue Emirates Stadium Continue reading...