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Match report: Man City 3-2 Fulham Jamie Jackson was at the Etihad to see the champions come from behind to beat Fulham.

Match report: West Ham 4-1 Ipswich

Ben Bloom was our man at the London Stadium, where West Ham gave Ipswich a lesson in ruthlessness.

Match report: Arsenal 3-1 Southampton

Ed Aarons was at the Emirates to watch Southampton score TOO BLOODY EARLY.

“Dundee United won 1-0 at St. Mirren, which in no way makes up for the 1987 Scottish Cup final, but I’ll take it,” says Simon McMahon. “Dundee, clearly channeling their inner Everton, were 2-0 up at home to Kilmarnock in the 85th minute, and lost 3-2. As for those highlights from 1991, at least I can now blame Clockwatch for when my wife finds me fast asleep at 8.30 with an empty bottle of whisky on the floor.”

Funnily enough we covered Dundee/Everton in this week’s Knowledge.

Leicester 1-0 Bournemouth

Ben Fisher was at the King Power Stadium to watch Facundo Buonanotte give Leicester a cathartic victory.

The updated Premier League table

Full times: Brentford 5-3 Wolves, West Ham 4-1 Ipswich

Championship Never mind the manager, Plymouth’s on-field Morgan Whittaker has put them 2-1 up against Blackburn in the 97th minute!

Championship The Plymouth manager Wayne Rooney has been sent off, and we should all look forward to hearing what he said to merit this particular punishment.

Championship Joe Rankin-Costello has scored a late equaliser for Blackburn at Plymouth. Meanwhile…

The top of the table as things stand

Everton v Newcastle The team news is in for the late Premier League game. Read all about it with Will Unwin.

78 min: Man City 2-1 Fulham Pep Guardiola brings on John Stones for Phil Foden, a reaction to Fulham’s increasing threat.

75 min: Leicester 1-0 Bournemouth Dango Ouattara has missed a very good chance to equalise, heading against the crossbar.

The latest scores in our featured games

Premier League

• Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool (FT)

• Arsenal 2-1 Southampton

• Brentford 4-2 Wolves

• Leicester 1-0 Bournemouth

• Man City 2-1 Fulham

• West Ham 4-1 Ipswich

Bundesliga

• Leverkusen 2-2 Holstein Kiel (FT)

• Union Berlin 2-1 Dortmund (FT)

Arsenal 2-1 Southampton “Memo to Mikel Arteta,” begins Charles Antaki. “Arsenal fans have been ringing reception appreciating the goals that are scored against the opposition, but are kindly requesting you to arrange, going forward, that they happen ahead of potential palpitation–inducing concessions. Your prompt attention in this matter would be most appreciated.”

Never mind conceding goals: trying to decipher that second sentence of yours almost gave me palpitations.

Man City 2-1 Fulham “If Traore could finish,” says Michael Dawson of Fulham’s Adama Traore on Soccer Saturday, “they’d be winning five.”

“Particularly without Odegaard, I just don’t see Arsenal mounting an actual challenge at the sharp end for the title,” says Dave Watton. “When was the last time they did, 2005?”

Well they did take it to the last day of last season. I think they’ll go the distance again this year.

70 min: Arsenal 2-1 Southampton There was a long VAR check on the Arsenal goal but it has been given. The question was whether Mikel Merino, who was in an offside position, tried to head the ball before it reached Martinelli. I can see both sides!

Bundesliga results

• Bochum 1-3 Wolfsburg

• Bremen 0-1 Freiburg

• Leverkusen 2-2 Holstein Kiel

• Union Berlin 2-1 Dortmund

That’s a helluva result for Holstein Kiel, who move off the bottom of the table after a terrific comeback in Leverkusen. They were 2-0 down after eight minutes.

Leicester 1-0 Bournemouth Lewis Cook has had a potential equaliser ruled out for offside.

Scottish Premiership Junior Hoilett has equalised straight away for Hibs. What can you do?

Scottish Premiership James Humphries’ reverse curse is working: Apostolos Stamatelopoulos has put Motherwell 1-0 up at Hibs.

“I think you’re right about the extreme specificity of the defensive midfielder role,” says Phil Podolsky. “It’s hardly a coincidence that Spanish football’s two great DMs this century were coached by Guardiola. During Sergio Busquets’s long twilight at Barcelona he kept hearing that he should be shifted forward to the Xavi role because he no longer has the athleticism for defensive duties, yet he kept saying it can’t be done, the body shape you need to adopt when you receive the ball is too different!”

Yeah, and I guess the role is even more specific in a Pep team.

49 min: Arsenal 0-0 Southampton Mateus Fernandes has missed a really good chance to give Southampton an unlikely lead.

“Need Rodri?” sniffs Zach Neeley. “Pep’s teams don’t need anyone! The whole endeavour is to prevent needing any one player. The players don’t even need to decide what to do, Pep scripts that for them. He is a rock, he is an island. I think I have him figured out now, Pep and Paul Simon even both like cable knits.”

GOAL! Leverkusen 2-2 Holstein Kiel (Arp 69 pen)

Long afternoon my foot! Jann-Fiete Arp’s penalty has equalised for the bottom club Kiel, who were 2-0 down after eight minutes at Leverkusen

Bundesliga Julian Ryerson has given Dortmund a sniff away to Union Berlin. They trail 2-1 with around 20 minutes to play.

“For some reason,” says Stephen Cottrell, “your admission that you hadn’t seen the chance in the West Ham game reminded me of Alan Partridge not having seen Driving Miss Daisy, or indeed Bangkok Chick Boys.”

The top of the Premier League table (as it stands)

43 min: Arsenal 0-0 Southampton Even though Arsenal have dominated throughout, Aaron Ramsdale hasn’t had a save to make. Yet.

West Ham 1-1 Ipswich Two near misses for West Ham: Mohammed Kudus hits the post when he should have scored*, then Tomas Soucek has a shot cleared off the line.

* Allegedly, I haven’t seen it

Man City 1-1 Fulham

“I made this point earlier, but for a top side to not have a ready-made replacement for a key player - or even one that can do 90 per cent of the role - and have to use a squarer peg in the round hole left, is bordering on negligent, doubly so if you have almost unlimited oil wealth behind you,” says Andy Flintoff.

Maybe the problem is that, because it’s such a specific role, the back up is unlikely to start more than 10 games a season when Rodri is fit, and anyone worth a damn won’t settle for that. There aren’t many top-class No6s who can also play another role. Declan Rice I guess, and City did go for him didn’t they? I still

The latest scores in our featured games

Premier League

• Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool (FT)

• Arsenal 0-0 Southampton

• Brentford 3-2 Wolves

• Leicester 1-0 Bournemouth

• Man City 1-1 Fulham

• West Ham 1-1 Ipswich

Bundesliga

• Leverkusen 2-1 Holstein Kiel (2.30pm)

• Union Berlin 2-0 Dortmund (2.30pm)

“It can only be a matter of time,” begins Simon McMahon, “before James didn’t he say he was working Humphries mentions the 1991 Scottish Cup final. I still break out in a rash just thinking about it. Although 1987 was worse.”

30 min: Man City 0-1 Fulham Adama Traore has missed a superb chance to make it 2-0. It sounds like Fulham are really hurting City on the counter-attack. O Rodri, Rodri, wherefore art thou Rodri?

WSL match report

Tom Garry was at Broadfield Stadium to watch a dramatic and controversial match.

The latest scores in our featured games

Holstein Keil, who were 2-0 down to Leverkusen after eight minutes, are back in the game thanks to Max Geschwill’s injury-time goal. He was set up by Lewis Holtby, once of Fulham, Spurs and Blackburn.

Premier League

• Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool (FT)

• Arsenal 0-0 Southampton

• Brentford 2-1 Wolves

• Leicester 1-0 Bournemouth

• Man City 0-0 Fulham

• West Ham 1-1 Ipswich

Bundesliga

• Leverkusen 2-1 Holstein Kiel (2.30pm)

• Union Berlin 2-0 Dortmund (2.30pm)

Championship Jesuran Rak-Sakyi, on loan from Crystal Palace, has put promotion-sniffing Sheffield United ahead against Luton. Michael Obafemi has done likewise for Plymouth at home to Blackburn.

GOAL! Union Berlin 2-0 Dortmund (Vertessen 45) Union Berlin are (un)officially eight goals better than Celtic.

St Mirren 0-0 Dundee United “McMahon’s awful confident about the Buddies-Tangerines game, isn’t he?” says James Humphries. “I feel like I’ve seen them both get... Well beat recently.”

Oh that’s sheer delightful wordplay.

The latest Premier League scores

• Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool (FT)

• Arsenal 0-0 Southampton

• Brentford 1-1 Wolves

• Leicester 0-0 Bournemouth

• Man City 0-0 Fulham

• West Ham 1-1 Ipswich

On this day in 1991… Leeds close on the early leaders Man Utd after a seven-goal thriller at Elland Road.

Bundesliga A bit more news from Germany, where Kevin Vogt’s penalty has given Union Berlin the lead against Dortmund. If it stays like that they’ll move above Dortmund in the table.

On this day in 1993… Kevin Keegan’s Newcastle put S-E-V-E-N past Notts County.

WSL: Brighton 4-2 Aston Villa

Nikita Parris scored her first goal for Brighton in an eventful victory over Aston Villa. There were six goals, two for Villa’s Rachel Daly, and a red card apiece.

“James Humphries can rest easy at work: Scotland’s game of the day is in Paisley, where St. Mirren host Dundee United,” writes Simon McMahon. “Jim Goodwin’s men have made a solid start on their return to the top league, taking nine points from their opening six games, and also defeated today’s opponents in the Scottish League Cup back in August. So hopes are high of at least a point today, ahead of the international break, which would keep United above the Buddies and in the top six.

“A comfortable St. Mirren win then, to go with Hibs beating Motherwell at Easter Road, and Kilmarnock scudding Dundee at Dens. There’s also a top of the table clash in the Scottish Championship at the Falkirk Stadium as the second place Bairns host the Honest Men of Ayr, who lead them by three points but have played two games more.”

GOAL! Leverkusen 2-0 Holstein Kiel (Hofmann 8) Yeah, a long afternoon ahead. Jonas Hofmann has made it 2-0 after a lamentable kick/pass by the goalkeeper Timon Weiner was blocked.

I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: John Beck’s Cambridge never had this problem.

On this day in 1985… After 10 straight wins at the start of the league, Manchester United are held to a draw by Luton. Look out for an astonishing miss by Paul Elliott.

Bundesliga latest

Victor Boniface has scored after four minutes to put the champions Leverkusen ahead against the bottom club Holstein Kiel. Could be a long afternoon.

On this day in 1997… Patrik Berger’s hat-trick does for Chelsea on Super Sunday.

Championship

Burnley missed the chance to go top when they were held to a goalless draw. Norwich gave Hull a beating and the substitute Louie Sibley earned Oxford a point at Portsmouth.

• Burnley 0-0 Preston

• Norwich 4-0 Hull

• Portsmouth 1-1 Oxford

“Was planning to be at Easter Road today for Hibs-Well; instead, I am at work,” weeps James Humphries. “In line with how this week’s gone so far, then, I’m predicting 3-0 Hibs and at least one long-term injury for Motherwell. Fingers crossed that the reverse jinx works, but I wouldn’t put money on it.”

Which reminds me: you can follow all the games I don’t have the brain capacity/fingers to cover with our live scoreboard.

“Looking forward to the afternoon’s action,” says Jeremy Boyce. “Let’s hope it won’t be too Premier League-centric, other footie is available. But as I know you’re a multi-faceted sport fan like myself (I draw the line at horses and pugilism these days) I’m wondering what you make of the America’s Cup/LV Challenge these days? Obviously there’s a lot of joy at Sir Jim’s team today, qualifying for a ritual massacring at the hands of the master Peter Burling and his band of Kiwis.

“I can see that it’s all highly technical these days and requires an incredible amount of coordination to constantly max the incredible new boats can achieve, not to mention the dosh to fund a challenge especially developing a boat and its foils. All great, but I’ve a kind of hankering to see boats that are actually sitting on the water, not flying above it, with wooden masts and hemp ropes and real people heaving canvas up and down, rather than everything being run by machines.

“A bit like I prefer vinyl, books, craft beer.... I admit, I did buy myself a carbon fibre road bike, but the wheels stay on the road and it’s your legs and lungs that move it forwards.”

I’m sorry to say I know the square root of bugger all about the America’s Cup. If it’s any consolation, I’m addicted to the smell of old books.

Read Barney Ronay on, well, Euston station

78 min: Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool The leaders are still ahead thanks to Diogo Jota’s early goal, but their goalkeeper Alisson has just gone off with what looks like a hamstring injury. You can follow the rest of the game with Scott Murray.

Championship There are three early games, and these are the half-time scores.

• Burnley 0-0 Preston

• Norwich 2-0 Hull

• Portsmouth 0-0 Oxford

Burnley will go top if they beat Preston. Norwich’s goals were scored by Marcelino Nunez and Josh Sargent.

Half time: Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool Diogo Jota’s ruthless finish has put the leaders ahead at Selhurst Park. You can follow the second half with Scott Murray.