Chelsea are the only English club in the Women’s Champions League after Arsenal and Manchester United failed to progress beyond the qualifying round – Getty Images/Jacques Feeney English clubs will not be awarded fourth place in Europe despite the addition of a second European club competition from 2025 and an expansion of the Women’s Champions … Read more
Editor’s Note: these figures refer to teams’ performance in this week’s round of matches and not their chances of winning the competition as a whole. A+ Arsenal Five Arsenal goals at half-time and six different goalscorers at full-time, this was Mikel Arteta’s team at their attacking best, and they took heavy revenge on the French … Read more
André Onana was accused of unnerving teammates and imposing a ‘shoot-on-sight’ policy on opponents after his ‘disastrous’ mistakes left Manchester United on the brink of elimination from the Champions League. Erik ten Hag’s €47.2 million summer signing from Inter Milan made two glaring errors when conceding Hakim Ziyech’s free-kicks before conceding a goal at his … Read more
Jamaal Lascelles will take charge of Newcastle at the Parc des Princes on Tuesday after regaining his place in Eddie Howe’s side – Mark Pinder for The Telegraph It’s easy to understand why Jamaal Lascelles is not only a Premier League defender, but also a captain. “There were a lot of people who probably wrote … Read more
Harry Maguire (left) was awarded a penalty for handball in United’s defeat to FC Copenhagen this month – Getty Images/James Gill Manchester United and England defender Harry Maguire has called on the Premier League to take a stand against ‘soft’ penalties and raise the threshold for awarding penalties. Maguire survived a criminal case against him … Read more