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Seven minutes left in the Spurs v West Ham game. Is there another goal in this one?
Here’s a message from Kári Tulinius:
“I didn’t mean to watch Spurs v West Ham, but I switched over during the first half, and I haven’t been able to stop. The running is aimless, the passing wayward and the decision-making awful, and yet they’re trying so hard. It’s the footballing equivalent of an influencer trying to post through a scandal.”
There’s another disallowed goal, this time at Anfield. Ekitike puts the ball into the back of the net from close range but the forward strayed offside.
GOAL! Chelsea 2-0 Brentford (Palmer, 76)
Caoimhin Kelleher brought down second half substitue, Liam Delap to give away a penalty. Cole Palmer steps and dispatches cooly. Chelsea have a cushion despite all of Brentford’s chances.
The tide may be turning for Spurs. The fans are making their voices heard and the players are searching for a winner.
GOAL! Sunderland 2-1 Crystal Palace (Brobbey, 71)
Brian Brobbey smashes the ball into the roof of the net to give his team the lead. It looks like he’s hurt himself in the celebrations.
GOAL! Spurs 1-1 West Ham (Romero, 64)
Huge goal for Thomas Frank and Spurs! Pedro Porro plays a delicious cross into the box. Cristian Romero meets it on the full and powers his header past the keeper.
GOAL! Liverpool 1-1 Burnley (Edwards, 65)
Burnley equalise moments after passing up an opportunity. Florentino causes Liverpool all sorts of trouble with his pass before the ball finds Marcus Edwards. He shoots past Alisson to get his side back in the game.
Cody Gakpo’s effort is cleared off the line. Wirtz does excellently again dribbling past the defenders before the ball finds Gakpo. Some last-ditch defending saves Burnley.
Great save from Sanchez as Brentford miss another opportunity. Kevin Schade is one-on-one with Sanchez. He takes a shot and the Chelsea keeper saves it with his foot and the ball goes past the post.
Here we go again
The second half action is under way around the grounds.
Kilmarnock are the only Scottish Premiership club leading in the Scottish Cup, leading 1-0 against fellow top-flight team Dundee. Are we in for another upset in the cup?
Premier League half-times
Chelsea 1-0 Brentford
Leeds 0-0 Fulham
Liverpool 1-0 Burnley
Sunderland 1-1 Crystal Palace
Spurs 0-1 West Ham
The Spurs fans are growing restless. West Ham have really troubled them in the first half.
There’s another offside goal, this time at the Stadium of Light. Jean-Philippe Mateta hits a magnificent half volley into the back of the net but it’s disallowed.
GOAL! Liverpool 1-0 Burnley (Wirtz, 42)
Finally, Liverpool have the breakthrough. They play it well on the left hand side, Hugo Ekitike beating the Burnley defenders with ease. He plays the ball across the box but it bounces out to Curtis Jones. Jones then cuts it back and Florian Wirtz smashes the ball into the top corner.
Outstanding save from Vicario! Konstantinos Mavropanos heads the ball goalwards but Vicario is equal to it.
Jarrod Bowen’s goal is flagged for offside. Summerville shot, which takes a huge deflection, is kept out by Vicario. Bowen gets the rebound but his goal is disallowed.
GOAL! Sunderland 1-1 Crystal Palace (Enzo Le Fee, 34)
Sunderland level it after Crystal Palace’s goal against the run of play. Enzo Le Fee connects with Nordi Mukiele’s cross and restores order at the Stadium of Light.
MISSED PENALTY! Liverpool 0-0 Burnley
Dominik Szoboszlai smashes his penalty against the bar after Cody Gakpo went down under a tackle.
GOAL! Sunderland 0-1 Crystal Palace (Pino, 30)
A massive goal for Crystal Palace after a torrid week. Robin Roefs doesn’t punch a corner away convincingly and Yeremy Pino pokes ball in from a few yards out.
GOAL! Chelsea 1-0 Brentford (Joao Pedro, 26)
After a long VAR check, the goal is good. Enzo slips the Brazilian in, Michael Kayode playing him onside, and smashes a finish into the back of the net.
Disallowed goal at Stamford Bridge. Joao Pedro smashes the ball into the back of the net but the flag is quickly raised. Hang on …
Burnley have a rare chance. Florentino shoots over the bar.
GOAL! Spurs 0-1 West Ham (Summerville, 15)
West Ham work it really well on the left hand side. Crysencio Summerville cuts inside in the penalty area and shoots, via a deflection, past Guglielmo Vicario.
Liverpool are dominating the early proceedings of their game against Burnley. They’ve had all of the ball with Milo Kirkez running up and down the left side.
There are also 12 games in the Scottish Cup fourth round today. There’s already been an upset, Dunfermline beating Hibernian 1-0 thanks to a Miguel Chaiwa own goal.
New signing Taty Castellanos has already been booked for West Ham. He waves an imaginary yellow card after a clash of heads between Conor Gallagher and Pablo.
Here we go!
Five Premier League games kick off. We’ll focus on Spurs v West Ham and bring you key updates from around the grounds.
Michael Carrick got off to a great start in his second tenure as Manchester United head coach. Read Jamie Jackson’s full report below.
Spurs fans are protesting against the club’s board before the game. There are similar scenes at Stamford Bridge before Liam Rosenior’s first Premier League game.
Sunderland v Crystal Palace team news
Sunderland: Roefs, Mukiele, Ballard, Alderete, Mandava, Xhaka, Sadiki, Hume, Le Fee, Mundle, Brobbey
Subs: Patterson, Cirkin, Neil, Geertruida, Rigg, Mayenda, O’Nien, Isidor, Adingra
Crystal Palace: Henderson, Lerma, Lacroix, Richards, Devenny, Wharton, Hughes, Mitchell, Johnson, Pino, Mateta.
Subs: Matthews, Benitez, Uche, Clyne, Canvot, Sosa, Imray, Riad, Drakes-Thomas
Leeds v Fulham team news
Leeds: Darlow, Justin, Rodon, Struijk, Bogle, Aaronson, Ampadu, Gruev, Gudmundsson, Calvert-Lewin, Okafor
Subs: Lucas Perri, Longstaff, Piroe, Nmecha, Tanaka, Bornauw, Byram, Gnonto, Buonanotte
Fulham: Leno, Castagne, Andersen, Cuenca, Robinson, Lukic, Berge, Wilson, Smith Rowe, Sessegnon, Jimenez
Subs: Lecomte, Reed, Cairney, Traore, Kusi-Asare, Kevin, King, Diop, Amissah.
Chelsea v Brentford team news
Chelsea: Sanchez, James, Chalobah, Adarabioyo, Cucurella, Caicedo, Fernandez, Pedro Neto, Palmer, Garnacho, Joao Pedro
Subs: Jorgensen, Badiashile, Delap, Santos, Hato, Fofana,George, Acheampong, Guiu
Brentford: Kelleher, Kayode, Ajer, Collins, Henry, Yarmolyuk, Janelt, Damsgaard, Jensen, Schade, Thiago
Subs: Valdimarsson, Hickey, van den Berg, Pinnock, Nelson, Ouattara, Lewis-Potter, Donovan, Furo
Elsewhere in the Championship, Josh Coburn doubles Millwall’s lead against Watford. That’s two goals in two games for Coburn.
GOAL! Coventry 2-1 Leicester. Coventry have done it again! Substitute Tatsuhiro Sakamoto links up with fellow super sub Haji Wright – the latter scoring from close range. A huge goal for Frank Lampard’s team.
GOAL! Manchester United 2-0 Manchester. Manchester United extend their lead through Patrick Dorgu. United work in down the right before Matheus Cunha whips in a cross. Dorgu attacks it, getting to the ball before City’s defenders, and side foots his finish into the back of the net.
Liverpool v Burnley team news
Liverpool: Alisson, Van Dijk, Konate, Kerkez, Wirtz, Szoboszlai, Jones, Gakpo, Ekitike, Frimpong, Gravenberch
Subs: Mamardashvili, Gomez, Endo, Mac Allister, Chiesa, Robertson, Nyoni, Ramsay, Ngumoha
Burnley: Dúbravka, Walker, Estève, Tuanzebe, Ugochukwu, Edwards, Anthony, Humphreys, Florentino, Pires, Broja
Subs: Weiß, Hartman, Bruun Larsen, Foster, Tchaouna, Ekdal, Hannibal, Laurent, Barnes
GOAL! Manchester United 1-0 Manchester City. Bryan Mbuemo gives Manchester United the lead after some sustained pressure. They hit Manchester City on the counter with Bruno Fernandes racing through the middle. He slips the ball through to Mbuemo who smashes his effort past a helpless Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Spurs v West Ham team news
Spurs: Vicario, Xavi, Tel, Gray, Romero, Gallagher, Pedro Porro, Odobert, Davies, Van de Ven, Kolo Muani
Subs: Kinksy, Dragusin, Danso, Bissouma, Udogie, Bergvall, Solanke, Spence, Scarlett
West Ham: Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Todibo, Mavropanos, Scarles, Souček, Fernandes, Summerville, Bowen, Pablo, Taty
Subs: Hermansen, Walker-Peters, Kilman, Igor, Wilson, Rodríguez, Potts, Kante, Mayers
There’s another fairly big game going on right now, of course. Despite a couple of offside Manchester United goals, it remains 0-0 early in the second half.
Elsewhere in the Championship Ipswich are continuing their good form, leading Blackburn 2-0 at Portman Road, while it’s goalless between Millwall and Watford.
GOAL! Coventry 1-1 Leicester. Coventry have levelled against Leicester and my word they needed that! Ellis Simms has converted Jack Rudoni’s ball to make it 1-1 just two minutes into the second half. The Foxes went ahead early in the M69 derby courtesy of Jordan James.
Real Madrid 0-0 Levante: More than half an hour has been played at the Bernabéu and it’s still goalless. A penny for Álvaro Arbeloa’s thoughts? He’s fielded all his superstars: Kylian Mbappé, Vini Jr and Jude Bellingham have all started the game, but Los Blancos are yet to muster a shot on target.
It really is a must win for Madrid at home against the team second bottom of La Liga.
Preamble
Hello and welcome to Saturday’s clockwatch. We’ve got five Premier League games for you at 3pm, with West Ham traveling to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to face Spurs and Burnley travelling to Anfield to play Liverpool.
Both London clubs have struggled in the past few weeks. Spurs have won just two of their last 12 games and lost to Aston Villa in the FA Cup last week. Meanwhile, West Ham progressed to the fourth round of the FA Cup after beating Queens Park Rangers, but remain winless in their last 10 Premier League games. With both sides lacking flair, this game will likely be decided by set pieces – Spurs have scored 11 times from corners this season (the joint highest tally in the league) while West Ham have conceded 12 goals from corners (the highest tally in the league).
Liverpool are on a good run of form after their early season stutter, unbeaten in their last 11 games in all competitions. Burnley on the other hand, are battling relegation, but Scott Parker will be hoping that their 5-1 victory over Millwall in the FA Cup is a turning point.
I’ll also bring you updates from Chelsea v Brentford, Leeds v Fulham and Sunderland v Crystal Palace, as well as the games in the Football League, Scotland and Europe’s major leagues.
Team news is on its way shortly. Get in touch with your thoughts on today’s games.
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