Champions spend big to consolidate position as Arsenal and Manchester United attempt to take giant leap

Manager Heimir Hallgrímsson put a lot of store into the set pieces at Friday night’s friendly against Senegal, and they very nearly paid off

Enrique’s brilliant Paris Saint-Germain triumphed in most one-sided final in Champions League history

Former Barcelona winger has stepped up his game at PSG and dispelled notions he doesn’t have the heart for battle

Aston Villa rue what might have been, Manchester United notch up unenviable record and Alexander-Arnold signs off at Anfield

The way football has gone has made moments of true joy and celebration so rare

While Liverpool fans were venting bitterness at Alexander-Arnold, Barcelona may have done him a favour by humbling Madrid

Arsenal and England require something different from Declan Rice

Slot is the model of the modern football coach: collaborative, egoless and technically-minded

Since Madrid have spent the last decade getting so used to victory they should thank Arsenal for reintroducing them to disappointment and humiliation

We have seen a trend where players continue to excel at ages when their equivalents of the past were already running pubs

All systems went awry at Old Trafford when the club’s owners lost sight of Alex Ferguson’s will to win

A potential $150m payday from the Club World Cup risks creating an injury nightmare for Pep Guardiola

A fourth win in eight games under Heimir Hallgrimsson gives us something dangerous – hope

Ireland’s methodical diagonal switches and deep far-post crosses eventually pulled apart the Bulgarians as they had the Finns