Real Betis beat Mourinho's Real Madrid 1-0, ending a 37-game unbeaten run, as Kylian Mbappé missed a stoppage-time penalty and Mourinho blamed the referees. La Liga has its first big shock.
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Chelsea's £117m man Morgan Rogers scored inside two minutes, and Chelsea lost anyway. Arsenal came from behind to win the London derby 2-1, and Xabi Alonso's defence got what it deserved.
6 Sept 2026
The 2026-27 Champions League kicks off on 8 September. Matchday 1 hands Liverpool an Anfield tie with Atlético, sends Arsenal to Napoli, and reunites United with Azerbaijan's Sabah.
6 Sept 2026
Aston Villa drew 0-0 at Hull to go three league games without a single goal, equalling a 56-year club record. For a Champions League side, Unai Emery's goal drought is becoming a genuine mystery.
6 Sept 2026
José Mourinho is back at the Bernabéu, and Real Madrid picked up where Mbappé's hat-trick left off, three up on Málaga inside half an hour, with Bellingham helping himself twice.
30 Aug 2026
Carrick spent the week insisting he was 'not calm'. His players answered with a Bruno Fernandes hat-trick in a 5-2 rout of Ipswich, though the defence that lost at Hull hasn't gone anywhere.
30 Aug 2026
Chelsea beat Brighton 4-3 to make it two from two under Xabi Alonso, but 3-0 up inside 32 minutes and hanging on at the end, his side have now conceded five in two games.
30 Aug 2026
De Zerbi said Spurs had 'the quality enough right now to win.' Newcastle disagreed. Another home defeat, no league wins, and a five-year plan already wobbling.
29 Aug 2026
Liverpool drew 2-2 with Nottingham Forest — their second identical scoreline in two games. Andoni Iraola says he wants a team that wins matches. It is, so far, doing the opposite.
29 Aug 2026
A supercomputer just handed Manchester City both PSG and Barcelona in the 2026-27 Champions League draw. Liverpool, somehow, avoided all three superclubs entirely.
29 Aug 2026
Chelsea keep selling squad players for £50m a pop — and rival clubs keep paying up. Inside the 2026 transfer window's most profitable (and legal) con.
29 Aug 2026
Brentford fired 26 shots and De Zerbi reacted by telling the world his new Spurs side has no 'soul' — on day one. The most alarming 3-0 you'll see this season.
22 Aug 2026