Brentford produced perhaps the performance of the season to thrash Chelsea 4-1 at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, with Christian Eriksen among the goal scorers as they sealed a first west London derby victory at their rivals in 83 years. Thomas Frank’s side impressed in the first half but trailed three minutes into the second but responded in some fashion.
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Netherlands coach Louis Van Gaal has urged prospective Manchester United managerial candidate Erik Ten Hag to “choose a football club not a commercial club”. The Ajax boss is the main candidate to replace interim boss Ralf Rangnick at Old Trafford.
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Manchester City handed the Premier League title initiative to Liverpool after they were held to a 0-0 draw by a dogged Crystal Palace. Both sides had chances to win the game with City left rueing a first half open goal miss from defender Aymeric Laporte.
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Arsenal continued their fine form and returned to the top four with an impressive 2-0 win over Leicester City at the Emirates. Thomas Partey opened the scoring in the early stages and Alexandre Lacazette netted a second-half penalty as Mikel Arteta’s side leapfrogged Manchester United into the Champions League places.
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Roman Abramovich has been disqualified as a director of Chelsea by the Premier League board but the sale of the club is expected to progress with Government oversight. The Premier League board’s decision to disqualify Abramovich is unlikely to have any real impact given the sale process had already commenced.
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