By Alessandro in Manchester Man United 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur Goals: Bryan Mbeumo 73' (M) Dominic Solanke 92'. Tottenham Hotspur refused to throw in the towel as Dominic Solanke struck a dramatic stoppage-time leveller to earn 10-man Spurs a 1-1 draw against Manchester United at Old Trafford. Just when Italian manager Roberto De Zerbi’s men looked destined to suffer another damaging defeat, the previously wasteful England international came to their rescue with a late header t

Exclusive by Alessandro Schiavone Iceland international and former Tottenham Hotspur, Everton and Swansea City attacking midfielder Gylfi Sigurðsson has spoken exclusively to Capital Football London after his country's 3-0 win over Luxembourg in the Nations League. Still playing for Víkingur Reykjavík and in the national team at the age of 37, Sigurdsson made 318 Premier League appearances, scoring 67 goals and setting up another 51. Ahead of Tottenham's trip to Manchester U

By Alessandro Schiavone at Stade de Luxembourg Arsenal face a daunting task on Saturday when Leeds United visit the Emirates Stadium after the three-week international break. That is because, unlike Arsenal, Daniel Farke’s men have yet to lose a game in the Premier League this season after five outings. Add to that the return of fit-again midfielder Ilia Gruev and it’s easy to see why Mikel Arteta’s side will have to play to their strengths to make it six consecutive Premier

By Alessandro Schiavone in Liège Nations League Matchday 3 Belgium 3-0 Turkey Wikimedia Commons Vincenzo Montella is in hot water after Belgium inflicted a 3-0 defeat on his beleaguered Turkey in the Nations League yesterday evening. Fulham star Timothy Castagne’s Belgium ran riot thanks to a pair of De Bruyne stunners and a Romelu Lukaku tap-in. KDB’s first was the spitting image of the one he scored in a famous title decider against Arsenal in April 2023 with Man City. He d

By Alessandro Schiavone at Stade Roi Baudoin, Brussels Nations League Matchday 2 Belgium 0-1 France Goal: Olise 88' Defender Maxence Lacroix has started four games for Chelsea this season and has had to watch on as the opposition scored a staggering 10 times. Remarkably, he has been a crucial cog in France keeping back-to-back clean sheets against Turkey and Belgium in the Nations League in the past four days. Newspaper L’Équipe, something of a footballing Bible in France, de

By Alessandro Schiavone at Gtech Community Premier League Matchday 5 Brentford 3-0 Chelsea Both midfielders. Both born in the early 80's. But there were miles between the footballers Keith Andrews and Xabi Alonso. In every sense of the word. What Andrews could not provide in grace and flair, he made up for in spirit, grit and tenacity. Bite and spite. He was all thunder and fire. Meanwhile Xabi Alonso was the type of footballer who ran the business without having to get out o

Both pics by Wikimedia Common Exclusive by Alessandro Schiavone at Elland Road, Leeds Walter Benítez admitted that his hopes of ever becoming Argentina’s No.1 goalkeeper are slim due to the presence of Emiliano Martínez. The 34-year-old’s Blues career may not have got off to the best of starts after shipping 10 goals in just four Premier League fixtures. But the man from Mar del Plata has won one World Cup and two Copa América titles with La Selección. He also kept his countr

By Alessandro Schiavone at Elland Road Leeds United 0-0 Crystal Palace Daichi Kamada looked dejected as he left Elland Road with countryman Tomiyasu after the game. And politely declined interview requests from the numerous Japanese reporters in attendance who had come for him, the ex-Arsenal defender and Tanaka. Well, no surprise. He knows what every Crystal Palace supporter is fully aware of too: that he should have won them the game late on. And that bittersweet feeling ar

pic by Alessandro Schiavone By Alessandro Schiavone at the Amex Stadium, Brighton & Hove Albion Goals: Groß (31'), Kostoulas 45', Andres 57' At 0-0 Brighton fans sang: “Same old Arsenal, always cheating.” By the end of the game it turned to: “Champions of England, you’re having a laugh!” But “Are you Coventry City in disguise?” would have been more appropriate. Or Chelsea, perhaps, as both London giants were played off the park by the same scoreline in less than 24 hours. Or

Photo taken by Schiavone in Amsterdam in 2023 By Alessandro Schiavone at the AMEX Bart Verbruggen has humorously called out his Brighton & Hove Albion teammates after their 3-0 demolition of Arsenal, pointing to some sloppy moments during the game. The Netherlands’ number one pulled off a huge save to deny Kai Havertz in a one-on-one late on, with his side already three goals to the good, but played down suggestions that it was the ‘perfect game. A win against the champions,