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Trevoh Chalobah impresses for Chelsea, Rafael Benítez’s warm reception and Mason Greenwood looks ready to step up

Last modified on Mon 26 Apr 2021 03.06 EDT 1) City vastly superior … now for killer instinct As Manchester City went through the gears in the first half, their play resembled the 2019 FA Cup final, a glorious 6-0 dissolution of Watford. But first-half goals never came and doubts descended. City were better than last week at Wembley when Chelsea ended hopes of a quadruple but their problems were similar. They lack a true finisher, with Sergio Agüero departing and Gabriel Jesus, who scored twice two years ago against Watford, no longer trusted by Pep Guardiola. Raheem Sterling’s poor form ...

Last modified on Thu 22 Apr 2021 12.09 EDT MONEY SPOILER? Poor Ed Woodward. Manchester United’s executive vice-chairman was so set against the proposed Super League, so vehemently and principally opposed to the entire hideous idea, that he flat out insisted on saying absolutely nothing about it for two days before, once it was obviously falling apart and reputations were being shredded like so much cabbage at a coleslaw convention, announcing that he was resigning but not quite yet. Amid the chaos of Tuesday night this noble stand was misinterpreted by a foolish public as evidence not of th...

Monday, 22 February, 2021 - 07:00 Nicholas Pepe, Jordan Pickford, Craig Dawson. Composite: Getty/REX The Guardian Sport 1) Arsenal’s bright future held back by bad buys As Arsenal edged their way back into the game against Manchester City, there was plenty for Mikel Arteta to take heart from. Yet for all their grit and assurance, the possibility that the hosts might actually steal any points from an uncharacteristically sloppy City side remained painfully distant. With the exception of the burgeoning partnership between Kieran...

The Hoddle of Coffee: Tottenham Hotspur news and links for Tuesday, February 16 Share this story Hello, all! Ramble of the Day I didn’t intend for the Hoddle to become a destination to discover every footballer who has been on any country’s version of Masked Singer, but what can I do? I’ve already started, so I might as well make it a thing. I’ll do more research on a different day, but in the meantime, I’ve got two entries from the most recent season in France. Here’s the first, and I’ll give you a couple of clues: he played from 1998 to 2019, was capped 41 times by France, an...