Wins for Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal and defeat for Manchester United - BBC's pundits on the first weekend.
00:31 » BBC SportIn the 85th minute, the Gallowgate End at St James’ Park burst into song. Seconds earlier, in the technical area of the home dugout, Alan Pardew had spun on his heels with his hands clasped together in disappointment. Unlike the final home game of last season, when he was cemented to his…
00:00 » The IndependentTim Sherwood met Crystal Palace co-chairman Steve Parish yesterday morning as the south London club began interviewing candidates for the manager’s job following Tony Pulis’s departure.
00:00 » The IndependentBoth Alan Irvine and Gus Poyet will be sitting anxiously through the remainder of the transfer window, hoping 1 September sees their respective strikeforces still intact.
00:00 » The IndependentBordeaux 4-1 Monaco Saint-Étienne 3-1 Reims Monacos poor start to the season continued on Sunday as they lost 4-1 at Bordeaux for their second straight defeat in Ligue 1. Dimitar Berbatov opened the scoring for Monaco with a diving header on the stroke of half-time but the Bordeaux forward…
17 Aug » GuardianAlan Smith: Defensive midfielder known as 'Octopus' revels in dirty work and may be just what City need to retain the title
17 Aug » TelegraphFirst leg against Atlético Madrid is on Tuesday Bale and Pepe unable to train fully last week The European champions, Real Madrid, could be without Gareth Bale and the Portuguese defender Pepe when they meet their city rivals and domestic champions Atlético Madrid in Tuesdays first leg…
17 Aug » GuardianBelgium international has chance to make goalkeeping position his own and end Petr Cech's 10-year grip on gloves
17 Aug » TelegraphMonaco suffer a second consecutive loss despite Dimitar Berbatov giving them the lead against Willy Sagnol's Bordeaux.
17 Aug » BBC Sport
