There was no goal for Erling Haaland on his home debut but Pep Guardiola insisted it was a matter of time before Manchester City fans get to see the best out of their marquee summer signing.Haaland – who opened his account with a brace at West Ham last week – set up Ilkay Gundogan’s opener in a 4-0 win over Bournemouth on Saturday, but could not take two chances of his own and ...Full Story »

Erling Haaland had to settle for an assist on his home debut for Manchester City as Pep Guardiola’s side cruised to a 4-0 victory over Bournemouth.All eyes were on the prolific Norwegian after his Premier League bow brought a match-winning brace at West Ham last weekend, but instead it was Ilkay Gundogan, Kevin De Bruyne and Phil Foden who did the damage at the Etihad Stadium before a late...Full Story »

Olivier Ntcham struck late to secure Swansea’s first win of the Sky Bet Championship season with a 1-0 victory away to Blackpool.Ntcham struck on 87 minutes when Michael Obafemi burst through on goal and teed him up for a tap-in to silence the Bloomfield Road fans.Jerry Yates had the hosts’ best chance, but saw his penalty saved by Andy Fisher.Fisher was impenetrable in the Swans&rsq...Full Story »

The 2nd round of the English Premier League will see a crucial battle as defending champions Manchester City will host newly-promoted side AFC Bournemouth. Due to the huge difference in strength between the two sides, there is no doubt that Manchester City will win 3 points at home against these rivals. Manchester City main strikers Sterling and Jesus have moved to Chelsea and Arsenal, replac...Full Story »

Manchester City will be without Kalvin Phillips while fellow midfielder Cole Palmer is a doubt ahead of the visit of promoted Bournemouth in the Premier League.Manager Pep Guardiola revealed Phillips is struggling with “niggles” while Palmer has a foot injury.Defender Aymeric Laporte is sidelined after knee surgery in the summer.Bournemouth could have Argentina defender Marcos Senesi...Full Story »

Todibo one of several defenders on Inter's listInter are looking at Jean-Clair Todibo as a potential replacement for Milan Skriniar, reports Foot Mercato. The club has not ruled out the sale of Skriniar and are now assessing options to potentially replace him. Todibo is one, but he's still drawing interest from PSG and Chelsea, which further complicates Inter's pursuit as they also look at M...Full Story »

Blackpool manager Michael Appleton could restore a number of players to his line-up for the visit of Swansea in the Sky Bet Championship.Appleton made seven changes for the Carabao Cup loss to Barrow on penalties in midweek with goalkeeper Dan Grimshaw among those likely to come back in.Veteran defender Richard Keogh is no longer an option after joining Ipswich this week.Jordan Gabriel and James...Full Story »

Nathan Broadhead could make his debut for Wigan in their Sky Bet Championship clash with Bristol City.The forward joined the Latics on a season-long loan from Everton earlier this week while striker Ashley Fletcher arrived in a similar arrangement with Watford on Friday evening. The game against City could come too soon for the former West Ham and Middlesbrough man, however.Wigan will check on d...Full Story »

Manchester City are interested in signing Borussia Dortmund left-back Raphael Guerreiro, according to Sky Sports. The report says that Man City are keen to sign Raphael Guerreiro and the 28-year-old Portuguese international is one of the potential choices City are considering. Guerreiro has made 189 appearances for Dortmund since joining the club in 2016, contributing 34 goals and 37 assists...Full Story »

Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva insists he is happy at the club but has not ruled out leaving this summer. The 28-year-old has been linked with Barcelona all summer and last week manager Pep Guardiola said he did not know if the Portugal international playmaker would still be at the club at the end of the transfer window. Silva, who said he has an "honest" relationship with the clu...Full Story »

Forest after Freuler Nottingham Forest are now getting closer to signing Remo Freuler. Fee around €9m discussed with Atalanta and progressing to the final stages. 🚨🇨🇭 #NFFCFreuler wants Nottingham Forest as priority. pic.twitter.com/Z8LiFYoVmY— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 10, 2022 Palace look to hijack Moriba deal Crystal Palace are pushing to hijack Il...Full Story »

Tommy Conway’s first career brace ensured Bristol City’s route into the second round of the Carabao Cup with a 4-1 win against Coventry at the Pirelli Stadium.The forward was starting for the Robins for the first time since May 2021 and netted a first-half brace inside half an hour after Kai Naismith opened the scoring.Andreas Weimann wrapped things up deep into stoppage time after J...Full Story »

Manchester City are often consistent in doing their business early on in the transfer window, as was the case with this summer’s major investments Kalvin Phillips and Erling Braut Haaland. Yet after the first weekend of the Premier League season, Pep Guardiola is still waiting on a replacement for the departed Oleksandr Zinchenko. The Ukrainian arrived as an attacking midfielder, but wa...Full Story »

Swansea boss Russell Martin was fuming after his Championship side squandered a two-goal lead at half-time and lost 5-3 on penalties against League One side Oxford at the Kassam Stadium.Jay Fulton and Liam Cullen put the Swans two up in 25 minutes and they had other good opportunities before an error from keeper Steven Benda on 72 minutes gave Oxford hope.His casual clearance was charged down by...Full Story »

League One Oxford shocked Championship outfit Swansea 5-3 on penalties after storming back from two goals down at half-time to force a 2-2 draw.Penalties were earned thanks to Cameron Brannagan’s stoppage-time equaliser, but Swansea should have been out of sight after a dominant first half.Jay Fulton fired the Swans ahead in the eighth minute, curling a 20-yard free-kick around the wall af...Full Story »

Tayo Adaramola could make his Coventry debut in Wednesday’s Carabao Cup first-round clash with Bristol City in Burton.The Crystal Palace loanee missed the opening weekend’s 1-1 draw at Sunderland but could now be ready to feature for the Sky Blues.Coventry will host City at Burton’s Pirelli Stadium due to continued pitch problems at their home ground.Owners Wasps have vowed to ...Full Story »

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola believes Erling Haaland has already silenced the doubters after his debut double sank West Ham 2-0.Haaland had faced some criticism for his underwhelming performance in the Community Shield defeat by Liverpool last weekend.But the £51million striker announced his arrival in the Premier League in style with a goal in each half, a penalty followed by a neat...Full Story »

Erling Haaland opened his Manchester City account with two goals as the champions beat West Ham 2-0 at the London Stadium.The £51million summer signing from Borussia Dortmund scored what are likely to be the first of many to get his and City’s season up and running.It might not have been as explosive a debut as some of his previous ones – Haaland scored a hat-trick on his ...Full Story »

West Ham United finished seventh last season but slipped down after a strong start to the season. After a 0-0 stalemate with Lens last week, they need to take their strength up a notch in this game. Manchester City led Liverpool by a point last season and clinched the Premier League title, but lost in the Community Shield last week. The Hammers took 3 draws and 1 loss in the last four pre-se...Full Story »

The contributions of strikers Ellis Simms and Ross Stewart delighted Sunderland boss Alex Neil as his newly-promoted side took three deserved points from a 3-2 win at Ashton Gate.Everton loanee Simms marked his debut by shooting the visitors in front inside four minutes and fired a second to equalise after goals from Andreas Weimann and Chris Martin had put City in front.Stewart headed the winne...Full Story »