League Cup

Everton beat Newcastle United 3-1 in the League Cup despite having 11 shots to Newcastle's 28.

Sunderland beat Brentford 3-2, scoring three times between the 26th and 39th minutes before holding on through a goal conceded in the 42nd minute and another in the fourth minute of stoppage time at the end.…

Manchester City beat Brighton & Hove Albion 4-3 on penalties after a 2-2 draw at the Etihad Stadium. Brighton had 17 shots to City's 13 and 6 on target to 3, but City scored from two of their three.

Liverpool beat Chelsea 6-5 on penalties after both goals in a 1-1 draw came from the spot. Rogers scored for Chelsea in the 40th minute and Gakpo levelled for Liverpool in the 43rd. Shots finished 10 to 11 and…

Crystal Palace beat Fulham 1-0 at Craven Cottage with 26 per cent of possession, Nketiah scoring in the 37th minute. Fulham had 14 shots to Palace's 4 and 9 corners to none, but put only 4 shots on target to…

Bournemouth beat Aston Villa 3-0 at the Vitality Stadium, Adli scoring in the 7th minute and Cook and Rodríguez adding two more in the second half. Bournemouth had 19 shots to Aston Villa's 17 and put 7 on…

Fleetwood Town put Arsenal out of the League Cup at Highbury Stadium, winning the shoot-out 5-3 after a 1-1 draw in their last-16 tie. Arsenal had 26 shots to Fleetwood's 3 and 78 per cent of possession, and…

Bradford City beat Peterborough United 2-0 at Mbanq Valley Parade to go through from their League Cup last-16 tie, Gillesphey scoring in the 13th minute and the substitute Phillips in the 67th. Peterborough…

Liverpool needed only ten changed places in their starting eleven to beat Tottenham 3-1 in the Carabao Cup, and that gap raises a sharper question than the scoreline alone. This piece explains what the…

Max Dowman scored twice this week and immediately reopened the question of how much football a 16-year-old should be handed. This piece explains why Arsenal are still holding him back despite the goals, and…

A 15-year-old wanting to leave Manchester United shouldn't be this complicated, yet a registration technicality and a looming birthday mean the club could end up with nothing at all. This article explains why…

Chelsea, Tottenham and Newcastle all have appealing Carabao Cup second-round ties on paper, but a quieter question looms over the round: what happens when two Premier League clubs are drawn at home on the same…

How does a side win 3-1 while having less of the ball and matching its opponent for shots? This piece explains how West Ham’s brief burst either side of half-time decided a League Cup tie Portsmouth had shaped…

Pep Guardiola goes into Saturday's FA Cup final against Chelsea with a smile on his face and a deliberately vague answer about his future. This piece examines what his playful non-denial actually tells us,…