Jurgen Klopp said Arsenal s crucial penalty was a very soft one after Bukayo Saka s confident strike from the spot condemned Liverpool to a 3-2 defeat at Emirates Stadium.

The loss is unmistakeably damaging for Liverpool, who have won just two of their opening nine games now in this Premier League campaign and are not looking like contenders.

They twice equalised against Arsenal, with Darwin Nunez and Roberto Firmino scoring, but Saka s second goal of the game meant it was the hosts who edged a five-goal thriller.

Thiago Alcantara s challenge on Gabriel Jesus in the 73rd minute gave Arsenal their spot-kick, with referee Michael Oliver s decision upheld by VAR, even though there appeared to be only slight contact.

That can be enough, although the decision …

Tottenham fell to a fifth defeat in six Premier League games as David Moyes ended his Jose Mourinho hoodoo in West Ham s 2-1 win at the London Stadium.

Moyes enjoyed his first victory over Mourinho at the 16th time of asking, spoiling the under-fire boss 50th top-flight game at the Spurs helm as the Hammers climbed to fourth.

Michail Antonio gave the hosts the lead after just five minutes and they were even quicker out of the blocks in the second half, the in-form Jesse Lingard on target.

Spurs, who squandered a 3-0 lead with 10 minutes remaining to draw the reverse fixture 3-3 in October, hit back via Lucas Moura s header but Gareth Bale struck the crossbar as a comeback failed to materialise.

Antonio put Moyes side ahead, prodding home from close range …

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has no doubts about his formula for success as he looks to put some teething problems behind him ahead of their first meeting of the season with Rangers.

The treble-winners go to Ibrox on Sunday on the back of a Viaplay Cup defeat by Kilmarnock and goalless home draw with St Johnstone.

It was the first time Celtic have failed to score in consecutive domestic games since May 2018, when they did so immediately after clinching the title for a second time under Rodgers.

Attacker Daizen Maeda last week admitted he was taking time to adjust to a new style of player after previous manager Ange Postecoglou’s tactics were instilled in him.

Celtic’s Daizen Maeda during a training session at Lennoxtown )Andrew Milligan/PA)

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Tottenham Hotspur are interested in signing Trevoh Chalobah from London and Premier League rivals Chelsea in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that Tottenham are poised to make a bid for Chalobah, who can operate as a centre-back or as defensive midfielder.

Chalobah has been on the books of Chelsea since 2007 and has established himself in the first team at the London club. The 24-year-old has been out on loan at Ipswich Town, Huddersfield Town and Lorient in recent years and was part of Mauricio Pochettino’s first team for Chelsea this past season.

The Englishman made 10 starts and three substitute appearances in the Premier League for Chelsea this past season. He scored one goal in those games. Chalobah played seven minutes in the Car…

Bailey Peacock-Farrell’s search for regular club football has taken him to Denmark this season but the Northern Ireland goalkeeper has never had to worry about getting a game for his country.

Installed as Michael O’Neill’s number one choice at the start of the Nations League campaign in 2018, Peacock-Farrell has had the place nailed down ever since, earning his 41st cap in Sunday’s 1-0 defeat to Kazakhstan in Astana.

The 26-year-old Burnley goalkeeper has played as many games games for Northern Ireland as any of the five professional clubs on his resume bar Sheffield Wednesday, for whom he turned out 47 times during a loan spell in 2021-22.

Peacock-Farrell has now joined Danish side AGF Aarhus on a season-long loan, but throughout frustrating periods at b…

Portugal international Fabio Coentrao has extended his contract with Benfica by one year until the summer of 2016, the Portuguese champions announced on Monday.

The 22-year-old left-back, who starred for Portugal at the World Cup in South Africa, was reportedly the target of a 20-million-euro transfer bid by Bayern Munich in the off-season.

But the Lisbon club refused to part with the player, for whom they wanted at least 30 million euros.

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Ukraine completed their Euro 2024 preparations with a commanding 4-0 victory over Moldova in Chisinau.

Roman Yaremchuk and Artem Dovbyk were on target for Serhiy Rebrov s side, who begin their Group E campaign against Romania next Monday.

Real Madrid goalkeeper Andrii Lunin returned between the sticks for Ukraine, were seeking a response to Friday s 2-1 loss against Poland and only their second defeat under Rebrov.

Just two minutes were on the clock when Yaremchuk broke the deadlock on his 50th cap and, though Vitalii Mykolenko limped off in the 30th minute, Viktor Tsyhankov doubled the lead before half-time.

Girona striker Dovbyk LaLiga s top scorer for 2023-24 with 24 goals got in on the act four minutes after the restart, before Heorhii Sudakov s strik…

Portugal will be on a revenge mission when they attempt to make it two World Cup wins out of two against Uruguay on Monday.

La Celeste dumped Portugal out of the World Cup with a 2-1 victory at the round of 16 stage in Sochi four years ago.

Edinson Cavani s double ended Portugal s quest to be crowned champions in 2018, with Uruguay then losing 2-0 in a quarter-final against France.

Fernando Santos side took their first step towards the knockout stage in Qatar by beating Ghana 3-2 on Thursday after Uruguay had been held to a goalless draw by South Korea.

Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring from the penalty spot to become the first man to find the back of the net in five World Cups.

It was by no means all plain sailing for Portugal, though, and goa…

Mikel Arteta saw faltering Arsenal suffer a third defeat in four Premier League games as Brighton and Hove Albion snatched a 2-1 victory in north London.

Leandro Trossard and Enock Mwepu gave Brighton their first ever Premier League win in April – at the 16th attempt – and inflicted a painful blow on their hosts.

Trossard put Brighton ahead in the 28th minute with the visitors first shot on target, striking his fifth Premier League goal of the season. Mwepu hit the second in the 66th minute as he sent a 20-yard strike fizzing past Aaron Ramsdale.

Martin Odegaard s deflected long-range late effort proved to be only a consolation, and after losing to Liverpool and Crystal Palace either side of a win at Aston Villa, this latest setback could have major imp…