The Football Faithful’s Premier League Team of the Week is back for another edition. Arsenal edged an entertaining North London derby after seeing off a Spurs fightback, though Manchester City kept the title race in their own hands. Elsewhere, concerns continued for Liverpool and Manchester United, though it was better news for Everton who confirmed Premier League status for another season. Each week we delve through the weekend action and compile our Premier League Team of the Week from the fixtures’ finest performances. Goalkeeper: Arijanet Muric – Burnley Burnley kept alive their hope ..read more

Here are the best and funniest tweets from Football Twitter from the past seven days.  It will never be ‘X’ to me, damn it. Liverpool are set to appoint Arne Slot as their next manager when Jurgen Klopp steps down at the end of the season.  Class of Liverpool to arrange a joint press conference with Klopp welcoming Slot pic.twitter.com/Q5iQdvu96S — Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) April 26, 2024 Arne Slot to Liverpool – Everything we know so far This is the real challenge facing Slot at Anfield.  No doubt Arne Slot is a decent football coach. But more importantly, does he have the ..read more

Six talking points ahead of the Premier League weekend, featuring Liverpool’s need to toughen up, Phil Foden’s fantastic form, and an acid test for Arsenal. Limp Liverpool must toughen up against Hammers Liverpool’s title hopes appear all but over after a crushing defeat in the Merseyside Derby in midweek, a second loss in three league games leaving the Reds down if not quite out. Their defeat at Everton was very unlike the Liverpool we have come to know under Jurgen Klopp. His side were outworked, outfought, and the Reds were rattled at set-pieces. Both Everton goals came from dead balls int ..read more

The Premier League brought a midweek schedule this week and delivered some brilliant games, including a five-star performance from Arsenal against Chelsea and an Everton upset in the Merseyside Derby. Following the midweek action, we’ve picked out five players who impressed. Martin Odegaard – Arsenal Arsenal turned up the heat on Manchester City with a stunning performance to thrash Chelsea this week, as the Gunners thrashed their London rivals 5-0 at the Emirates. Kai Havertz haunted his former side with a brace and Ben White was also on target twice, though it was Martin Odegaard who ran th ..read more

Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe criticised the proliferation of “fake stories” around his team’s fitness as he delivered a detailed injury update ahead of their meeting with Crystal Palace.  The Magpies travel to Selhurst Park on Wednesday for an 8pm kick-off with Oliver Glasner’s in-form side as they bid to qualify for Europe. Newcastle have been brutalised by injuries and absences this season, with ten players currently on the treatment table and Sandro Tonali serving a ten-month suspension for breaching betting regulations.   “We’re trying to get as many players fit to make the ..read more

Five talking points ahead of the Premier League’s midweek action, featuring the race for Europe, Ineos’ need for a scalpel at Manchester United, and a Merseyside Derby with high stakes. European race heating up The title race might be the overriding narrative of the run-in but the chase for continental competition is becoming equally as tight. The top five are all but confirmed, though behind that is a fascinatingly close pack. Newcastle currently sit sixth, ahead of facing Crystal Palace this week, a position that at present will secure Europa Conference League football. However, should Manc ..read more

Five things we learned from the Premier League weekend, featuring Arsenal’s defensive record, Crystal Palace’s future, and Nottingham Forest opening a can of worms. Arsenal defence keeping title dream alive Arsenal moved back to the top of the Premier League table with a 2-0 win at Wolves, a fixture that saw the Gunners keep a sixth successive clean sheet on the road. Only two teams have ever had a longer sequence of clean sheets in away games in the Premier League, while their latest shutout was the 15th of the campaign for Arsenal – five more than any other side in the division. William Sali ..read more

Our weekly Premier League awards honour the best – and worst – of the football action from the weekend. Moment of the Week It just has to be that social media post. Nottingham Forest were pushed closer to the Premier League’s trap door after losing a relegation six-pointer at Everton, though it’s the aftermath that has caused the biggest controversy of the weekend. Forest saw three, credible, penalty appeals turned down at Goodison Park and can quite rightly feel aggrieved at those decisions, but the social media post aimed in the direction of the PGMOL is truly terrible. The club’s official a ..read more

The EFL has released a statement revealing there was no consultation with the Football League before the decision to scrap FA Cup replays. An announcement was made this week to confirm the FA and Premier League had agreed to abolish FA Cup replays from next season, amid concerns over the congestion of the football calendar. The decision has been greeted with criticism in the lower leagues, who insist FA Cup replays provide teams down the pyramid with a chance to earn revenue through money-spinning ties.   The Premier League has agreed to greater funding for the lower tiers as a result, t ..read more

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag and Coventry counterpart Mark Robins have criticised the decision to scrap FA Cup replays, as the teams prepare to meet in the competition’s semi-finals this weekend. The FA and Premier League have reached an agreement to scrap FA Cup replays from next season, with England’s top flight instead agreeing to provide extra funding to the football pyramid. The decision comes amid concerns over the congested calendar, though Ten Hag said that while ‘inevitable’ the decision is ‘very sad for the British football culture’.   “It’s very sad for the British f ..read more