Author: Adejuyigbe Francis

Erling Haaland capped a glorious week by completing a second-half hat-trick as Manchester City extended their 100% start to the Premier League season with a win over Fulham. On Tuesday, Haaland was named PFA Player of the Year. On Thursday, he got a similar award from Uefa. Here, he was back doing what he does best – putting the ball into the net, as he took his tally to six for the campaign. Haaland had set up the opener for Julian Alvarez – and with the score at 2-1 going into the second half, the favour was returned, as the…

Heung-Min Son scored the first hat-trick of the season as Tottenham came from behind to beat Burnley 5-2 at Turf Moor and leave Vincent Kompany’s side pointless after three home games back in the Premier League. Son cancelled out Lyle Foster’s early opener in the 16th minute and then, after goals from Cristian Romero and James Maddison had put Tottenham in control, he scored two in the space of four minutes just after the hour as Spurs made it 10 points from Ange Postecoglou’s first four league games in charge. Spurs have boosted their attacking options with Friday’s signing of…

Substitute Anthony Elanga scored his first Nottingham Forest goal to secure a hard-fought Premier League victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Summer signing Elanga, introduced in first-half added time following an injury to Danilo, struck shortly after the break when he raced on to Taiwo Awoniyi’s pass and slotted home. Nicolas Jackson missed a glorious opportunity to equalise inside the final 10 minutes, firing over from inside the six-yard box after being teed up by Raheem Sterling. Jackson had earlier been denied by a last-ditch block by Willy Boly, while £40m deadline day signing Cole Palmer was introduced by boss Mauricio Pochettino,…

Sheffield United and Everton contested an entertaining Premier League draw as both sides picked up their first point of the campaign. The two teams have had wretched starts, losing their opening three games this season, but they could not be separated at Bramall Lane, sharing four goals in an enjoyable lunchtime game. Sheffield United had started the brighter but it was the visitors who took the lead through Abdoulaye Doucoure, poking in a rebound for Everton’s first league goal of the campaign. United responded well with the dangerous Gustavo Hamer forcing Jordan Pickford into a sharp save and they got…

Manchester City will be looking to continue their fine start to the English Premier League season when they take on Fulham in their next game of the campaign this weekend. The Pep Guardiola-led team will be going into the contest after their hard fought 2-1 away win over Sheffield United last Sunday, and they will be looking for another victory over Fulham to continue with their 100% start in the campaign. Fulham, on the other hand, will enter the game off the back of their 2-2 draw with Arsenal in their English Premier League outing, the cottagers also beat Tottenham 5-3 on penalties in their…

Mauricio Pochettino claimed his first win as Chelsea boss last time out in the Premier League, with the Blues dispatching Luton Town 3-0 at Stamford Bridge. Raheem Sterling was in fine form, scoring twice and providing the assist for new signing Nicolas Jackson to open his Chelsea account. Chelsea made hard work of beating AFC Wimbledon in the EFL Cup, coming from behind to beat the League Two side 2-1 on Wednesday. Forest, meanwhile, will be looking to bounce back from successive defeats after a 3-2 loss at Manchester United last weekend and a 1-0 reverse at the hands of…

Paris Saint-Germain have signed Randal Kolo Muani from Eintracht Frankfurt on a five-year contract. The deal has reportedly cost Les Parisiens around £78million to bring the 24-year-old France forward back to his native Paris. PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi said: “We are delighted to welcome Randal Kolo Muani — a proud Parisien and Frenchman – to Paris Saint-Germain; to his city and his home. “We have worked incredibly hard to get this transfer over the line. “Randal is a fantastic French international player and is committed to PSG and our project. I’m so excited to see Randal in a PSG jersey,…

Jarrod Bowen continued his fine start to the season to help West Ham to a victory at Luton that puts them top of the Premier League. After dominating possession throughout the first half, West Ham found the breakthrough shortly before half-time when Lucas Paqueta’s tantalising cross was headed in by Bowen, although Luton goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski may feel he should have done better as he parried the shot over the line. Luton, despite being without the ball for long periods, did pose a threat on the counter and they carved out eight chances in the opening 45 minutes. However, they…

The Europa League draw took place today in Monaco, France. The draw took its usual format, with the 32 qualifiers divided into eight groups of four, A-H. Prior to the draw, all competing clubs were assigned to one of the four pots, with one team from each pot going into each group. No two clubs from the same country could be drawn in the same group. Newcomers Brighton Were drawn in Group B alongside Ajax and Marseille. Liverpool would also have to battle it out with LASK from Austria and last season Quarter Finalist Union St-Gilloise. 2023/2024 UEFA Europa League…

Fulham have agreed a fee with Everton to sign midfielder Alex Iwobi. The Nigerian, 27, will now travel to London for a medical with a view to completing the move before the transfer deadline. Iwobi has played in two of Everton’s three Premier League games this season, with the Toffees yet to pick up a single point and sitting bottom of the table. Injury kept him out of Saturday’s home defeat to Wolves. He joined the club from Arsenal in the summer of 2019 and has made 123 league appearances, scoring six times.

Manchester City have completed the signing of midfielder Matheus Nunes from Wolves for £53m. The deal includes a 10% sell-on clause for Wolves from any profit City make on the 25-year-old in future. The Portugal international, who has 11 caps for his country, has signed a five-year contract with City. “I’m so happy to be joining Manchester City, the champions of Europe and a club I’ve admired for a long time,” said Nunes. “The opportunity to work under [City manager] Pep Guardiola, one of the greatest managers ever, and alongside some of the best players in the world was something…

Chelsea have signed England Under-21 forward Cole Palmer from Manchester City for an initial £40m. The deal includes a further £2.5m in add-ons and the 21-year-old has signed a seven-year contract with the option of a further year. Palmer was part of the England side which won the European Under-21 Championship earlier this summer, and is a product of the City academy. “I’m excited to get started and it feels great to sign,” he said. “I’ve joined Chelsea because the project here sounds good and because of the platform I will have to try to showcase my talents. “It is…