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• Why Arsenal's 'soft' academy sides went 16 games without a win: How copying the first team went wrong, physicality fears and the looming dilemma the Gunners need to solve27 November 2025, 4:59 pm
  Arsenal 's first team are flying. Top of the League and imperious in Europe. But travel just a few pitches across London Colney and the picture changes dramatically.
  
• How 'sensational' Vitinha ranks among the world's best midfielders after tearing Tottenham apart - and the two key qualities he lacks compared to Declan Rice and Moises Caicedo27 November 2025, 4:39 pm
  Thomas Frank hailed Vitinha as a future winner of the Ballon d'Or and nobody in the room was about to argue having just seen Paris Saint-Germain's midfield genius tear Tottenham apart.
  
• Smiling Everton duo Idrissa Gueye and Michael Keane bury the hatchet with joke boxing fight after furious on-field altercation at Old Trafford - which saw Senegalese sent off for SLAPPING his own team-mate27 November 2025, 4:36 pm
  Everton team-mates Idrissa Gueye and Michael Keane appear to have put Monday night's extraordinary on-field altercation at Old Trafford behind them, after sparring off in a joke boxing match.
  
• Manchester City, Arsenal and Real Madrid locked in tussle for Spain star, 20, compared to Pedri27 November 2025, 4:30 pm
  SIMON JONES: The 20-year-old is a creative player with similarities to Barcelona's Pedri in terms of how he reads the game and finds pockets of space but is still a work in progress.
  
• OLIVER HOLT: It's time for Arne Slot to move on from Mohamed Salah - or Liverpool boss will never get out of this mess27 November 2025, 4:30 pm
  OLIVER HOLT: When Slot took over at Liverpool before the start of last season, he pressed pause on the transition that usually happens at a club when a great manager like Jurgen Klopp leaves.
  
• Liverpool make bold call on Arne Slot's future as pressure grows on under-fire manager after overseeing NINE losses during last 12 games at the champions27 November 2025, 4:29 pm
  The Premier League champions have lost nine of their last 12 fixtures, with the last two defeats - 3-0 to Nottingham Forest and 4-1 to PSV, both at home - turning many fans against Arne Slot.
  
• Arne Slot hints at having a sleepless night following latest defeat as under-fire Liverpool boss vows to 'fight on' amid horrid run of form27 November 2025, 4:28 pm
  Arne Slot admitted he slept poorly after Liverpool's latest defeat, as he faced difficult questions from reporters just hours after the Reds' 4-1 humiliation at the hands of PSV.
  
• Liverpool are a rabble, a mess, a SHAMBLES, writes LEWIS STEELE - PSV humiliation confirms they are now the laughing stock of Europe... so, is it time to sack Arne Slot?27 November 2025, 4:25 pm
  LEWIS STEELE AT ANFIELD: Some fans had stayed until the end to beat the traffic. The rest were already on the roads or boarding the first train out of here.
  
• Liverpool Press Conference RECAP: Arne Slot speaks out ahead of must-win game against West Ham on Sunday at the London Stadium27 November 2025, 3:41 pm
  RECAP: Daily Mail Sport's live blog as Liverpool manager Arne Slot speaks to the media at a press conference ahead of his side's tie against West Ham this Sunday in the Premier League. 
  
• Joe Hart hits back at Roy Keane calling him 'cocky' and 'arrogant' - as ex-Man City and England star sends pointed message to no-nonsense pundit27 November 2025, 3:04 pm
  Joe Hart has urged that he won't be taking any lessons from Roy Keane as he steps into punditry, after the ex-Manchester United captain labelled him 'cocky' and 'arrogant'.
  
• A club legend, two high-flying Premier League boses and a former managerial icon... the coaches Liverpool could turn to if Arne Slot is unable to halt their slump27 November 2025, 2:30 pm
  Liverpool's crisis deepened on Wednesday night as they suffered an embarrassing 4-1 defeat by PSV at Anfield.
  
• Joshua Kimmich makes bitter claim about Arsenal's 'completely different' style and insists Mikel Arteta's side are NOT the toughest team Bayern Munich have played this season after 3-1 defeat27 November 2025, 2:17 pm
  The Gunners hosted the German champions on Wednesday night in the Champions League, with many dubbing the game as Europe's current two best sides going head-to-head on the biggest stage.
  
• England take on extra training sessions in preparation for crucial second Ashes Test after humiliating two-day defeat in Perth27 November 2025, 1:46 pm
  Ben Stokes 's side will have the option of practising for five days ahead of Thursday's second Test, a day/night match that makes different demands of the players.
  
• Ashley Cole reveals the TWO European giants he could have signed for before leaving Arsenal for Chelsea - as left-back opens up on controversial move and the contract dispute which left him feeling 'underappreciated'27 November 2025, 1:20 pm
  The 44-year-old shocked Arsenal fans when he left his boyhood club for Jose Mourinho 's Blues, who had just won their second consecutive Premier League title in the summer of 2006.
  
• Diogo Jota's widow posts emotional tribute to former Liverpool star on their daughter's first birthday27 November 2025, 12:49 pm
  Jota passed away, alongside his brother Andre Silva, following a car crash in July. Rute and his children - two sons and one daughter - survived him, and Rute took to Instagram this week.