pic by Alessandro Schiavone By Alessandro Schiavone at the Amex Stadium, Brighton & Hove Albion Goals: Groß (31'), Kostoulas 45', Andres 57' At 0-0 Brighton fans sang: “Same old Arsenal, always cheating.” By the end of the game it turned to: “Champions of England, you’re having a laugh!” But “Are you Coventry City in disguise?” would have been more appropriate. Or Chelsea, perhaps, as both London giants were played off the park by the same scoreline in less than 24 hours. Or

Photo taken by Schiavone in Amsterdam in 2023 By Alessandro Schiavone at the AMEX Bart Verbruggen has humorously called out his Brighton & Hove Albion teammates after their 3-0 demolition of Arsenal, pointing to some sloppy moments during the game. The Netherlands’ number one pulled off a huge save to deny Kai Havertz in a one-on-one late on, with his side already three goals to the good, but played down suggestions that it was the ‘perfect game. A win against the champions,

Premier League Tottenham Hotspur (0) 2 Gallagher 87, Van Hecke 90 (+7) Aston Villa (1) 3 Manzambi 45 (+3), Jackson 67, Buendia 79 Tottenham have dropped into the bottom-three after a 2-3 home defeat against Aston Villa. And when they finally scored, in the 87th minute, there was hardly anyone left to cheer. The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium was more than half empty when substitute Connor Gallagher finally broke the duck for Spurs after nearly 450 minutes of Premier League-footbal

Just your average day at the Den? Not quite : Picture by @YTJourno Championship Millwall (2) 2 Taylor 16, Neghli 45+3 West Ham United (0) 2 Kante 74, Mavraponos 80 Kante s/o 89 Every tackle cheered to the rafters. Every contact a prompt for howls of protest. Every mistake from the opposition greeted with cheers of derision. Welcome to the Den on derby day against the team Lions fans hate more than any other foe. The Hammers were caught in a first-half storm that all-but crush

By Football Reporter at Gtech Community Stadium Aaron Hickey revealed that Igor Thiago didn’t get words of encouragement from his Brentford teammates during his goalless start to the season . That is because the Samba juggernaut’s innate positivity didn’t require any external intervention during a difficult spell. The former Club Brugge hitman had gone seven Premier League games without a goal either side of an underwhelming World Cup with Brazil. And after his tap-in goal in

Friday night frolics : Picture by @YTJourno Premier League Brentford (0) 3 Anthony 61, Thiago 83, Carvalho 90 Chelsea (0) 0 It was the one thing that has been missing on the Brentford CV. Now in their sixth season in the top flight - how time flies - they had beaten everyone at the Gtech at some point, including Arsenal, Liverpool, Man City and United. The one exception: Chelsea. Now they have the set. And an unbeaten start to the season after five games into the bargain. Thi

Exclusive by Alessandro Schiavone The son of a Dutch football legend has alerted the Premier League about his desire to move to England next summer. Lyon defender Ruben Kluivert was in talks with Crystal Palace over a potential deal in late August to replace Maxence Lacroix. But the Eagles eventually struck a deal with the Frenchman's new club Chelsea to bring in Axel Disasi on a season-long loan deal after failing to meet the French side's valuation for the Dutchman AND Mal

AFC WIMBLEDON and MK Dons shared the spoils as the two rivals drew 0-0 at Plough Lane. Both teams had a decent shout for a penalty ignored late in the first half, but ultimately neither could break the deadlock as Johnnie Jackson’s side moved up to fifth spot in League One. Callum Maycock squandered a glorious early opportunity for Wimbledon when he flashed a ninth minute shot agonisingly wide after being set up perfectly by Myles Hippolyte. Steve Seddon was only denied by th

In pursuit of another trophy lift : Tonight's match programme Europa League Group Stage Crystal Palace (3) 4 Pino 10, Richards 27, Stand Larsen 34pen, Nketiah 89 Lech Poznan (0) 0 Murawski s/o 87 Better late than never, Palace have finally taken part in the Europa League which proved so elusive last season . A year on from their controversial demotion to the Conference League because of ownership infractions, they are up and running in the continent's second tier competition.

Cup night under the lights : Picture by @YtJourno League Cup Third Round West Ham United (2) 2 Morato 16 Pablo 45+2 Fulham (2) 3 Rodrigo Muniz 13, Palacios 37, Bobb 78 Oscar Bobb's first Fulham goal settled a very watchable League Cup third round tie at the London Stadium - where West Ham, as notional Championship underdogs equalised twice to keep the contest bubbling nicely right to the end. The £27m Norwegian - a January signing from Man City - celebrated his first domestic

Picture : Wikimedia Commons / Steve Daniels Arsenal made it four wins out of four in the Premier League thanks to a David Raya penalty save and a wonderful first goal from Bruno Guimaraes at Sunderland. Bukayo Saka's injury-time penalty secured a 2-0 win at the Stadium of Light, where the Gunners dropped two points last season in a 2-2 draw. Mikel Arteta should have been beaming after a victory which comes at the end of a week where Chelsea were overcome at the Emirates and N

Chelsea (1) 2 v Hull City (2) 2 Rogers 7 Belloumi 28 Belloumi 34 João Pedro 66 By Kaz Mochlinski at Stamford Bridge Premier League Matchweek 4 Chelsea’s latest reset with the appointment of Xabi Alonso as manager is not looking like it will conjure a new era of instant success on the evidence of Hull City’s 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge. Just as in their defeat at Arsenal six days beforehand, Chelsea’s attack was unable to compensate for substantial shortcomings in defence, wit

Leyton Orient boss Richie Wellens speaks post-match : Picture by @YTJourno Orient's early-season malaise on home soil continued in their Saturday lunchtime assignment with Wycombe Wanderers and boss Richie Wellens concedes there is work to be done to put it right. The O's were very hopeful of shifting the dial in their fortunes at Brisbane Road after defeats in their first two league games and a league cup reverse to Bradford City in midweek - especially as they were up again

Tottenham manager Roberto De Zerbi shares his thoughts after the Toffees clash Roberto De Zerbi says he is still searching for a 90 minute display from his goal-shy Tottenham side after failing to build on a bright start against Everton. Spurs began the game very much on the front foot and caused the visiting defence plenty of problems in the opening half hour. But once again they failed to capitalise in the final third and remain without a goal in the Premier League this sea

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Here is how we rated Tottenham's players in today's 0-0 draw with Everton. Antonin Kinsky 7 – Good save to push behind James Garner’s first half stoppage time free-kick and used his head to somehow deny Thierno Barry an early second half breakthrough. Lucky to see Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall fire straight at him from his poor clearance. Archie Gray 6 – Required treatment for a back injury early on and then struggled to deal with the pace of Tyrique George,

Back for more punishment in N17 Premier League Tottenham Hotspur (0) 0 Everton (0) 0 For the first time in their storied history, Spurs have failed to score in their opening four games of a season. Boos greeted the final whistle after yet another afternoon of frustrating toil which began promisingly but fizzled out against a familiar backdrop of increasingly disenchanted home fans. The Lilywhites really don't seem to like their own home. It was just a few weeks ago against th

Premier League Crystal Palace (1) 2 Khalali 14, Strand Larsen 75 Ipswich Town (2) 3 Emersonn 23, David 45, Flemming 90 Crystal Palace suffered their third defeat in four games when Ipswich Town grabbed a late winner at Selhurst Park. Former Millwall-forward Zian Flemming scored the winning goal on his debut for The Tractor Boys. Playing with ten men most of the game, courtesy of a silly red card for Axle Disasi, Crystal Palace looked like salvaging a draw against an excelle

Brisbane pride : Picture by @YTJournp League One Leyton Orient (1) 2 Grimmer og 37, Kabia 52 Wycombe Wanderers (2) 3 Wareham 13, Onyedinma 45+2, Harvie 47 Leyton Orient fans are still wondering whether they are in for a season which resembled the excellent promotion push of two seasons ago or the one which saw an uncomfortable time just above the relegation zone last term. This match will have done little to reassure them that the likely pathway is towards glory as they fell

Aiming for the top: Friday night brought Wrexham to town. And three easy points. Championship West Ham United (2) 6 Bowen 28, Piroe 37, Mavropanos 48, Castellanos 63, Kante 76 Solomon 62 Wrexham (0) 0 It had been nearly three years since West Ham last won four games in a row - but they have reached that marker to once again signal their intention not to hang around too long in the Championship. They are back on top of the league - at least until tomorrow - and look more than

By Alessandro Schiavone at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Napoli 0-1 Arsenal Goal: Odegaard 75' Arsenal bounced back from their heartbreaking Champions League final loss in Budapest by kicking off the new edition with a 1-0 win at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. But Ben White, Piero Hincapie, Mikel Merino, Bruno Guimaraes, Noni Madueke all owe Martin Odegaard a dinner at a fancy London restaurant. Because the Norwegian’s 75th minute long ranger off the post from a delicious

All inhibitions are shed : Picture by @CapitalFootball UK League Cup Third Round Chelsea (0) 6 Palmer pen 53, 55, Pedro Neto 60, Welbeck 65, 90, Barco 80 Leeds United (1) 3 Muharemovic 23, Aarsonson 48, Calvert-Lewin 75 Four goals in a crazy 12-minute spell at the start of the second half turned a night of increasing drama on its head for Chelsea - having threatened to become one of dire embarrassment. Rarely in recent times have the Blues played as poorly as they did in the

Sunset Boulevard of south London. The Den prepares : Picture by @YTJourno League Cup Third Round Millwall (0) 0 Newcastle United (0) 1 Willock 81 Sometimes you don't need a ton of goals for a thriller. A solitary Joe Willock goal with about 10 minutes to play was just enough to see the Premier League boys overcome the Lions in a rip-roaring encounter in which Millwall filled their fans with pride. Theirs was a great effort to contain and aim for a swift break or two and set

Eagles v Boro: Pic by JTaylorSport Crystal Palace 3 Middlesbrough 0 It was a tie which had the potential for an upset - but Crystal Palace eased into the fourth round of the Carabao Cup, thanks to a brace of headers by Jorgen Strand Larsen and a fine chipped goal by Daichi Kamada against Middlesbrough at Selhurst Park. Strand Larsen’s aerial abilities ultimately made the difference against the Championship outfit, who acquitted themselves well, but lacked the clinical touch o

No room for self-pity. Andy woodman in usual no-nonsense form post-match : Picture by @YTJourno Bromley's bid to get back on an even keel after two fearful batterings in the past week fell flat, as they were well beaten by south London rivals AFC Wimbledon. Monday night's 2-0 defeat at Hayes Lane may not have been as embarrassing as the 7-2 shellacking at Sheffield Wednesday or the 5-0 home defeat to Orient but it suggests a worrying direction of travel for the Ravens as they