- Brendan Rodgers installed as FAVOURITE to be the next Chelsea manager as pressure builds on Frank Lampard... with club legend John Terry and even former interim boss Rafa Benitez making the bookies' list
- Pep Guardiola branded 'shameful' and 'disgraceful' by furious fans after he backed Benjamin Mendy and claimed others would have broken Covid guidelines on New Year's Eve after the Man City defender held a party at his £5m mansion with a chef and friends
- 'That sums it all up': Fans poke fun at Timo Werner for injuring himself on corner flag as struggling Chelsea striker appears to kick it by mistake during Manchester City defeat
- MARTIN SAMUEL: Arrogant Premier League stars are rubbing our noses in it… the Covid rule-breaking madness must stop or football faces ruinous shutdown
- Pep Guardiola believes irresistible performance against Chelsea was 'like the Manchester City of two or three seasons ago' as his side fire warning shot in title race with emphatic win at Stamford Bridge
- Lack of energy, players not putting in tackles and Hakim Ziyech not bothered enough to track back - pundits lay into Chelsea after Man City defeat as Roy Keane insists Frank Lampard should be concerned as sacking managers is 'in club's DNA'
- 'Don't judge him too much': Pep Guardiola claims Benjamin Mendy was one of many people to break coronavirus lockdown rules by hosting New Year's Eve party
- Frank Lampard warns that Chelsea must go through 'period of pain' to reach same level as Manchester City and Liverpool and insists 'serious lessons' need to be learned from first half collapse at Stamford Bridge
- 'Don't judge him too much': Pep Guardiola claims Benjamin Mendy was one of many people to break coronavirus lockdown rules by hosting New Year's Eve party
- Micah Richards and Roy Keane insist Phil Foden must start EVERY week for Man City as they heap praise on the 'incredibly talented' midfielder after he stole the show in Chelsea victory
- PLAYER RATINGS: Manchester City talisman Kevin De Bruyne turned on the magic against his former club but Chelsea forward Timo Werner looks completely void of confidence
- Manchester City backup goalkeeper Zack Steffen makes shaky start to Premier League debut... bizarrely picking up a back-pass after just four minutes against Chelsea as he stands-in for self-isolating Ederson
- USMNT's Zack Steffen to make Man City Premier League debut
- Eric Garcia becomes SIXTH Manchester City player to test positive for coronavirus and joins Pep Guardiola's long list of absentees for their Premier League clash at Chelsea
- Galatasaray defender Omar Elabdellaoui making 'positive' recovery in hospital after ex-Man City star suffered horrific burns to his face in a New Year's Eve firework incident in Turkey
- Kevin De Bruyne 'very close to signing a new Manchester City contract' with Pep Guardiola desperate to tie down his star man on a five-year deal worth over £300,000 a week
- Manchester City's Ilkay Gundogan backs fellow Germans Timo Werner and Kai Havertz to shine after their slow starts at Chelsea as he admits 'it's normal' to struggle to adapt to the Premier League
- REVEALED: Manchester City's American goalkeeper Zack Steffen is set to make his Premier League debut in huge clash with Chelsea, with No 1 Ederson in self-isolation following Covid-19 outbreak
- 'We must give Kai Havertz time': Chelsea boss Frank Lampard asks for patience over the Blues' £89m signing despite his poor start or risk making same mistakes with Mohamed Salah and Kevin De Bruyne sales
- Frank Lampard insists Chelsea need to return to winning ways ahead of Man City clash 'as it's important mentally' - with Blues having won just one of their last five Premier League games
- Man City plan £88.8m bid for ‘exceptional’ 27yo with more goals than Sterling and Mahrez combined
- Report: Barcelona agree deal for ‘stable’ Man City youngster who ‘doesn’t make mistakes’
- Manchester City willing to sell Borussia Dortmund target Jayden Braaf but will insert sell-on and buy-back clauses for talented winger
- Newcastle boss Steve Bruce admits he would back a Premier League circuit-breaker lockdown and bring season to brief halt after coronavirus outbreak at club left some staff 'really sick' and some players 'still struggling'
- Newcastle boss Steve Bruce admits he would back circuit breaker to bring season to brief halt following spike in positive coronavirus tests among Premier League stars
- Premier League bosses have their say on the latest coronavirus chaos in the top flight
- Pep Guardiola hits back at Everton after they demanded to know why their clash with Manchester City was postponed after Citizens' Covid outbreak as Spaniard insists 'we wanted to play but it was a huge risk'
- Chelsea manager Frank Lampard reveals some members of the club's staff have tested positive for coronavirus - but no players have as he confirms game against Manchester City is on for now
- Former Manchester City defender Omar Elabdellaoui rushed to hospital after suffering burns to his face in a 'New Year's Eve firework incident' at his home in Turkey
- 'Messi is free to negotiate': Spanish papers react with Barcelona superstar finally able to begin talks with foreign clubs over a free transfer in the summer as Manchester City and PSG try and lure him away from the Nou Camp
- Man City in five-way race to sign 5ft 7in man, club rejected €70m bid from Euro giants
- Bild say Euro giants are ‘watching’ Man City’s ‘jewel’ from the Netherlands
- Derby County 'fail to pay players' December wages' due to a delay in the £60m sale of the club to Abu Dhabi royal Sheikh Khaled - cousin of Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour - but the takeover will be completed 'imminently'
- Man City eye ‘unbelievable’ 5ft 9in ‘talent’, Guardiola has ‘good relationship’ with 28yo
- Defender could leave Man City, player ‘annoys’ Pep Guardiola, 28yo may replace him
- What issues face football as it stands on brink of another covid crisis?
- Man City undergo THREE rounds of extra coronavirus testing in an attempt to avoid Chelsea clash being called off and an indication of how widely the virus has spread within the club will be discovered on Wednesday
- 'When I'm seeing lots of people dying from Covid, it just doesn't sit right': Rochdale team doctor Wesley Tensel warns the Football League it does not want to appear on the wrong side of history as he calls for season to be STOPPED amid spike in cases
- Goteburg DISSOLVES its title-winning women's team just weeks after they were dumped out of Champions League by Man City, with Swedish club unable to compete financially with Europe's elite in the women's game
- Can Arsenal boss Arteta trust young stars to dig club out of Premier League relegation battle?
- BREAKING NEWS: Premier League clubs record EIGHTEEN new Covid positive cases - a new high for football's top division - after Man City game was called off due to five stars contracting the virus
- Another Man City player has a ‘strained’ relationship with Pep Guardiola
- Player ‘frustrated’ at Man City, Pep Guardiola treatment to blame
- 'It's impossible to totally shield players': Roy Hodgson is 'very, very concerned' over recent coronavirus outbreaks within football and fears for the Premier League
- Manchester City defender Aymeric Laporte states the pandemic is 'not over yet' and begs people to 'follow the rules' after their clash with Everton is postponed due to three new positive Covid tests
- Roberto Martinez discusses Carlo Ancelotti, Everton and Belgium
- Frank Lampard can't afford to lose as Chelsea take on Aston Villa
- Manchester City golden boy Phil Foden 'increasingly frustrated at lack of game time' with midfielder desperate for run of games in first team after warming bench
- 'It makes you realise how special it is to be out there': John Stones revels in lifeline at Manchester City after helping sure up Pep Guardiola's defence
- Messi speaks out: Barcelona legend delivers fascinating hour-long interview where he slams club for Luis Suarez departure, praises Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola and says he has no regrets over telling club he wanted to leave
- Lionel Messi 'will NOT be leaving Barcelona in January' with club icon set to stay at Nou Camp and reassess future in the summer
- Ferran Torres 'comfortable' to fill the role as Manchester City's number nine after the summer signing from Valencia netted his seventh goal in all competitions in Newcastle victory
- Daniel Levy's Tottenham reign dominated by trophy drought
- Why Liverpool topping the Premier League at Christmas is so ominous for their rivals this season
- Barcelona 'hoping to announce pre-contract agreement with Eric Garcia in January' with defender's contract ending next summer... while Ronald Koeman's side continue to weigh up move for Memphis Depay
- Lionel Messi admits he feels 'lucky' to have worked with 'special' Pep Guardiola and Luis Enrique as he picks out former Barcelona bosses as the best managers he has worked with
- 0 goals and 0 assists – 23yo’s exit from Man City couldn’t have gone worse
- Man City eye ‘phenomenal’ 29yo with more tackles than Rodri and De Bruyne
- Ferran Torres and Diogo Jota have made storming starts but Willian and Kai Havertz look well off the pace... here is how the Premier League top six's summer signings have fared so far this season
- MICAH RICHARDS: A Champions League winners' medal for Sergio Aguero and Manchester City, England going all the way at Euro 2020 and a Premier League move for Erling Haaland... my SEVEN wishes for 2021
- Gary Neville tells Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to think carefully about his January transfer plans because 'the glass is half full' at Manchester United thanks to a stunning response to crashing out of the Champions League
- Injury doubt for Man City as 5ft 9in man could miss Newcastle clash
- Man City eye £18m-rated 21yo with more dribbles than Raheem Sterling
- Mikel Arteta needs to revert back to making Arsenal harder to beat which gave him initial success, says Paul Merson as he claims Gunners boss is concentrated on trying to 'impress' and 'entertain'
- Top January transfer targets: Alaba, Eriksen, Alli and more
- Christmas will offer no relief for the parents of Jeremy Wisten... the tragedy of the former Manchester City academy starlet shows that football must do more for the hundreds of boys released into obscurity each year
- Manchester United's Nemanja Matic 'very confident' after being drawn against rivals City in Carabao Cup semi-finals as he insists they're 'playing better than last year'
- Man City suffer blow in pursuit of 33-goal star as Chelsea enter race for signature
- Jamie Redknapp labelled Arsenal 'a team full of kidders' but Mikel Arteta insists he sees 'fighters' in his squad... so, which category do Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Co fall under after club's nightmare start?
- Harry Maguire insists Manchester United 'expect to win trophies' and MUST go on to win the Carabao Cup after victory over Everton set up mouthwatering semi-final against rivals City
- It's Ole vs Pep AGAIN! Manchester United handed semi-final derby meeting with Manchester City while Jose Mourinho's Tottenham host Championship Brentford for spot in Carabao Cup final
- £300k p/w man close to agreeing new deal, Real Madrid and PSG monitor situation
- Verona 1-2 Inter Milan: Antonio Conte's side keep up the pressure on city rivals AC Milan in Serie A after seventh straight league victory with goals from Lautaro Martinez and Milan Skriniar
- Arsenal goalkeeper Alex Runarsson deletes his Twitter account after receiving abuse from fans following his howler in the Carabao Cup defeat by Manchester City
- Mikel Arteta reveals Nicolas Pepe is 'hurting and suffering' following poor run of form... but Arsenal manager insists he would 'always defend his players' despite going eight games without a win domestically
- Report: Man City must pay £100m to sign 25yo with more created chances than De Bruyne
- Mikel Arteta admits his Arsenal side MUST 'turn things around or will find themselves in big trouble' after dismal run of form continued with heavy Carabao Cup loss against Man City - but he insists 'I still have fighters'
- Pep Guardiola takes Manchester City one step closer to becoming first team since an all-conquering 1980s Liverpool to win the EFL Cup in four consecutive seasons despite wasted opportunities and daft goal conceded
- Arsenal vs Man City, LIVE: Mikel Arteta and Pep Guardiola face off in Carabao Cup quarter-final
- Aston Villa 'expecting bids from Manchester United and Manchester City for Jack Grealish in January' after the midfielder's fine start to the season 'with Liverpool also monitoring the England star'
- Aston Villa 'preparing for bids from Manchester United and Manchester City in January' after the midfielder's fine start to the season 'with Liverpool also monitoring the England star'
- Barcelona weighing up January moves for Antonio Rudiger and Fabian Schar with Chelsea and Newcastle centre-backs 'considered as short-term stop-gaps ahead of the summer' with club's Covid-decimated finances leaving top targets out of reach
- Bayern Munich will get the best out of Leroy Sane even if they have to 'kick his butt', insists chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge... after winger was replaced as a SUBSTITUTE in Saturday's victory against Bayer Leverkusen
- Manchester United vs. Leeds United - Football Match Report - December 20, 2020 - ESPN
- Pep Guardiola praises ‘excellent’ colossus who Man City tried to sell in 2018
- Report: Left-back could leave Man City in January
- Louis van Gaal slams Man United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer by claiming club connection has saved him from the sack and Red Devils were 'SERVANTS' to rivals Man City in the derby
- Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola reveals he is 'delighted' with John Stones' revival after centre-back impresses again
- Southampton striker Danny Ings forced off injured in the first half of their clash with Manchester City to leave Saints sweating on the fitness of their star man for the festive schedule
- Manchester City 'prepared to listen to offers for Oleksandr Zinchenko in January with Wolves, Southampton, Leicester and West Ham all weighing up move for out-of-favour left back'
- Jordan Henderson reveals Aston Villa star Jack Grealish is his standout Premier League player of 2020 despite Liverpool captain seeing his side claim first league title in 30 years last season
- Harry Kane squandered big moments in Spurs' defeat at Liverpool, Marcus Rashford made the difference for Man United while Leeds' Jack Harrison stole the show against Newcastle... so, after the midweek round of matches, who tops our POWER RANKINGS?
- Manchester City deliver a Christmas present to EVERY fostered child in the city as Sergio Aguero attends schools to dish out gifts... while club also pass on 45,000 essential items to charities in a bid to spread some festive cheer amid tough 2020
- Is Fernandinho off? Manchester City youngster Yan Couto appears to inadvertently reveal the Brazilian will quit Pep Guardiola's side at the end of the season
- Manchester City and England defender Lucy Bronze is first English star to be named the best women's player in the world at FIFA awards... and future England boss Sarina Wiegman wins best women's coach award
- The Best FIFA Football Awards LIVE: Robert Lewandowski battling it out with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo for the men's prize while Jurgen Klopp will be looking to scoop up the coach award once again
- Joan Laporta, the favourite to be Barcelona's new president: 'The club lied to Messi... we have spent badly... a European Super League could destroy the essence of football… and Pep's my pal but he CAN'T have Lionel'
- Man City could sell 18yo due to ‘communication breakdown’, Guardiola treatment blamed
- REVEALED: Slaven Bilic exit was inevitable after rift with West Brom chief Luke Dowling
- Pep Guardiola mistreated Man City defender, decision was unfair – opinion