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Premier League gameweek 11

Saturday November 9

Wolves 2-0 Southampton

West Ham 0-0 Everton

Brentford 3-2 Bournemouth

Crystal Palace 0-2 Fulham

Brighton vs Manchester City - 5:30pm

Liverpool vs Aston Villa - talkSPORT EXCLUSIVE - 8pm

Sunday November 10

Manchester United vs Leicester City - 2pm

Nottingham Forest vs Newcastle - 2pm

Tottenham vs Ipswich Town - 2pm

Chelsea vs Arsenal - 4:30pm

13 minutes agoBy Joe Brophy

OF COURSE IT'S HIM!!

654,251 Fantasy Premier League managers have transferred out the most-sold player for Gameweek 11 - how he's made them pay!

It's almost a typical Haaland goal as he plays on the shoulder of the last defender and is threaded through by Mateo Kovacic.

However, his finish has a touch of his recent rustiness in front of goal and he gets some good fortune after firing straight at the keeper.

But Brighton's Bart Verbruggen can't prevent the shot squirming underneath his body and it pops back up for Haaland to poke home.

Seven of the Norwegian's last eight Premier League goals have either put Manchester City ahead (6) or been an equaliser (1).

Haaland has now scored at 19 of the 21 stadiums he's played at in the Premier League, only failing to do so at Anfield (2 games) and the Gtech Community Stadium (1 game).

He has now also become the fastest player in Premier League history to reach the 75-goal mark, needing just 77 games to do so!

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48 minutes agoBy Joe Brophy

talkSPORT and talkSPORT.com will bring you the best of the reaction from all of those 3pm games, but for now, we plough on!

Brighton XI: Bart Verbruggen, Pervis Estupiñán, Igor Julio, Jan Paul van Hecke, Joël Veltman, Kaoru Mitoma, Yasin Ayari, Jack Hinshelwood, Simon Adingra, Danny Welbeck, Georginio Rutter

Man City XI: Ederson, Josko Gvardiol, Jahmai Simpson-Pusey, Kyle Walker, Rico Lewis, Mateo Kovacic, Matheus Nunes, Ilkay Gündogan, Phil Foden, Savinho, Erling Haaland

In Rico Lewis (19y 354d) and Jahmai Simpson-Pusey (19y 5d), Manchester City are starting a Premier League game with at least two teenagers for the first time since New Year's Day 2020 against Everton (Phil Foden and Eric García).

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Today, 16:56By Joe Brophy

JORDAN PICKFORD TAKE A BOW!

Neither side deserved the three points, but England's No.1 ensured the travelling Toffees didn't leave empty-handed.

In stoppage time, Pickford somehow denied West Ham a winner after keeping out Danny Ings' deflected strike destined for the top corner.

It's virtually the final action at the London Stadium, as the Three Lions goalkeeper takes the plaudits at full-time.

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Today, 16:39By Joe Brophy

It goes from bad to worse for Oliver Glasner as all hope of getting back in this contest has been snuffed out.

At 1-0, Daichi Kamada received his marching orders and the Eagles were reduced to ten for the final 15 minutes.

The Japanese midfielder can have no complaints - it's a horror high tackle on Kenny Tete that leaves the Fulham player in a heap.

Kamada caught Tete with his studs on the knee and referee Michael Salisbury had no hesitation in brandishing the red card.

Just over five minutes later, Fulham took full advantage of the man advantage as Harry Wilson slotted home a second goal.

It caps an incredible week for the Welshman following his late double against Brentford on Monday, and it's his first touch.

One minute and eight seconds after coming on as a substitute Wilson was played through by Alex Iwobi and finished past Dean Henderson.

It's more misery for Palace, who were without eight senior stars ahead of kick-off, and were already missing Will Hughes through suspension.

Kamada will now be unavailable for the club's next three matches; which includes a trip away at Aston Villa, and at home to Newcastle.

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Today, 16:23By Joe Brophy

It remains goalless after an hour in east London, and talkSPORT 2 has the latest with live coverage from this six-point showdown.

Commentator Ian Danter said the London Stadium was ‘subdued’.

Former Arsenal winger Perry Groves was not as kind, saying at the break: “In the first-half West Ham have looked like a team of trialists, like they don't know each other.

“There’s no cohesion there whatsoever.

“And there is no atmosphere in this stadium.

“There are 60,000 people in here and you’d think you were at a West End theatre.

“The camera has just panned over to Sir Trevor Brooking, they could do with a player like him out there - a little bit of flair and creativity.”

The half-time stats below back up what Groves had told talkSPORT, and unfortunately it's not been any different since the restart.

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Today, 16:20By Joe Brophy

WHAT A PRICELESS GOAL THAT CAN BE FOR GARY O'NEIL!

Southampton boss Russell Martin is fuming as he wants VAR to check a challenge from Craig Dawson on Cameron Archer in the build-up.

A foul wasn't given and Wolves continued their attack before Cunha unleashed an unstoppable effort from 30 yards into the net.

Aaron Ramsdale could do nothing about it - but he talks his way into being shown a yellow card for joining his manager Martin's protests.

Elsewhere, Brentford have completed their remarkable comeback against Bournemouth and are now leading 3-2.

Yoane Wissa has his second of the afternoon after dinking the ball over Kepa Arrizabalaga - who has not enjoyed his return today.

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Today, 16:13By Joe Brophy

WHAT A START TO THE SECOND-HALF!

80 seconds between both teams scoring after the restart as Damsgaard draws the hosts' level for a second time.

Justin Kluivert had restored Bournemoith's lead from a well-worked corner, but the away fans didn't have long to celebrate.

Damsgaard is found in the box by Bryan Mbeumo but his tame shot to the near post somehow squeezes past Kepa Arrizabalaga.

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Today, 15:53By Joe Brophy

Emile Smith Rowe strikes just before the break to hand Fulham a precious 1-0 lead over Crystal Palace.

The former Arsenal man was strongly linked with a move to the Eagles earlier this summer before moving to Craven Cottage.

Elsewhere, Yoane Wissa has hauled Brentford back level against Bournemouth, who took an early lead through Evanilson.

It remains goalless between West Ham and Everton, while Wolves are just about holding onto a slender lead against Southampton.

However, the Saints have a strong case to feel aggrieved to be behind after Ryan Manning's equaliser was ruled out by VAR.

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Today, 15:33By Joe Brophy

Ryan Manning thinks he's given the Saints a route back into the game but his equaliser has been controversially ruled out.

Referee Thomas Brammall is advised to come over to the screen to judge a tangle between Mateus Fernandes and Nelson Semedo.

He agrees with VAR's view that the Wolves defender had been fouled before Manning lashed home and the goal gets chalked off.

Mike Dean told Sky Sports: "It's very, very harsh.

"It actually looks like the foul is the other way…

"They should have stuck with the on-field decision in my view - I don't think it was a foul.

"The referee overturned the original decision and play restarted with a Wolves free-kick."

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Today, 15:27By Joe Brophy

BEES HAVE GIFTED THE CHERRIES THE LEAD!

It's a horrible moment for summer signing Sepp van den Berg, who is punished for his blind back pass intended for Mark Flekken.

However, the former Liverpool defender's pass is straight to Evanilson who ruthlessly rounds the Brentford goalkeeper to open the scoring.

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Today, 15:07By Joe Brophy

A goal inside two minutes but surprisingly it's not from Brentford!

Wolves, seeking their first Premier League win of the season, have enjoyed the perfect start against the struggling Saints.

Matheus Cunha threads a ball through to Sarabia and he shows great composure to round Aaron Ramsdale and slot into an open goal.

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Today, 14:58By Joe Brophy

Crystal Palace defender Marc Guehi has been forced into midfield against Fulham this afternoon to cope with the club's injury crisis.

The England international was named in Opta's team of Euro 2024 after partnering John Stones in Germany.

He was then strongly linked with a big-money move to Newcastle to become the focal point of Eddie Howe's backline.

But should is his versatility that Eagles boss Oliver Glasner has been forced to deploy Guehi in midfield at Selhurst Park.

Palace are without eight senior players, and crucially, multiple central midfielders, including Will Hughes and Adam Wharton.

Attacking talisman Eberechi Eze is also sidelined through injury, which means his Three Lions teammate Guehi will be stepping up.

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Today, 14:31By Joe Brophy

Here's how the top-flight table looks before Saturday's 3pm action gets underway in just over half-an-hour.

Two changes for both West Ham and Everton as the two sides meet, with Mohammed Kudus and Edson Alvarez unavailable due to suspension.

West Ham XI: Fabianski, Wan-Bissaka, Todibo, Kilman, Emerson, Soucek, Rodriguez, Bowen, Paqueta, Summerville, Antonio

Subs: Foderingham, Cresswell, Soler, Coufal, Mavropanos, Guilherme, Ings, Irving, Scarles.

For Everton, Jarrad Branthwaite makes his second start of the campaign but talisman Dwight McNeil misses out through injury.

Everton XI: Pickford, Young, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko, Gueye, Mangala, Lindstrom, Doucoure, Ndiaye, Calvert-Lewin.

Subs: Virginia, Begovic, Patterson, Keane, Harrison, Beto, O’Brien, Armstrong, Bates.

Mario Lemina returns for Wolves to captain the hosts against Southampton, who are unchanged from the win over Everton.

Wolves XI: Sa, Bueno, Dawson, Toti, Semedo, J Gomes, Lemina, Sarabia, Ait-Nouri, Cunha, Strand Larsen.

Subs: Doherty, Andre, R Gomes, Doyle, Forbs, Bellegarde, Guedes, Pond, Bentley.

Southampton XI: Ramsdale, Walker-Peters, Harwood-Bellis, Bednarek, Manning, Stephens, Downes, Lallana, Fernandes, Armstrong, Archer.

Subs: Bree, Aribo, Dibling, Brereton-Diaz, Amo-Ameyaw, Sugawara, Onuachu, Ugochukwu, McCarthy.

Elsewhere, Crystal Palace are without the suspended Will Hughes and the injured Eddie Nketiah for their crunch clash against Fulham.

Crystal Palace XI: Henderson, Chalobah, Lacroix, Guehi, Munoz, Kamada, Clyne, Mitchell, Devenny, Sarr, Mateta.

Subs: Turner, Matthews, Schlupp, Ward, Richards, Doucoure, Kporha, Marsh, Agbinone.

Fulham XI: Leno, Tete, Andersen, Bassey, Robinson, Pereira, Berge, Nelson, Smith Rowe, Iwobi, Jimenez.

Subs: Benda, Reed, Wilson, Rodrigo Muniz, Cairney, Traore, Castagne, Sessegnon, Diop.

And finally, Chelsea loanee goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga has returned from injury to start for Bournemouth away at Brentford.

Brentford XI: Flekken, Collins, Pinnock, Van den Berg, Norgaard, Janelt, Jensen, Damsgaard, Mbeumo, Lewis-Potter, Wissa.

Subs: Schade, Carvalho, Mee, Yarmoliuk, Meghoma, Konak, Roerslev, Maghoma, Valdimarsson.

Bournemouth XI: Kepa, Smith, Zabarnyi, Senesi, Kerkez, Cook, Christie, Semenyo, Kluivert, Adams, Evanilson.

Subs: Huijsen, Brooks, Tavernier, Araujo, Hill, Unal, Billing, Aarons, Travers.

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Today, 13:38By talkSPORT

Mikel Arteta admitted to not knowing the formula that sparked Arsenal's electric form in the second half of last season that carried them to within a whisker of the Premier League title.

The team spent a week in Dubai in the aftermath of what appeared to be two costly defeats over Christmas, as back-to-back losses against West Ham and Fulham looked to have counted them out of contention.

This season will not offer the chance for a mid-winter getaway with the league having axed the January hiatus from the calendar.

Arteta was at a loss to define the moment that galvanised his team and sent them on a supercharged run of 16 wins in their final 18 games.

"We don't know where that clicked," he said.

"If instead of going to Dubai I'd given them a week off and the team had gone to Las Vegas for one week smashing the night, we come back and lose two games in a row then I'm in my house and I'm sacked.

"If they got to Las Vegas and do that then they win three in a row, you'd be telling me send the boys to Las Vegas because they're going to kill it afterwards."

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Today, 12:52By talkSPORT

Under-pressure West Ham boss Julen Lopetegui has begun a clampdown on ill-discipline as he ordered his players to cut out the red cards.

The Hammers, languishing in 14th after picking up just three wins from 10 matches, will be without Mohammed Kudus and Edson Alvarez through suspension against fellow strugglers Everton on Saturday.

Kudus is only halfway through a five-match ban, having been hit with an extra two matches by the Football Association for his conduct after he was sent off at Tottenham.

Alvarez starts a two-match ban after he was shown his second red card of the season during last weekend's dispiriting 3-0 defeat at Nottingham Forest.

Lopetegui, in desperate need of a win to lift morale both in the stands and on the pitch at the London Stadium, said: "We have to try not to give the opponent different advantages that we can avoid, for example the red cards.

"We can do better in a lot of moments of the match.

Then, Brighton host struggling champions Manchester City at 5.30pm, before a mouthwatering clash between Liverpool and Aston Villa at 8pm - live on talkSPORT.

On Sunday, interim Manchester United boss Ruud van Nistelrooy will take charge of his last match before Ruben Amorim arrives when Leicester travel to Old Trafford at 2pm.

Tottenham will host Ipswich and Nottingham Forest welcome Newcastle, before the weekend's main event: Chelsea vs Arsenal.



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8th Nov 2024, 21:56By Natasha Everitt

Rodri's Ballon d'Or victory left Real Madrid furious - but it turns out the race for the prestigious honour was tighter than fans thought.

It's been revealed Vinicius Jr - who Los Blancos felt should have won the award instead - was just 41 points behind Rodri.

French outlet Le Equipe detailed the results on Friday, stating Rodri won a total of 1170 points.

The Real Madrid winger came in second with 1129.

That would mean the Ballon d'Or winning vote was the second tightest it's been since the voting format change in 2016.

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8th Nov 2024, 20:39By Natasha Everitt

Luis Diaz is having a phenomenal season for Liverpool - and a new stat shows just how good he's been.

The Colombian star is the only player to have created 50 or more chances and completed 50 or more take-ons in the Premier League this campaign.

He's also bagged nine goals in 15 appearances in all competitions, level with Mohamed Salah, as well as two Premier League assists.

Arne Slot will be hoping he'll be in the same glittering form against Aston Villa.

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8th Nov 2024, 18:55By Jake Lambourne

Jose Mourinho has reportedly got his eye on the managerial role at Newcastle for his next job.

The Fenerbahce boss is hoping to step into the shoes of Eddie Howe should the Englishman part ways with the Magpies.

According to The Guardian, Mourinho believes his best chance of returning to the Premier League would be via Newcastle and is keeping an eye on developments at the club.

The Portuguese manager has only been at Turkish club Fenerbahce since last summer, with his side currently third in the Super Lig.

But he recently voiced his discontent in no uncertain terms after his side's 3-2 victory over Trabzonspor in a remarkable rant which included him complaining that the league 'smells bad'.

Mourinho has previously had two management spells in charge of Chelsea - where he won the Premier League three times - as well as separate spells at Manchester United and Tottenham.

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8th Nov 2024, 18:12By Jake Lambourne

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola is reportedly open to managing Brazil in the near future following talks with the five-time World Cup winners.

The Spaniard, who linked up with the Citizens in 2016, is in the final year of his contract at the Etihad, and question marks remain as to whether he will extend his stay.

And according to The Athletic, Brazil are 'making a major play' in their bid to secure the services of the Catalan native.

It has been claimed that Brazil's football confederation has called Guardiola on several occasions this year.

They are looking to replace Dorvial Junior who has struggled since taking the job in January, where he oversaw Brazil's Copa America quarter-final exit to Uruguay in the summer.

The news report also stated that Guardiola was annoyed at Brazil for distancing themselves from him during his successful spell at Barcelona, where he won two Champions Leagues and three LaLiga titles.

Despite previous circumstances, he is supposedly still interested, with sources claiming 'he likes the idea' of taking charge of Brazil.

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8th Nov 2024, 17:25By Jake Lambourne

Manchester United assistant Darren Fletcher will miss Ruben Amorim's first two Premier League games.

The Red Devils coach has been handed an extended three-match ban and a £7,500 fine by the Football Assocation following their 2-1 win over Brentford.

The Bees went ahead through Ethan Pinnock while Matthijs de Ligt was off the pitch being treated.

Fletcher is then accused to have acted in an improper or confrontational manner as he criticised the officials.

An FA statement read: "The FA alleged that the coach acted in an improper and/or confrontational manner and/or that he used abusive and/or insulting words towards the fourth official and the referee and/or assistant referees around the tunnel area at half-time. 
 
"Darren Fletcher admitted to this misconduct, but denied that he was abusive.

"However, the Regulatory Commission found this to be proven and imposed his sanctions."

Fletcher will now miss Sunday's clash with Leicester, before Amorim's first two matches with Ipswich and Everton.

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8th Nov 2024, 16:16By Jack Cunningham

Just like that, Ruud van Nistelrooy's time as Manchester United interim manager comes to an end.

The Dutchman stepped in to replace Erik ten Hag after the Red Devils sacked him, but they moved quickly to appoint Ruben Amorim.

The 39-year-old starts as Ten Hag's replacement on Monday, November 11.

And ahead of his final game against Leicester, he's written some emotive programme notes.

He said: "The history at this football club is incredible and it will always be a huge honour for me to have played a part in that as a player.

"Now, however, I am here as a coach looking towards the future.

"When I do that, I see only good things for Manchester United.
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