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• 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, 9:31 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.
  
• Saints decision to go with rookie McLeish is paying dividends and proving the doubters wrong12 September 2026, 9:30 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.
  
• O'Neill admits VAR will always be a headache in Scotland unless clubs pay for more cameras12 September 2026, 9:30 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.
  
• 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, 9:27 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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, 6:10 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.
  
• 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.
  
• Devlin has had a rough start at Rangers but derby battle gives him chance to stem the tide of Ibrox opinion12 September 2026, 4:31 pm
  In this day and age, the biggest problem with playing at either half of the Old Firm is that when the supporters have decided you aren't good enough to wear the shirt, that tends to be that.