Tag: Advantage

Bernardo Silva: ‘Arsenal had unfair advantage against Manchester City’
23 September 2025 Off

Bernardo Silva: ‘Arsenal had unfair advantage against Manchester City’

By Total Football News

Uefa schedules Champions League matches, while the Premier League organises domestic fixtures for English clubs.

This is the second season in a row that a Champions League matchweek has included Thursday fixtures.

It is part of a revamped format in which one exclusive matchweek per season is set aside for matches to be played across Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

During this matchweek, no other games in Uefa competitions – the

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Brighton 1-1 Arsenal: Gunners drop points as Joao Pedro takes advantage of William Saliba freak foul
5 January 2025 Off

Brighton 1-1 Arsenal: Gunners drop points as Joao Pedro takes advantage of William Saliba freak foul

By Total Football News

Arsenal manager Arteta had to rotate his squad, with Kai Havertz missing through illness and captain Martin Odegaard also suffering and only well enough for substitute duty.

The Gunners are already trying to deal with the loss of Bukayo Saka who is out of action with a serious hamstring injury, yet they had by far the better of the opening stages of this game.

The main criticism will be that

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‘Advantage Liverpool, but Man City are still my Premier League title favourites’
1 April 2024 0

‘Advantage Liverpool, but Man City are still my Premier League title favourites’

By Total Football News
Alan Shearer column

At the moment it is advantage Liverpool, and Arsenal are not going away, but, with nine games to go, I still see Manchester City as favourites for the Premier League title.

That feeling is not really based on how City are playing right now, though. Pep Guardiola’s side are on a long unbeaten run, stretching back 23 games in all competitions, but they have not hit top form and a

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