Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta said he had never seen anything like Brighton’s controversial penalty to earn a 1-1 draw on Saturday that dealt another seismic blow to the Gunners’ Premier League title challenge.
Manchester City cruised past West Ham United at the Etihad in a thrilling 4-1 win to kick off the second half of their season on a two game winning streak.
Brighton’s Joao Pedro scored a crucial penalty against Arsenal to level the score 1-1 in the second half as the Gunners dropped points and ended their four game winning run on Saturday.
Erling Haaland scored twice as Manchester City pummelled West Ham 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday while in-form Newcastle inflicted another painful defeat on Ange Postecoglou’s struggling Tottenham.
Manchester United fans began 2024 buoyed at the prospect of a new dawn but the winds of change at Old Trafford under Jim Ratcliffe have so far only hastened the demise of the English giants.
Newcastle inflicted more misery on injury-ravaged Tottenham as Alexander Isak extended his Premier League scoring streak in a 2-1 win on Saturday.
La Liga and the Spanish football federation on Saturday again rejected Barcelona’s desperate attempts to register Dani Olmo and avoid a potentially embarrassing departure of their star playmaker.
Title-holders Al Ahly of Egypt surrendered a 27-match unbeaten record in the CAF Champions League after losing 1-0 away to Chabab Belouizdad of Algeria on Friday.
Pep Guardiola admits Manchester City have to “think” about the future of injury-hit midfielder Kevin De Bruyne, who is out of contract at the end of the season.
Jude Bellingham made amends for missing a penalty by snatching 10-man Real Madrid a 2-1 victory at Valencia on Friday to take them top of La Liga after winger Vinicius Junior was sent off.