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Scott Arfield snatched a last gasp winner against Everton to clinch Burnley’s third win of the season. The Clarets also scored late in the first half to go 1-0 up after a Maarten Stekelenburg mistake allowed Sam Vokes to tap home. But Everton dominated the second half and drew level through Yannick Bolasie just before the […] READ MORE
Maarten Stekelenburg saved two Manchester City penalties to earn a draw for his travelling Everton side. Kevin De Bruyne and Sergio Aguero each had their effort from the spot saved by the Dutchman. The Everton ‘keeper again denied the pair late on with two outstanding saves. It was Everton who took the lead through Romelu […] READ MORE
Since arriving at Manchester City in the summer, Pep Guardiola has barely shifted from the centre of the footballing world’s attention. This weekend will be no different. City welcome Everton to the Etihad and Guardiola will be reunited with Ronald Koeman, a fellow friend and Barcelona legend for the first time as opposing managers. Saturday […] READ MORE
Wales welcome Georgia to the Cardiff City Stadium in their third World Cup 2018 Qualifying fixture on Sunday evening. Chris Coleman’s men have begun the qualifying campaign in positive fashion, beating Moldova 4-0 and drawing 2-2 against Austria. Meanwhile, Georgia have lost both of their opening games. A Welsh win would likely see them maintain their […] READ MORE
It is widely speculated that Sam Allardyce has been sacked as the manager of England after an undercover sting appeared to show him advising businessmen on how to bend FA rules on player transfers. We are awaiting confirmation from The FA. Those rules centre around third-party ownership of players. Allardyce had verbally agreed a £400,000-a-year deal […] READ MORE
Everton sleepwalked to their first Premier League defeat of the campaign as Junior Stanislas scored the only goal for Bournemouth in a 1-0 win for the Cherries. In what transpired to be a throwback to the Toffees‘ more lacklustre performances at the back end of last season, the home side comfortably controlled the game from start to finish. […] READ MORE
24 minutes into Gareth Barry’s 600th Premier League appearance, a Kevin Mirallas corner ricocheted off the back of Alvaro Negredo and into the path of the 35-year-old. Bouncing at pace, and with Barry stood at a tight angle in relation to the goal mouth, he side-footed the ball smartly into the net to draw Everton […] READ MORE
Dele Alli has signed a new six-year contract with Tottenham, keeping him at the club until 2022. Dele Alli signs new contract The attacking midfielder broke onto the scene last season and went on to feature regularly in England’s Euro 2016 campaign. Alli signed from MK Dons in 2015, signing a five-and-a-half-year contract. After becoming […] READ MORE
Tottenham Hotspur suffered a Wembley wobble as they slumped to a 2-1 defeat to Monaco in their Champions League opener. Mauricio Pochetino was in confident mood ahead of the game, but Monaco were more than up to the task on the night. Goals from Bernardo Silva and Thomas Lemar gave Monaco a two goal lead, before Toby Alderweireld replied […] READ MORE
His transfer from recently-relegated Aston Villa to apparently ambitious Everton was met with pondering rumination from all corners. In a team regarded as one of the worst in the Premier League era, Idrissa Gueye was largely overlooked. Perhaps, in hindsight, that nobody seemed to notice the Senegalese international was a good thing. Villa were in […] READ MORE
