Mikel Arteta lauded the maturity of Arsenal after they sent a message with a first Premier League win over Manchester City since 2015.Gabriel Martinelli’s deflected effort in the 86th minute ended the Gunners’ run of 12 consecutive top-flight defeats to Pep Guardiola’s side.It helped Arsenal leapfrog City in the table to finish the weekend as joint leaders and while Guardiola i...Full Story »

Gabriel Martinelli returned with a bang as the Arsenal substitute’s deflected effort sealed a late, long-awaited victory against Premier League champions Manchester City.Last season the Gunners pushed City in the title race, only to eventually fall just short as Pep Guardiola’s side went on to become just the second English team to win the treble.Arsenal’s inability to win a po...Full Story »

Aberdeen were held to a goalless draw by bottom-of-the-table St Johnstone in a Premiership contest which will not live long in the memory.The Dons were chasing a third straight league win, which would have propelled them into the top half of the standings for the first time this season.But they did not trouble Dimitar Mitov enough to merit maximum points as winless Saints picked up a deserved po...Full Story »

Former England Women's goalkeeper Rachel Brown-Finnis, who was born in Burnley, was waiting for the host as she emerged from the Turf Moor tunnel at the start of the programme. Alex Scott got on the booze early live on Football FocusShe was handed a Burnley 'tradition' right at the start of the showScott did not seem to be the biggest fan of the winter warmer As she stood alongside fellow pund...Full Story »

The world's most-expensive footballer was given permission from new club Al-Hilal to fly 7,073 miles back to Brazil to witness the arrival of his second child this week. Neymar and girlfriend Bruna have announced the birth of their baby girlThe Brazilian star jetted back to his homeland to attend the birth this weekThe beautiful bundle of joy arrived this morning and has been named Maive And t...Full Story »

Bayern Munich have joined the interest in Valencia midfielder Javi Guerra. The 20 year-old is being watched regularly by Manchester United scouts this season, where manager Erik ten Hag has received glowing reports and is a big fan. BILD says Bayern chief Christoph Freund is also eyeing the youngster. Guerra's deal with Los Che runs to 2027 and has a buyout clause of €100m. VCF chief...Full Story »

Manchester United are set to trigger a clause in Victor Lindelof's contract in order to extend his stay at the club by one more year. WHAT HAPPENED? The Swedish defender's current contract is set to expire at the end of the season. In order to prevent the player from leaving for free next summer, United are set to trigger an extension clause in his contract in order to keep him at the club un...Full Story »

Mauricio Pochettino believes that Raheem Sterling deserves to be in the England squad and can prove manager Gareth Southgate wrong. The Chelsea forward has been in scintillating form so far this season, scoring three and assisting one in the Premier League already. The 28-year-old is finally starting to show glimpses of that player we saw at Manchester City and could be the central component...Full Story »

Carlo Ancelotti's big summer signing is on a record-breaking scoring run Jude Bellingham continued to find the net in La Liga, while Vinicius Jr rounded into form, as Real Madrid put four past Osasuna to go top of the league. The Englishman scored two — and surpassed Cristiano Ronaldo's mark for goal contributions in his first 10 games — before Vinicius and Joselu rounded out the ...Full Story »

Saudi Pro League outfit Abha plan a January move for Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski. The Poland international attracted an approach from Abha over the summer, but decided to stay. However, Sport says Abha will try again over the New Year for Lewandowski. The striker has three other Pro League sides keen. For his part, Lewandowski has insisted he wants to stay with the Blaugrana. Thou...Full Story »

Crewe manager Lee Bell slammed the officials and called for better on-field communication between the referee and his assistants after his side’s 4-2 defeat at Salford.First-half headers from Courtney Baker-Richardson and Matt Smith meant it was all square at the break, but in the 57th minute Baker-Richardson was flagged for offside – a decision Bell believes the officials got wrong....Full Story »

Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest settled for a point apiece after playing out a goalless draw at Selhurst Park.Morgan Gibbs-White came closest for Forest when he clipped the inside of the far post in the first half, while Jean-Philippe Mateta narrowly missed breaking the deadlock in the second period.Roy Hodgson’s 400th Premier League game in charge was marred by two more injuries to h...Full Story »

Cheltenham manager Darrell Clarke was relieved to see the robins finally find the back of the net in the 1-1 Sky Bet League One draw with Derby.Clarke collapsed to the ground in theatrical disbelief in the technical area When the Robins got their first goal at the 12th attempt.It was only the second game of Clarke’s reign as boss, but his players had endured an EFL record-equalling run of ...Full Story »

Steve Evans played down speculation linking him with the vacant Sheffield Wednesday job after his Stevenage side moved up to fourth in League One with a 1-0 win over Wigan.Evans guided Boro to the third tier last term and his side are well in the mix for back-to-back promotions after a sixth win of the season.It was a chaotic affair, with a total of 28 minutes of stoppage time and a red card api...Full Story »

David Martindale heaped praise on Livingston for the ruthless way they put 10-man Motherwell to the sword in a 2-0 victory.The Lions made light work of cutting open their visitors once Lennon Miller had been red carded in first-half stoppage time for clipping the heels of Dan MacKay.Bruce Anderson made the breakthrough only seven minutes into the second half and Sean Kelly added a second from th...Full Story »

Swansea boss Michael Duff praised his side following the 3-1 victory at Plymouth which made it four Championship wins on the spin.Josh Key’s 90th-minute breakaway goal capped a superb Swans comeback after Luke Cundle had fired Plymouth into an 18th-minute lead.Jerry Yates restored parity and then sub Ollie Cooper scored with a brilliant long-range strike within a minute of his 67th-minute ...Full Story »

Matt Gray was proud as punch with his Sutton players after they hammered Walsall 4-0 at Gander Green Lane.The U’s dragged themselves off the foot of Sky Bet League Two table with a first win since the opening day of the season.Harry Smith will get the plaudits after his deadly double after Omari Patrick opened the scoring, while Joe Riley’s own goal helped the cause.“It was exc...Full Story »

Matt Bloomfield hailed his side’s summer signings after Wycombe hammered struggling Fleetwood 4-1.All four goals were scored by new-season arrivals as the visitors blew away Lee Johnson’s side at Highbury.Dale Taylor, on loan from Nottingham Forest, bagged a brace, whilst Freddie Potts and Luke Leahy also got in on the act against the 10-man hosts.Jack Marriott scored a mere consolat...Full Story »

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers praised his players’ resolve in their 3-1 win over Kilmarnock.Goals from Reo Hatate, Luis Palma and Greg Taylor sent the champions seven points clear at the top of the cinch Premiership and made David Watson’s strike – that made it 2-1 – no more than a consolation.Rodgers admitted there had been a period of “grieving” following t...Full Story »

Hibernian head coach Nick Montgomery hailed Elie Youan for his reaction to a half-time warning after the winger netted two goals in 83 seconds to earn his side an Edinburgh derby point against Hearts at Tynecastle.Montgomery was unhappy with his side’s first-half efforts as they trailed to Alan Forrest’s spectacular strike before Christian Doidge’s 58th-minute own goal put Hear...Full Story »