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• Zian Flemming keeps Ipswich on track with 3-2 win but Pierre Sage's Crystal Palace have to find answers soon, writes BOBBY MANZI12 September 2026, 11:15 pm
  Crystal Palace controlled the affair and were good value for their lead after 14 minutes when Anan Khalaili capped an incisive move with a delightfully drilled finish into the bottom corner.
  
• Mikel Arteta seethes at penalty decision against Arsenal - despite 2-0 win sending them top - as he gives awkward interview about 'judo roll' incident: 'I'm so upset. It is unacceptable!'12 September 2026, 10:19 pm
  Arteta's side maintained their 100 per cent record in their title defence on Saturday night thanks to goals from Bruno Guimaraes and Bukayo Saka, but it could have been a very different story.
  
• Saints decision to go with rookie McLeish is paying dividends and proving the doubters wrong12 September 2026, 9:46 pm
  Not  long after a season that included European football for the first time in nearly 40 years, the St Mirren board convened this time last year to talk about what needed to change.
  
• Bruno Guimaraes silences Sunderland boos with brilliant strike before late Bukayo Saka penalty adds gloss to the grit of 2-0 win that should strike fear into Arsenal's title rivals, writes ISAAN KHAN12 September 2026, 9:46 pm
  ISAAN KHAN AT THE STADIUM OF LIGHT: The talk in September of Arsenal running away with the Premier League title had seemed rather premature, to put it mildly.
  
• O'Neill admits VAR will always be a headache in Scotland unless clubs pay for more cameras12 September 2026, 9:45 pm
  Celtic boss Martin O'Neill admits VAR will always be a problem in Scottish football unless clubs are willing to stump up the cash for more cameras.
  
• Sunderland 0-2 Arsenal - Premier League: Bukayo Saka scores late penalty to secure hard-fought win after sensational Bruno Guimaraes strike silences boos for Newcastle old boy12 September 2026, 9:39 pm
  Follow Daily Mail Sport's live coverage for the latest updates from Arsenal's trip to Sunderland at the Stadium of Light in the Premier League.
  
• Robinson hoping Cup heroics can kickstart Aberdeen's season12 September 2026, 9:03 pm
  Stephen Robinson has branded his 10-man side's penalty shoot-out win over Kilmarnock in the Premier Sports Cup last eight as the catalyst that can kickstart Aberdeen's stuttering season.
  
• Ten-man Dons show they will dig deep for Robinson as Killie suffer penalty heartache12 September 2026, 8:17 pm
  Stephen Robinson isn't out of the woods as a result of having a Premier Sports Cup semi-final date to look forward to on the green expanse of Hampden Park. Far from it.
  
• A goal drought of SIX HOURS, no wins this season and £320m spent... Tottenham's attack is truly dismal and Roberto De Zerbi urgently needs results after 0-0 with Everton, writes RIATH AL-SAMARRAI12 September 2026, 8:10 pm
  RIATH AL-SAMARRAI AT THE TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM: After four league games, Roberto De Zerbi has amassed zero wins and, for the first time in the club's history, zero goals.
  
• Liverpool 0-0 Fulham: Andoni Iraola's misfiring £1BILLION squad fail to find a way past pointless visitors as new Reds manager's wait for a first Anfield win goes on12 September 2026, 7:36 pm
  JAMES SHARPE: One of these teams boasts the most expensive squad in world football at just over a billion pounds. The other sat winless and pointless.
  
• Tottenham 0-0 Everton RECAP: Toothless Spurs fail to score again - taking goal drought to SIX HOURS - as Toffees hold Roberto De Zerbi's big-spenders to stalemate12 September 2026, 7:19 pm
  Re-live Daily Mail Sport's live coverage for the latest updates from the 3pm kick-offs in the Premier League, which includes Liverpool vs Fulham and Chelsea vs Hull - plus Spurs vs Everton.
  
• Johnstone or Sinisalo? Celtic boss O'Neill faces a keeper conundrum for Old Firm clash12 September 2026, 5:49 pm
  When Celtic signed Sam Johnstone on loan from Wolves at the end of the transfer window, his arrival didn't exactly set the pulse racing among supporters.
  
• Chelsea 2-2 Hull City: Dire defending finally catches up with Blues, as Joao Pedro spares blushes for Xabi Alonso and Tigers roar ever-louder on rampant return to Premier League12 September 2026, 5:30 pm
  KIERAN GILL AT STAMFORD BRIDGE: Chelsea got the goals needed to defeat Fulham and Brighton, but this time, the awesomeness of the attack did not outweigh the direness of the defending.
  
• Liam Delap delivers barnstorming second-half display for Nottingham Forest, while Aston Villa boss Unai Emery fights his instincts and is beaten AGAIN by Oliver Glasner in 2-1 defeat, writes TOM COLLOMOSSE12 September 2026, 5:13 pm
  TOM COLLOMOSSE AT VILLA PARK: Villa now have one point from four games and even though Emery greeted Glasner warmly before kick-off, he was the last man Emery wanted to see.
  
• McInnes knows he must deliver trophies to survive as Rangers manager12 September 2026, 4:33 pm
  Derek McInnes insists he's comfortable with the fact that he can only survive as Rangers manager if he quickly brings silverware to the club.