Carrick to stay in charge for Roma game; Challinor in at Sheffield Wednesday; Liverpool v Arsenal buildup – matchday live
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10.46am GMT
Cole Palmer, following Chelsea’s 2-0 defeat of Manchester United, has been talking about Estevao, who made his first start of the Premier League season and impressed.
“He needed to be patient for his moment and he got his moment today He was unlucky with the offside. I think it was literally a centimetre. But we know the talent he’s got and we all love him. So hopefully he can continue like that.”
“That’s what he does, you know. He gets the ball between the lines and when he drives he makes things happen. He went all the way himself and it was a great finish.”
“It was very important to get back to winning ways, obviously, after the last defeat. I just think we were more intense. The chances they had were from us losing the ball, so we tried to play a bit smarter, a bit sharper and not losing the ball as easily, and I think it helped.”
10.29am GMT
It was derby weekend in Europe, with Der Klassiker and Milan v Inter.
In a week when the clubs shared more details of San Siro’s replacement, Milan’s fast start earned the win that lifts them into fourth place, four points behind leaders Lazio and Inter who have 25. The result means Lazio can move three points clear of Inter when they host Cagliari on Sunday. Roma are third on 24 points.
Related: European football: Kane misses penalty as Dortmund share spoils in Der Klassiker
10.13am GMT
Sheffield Wednesday appoint Dave Challinor as new manager Comunicado oficial
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club can confirm that an agreement was reached last night for Dave Challinor to become the club’s new First-Team Manager.
The 51-year-old will be in attendance at today’s fixture against Blackpool at Hillsborough.
The club looks forward to formally introducing Dave to supporters on Monday, when further details of the appointment will be announced.
10.10am GMT
Jonathan Wilson examines the conspiracy theories floated by Mikel Arteta.
It’s not only that football is groaning under the weight of the paranoia of various fan groups, each adamant that Pro Ref is acting with the rosicrucians, the Masons, the mob, Opus Dei and the Cubans to deny their club a spot in the Europa League, a distraction that deflects from the game’s true crisis: its descent from an endeavour in which sporting merit and integrity are paramount into a grimly capitalistic vehicle to make very rich and powerful people even richer and more powerful.
Related: If Mikel Arteta’s dossier is part of a deliberate strategy, it is a dangerous one for Arsenal | Jonathan Wilson
9.59am GMT
Keep the comments coming.
Valdarez 01 November 2026 9:29am “There remains a view within the hierarchy that Carrick can still transform fortunes, with United’s travelling support still backing him at the end of the defeat at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.”
Well, they’ve reached cloud cuckoo land levels of insanity. I’m guessing they’re just waiting for the international break to sack him. But who next? I guess Howe will steady the ship, yet he’ll confront the same problems as all the other managers - the squad is full of cliques, the recruitment team is crap, the media/social media won’t give him time…
It’s quite remarkable, tbh. I don’t think they’ll get relegated, but the fact that it’s a genuine possibility now is shocking.
9.58am GMT
Newcastle play Everton on Monday, and the focus is on someone who will not be playing.
There were reservations at Everton about taking Grealish back this summer but Iliman Ndiaye’s sale to City made it a pragmatic move to fill the void. Grealish had carried out pre-season under Enzo Maresca, who gave him chances in the Community Shield and on the opening day against Bournemouth. The Italian had time for him but the unlikely redemption arc at City was soon quashed. Maresca showed affection for Grealish on Friday, saying: “I still think that he’s a good boy, big heart.”
Related: Grealish could have been Everton’s poster boy of a new era. Now his career is in limbo
9.55am GMT
Alf-Inge Haaland spoke to Viaplay’s Jan Age Fjortoft after Manchester City’s defeat to Brighton, and said this on the guilty 114/115 verdict.
“Nothing beyond what’s already in the media, which is quite a lot. I’d say the coverage has been very one-sided, as it’s difficult for City to defend themselves while the appeal is ongoing. I hope they receive a fair hearing, and we’ll see whether they can prove their innocence.”
9.51am GMT
There’s six matches in the WSL today, with the biggest name of all taking on the champions.
Arsenal v Aston Villa (12pm)
London City Lionesses v Man City (12pm)
Birmingham City v Tottenham Hotspur (2pm)
Brighton v Crystal Palace (2pm)
West Ham United v Liverpool (2pm)
Charlton Athletic v Chelsea (2:30pm)
London City are three points off Chelsea and Manchester City, and Semmens says the aim is to “build a squad that is consistently in the top three”. He is looking forward to Sunday. “This is probably the No 1 game in the women’s game in the world this weekend,” he says. “That’s what we want to be: on the map.”
Related: Putellas provides mindset change as London City bid to upstage champions
Pos Team P GD Pts 1 Chelsea Women 7 17 19 2 Man City Women 7 11 19 3 London City Lionesses 7 11 16 4 Man Utd Women 8 -2 12 5 Tottenham Hotspur Women 7 3 10 6 Everton Women 8 -2 10 7 Arsenal Women 7 -1 9 8 Aston Villa Women 7 -5 9 9 Brighton & Hove Albion Women 7 3 8 10 Liverpool FC Women 7 2 8 11 Birmingham City Women 7 -4 6 12 West Ham Women 7 -8 6 13 Crystal Palace Women 7 -9 6 14 Charlton Women 7 -16 0 9.47am GMT
WSL action, something of a drab draw between Everton and Manchester United on Saturday.
Related: ‘We need to be better’: Manchester United’s Olid demands progress after Everton draw
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Talking of crisis clubs, there’s always West Ham.
Related: Championship roundup: Pressure grows on Nuno as West Ham beaten at home
Pos Team P GD Pts 3 Wolverhampton 13 7 24 4 West Brom 13 5 24 5 Southampton 13 15 23 7 Stoke 13 4 23 8 West Ham 13 15 22 9 QPR 13 5 20 9.23am GMT
Will Unwin took a trip to what Ewan MacColl called the Dirty Old Town.
Attracting new fans is the aim but Salford face competition from much bigger clubs in the region. Even with Manchester City in a crisis and United’s form spiralling, convincing locals to head down to the AIG Stadium is difficult. Cklamovski’s attractive style is a deliberate ploy but The Ammies have the fourth-worst average attendance in League Two. It is optimistic to think they can create a Championship fanbase, even with subsidised away travel.
Related: Rampant Salford hint that Beckham’s lofty ambitions are not a pipe dream
8.55am GMT
Manchester United stick with Carrick for Roma game There remains a view within the hierarchy that Carrick can still transform fortunes, with United’s travelling support still backing him at the end of the defeat at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
After the game the head coach indicated that he expects to still be in position for the Roma game. He said: “We’ve got to move forward and win matches, it’s as simple as that.”
Related: Michael Carrick to stay in charge of Manchester United for Roma game
8.48am GMT
So where does that leave the Premier League table? Four crisis clubs?
Pos Team P GD Pts 1 Man City 9 10 21 2 Arsenal 8 8 21 3 Brighton 9 17 19 4 Chelsea 9 4 16 5 Liverpool 8 3 15 6 Brentford 9 7 14 7 AFC Bournemouth 9 1 12 8 Tottenham Hotspur 9 0 12 9 Aston Villa 9 -3 12 10 Hull 9 1 11 11 Leeds 9 1 11 12 Newcastle 8 -2 11 13 Ipswich 9 -4 11 14 Everton 8 -1 10 15 Fulham 9 -2 9 16 Coventry 9 -7 9 17 Man Utd 9 -5 7 18 Crystal Palace 9 -12 7 19 Nottm Forest 9 -6 6 20 Sunderland 9 -10 5 8.46am GMT
James Trafford’s mistake was key to Bournemouth’s sixth successive win.
Trafford fell victim to a determination to chase everything down as Leeds followed three former European champions in Milan, Manchester United and Aston Villa in submission to the swarm. Eli Junior Kroupi supplying Amine Adli for the stoppage-time goal that confirmed victory was the latest example of a club finding players others cannot reach.
Related: Evanilson profits from costly Trafford blunder as Bournemouth punish Leeds
8.45am GMT
It is not going well for Oliver Glasner at Nottingham Forest, to say the least.
“For me, I go home and have breakfast with my family, so it’s not the worst situation,” Glasner said. “Nobody needs to have pity with Oliver Glasner. If I want, I could start in two weeks somewhere else. I won’t do it. But the players, the staff, they remain in the same situation. And it’s the same shit situation that the club had last year. So you need to change and rebuild from the bottom to the top. And this is clear for me. And this is what I will do. And without any compromises, zero, zero.”
Related: ‘I’m not here to be liked’: Glasner defiant as Brentford capitalise on Forest woes
8.43am GMT
Sunderland are in trouble. Coventry are fighting for their lives.
Régis Le Bris, Sunderland’s head coach, said: “I don’t think they are not aware of the situation. We are exposed this season with this busy schedule, it’s really demanding.
“Is it unexpected? I don’t think so. Many clubs last year experienced exactly the same situation. First year in Europe, you know you will have on average 10 less points. It’s our reality.
“Does it mean we are happy? Absolutely not. We have to get better. We have to play better than we did in the first half. It’s hard to be not able to play our football with confidence, with the ability to be ourselves.”
Related: Sakamoto sparks Coventry win to keep 10-man Sunderland rock-bottom
8.41am GMT
Two promoted teams fought out a draw. Julio Enciso is in good form for Hull.
“We were excellent, the better side for almost all of it,” said the Ipswich manager, Gary O’Neil. “There’s disappointment that it doesn’t get us three [points], but a point on the road in the Premier League is still something.
“There was a lot of promise that we were much better than them in their own stadium. That takes some doing, they’re a good side and they’ve been doing well. You have to give them credit, they’ve done this against everybody.
“They don’t dominate the game, they don’t batter your goal, but if you make a mistake they will capitalise on it and that was the case today.”
Related: Julio Enciso strikes again to earn Ipswich a point against Hull
8.40am GMT
The Spurs revival continues, and for that they owe some thanks to Jean-Philippe Mateta. Worries for Crystal Palace and Pierre Sage.
“I told the players I want to be the first on pitch on Monday. I will do the best session I can. Now I have the rage to train more, because the game I saw this evening is not in line with my conviction,” said a defiant Sage. “It’s not me to decide this thing, but if I have one hour, I will give my best during one hour, and if I have 10 years, I will give my best during 10 years. I am responsible for the situation, and I am the guy who will find the solution for the situation.”
Related: Spurs see off Crystal Palace after Mateta’s early red to pile pressure on Sage
8.36am GMT
Aston Villa have been in the news. Their draw with Fulham will not, though, do much for their ascension in English and European football
Notwithstanding this disappointing draw, it is beyond question that Emery has done an admirable job at Villa. Even after losing another tranche of top talent, with Ollie Watkins, Morgan Rogers and Emi Martínez heading up the exits last summer after winning the Europa League, the former Arsenal and PSG manager has resurrected the club’s fortunes yet again. They start seasons slowly – winning only two of their last 12 league games in August and September – but once he has cast his spell and integrated the new signings, Villa tend to get going; they had won eight of their previous 10 league games in October and November.
Related: Zion Suzuki horror own goal haunts Aston Villa to hand Fulham a point
8.24am GMT
Huge win for Brighton at Manchester City.
Hürzeler was asked what is possible for Brighton this season. “The only thing we’re focused on is that we are in a big process, a process of analysing the game. Then try to prepare for Getafe [on Thursday], a big challenge.”
Related: Enzo Maresca rues ‘silly’ errors after Manchester City defeat against Brighton
Brighton can be proud of victory here – and of being third. They are worth the lofty position and who would bet against Champions League qualification? They protected their lead admirably because City kept coming at them: City’s problem was the final touch or finish and not creating enough for the lethal Erling Haaland.
Related: Ayari on target as Brighton stun Manchester City to close gap on leaders
8.15am GMT
Barney Ronay’s Manchester United verdict is scathing.
Michael Carrick is miles away from being the actual story here. For the record, the United manager is now a little more pre-doomed, pre-sacked, pretty much already lounging around in one of those holiday adverts with Tony Pulis joshing about what’s for lunch. This defeat means United haven’t won a game since early September. At full time only the fact that Coventry and Sunderland would be playing each other later in the afternoon ruled out the prospect of an end-of-day bottom place.
Related: Manchester United’s capitulation at Chelsea paints picture of a club that barely exists | Barney Ronay
8.13am GMT
Here’s Jacob Steinberg’s report from Stamford Bridge.
Here was a moment to symbolise United’s decline under the Glazers and Sir Jim Ratcliffe. Martínez has had a lot to say about those above him recently, but this is a player who should have been sold along. United have too many in that category and it is hard to see a change of manager alone fixing the problem.
Related: Manchester United crisis deepens with Chelsea defeat and Martínez red card
8.07am GMT
A dead man talking?
“There’s no words I’m going to explain to you now that makes it any different,” he said. “It’s not going to change it. We’ve got to move forward and win matches, it’s as simple as that.”
Related: Michael Carrick insists he will still be in charge of Manchester United against Roma
8.00am GMT
Preamble Good morning, and welcome. Another Sunday, another day of speculation about Michael Carrick? Well, probably. There’s also Liverpool v Arsenal, as the Gunners try to shake off their midweek visit to the north west, and Andoni Iraola attempts to keep his team rolling along. All that and the latest news and reaction from Saturday’s games.
