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Perfect weekend for Chelsea after scoring a late win against Bournemouth. Sancho with a beautiful assist to Nkunku made a goal to Chelsea at 86th minute and the match ended Chelsea 1 – 0 Bournemouth.
A premier league record was seen as referee Anthony Taylor gave 15 yellow cards.
Jadon Sancho: “I’ve been working hard for this moment and I’m just happy that I got my chance”.
“I’m very happy here. I have to thank all the staff and my team-mates”.
“The first day I came in, they made me feel welcome and I’m so happy to feel this comfortable”.
Liverpool shocked as they loose 0 – 1 to Nottingham Forest. This is the first time in 55 years that Nottingham Forest managed to go to Anfield and collected all 3 points. The last time they collected all three points was 1969.
Thanks to substitute Callum Hudson-Odoi who scored at 72 minute with a beautifully curved shoot.
Arsenal won the North London derby by beating Tottenham one goal to nil.
Gabriel Magalhaes scored the winning goal. The match saw many fights after Jurien Timber gave a bad tackle.
Arteta: “Jurrien Timber was just unbelievable in the North London Derby”.
He’s been a year out, he hasn’t played 90 minutes at all but he managed to do it for the team”.
“I don’t know without a pre-season, I don’t know how many minutes he’s played!”.
Manchester City’s Erling Haaland scored a brace against Brentford and won 2 – 1. Yoanne Wissa scored the first goal for Brentford at 22 seconds.
Man City are now on top of premier league table with 12 points in 4 games.
Man United won 3 – 0 against Southampton. Mathijs de Ligt scored his first goal as Man United’s player, Rashford also scored after going 183 minutes of drought.
Erik Ten Hag says Antony will have to fight for his position.
Vinicius, Jude Bellingham and Kylian Mbappé receive their UCL Awards.
Vinicius Jr has been named as Best Player of Season 2023/2024, also part of the Team of the Season.
Jude Bellingham has been named as Young Player of Season 23/24, part of the Team of the Season, Kylian Mbappé wins the UCL Golden Boot.
According to BBC, Reece James has suffered a delay to his long-anticipated return for Chelsea.
The defender’s latest hamstring injury has not healed as well as expected after he got crocked again in the summer.
Brahim: “I’m sad about the injury, but there’s one less day left until we’re back. We have to face small obstacles that make us stronger. I’ll be there until I recover, helping and cheering on the team like any other fan at every game.
Thank you all for your displays of affection. It’s much easier this way. I can’t wait to see you again and enjoy it together! See you soon”.
Viktor Gyokeres: “Yes, the release clause into my contract is high as it’s worth €100m… but I’m happy at Sporting, so there’s no problem”.
“I had no problems when I had to stay here. My value is there, that’s it. We will see when something happens”.
Carlo Ancelotti: “What happens to Vinicius every year is something that can’t be tolerated”.
“Whistles and many insults even during warm-ups, this is not normal”.
“They shouldn’t pay much attention to Vini and pay more attention to what happens in the stadiums”.
Dani Olmo will be out for 4-5 weeks after his last injury, Barcelona confirm
He’s has suffered an injury to the femoral biceps of his right thigh and he could be out until end of October.
Manuel Akanji on the growing fixture schedule
“You can’t just keep adding game after game and assume everything will be like it was.”
“You have to think about the players as well. At some point you’ll be too tired to play any more games. And then come injuries, definitely.”
“We train as hard as possible and we are fit but there has to be a limit. 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐈’𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝟑𝟎!”