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Guimaraes and Raya crucial - Sunderland v Arsenal player ratings

How Sunderland and Arsenal players rated following their Premier League match.

BBC12 Sept

Guimaraes and Raya crucial - Sunderland v Arsenal player ratings

How Sunderland and Arsenal players rated following their Premier League match.

BBC12 Sept

Febrile Manchester derby awaits amid growing rift between United fans and club

City heading to a fortress but home supporters will protest before kick-off over club’s drive against ticket touts Manchester United’s nine victories from 10 Premier League games at Old Trafford in 2026 cast their stadium as a fortress Manchester City aim to ransack on Sunday, to join Leeds in departing with three points during this calendar year. Michael Carrick has overseen the division’s highest home points-per-game return in that span: 2.7, ahead of Arsenal’s 2.27 (from 12 matches) and Manchester City’s 2.25 (11); and his side have scored the most goals: 26, to City’s 23, and the champions’ 20. Continue reading...

The Guardian•Jamie Jackson12 Sept

Febrile Manchester derby awaits amid growing rift between United fans and club

City heading to a fortress but home supporters will protest before kick-off over club’s drive against ticket touts Manchester United’s nine victories from 10 Premier League games at Old Trafford in 2026 cast their stadium as a fortress Manchester City aim to ransack on Sunday, to join Leeds in departing with three points during this calendar year. Michael Carrick has overseen the division’s highest home points-per-game return in that span: 2.7, ahead of Arsenal’s 2.27 (from 12 matches) and Manchester City’s 2.25 (11); and his side have scored the most goals: 26, to City’s 23, and the champions’ 20. Continue reading...

The Guardian•Jamie Jackson12 Sept

Ballon d’Or shortlist shows up Premier League’s attacking failings – but tide could be turning

English top flight’s forwards are not well represented on the list, reflecting a season of set-piece grapple, but 2026-27 already looks brighter Premier League representation is low when it comes to the 16 attacking players on this year’s Ballon d’Or shortlist . Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes and Manchester City’s Erling Haaland are there but Cole Palmer, one of the nominees in 2025, is out after an injury-hit year and English football’s shift towards physicality and set pieces last season is summed up by none of the forwards from the best team in the country making the cut. The trio giving Arsenal a presence – Gabriel Maghalhães, Declan Rice and William Saliba – are all defensive minded. Arsenal won the league but their forwards are not regarded as elite. Injuries played a part, denying Martin Ødegaard, Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka fluency, but Mikel Arteta’s side were not loved by neutrals. There was respect rather than admiration for their defensive rigour. There was an argument that a lack of ambition after going 1-0 up stopped Arsenal from beating Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final. Continue reading...

The Guardian•Jacob Steinberg11 Sept

Ballon d’Or shortlist shows up Premier League’s attacking failings – but tide could be turning

English top flight’s forwards are not well represented on the list, reflecting a season of set-piece grapple, but 2026-27 already looks brighter Premier League representation is low when it comes to the 16 attacking players on this year’s Ballon d’Or shortlist . Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes and Manchester City’s Erling Haaland are there but Cole Palmer, one of the nominees in 2025, is out after an injury-hit year and English football’s shift towards physicality and set pieces last season is summed up by none of the forwards from the best team in the country making the cut. The trio giving Arsenal a presence – Gabriel Maghalhães, Declan Rice and William Saliba – are all defensive minded. Arsenal won the league but their forwards are not regarded as elite. Injuries played a part, denying Martin Ødegaard, Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka fluency, but Mikel Arteta’s side were not loved by neutrals. There was respect rather than admiration for their defensive rigour. There was an argument that a lack of ambition after going 1-0 up stopped Arsenal from beating Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final. Continue reading...

The Guardian•Jacob Steinberg11 Sept

WSL: Villa vs Man City to come as Arsenal and Liverpool draw

Sky Sports11 Sept

'I want to play for mum' – Arsenal's Cooney-Cross

Arsenal's Kyra Cooney-Cross is preparing to play at Emirates Stadium for the first time since losing her mum Jess to cancer, and explains how she has been facing up to her bereavement "one day at a time".

BBC11 Sept

'I want to play for mum' – Arsenal's Cooney-Cross

Arsenal's Kyra Cooney-Cross is preparing to play at Emirates Stadium for the first time since losing her mum Jess to cancer, and explains how she has been facing up to her bereavement "one day at a time".

BBC11 Sept

'I want to play for mum' – Arsenal's Cooney-Cross

Arsenal's Kyra Cooney-Cross is preparing to play at Emirates Stadium for the first time since losing her mum Jess to cancer, and explains how she has been facing up to her bereavement "one day at a time".

BBC11 Sept

'I want to play for mum' – Arsenal's Cooney-Cross

Arsenal's Kyra Cooney-Cross is preparing to play at Emirates Stadium for the first time since losing her mum Jess to cancer, and explains how she has been facing up to her bereavement "one day at a time".

BBC11 Sept

'I want to play for mum' – Arsenal's Cooney-Cross

Arsenal's Kyra Cooney-Cross is preparing to play at Emirates Stadium for the first time since losing her mum Jess to cancer, and explains how she has been facing up to her bereavement "one day at a time".

BBC11 Sept

'I want to play for mum' – Arsenal's Cooney-Cross

Arsenal's Kyra Cooney-Cross is preparing to play at Emirates Stadium for the first time since losing her mum Jess to cancer, and explains how she has been facing up to her bereavement "one day at a time".

BBC11 Sept

'I want to play for mum' – Arsenal's Cooney-Cross

Arsenal's Kyra Cooney-Cross is preparing to play at Emirates Stadium for the first time since losing her mum Jess to cancer, and explains how she has been facing up to her bereavement "one day at a time".

BBC11 Sept

'I want to play for mum' – Arsenal's Cooney-Cross

Arsenal's Kyra Cooney-Cross is preparing to play at Emirates Stadium for the first time since losing her mum Jess to cancer, and explains how she has been facing up to her bereavement "one day at a time".

BBC11 Sept

'I want to play for mum' – Arsenal's Cooney-Cross

Arsenal's Kyra Cooney-Cross is preparing to play at Emirates Stadium for the first time since losing her mum Jess to cancer, and explains how she has been facing up to her bereavement "one day at a time".

BBC11 Sept

'I want to play for mum' – Arsenal's Cooney-Cross

Arsenal's Kyra Cooney-Cross is preparing to play at Emirates Stadium for the first time since losing her mum Jess to cancer, and explains how she has been facing up to her bereavement "one day at a time".

BBC11 Sept

'I want to play for mum' – Arsenal's Cooney-Cross

Arsenal's Kyra Cooney-Cross is preparing to play at Emirates Stadium for the first time since losing her mum Jess to cancer, and explains how she has been facing up to her bereavement "one day at a time".

BBC11 Sept

'I want to play for mum' – Arsenal's Cooney-Cross

Arsenal's Kyra Cooney-Cross is preparing to play at Emirates Stadium for the first time since losing her mum Jess to cancer, and explains how she has been facing up to her bereavement "one day at a time".

BBC11 Sept

'I want to play for mum' – Arsenal's Cooney-Cross

Arsenal's Kyra Cooney-Cross is preparing to play at Emirates Stadium for the first time since losing her mum Jess to cancer, and explains how she has been facing up to her bereavement "one day at a time".

BBC11 Sept