16 Conclusions on Manchester United 1-1 Chelsea: Garnacho, Caicedo, pathetic Martinez and more
Alejandro Garnacho should be dropped but Manchester United have made an actual good signing! As have Chelsea with Moises Caicedo, it turns out.
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16 Conclusions from Arsenal 2-2 Liverpool: Saka dazzles, Salah delivers, City have the last laugh
Arsenal and Liverpool played out a tremendously entertaining 2-2 draw at the Emirates, but there’s no escaping the identity of the big winners from that result.
16 Conclusions: England win the 2026 World Cup under Thomas Tuchel
England have won the World Cup. Thomas Tuchel is a genius. Here are 16 Conclusions on his Harry Kane call, cap waving, Reece James and Lee Carsley’s legacy.
16 Conclusions somehow on Aston Villa 0-0 Man Utd: Ten Hag sack question deferred but unanswered
Yes, that’s right. We’ve got 16 Conclusions on a game in which almost nothing happened on a day when two other games had almost everything happen.
16 Conclusions on Man Utd 0-3 Tottenham: Ten Hag sack, Ugarte nightmare, Kulusevski dazzles
Tottenham were good but not as good as Manchester United were bad in another new low for Erik ten Hag, whose summer signings have changed nothing at Old Trafford.
16 Conclusions on Man City 2-2 Arsenal: A quite ridiculous end to a quite ridiculous game
Man City v Arsenal is without question a clash between the two best teams in the country and this was the best game between them since that became true.
16 Conclusions as wide-eyed Spurs throw themselves into Arsenal’s well-constructed but entirely obvious NLD trap
Silly Spurs stumbled directly into a very obvious Arsenal trap. Plenty of thoughts here on Arteta, Ange, Vicario, Romero and woke kit nonsense.
16 Conclusions on Man Utd 0-3 Liverpool: Ten Hag sack, great Gravenberch, Casemiro done, ‘unprofessional’ Szob
Arne Slot humiliated Erik ten Hag, who should have walked away from Man Utd after an embarrassing summer. Ryan Gravenberch was slightly better than Casemiro.
16 Conclusions on Chelsea 0-2 Manchester City: Sterling axe, Lewis brilliant, Fernandez awful
Chelsea should consider dropping Enzo Fernandez before Raheem Sterling, but at least Romeo Lavia was good. Rico Lewis is even better for Manchester City.
16 Conclusions on England losing the Euro 2024 final: Southgate out, Kane abysmal, Rice poor, drop Walker
Gareth Southgate and England losing by “fine margins” again feels careless. Harry Kane was abysmal, Declan Rice was poor and Kyle Walker must be dropped.
16 Conclusions on England 2-1 Netherlands: Watkins, subs, Mainoo, Southgate, *that* penalty and more
Gareth Southgate’s England are off to another major final after another dramatic late goal. It’s all par for the course, these days.
16 Conclusions on England beating Switzerland: drop Foden and Kane, Southgate subs, Saka phenomenal
England are in the Euro 2024 semis in spite of their manager, captain and best player. Gareth Southgate, Harry Kane and Phil Foden must thank Bukayo Saka.
16 Conclusions on England limping past Slovakia: Southgate out and at least three players need dropping
Gareth Southgate is still England manager but this reprieve must come with wholesale changes for the Euro 2024 quarter-final after another poor performance.
16 Conclusions as England win Group C despite themselves: what does Southgate do now?
England have won Group C and are safely into a knockout game against a third-place lucky loser in the easier half of the draw. It’s all going well, then…
16 Conclusions on England drawing with Denmark: Southgate out, awful Alexander-Arnold, rubbish Rice
England were miserably awful against Denmark and Gareth Southgate must be on the way out, along with midfielder Trent Alexander-Arnold. That was Algeria bad.
Jude Bellingham’s England (just) beat Serbia: 16 Conclusions on an unnecessarily nervy opener
England won but they were sloppy in a second half when control went out of the window. Thankfully, England have Jude Bellingham and he is mint.
16 Conclusions on Germany 5-1 Scotland: Predictably hopeless Scots, Souness, Musiala and…Radhi Jaidi
Scotland bad, Germany good, Graeme Souness hilarious. A miserable Scot has wiped his tears to give us 16 Conclusions on the Euro 2024 opener.
16 Conclusions on Man City 1-2 Man Utd: Ten Hag future, De Bruyne, Haaland and Rodri awful, Fernandes phenomenal
Erik ten Hag has somehow made things even worse for Man Utd by winning the actual FA Cup; Kevin De Bruyne, Erling Haaland and Manchester City were awful.
16 Conclusions on England’s Euro 2024 squad: Rashford, Henderson, alarming defensive gaps, absurd attacking strength
Who thought Gareth Southgate was about to leave Jordan Henderson and Marcus Rashford out of a 33-man England squad? Put your hands down you liars.
16 Conclusions on Spurs 0-2 Man City: City almost there after Son miss, Ange meltdown and lots of weirdness
Manchester City have one hand on a fourth straight Premier League trophy after a pretty weird 2-0 win at a very weird Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
16 Conclusions on Manchester United 0-1 Arsenal: Saliba, Casemiro, Partey, Garnacho, Trossard, Amad
Arsenal were not great but Saliba dragged them through; Casemiro, Garnacho and Ten Hag having no Manchester United answer without Bruno Fernandes helped.
16 Conclusions on Salah, Ange, Elliott and the brilliant fun of Liverpool 4 Tottenham 2
We’re going to miss Jurgen Klopp for the batsh*t brilliance Liverpool produce under him, while Spurs can still rescue this season.
16 Conclusions on Chelsea 2-0 Tottenham: Harrowingly bad from Spurs, good enough from Chelsea
We honestly think Spurs played better against Chelsea when they had nine players and none of them were playing in defence.
16 Conclusions from Spurs 2-3 Arsenal: Stupidity, set-pieces, perfect outcomes and inverted centre-backs
In which we ponder how a NLD with so many predictable elements – not least its outcome – was in fact one of the most hard-to-explain games this season.
16 Conclusions on Arsenal 5-0 Chelsea: Odegaard, White; Caicedo and Mudryk humbled; Cole Palmer FC
Chelsea can hijack all the transfers they want but without that Arsenal structure it is pointless. Mikel Arteta might have just put Mauricio Pochettino down.
16 Conclusions on Man City 1-0 Billion-pound bottle jobs: Chelsea laughable, Guardiola complains, Jackson
Nicolas Jackson reached peak form as Chelsea were laughably wasteful against a knackered Man City. But there is a problem with Pep Guardiola’s complaints.
16 Conclusions from Newcastle 4-0 Spurs: Van de Ven, Gordon, Isak, and some very silly numbers
Spurs suffered their most humiliating trip to Newcastle in almost a year on a day where Micky van de Ven alone could have accounted for 12 conclusions.
16 Conclusions on Man Utd 2-2 Liverpool: Arrogance, Fernandes, Elliott, title race, Allardyce, Amad
It should shame Liverpool not to have beaten Manchester United this season. But Bruno Fernandes always gives Erik ten Hag – or Sam Allardyce – a chance.
16 Conclusions on Chelsea 4-3 Man Utd: Ten Hag sack, Palmer saves Poch, Casemiro and Caicedo awful
Cole Palmer saved Mauricio Pochettino’s Chelsea job. Antony and Alejandro Garnacho tried to do the same for Erik ten Hag but he is done at Manchester United.
16 Conclusions on Man City 0-0 Arsenal: Rodri, Rice, ‘League Two’ Haaland, Liverpool and Pulis the big winners
If defences win you titles then Manchester City and Arsenal proved why they are contenders. But the Gunners or ‘League Two’ Erling Haaland could have won it.