Advantage Arsenal in Premier League title race as Man City stunned by Nottingham Forest

Advantage Arsenal in Premier League title race as Man City stunned by Nottingham Forest

Erling Haaland and co. were thrashed by strugglers

Delap’s Nottingham Forest stunners hand Manchester City third league defeat in a row

Wait long enough, and results will come to reflect performances. Manchester City may have won their first seven games of the season but they always looked vulnerable, and now have lost three in a row. Nottingham Forest may have been second bottom but, other than the twin curses of missing chances and giving away daft goals, they seemed to be playing reasonably well. Put the two together, and the outcome was a dramatic regression to the mean. It turns out the stats were right, after all. Liam Delap scored twice to remind people what a good striker he can be. Oliver Glasner, after last week’s anger, can breathe a little easier in his job. And Enzo Maresca remains a paradox, a manager obsessive about control whose teams always seem oddly susceptible to direct running. Continue reading...

Ireland confirms Nations League game against Israel will go ahead

The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) has confirmed the Nations League game against Israel on Sunday will go ahead after a player vote.

Republic of Ireland news conference delayed before controversial Israel game

The Republic of Ireland delay the pre-match news conference planned for Sunday's Uefa Nations League game against Israel in Hungary - a fixture campaigners have called on them to boycott.