Kassam confrontation : Picture by Will Powell Championship Oxford United 0 QPR 0 The Hoops fired another blank against Oxford United on a rainy night at the Kassam Stadium. It follows a 0-0 away four days ago at Stoke City. The game betwewn the sides at Matrade Loftus Road in October was also 0-0. Oxford started the evening in 23rd spot having come into the game off the back of one win against Southampton (home) 2-1, two draws against Bristol City (home) 0-0 last time out and

By Alessandro Schiavone at the San Siro, Milano Champions League Matchday 7 Inter Milan 1-3 Arsenal Goals : Gabriel Jesus 10', 31' (A), Sučic 18' (I), Gyökeres 84' (A) Inter were taught a lesson by Arsenal who made it seven wins in as many Champions League games thanks to an emphatic 3-1 victory over last season’s finalists at the San Siro. The Gunners were already assured of a top-eight finish before a ball was even kicked last night and now have the certainty to finish top.

Out you come : Picture by @capitalfootball Champions League MD7 Tottenham Hotspur (2) 2 Romero 14, Solanke 37 Borussia Dortmund (0) 0 Svensson s/o 25 So now we know what Spurs need to do - get themselves into the Bundesliga somehow. Thomas Frank's men were unrecognisable from the rabble seen at the weekend - and in most matches on their home patch in the league this season. For once it was a case of Dr Dortmund to the rescue rather than Dr Tottenham as Spurs breezed past a f

Trent troubles again for Arsenal: Picture by @capitalfootball Nottingham Forest 0 v Arsenal 0 By Kaz Mochlinski at the City Ground Premier League Matchweek 22 Arsenal were held to a second successive scoreless draw in the Premier League but the point gained at Nottingham Forest was still seen by Mikel Arteta as another small step towards taking the title for the first time in 22 years. Matz Sels made a series of superb saves in the second half to stop Arsenal from scoring a w

By Alessandro Schiavone in Brussels Canadian striker Promise David was quizzed on reports he turned down West Ham due to an apparent unwillingness to be involved in a relegation scrap. The Hammers turned to Lazio's Argentine striker Taty Castellanos when it filtered out the Union Saint-Gilloise hitman wanted to see out the season in Brussels. But David, who has bagged 14 goals across all competitions this term including two in the Champions League, was desperate to set the re

Frank fronts up after the 2-1 defeat to West Ham : Picture by @capitalfootball Pressure? What pressure? Thomas Frank was in fine straight-bat mode as he played down the feeling of mutiny at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium after his side flopped on home soil yet again. Supporters in the massed South Stand were in an unforgiving mood after seeing their side slump to a 2-1 defeat to rivals West Ham - their sixth home defeat of the campaign. And chants were less than supportive of

High Road hosts : Picture by @YTJourno Premier League Tottenham Hotspur (0 1 Romero 64 West Ham United (1) 2 Summerville 15, Wilson 90+3 Can they take much more of this? Spurs fans did not hold back at the final whistle. The boos and catcalls underlined the derision. It's now six home defeats in the league and still only two home wins. And all this against a West Ham side apparently marooned in the bottom three and certs for relegation. The Irons were well worth their win an

Exclusive by Capital Football Reporter Ahead of the trip across west London to face Chelsea today, Capital Football have caught up exclusively with Michael Kayode. Here is what he said. Michael, after your convincing win over Sunderland last week, Brentford are fifth against all expectations in the Premier League standings. Can you stay there until the end of the season? “We hope we can stay up there. There’s still a big chunk of the season to be played but we’re doing well i

Welcome Liam. Rosenior takes charge of the Blues at the Bridge for the first time : Picture by @YTJourno Carabao Cup semi-final first leg Chelsea (0) 2 Garnacho 57, 83 Arsenal (1) 3 White 7, Gyokeres 49, Zubimendi 71 You don't usually win a two-leg tie in the first clash, but you can often lose it and Chelsea came close to doing just that. But a vital double from sub Alejandro Garnacho means Arsenal's advantage going into the second leg at the Emirates next month is a slender

Charlton Athletic (0) 1 v Chelsea (1) 5 Hato 45+5 Tosin Adarabioyo 50 Leaburn 57 Guiu 62 Neto 90+1 Fernández (pen) 90+4 By Kaz Mochlinski at The Valley FA Cup Third Round Liam Rosenior’s reign at Chelsea got off to a spectacular start with a 5-1 thrashing of Charlton Athletic as the visitors were victorious at The Valley and eventually ended up enjoying themselves on their new head coach’s debut. Jorrel Hato’s first goal for Chelsea opened the scoring before the break, and Ma

There is still plenty of capital interest in the FA Cup, but little action will take place on London on the weekend of the fourth round ties - February 15/15. Arsenal are the only ones to get a home tie - with League One Wigan Athletic being handed a clash with the Gunners at Emirates Stadium. For the rest of our teams, travel is involved. Brentford's reward for a comfortable 2-0 win at Championship dead men Sheffield Wednesday is a clash against the darlings of the competi

By Alessandro Schiavone at BayArena Bundesliga Matchday 16 Bayer Leverkusen 1-4 VFB Stuttgart Goals: Leweling 2x, Mittelstädt penalty, Undav (VFB), Grimaldo penalty (BL) In a horror first-half at BayArena on Saturday evening, Mark Flekken and his Bayer Leverkusen side found themselves four goals to the bad with the second-half having not even started. Nick Woltemadde's former side VFB Stuttgart ran riot in a pretty much one-sided first 45 minutes to pull level with the 2024

Looking for FA Cup inspiration. It was East v West London today in the third round FA Cup Third Round West Ham United (1) 2 Summerville 45+10, Castellanos 98 Queen's Park Rangers (0) 1 Kone 65, After Extra Time : Score on 90 mins: 1-1 A first Hammers goal for winter signing Taty Castellnos secured West Ham's passage into the forth round of the FA Cup - but not before a gritty Hoops had taken them to extra-time and made life difficult for their cross-town opponents. How the Ir

History boys. The match programme cover today : Picture by @YTJourno FA Cup Third Round Tottenham Hotspur (0) 1 Odobert 54 Aston Villa (2) 2 Buendia 22, Rogers 48 Villa made off with the spoils, with the same 2-1 scoreline they achieved here in the league no so long - surviving a furious second-half Spurs fightback that was in stark contrast to the poverty of the hosts' first 45 minutes. After an insipid display in which Unai Emery's men breezed into a 2-0 lead, Spurs redisco

Macclesfield (1) 2 v Crystal Palace (0) 1 Dawson 43 Buckley-Ricketts 60 Pino 90 By Kaz Mochlinski at Moss Rose FA Cup Third Round Crystal Palace succumbed to the greatest shock in the history of the FA Cup, with the holders being knocked out of this season’s competition by non-league part-timers as Macclesfield secured a famous 2-1 win at Moss Rose. It was the first ever victory for a sixth tier team over a Premier League opponent, and the 117-place gap in the English footbal

Exclusive by Football Reporter at Gtech Community Stadium Granit Xhaka was far from impressed with  Sunderland's showing in their 3-0 trashing by Brentford. More than the defeat itself it was the manner of their slow degradation and overall attitude that irked the legendary Swiss. At 1-0 down following Igor Thiago's opener, French magician Enzo Le Fée missed a crucial penalty that could have killed Brentford's momentum and sowed the seeds for the Black Cats' turnaround. But c

Raining on their parade : Picture by @YTJourno Premier League Arsenal 0 Liverpool 0 The folly of believing three Man City draws in a row had just about finished the title race was exposed as just that. Champions Liverpool became the first side to leave the Emirates this season with a clean sheet and only the second after Man City to claim a draw here. Having also prevented the Gunners from scoring in the reverse fixture at Anfield, they have done their best to keep those Gunn

Bournemouth (1) 2 v Arsenal (1) 3 Premier League Matchweek 20 Talking Points By Kaz Mochlinski at the Vitality Stadium No one with any affection for Arsenal will want to remotely tempt fate in the first week of January, but 2026 could very well be an immense year for the club. And right at the outset it already feels as if every game is going to be like a cup final. Just in January, out of a total of nine fixtures, there are five huge Premier League matches, which will be cru

By Capital Football Reporter at Gtech Community Stadium Premier League Matchday 21 Brentford 3-0 Sunderland Goals : Thiago 30', Thiago 65', Yarmolyuk 73' (B) "Ronaldo or Romario? No, Cristiano Ronaldo is my idol!", grinning two-goal hero Igor Thiago proudly told Capital Football after Brentford trashed Sunderland. And while his statement did not bat an eyelid among the present reporters in the mixed zone after the game given the Portuguese superstar's standing in England, it

Picture by @capitalfootball With five midweek Premier League games taking place in the capital this week, it has felt as though something is going on just about everywhere. And ahead of Wednesday's three games at Brentford, Fulham and Crystal Palace there was the little matter of the latest calamity at the London Stadium for West Ham United where distress signals are peppering the sky. You can read about that 2-1 defeat to Nottingham Forest for the ailing Irons and the impl

By Capital Football Reporter at London Stadium West Ham 1-2 Nottingham Forest Goals : OG Murillo 13' (WH), Dominguez 55' & Gibbs-White penalty 89' (NF) A win would hardly have shifted the dial on West Ham's survival chances in most people's eyes. But the bitter 2-1 defeat in the relegation six-pointer with closest rivals Nottingham Forest has now cut the Hammers seven points adrift. In footballing terms tonight's defeat is an unspeakable tragedy of perhaps unquantifiable spor

Eagles didn't soar in the north east Premier League Newcastle United (0) 2 Guimaraes 71, Thiaw 78 Crystal Palace (0) 0 If Crystal Palace can take any solace from their latest defeat at St James' Park, one of their least favourite hunting grounds, it must be that Newcastle didn't manage a greater victory margin. The Magpies would have challenged last season's 5-0 triumph had two first-half efforts by Anthony Gordon and Joelinton not been ruled out by fractional offside decisi

In the cold light of day : Picture by @YTJourno Premier League Fulham (1) 2 Wilson 17, Reed 97 Liverpool (0) 2 Wirtz 57, Gakpo 94 He was never the most prolific of goalscorers. And these days he hardly gets any minutes on the pitch. But Harrison Reed made full use of the five minutes he was given by Marco Silva to crash in a point-saving worldie. So often it is Harry Wilson who comes up with the spectacular. This time it was Reed. He only came on for Sasa Lukic in the 92nd mi

Twilight capers : Picture by @YTJourno Premier League Bournemouth (1) 2 Evanilson 10, Kroupi 76 Arsenal (1) 3 Gabriel 16, Rice 54, 71 Declan Rice marked his return from injury with two precious goals as the Gunners maintained their stranglehold at the top of the table. It was only the second time the midfielder has bagged two goals in a game - the other occasion being that famous trouncing of Real Madrid last season. As usual, he was everywhere and his contribution stretched