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BBC sports editor Dan Roan explains Manchester City charges

  1. That's all from uspublished at 15:45 British Summer Time 16 September

    That is all from us in today's football news live text.

    We will be back tomorrow morning, looking ahead to the start of the new Champions League season, as well as the third round of the EFL Cup.

    As we bid you farewell, here's a reminder of today's top stories.

  2. 'Any change will take some getting used to after the thrill ride they experienced under Klopp'published at 15:41 British Summer Time 16 September

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    Liverpool manager Arne SlotImage source, Getty Images

    Nick, Wigan: Hey Phil, as a Liverpool fan, how long do you think Arne Slot will have for an honeymoon period if results start to slip? The fans are patient for now but how long would that last I don't know with today's fanbase

    Hello, Nick. I think Arne Slot will be given plenty of time and he has made a decent start, Saturday apart. Liverpool fans recognise there will be a period of change, and perhaps even a more subdued atmosphere at Anfield, with no Jurgen Klopp on the sidelines.

    I totally agree patience can be in short supply these days (or in some cases even non-existent). Obviously poor results always alter the mood but I think Liverpool’s fans will give Slot plenty of time to impose his own style on the team – although any change will take some getting used to after the thrill ride they experienced under Klopp.

  3. Stephens charged for abusive and/or insulting languagepublished at 15:35 British Summer Time 16 September
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    Jack StephensImage source, Getty Images

    Southampton captain Jack Stephens has been charged for allegedly using abusive and/or insulting language towards the match referee and fourth official during the Saints' defeat to Manchester United on Saturday.

    Stephens was sent off during the 3-0 defeat and has until Thursday, 19 September to respond to the charge.

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    'Moyes Everton return is a possibility'published at 15:32 British Summer Time 16 September

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    Former West Ham, Everton and Manchester United manager David MoyesImage source, Getty Images

    Aaron, Wetherby: Do you think the return of David Moyes as Everton manager is a possibility?

    Phil: Afternoon, Aaron. It's a possibility of course but as of now Sean Dyche has the backing of the Everton hierarchy - although the club is in such a state of limbo I'm not sure who would take decisions of such significance at the moment.

    John Textor is talking up his prospects as the next owner but he still has to sell his shares in Crystal Palace and Everton have urged caution, understandable as other potential takeovers have not materialised.

    From the way Textor spoke, you just got the impression he would go for a fresh start in a new manager rather than look back to someone like Moyes - not that this is in his gift at the moment anyway.

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    'I have to pick you up on your description of Guardiola’s so-called “boring” football. I can’t have that'published at 15:27 British Summer Time 16 September

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    Paul: Hi Phil. There was a report on the BBC website last week about the decline of goals from outside the box. Do you think this stems from Guardiola's low risk, possession based, boring football. That was invented by the Dutch. Or, do you think it would have happened anyway, as football development?

    Phil: Hello, Paul. Good timing that as we then saw the screamer to end all screamers from Jhon Duran with that incredible winner for Aston Villa against Everton on Saturday night.

    I have to pick you up on your description of Guardiola’s so-called “boring” football. I can’t have that.

    Maybe it is just the way the game has involved into a more possession based approach but the screamer will never die out – and there is nothing much more thrilling in the game than seeing a goal like Duran’s on Saturday….unless you are an Everton supporter of course.

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    'Everton cannot keep losing the way they are'published at 15:22 British Summer Time 16 September

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    Everton manager Sean DycheImage source, Getty Images

    Barry, Bournemouth: Hi Phil. Five wins since January. Is Dyche really that untouchable? Surely two must win games this week or else he has to go?

    Phil: Hi Barry. It’s a poor record and under normal circumstances he would be under great pressure. Everton, however, is not a normal club and in their current state as they search for new owners, there is no current appetite to sack Dyche (indeed noises off suggest full support) or indeed anyone to do it with the club in a state of limbo.

    They cannot keep losing the way they are, though. Dyche needs to turn things around and fast given growing fan discontent with both his results and methods.

  7. Who are the British clubs facing this week?published at 15:16 British Summer Time 16 September

    Champions League

    Tuesday, 17 September

    17:45 BST: Young Boys v Aston Villa

    20:00 BST: AC Milan v Liverpool

    Wednesday, 18 September

    20:00 BST: Manchester City v Inter Milan

    20:00 BST: Celtic v Slovan Bratislava.

    Thursday, 19 September

    20:00 BST: Atalanta v Arsenal

  8. Wissa to miss 'a couple of months'published at 15:12 British Summer Time 16 September
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    Yoane WissaImage source, Getty Images

    Brentford striker Yoane Wissa is set to miss a couple of months of action after suffering an injury during the Bees' 2-1 defeat to Manchester City on Saturday.

    Brentford boss Thomas Frank confirmed Wissa's injury is "not good news" and the forward, who is among the players joint-second in the Premier League scoring charts, is set for a spell out.

    "Wissa is not good news. It looks like an injury that will be a couple of months," said Frank.

    "It’s very frustrating. It will leave a hole but I will find a solution and other players will step up."

  9. 'It's entertaining but there's no plan B'published at 15:06 British Summer Time 16 September

    Tottenham 0-1 Arsenal

    Nigel Reo-Coker
    Former West Ham midfielder on the Football Daily podcast

    Former West Ham midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker on the Football Daily podcast discussing Tottenham: "Last season I was massively impressed and I really thought that this is the change but Tottenham completely lack balance when you talk about the game of football for 90 minutes.

    "Yes, it's entertaining but there's no plan B and people have worked them out from last season and yet they still continue to play the exact same way and style without being able to win football matches. It won't be long until fans start to turn start saying they want to actually start winning matches and climbing up the league."

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    'I’d say yellow was about right'published at 15:01 British Summer Time 16 September

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    Martin: Hi Phil. There has been a lot of talk about Jurrien Timber's yellow card yesterday, with opinions ranging from 'he was lucky not to see red', to 'it wasn't even a foul'. What's your view on it?

    Phil: Hi Martin. Tough one. When I watched it with the naked eye at the game I thought it looked very bad then not so much having watched replays, where I thought his foot just rolled over the top of the ball but still caught Pedro Porro heavily. I’d say yellow was about right.

  11. How can I follow across the BBC?published at 14:57 British Summer Time 16 September

    Champions League

    For the next three years, from 22:00 on the Wednesday of Champions League matchweeks, there will be match-by-match highlights available on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app, plus a Match of the Day highlights show on BBC One at 22:40.

    You will also be able to follow all the action online and on the BBC Sport app through our live text coverage, as well as listen to radio commentary.

    BBC Radio 5 Live will still have live commentary of selected Champions League games this season, while TNT Sport and Amazon Prime Video will show the games live in the UK.

    There will also be clips online and on social media.

  12. The Champions League begins tomorrowpublished at 14:52 British Summer Time 16 September

    Champions League

    The Champions League trophyImage source, Getty Images

    The Champions League starts back tomorrow and it will be adopting a new format.

    The Champions League will be expanding from 32 to 36 teams from this season, with all teams contained in a single table.

    That means there will have more rounds of fixtures than before with 17 in total, including eight rounds of group games - running from 17 September until 29 January - and then an extra round before the last 16.

    The top eight will go through to the last 16, while teams from ninth to 24th go into a new play-off round.

  13. Team of the Week: Managerpublished at 14:48 British Summer Time 16 September

    Arsenal boss Mikel ArtetaImage source, Getty Images

    Troy Deeney's manager of the week is Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta:

    "He changed the team's style of play because of injuries to key players and still secured a crucial win against their biggest rivals."

  14. Bournemouth v Chelsea breaks Premier League recordpublished at 14:42 British Summer Time 16 September

    On a historic Premier League weekend, Bournemouth's 1-0 defeat to Chelsea broke a Premier League record.

    With 14 yellow cards, the match had two more cards than any other game in its 32-year history.

    Previously, Chelsea's famous 2-2 draw with Tottenham, better known as the 'Battle of the Bridge' was among five matches sharing the record with 12 cards.

    Of those five matches, two of them took place last season.

    Matches with the most cards in Premier LeagueImage source, Opta
  15. An ill-tempered Premier League weekendpublished at 14:37 British Summer Time 16 September

    Across the ten Premier League matches this weekend, there were a total of 66 cards (65 yellow, one red), averaging at 6.6 cards per match.

    That smashed the record of most cards in a Premier League matchday. The previous record was on matchday five of last season, with 59 cards (57 yellow, two reds).

    The final round of Premier League fixtures before the recent international break had 57 cards, the joint-third most in a round of Premier League fixtures in history.

    The weeks with the most cards in Premier League historyImage source, Opta
  16. 'Who wants to watch a game with 14 yellow cards?'published at 14:33 British Summer Time 16 September

    Bournemouth 0-1 Chelsea

    Matt Upson
    Former England defender on BBC Radio 5 Live Monday Breakfast Club

    Anthony Taylor brandishes a yellow cardImage source, Getty Images

    Villain or villains… I think there’s a few in terms of the 14 yellow cards. Let’s just look at that from a spectator point of view, who wants to watch a game where there’s 14 yellow cards? The game stops, starts, stops, starts.Some player responsibility, a couple of soft ones as well probably. Combined together there’s a few villains in there for me.

  17. Project manager or underperformer? Postecoglou increasingly questionedpublished at 14:28 British Summer Time 16 September

    Nizaar Kinsella
    BBC Sport football news reporter

    Tottenham Ange PostecoglouImage source, Getty Images

    There is nothing like a derby defeat to your biggest rivals to send the mood around a manager spinning in the wrong direction.

    Before the international break, the narrative was Tottenham played well at the start of the season but were unlucky to earn just four points from the first three games, beating Everton, drawing with Leicester and losing away at Newcastle.

    Although poor finishing from Spurs was again the decisive factor in the 1-0 defeat at home to an injury-hit Arsenal on Sunday, manager Ange Postecoglou now appears under pressure from sections of the fan base.

    A viral post on social media has highlighted how the Australian has won just 44 points from his last 32 matches as manager after a poor end to last season.

    And vice-captain Cristian Romero has shared a tweet from an Argentinian journalist saying that he played with a fever and that Spurs didn't optimise his travel back from international duty.

    Amid this backdrop, Postecoglou's previously affable press conferences turned prickly again when addressing Gabriel’s late-winner from a corner. "I know for some reason people think I don't care about set-pieces, and it's a narrative that you can keep going on for ages and ages. I understand that.

    "Like I said, we work on them all the time, like we do with every other team. You know that they're a threat. As I said, for the most part we handled them really well today, but we switched off in one and we paid a price.”

    He also added when speaking to SkySports: "I always win things in my second year, nothing has changed. I don't say things if I don't believe them."

    Ironically, Arsenal highlight the benefits of sticking with a project manager, especially in a subpar second season but there could be a lot of debate around Postecoglou's competence in the coming months.

  18. The changes to football and long range goals decliningpublished at 14:25 British Summer Time 16 September

    A weekend full of long range goals comes after BBC Sport's recent look into the differing trend of where goals are scored from.

    In recent years, the number of long range goals scored in the Premier League have been on the decline, with the 2023-24 being the lowest percentage of goals scored outside of the penalty area in Premier League history.

    You can read our in depth report on the changing ways in how football is being played and how goals are being scored here.

  19. The history behind Premier League wondergoalspublished at 14:20 British Summer Time 16 September

    As mentioned earlier, 17% of goals in this Premier League season so far have been scored from outside of the penalty area.

    Should that rate continue, it would be the joint-fourth highest percentage of long range goals in a Premier League season.

    In the 2006-07 term, 20.2% of Premier League goals were from outside of the penalty area, which remains the highest percentage.

    The 2007-08's total of 191 long range goals is the highest number in Premier League history, but the second highest percentage for a season at 19.1%.

  20. La Liga say Gallagher-Joao Felix swap is fair valuepublished at 14:16 British Summer Time 16 September

    Nizaar Kinsella
    BBC Sport football news reporter

    Conor Gallagher Atletico MadridImage source, Getty Images
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    Conor Gallagher scored and won man of the match against Valencia on his first start for Atletico Madrid

    La Liga president Javier Tebas says that deals that saw Chelsea sign Joao Felix and Atletico Madrid secure Conor Gallagher were fairly valued.

    When asked at the Thinking Football Summit, he said: "We have reviewed the valuation of that deal for Joao Félix and Gallagher and from there, I'll leave it.

    "But there are many operations within English football involving player exchanges, where there are many numbers made to fix balances and results."

    Tebas added that La Liga and the Bundesliga's strict financial controls make them sustainable and the other big five European leagues, including the Premier League, are 'unsustainable', acknowledging the the looming Government regulator as a factor behind the reduced spending.

    He also pointed out that sustainability allowed Athletic Club to keep hold of Barcelona target Nico Williams and put Real Sociedad in a position to see midfielder Martín Zubimendi reject a move to Liverpool.

    He added: "I liked the attitude of these players a lot because it demonstrates belonging to a club, and the sentiment to a club is very important as well.

    "But it also demonstrates the economic strength of our clubs, which are capable of keeping high-level players on their teams and fighting against the significant offers that come to these clubs.

    "Sometimes it's not just about the money that a player values, but also the city, the stay, the environment, the family. In Spain, life is very good, and there are many players who want to play in Spain despite earning less."