Jadon Sancho stepped off the bench to inspire Chelsea to a 1-0 victory at Bournemouth as he set up Christopher Nkunku’s 86th-minute winner on the south coast.Sancho had not featured in the Premier League for 12 months after a spat with Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag last season and despite settling the rift this summer, he joined the Blues on loan on transfer deadline day.Enzo Maresca...Full Story »

Unai Emery admits he has a “challenge” on his hands to make the most of strikers Jhon Duran and Ollie Watkins after both scored in Aston Villa’s 3-2 come-from-behind victory over Everton.Watkins struck his first two goals of the Premier League season either side of the break to cancel out Everton’s two-goal lead, given to them by Dwight McNeil and Dominic Calvert-Lewin.Du...Full Story »

Karl Robinson was delighted to see Salford come back from behind to beat Cheltenham 2-1 thanks to Hakeeb Adelakun’s second-half brace.But the boss admitted his team will need to show a vast improvement if they are to continue their improving results in League Two.The Robins had taken the lead through Ethon Archer three minutes after half-time but Adelakun played a starring role for the Amm...Full Story »

Manager Alex Revell pointed to Stevenage’s squad strength as well as the two weeks off during the international break as being key to their 3-0 win over Barnsley in League One.Two goals from Elliott List and one from Carl Piergianni, all in the second half, guided Boro to a second win of the season.Revell made eight changes from their last outing against Lincoln, including the return of la...Full Story »

Charlton boss Nathan Jones believes his team just ‘shaded’ the 1-0 victory at Shrewsbury that earns them a top-two place in Sky Bet League One.The victory means the Addicks got their promotion hopes back on track after a loss and draw – to Reading and Rotherham, respectively – in their previous two games.Shrewsbury have only managed to pick up three points and keep one cl...Full Story »

Lincoln boss Michael Skubala feels the disappointment among his squad after their 1-1 draw at Peterborough shows how far they have come since he took charge 10 months ago.Lincoln had not scored a goal on their last two visits to Peterborough, but that drought was ended as Ben House netted his third of the campaign after an excellent team move to give the Imps a 33rd-minute lead at London Road.A ...Full Story »

Ian Evatt described Bolton’s performance in Saturday’s 4-0 home League One defeat to Huddersfield as the worst he had seen since arriving at the club in 2020.Town fans goaded Evatt with chants of ‘you’re getting sacked in the morning’ after Josh Koroma scored a brace, with further goals from Ben Wiles and Antony Evans for the visitors.And in a dramatic post-match pr...Full Story »

Hearts head coach Steven Naismith felt there were inconsistencies in interpretation after his side twice came out on the wrong side of two VAR handball calls in a 2-0 defeat at Celtic.Colin Steven reversed a first-half penalty award for Hearts after Lawrence Shankland’s header hit the arm of Liam Scales.The referee gave a spot-kick for Celtic in the 52nd minute after again being called to ...Full Story »

Leyton Orient head coach Richie Wellens praised his players for putting their “bodies on the line” as his side picked up their first Sky Bet League One points of the season with a deserved 1-0 victory at Reading.Charlie Kelman scored the only goal of the game, his third of the campaign, in the 27th minute as rookie Reading goalkeeper Coniah Boyce-Clarke allowed Kelman’s 20-yard...Full Story »

Bradford boss Graham Alexander felt the officials did not give his side a fair crack of the whip in their 2-1 League Two defeat at Walsall.Saddlers substitute Danny Johnson’s 88th-minute winner settled a pulsating affair in which each side enjoyed dominant spells but spurned multiple chances.“It’s difficult to digest that we didn’t come out with a point because I felt we ...Full Story »

Sheffield Wednesday manager Danny Rohl is confident his side will soon start picking up wins after they were held to a 1-1 draw by QPR.Captain Barry Bannan thought he had given the Owls victory in stoppage time with a stunning finish, but substitute Alfie Lloyd scrambled in an equaliser with the last kick of the game.Rohl said: “This was our best performance since the first game against Pl...Full Story »

Palace boss Oliver Glasner admitted his new-look side are still working their way up to “excellent” football after salvaging a 2-2 draw with Leicester.Deadline-day signings Eddie Nketiah and Maxence Lacroix both made their Eagles debuts at Selhurst Park, where Jamie Vardy opened the scoring for the visitors in the 21st minute.The Foxes were leading 2-0 thanks to Stephy Mavididi&rsquo...Full Story »

Michael Carrick is confident Middlesbrough will develop into a more potent force in the Sky Bet Championship after watching Preston leave the Riverside with a point.The Boro head coach had to settle for a 1-1 draw after watching the Lilywhites claw level after Tommy Conway’s low finish in the 16th minute had put the home side ahead with his second goal for the club since moving from B...Full Story »

Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna insisted he had no hesitation in picking Arijanet Muric at Brighton despite a turbulent week for the goalkeeper.Muric was one of three players sent home early from the Kosovo squad last week for an alleged breach of their rules.But the 25-year-old summer signing from Burnley went from international zero to Ipswich hero by securing his side a point from a goalless draw...Full Story »

Stephen Clemence was delighted with Barrow’s multifaceted performance to beat Grimsby 2-1 and continue their strong start to the Sky Bet League Two campaign.Sam Foley and Theo Vassell headed in from corners in the first half, before the Mariners responded with a goal just before half-time through Kieran Green. The Bluebirds held on for the three points as Grimsby pushed for an equaliser in...Full Story »

Boston remain winless at home in the National League this season after Jacob Hazel’s equaliser rescued them a point in a 1-1 draw against Aldershot.Hazel notched his sixth goal of the season and fifth in four matches after Josh Barrett had given Shots a half-time lead, while Boston’s Dan Mooney saw his first-half penalty saved.Irish midfielder Barrett curled the visitors into a 29th-...Full Story »

Boss Jimmy Thelin is refusing to get carried away after Aberdeen made it 10 successive wins in all competitions this season with a 2-1 victory over Motherwell at Pittodrie.The Dons held off a late comeback from Motherwell to record a fifth straight Scottish Premiership win thanks to Pape Habib Gueye’s double.The Senegalese striker netted a superb solo strike to open the scoring and doubled...Full Story »

Leyton Orient secured their first Sky Bet League One points this season, at the fifth attempt, after a hard-earned yet deserved 1-0 win at Reading.Orient made the decisive breakthrough in the 27th minute through Charlie Kelman’s third goal of the campaign, after an error by rookie home goalkeeper Coniah Boyce-Clarke.Although Reading threatened sporadically in an even second half, the visit...Full Story »

Two goals in the first 15 minutes of the second half helped Stevenage storm to a 3-0 win at home to Barnsley in League One.Elliott List got the first, two minutes after coming on as substitute. The ball ran to him on the right side of the box after a Jamie Reid shot had been blocked.List, who has been guilty of some glaring misses this season, made no mistake with a low drive inside Gabriel Slon...Full Story »

Yuki Ohashi scored a second-half brace as Blackburn maintained their excellent start to the season by brushing aside Bristol City 3-0.John Eustace’s men were looking to win their first three home league games of the season for the first time in 11 years and that outcome barely looked in doubt, though they were given a helping hand by Robins’ goalkeeper Max O’Leary, whose loose ...Full Story »