Summary

  • Gordon scores second-half winner as Newcastle deservedly beat Man Utd

  • FT: Arsenal 2-1 Wolves - Saka & Odegaard send Gunners four points clear at top

  • FT: Brentford 3-1 Luton - Maupay, Mee & Baptiste score second-half goals for Bees

  • FT: Burnley 5-0 Sheff Utd - Clarets record first home win to increase pressure on Blades boss Heckingbottom

  • FT: Nottm Forest 0-1 Everton - McNeil gives Toffees first win since points deduction

  1. Postpublished at 15:04 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2023

    Burnley 1-0 Sheff Utd

    The home fans are buzzing here. A Luca Koleosho run gets them out of their seats again but he's tackled.

    A win here would be HUGE for Burnley.

  2. 'Great start for the Clarets'published at 15:03 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2023

    Burnley 1-0 Sheff Utd

    Rachel Brown-Finnis
    Ex-England goalkeeper on Final Score

    Burnley have absolutely flown out of the traps!

    They are swarming Sheffield United when they are on the ball, not giving them a chance to settle.

    Just sixteeen seconds in and already ahead in such a crucial game. Great start for the Clarets!

    Rodriguez celebrates his goal by kissing his ring finger.Image source, Getty Images
  3. Postpublished at 15:02 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2023

    Arsenal 0-0 Wolves

    A much slower start at the Emirates with Arsenal happy to pass the ball around. Wolves have began with a very deep back five.

  4. Postpublished at 15:02 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2023

    Burnley 1-0 Sheff Utd

    Sixteen seconds! The quickest Premier League goal of the season.

  5. Postpublished at 15:02 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2023

    Burnley 1-0 Sheff Utd

    Shamoon Hafez
    BBC Sport at Turf Moor

    Didn't even get my kick-off entry on Twitter by the time Jay Rodriguez headed in.

    The perfect start for Burnley, now can they go on and capitalise?

  6. goal

    GOAL - Burnley 1-0 Sheff Utdpublished at 15:00 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2023

    Jay Rodriguez (1 min)

    WOW!

    Burnley lead within the first 30 seconds of the game! They take the kick-off and never really lose the ball.

    Charlie Taylor crosses and Jay Rodriguez glances a header past the keeper.

    Rodriguez dives to head the ball into the net for the opener.Image source, Reuters
  7. Postpublished at 15:00 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2023

    Burnley 0-0 Sheff Utd

    Shamoon Hafez
    BBC Sport at Turf Moor

    Football fans never forget.

    Sander Berge's name was loudly jeered by the travelling Sheffield United supporters, after the Norwegian's move from the Blades to the Clarets in the summer.

  8. KICK-OFFpublished at 15:00 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2023

    We are under way across an ice-cold England.

    An Arsenal fan arrives at the ground in a 'Gunners' bobble hat.Image source, Reuters
  9. 'Fans and club see the bigger picture with Kompany'published at 14:59 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2023

    Burnley v Sheffield United (15:00 GMT)

    Rachel Brown-Finnis
    Ex-England goalkeeper on Final Score

    Heckingbottom and Kompany embrace before kick off.Image source, Reuters

    I don't see Burnley fans questioning Vincent Kompany.

    It may sound uninsipred but the fans enjoyed the football last season. Under Sean Dyche they watched some turgid stuff but it was result football and it kept them in the Premier League for a long time.

    Vicent Kompany likes to play this exciting, attacking brand of football, going out and going punch for punch with opponents. Fans see that bigger picture. The club see that bigger picture too, and I think they will stand by him.

  10. 'Arsenal are winning in a different way this season'published at 14:58 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2023

    Arsenal v Wolves (15:00 GMT)

    Chris Sutton
    Former Chelsea striker on Final Score

    Last year Arsenal were very good, playing free flowing, expansive football and entertaining us.

    Yet they are doing it a different way this year, they are stingy defensively and that has been the foundation for them finding this good patch of form.

    It is about pushing Manchester City as hard as they can, and it will be interesting to see how their season pans out.

    Arsenal players huddle on the pitch before kick off.Image source, Getty Images
  11. 'Wolves can't carry VAR controversies with them'published at 14:57 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2023

    Arsenal v Wolves (15:00 GMT)

    Rachel Brown-Finnis
    Ex-England goalkeeper on Final Score

    Wolves have been hard done to at times this season but there is no specific targeting of any players, managers or teams with VAR.

    The facts are the facts. Just because Wolves dropped points due to decisions that does not mean to say that they would have gone on to still win three points or take a point in those games.

    There are a lot of hypotheticals. The points you've got are the points you've got.

    You need to start fresh every game and can't carry those feelings of being hard done by into the next match.

  12. Postpublished at 14:55 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2023

    This is your five-minute warning. Teams are walking out across the country.

  13. 'A Burnley loss could raise doubts around Kompany'published at 14:54 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2023

    Burnley v Sheffield United (15:00 GMT)

    Chris Sutton
    Former Chelsea striker on Final Score

    No manager has been sacked so far in the Premier League this season, which is surprising.

    There is more and more talk around Paul Heckingbottom and this possibly being his last game in charge. No one is talking about Vincent Kompany in the same way though.

    Burnley sit lower in the table than Sheffield United, but Kompany and this idea of a longer term plan at the club. If they lose today some fans out there may start to doubt him.

  14. 'They are struggling, but you can see the positives'published at 14:53 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2023

    Burnley v Sheffield United (15:00 GMT)

    Footballer's football podcast

    West Ham United forward Michail Antonio believes you can see positive signs from Burnley despite their struggles this season.

    Antonio missed the Hammers' 2-1 win at Turf Moor last weekend through injury and says the defeat for Vincent Kompany's side after leading for so long will be tough to take.

    He told the Footballer's Football Podcast: "Away at Burnley is always a hard game. They are a solid team playing good football. They are struggling in the Premier League right now but you can see the positives they have and the qualities they have.

    "With the tactics they are playing, it is a hard loss. I’ve been in those when you lose it in the final minutes and it is a bitter pill to swallow. They needed to try and get that second goal to get some breathing space.

    "As soon as we scored on 86 minutes, the situation Burnley are in down in the bottom three, they will be thinking 'we need to try and keep this point at least'. It builds the pressure but it happens to a number of teams.

    "When you are in the lead for a certain amount of time and then it goes to 1-1, the game could go either way. It could be one free-kick, one mistake, anything could happen. The team that was in the lead does go under pressure and try and hold on.

    "A lot of the time it backfires, or the team with the momentum goes and scores because it feels like the wind is behind them. Every time you kick the ball away the wind is bringing it back to you."

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  15. 'Naivety and youthfulness at the back is just not working'published at 14:51 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2023

    Burnley v Sheffield United (15:00 GMT)

    Rachel Brown-Finnis
    Ex-England goalkeeper on Final Score

    It has been a really, really tough season for Burnley.

    It has been frustrating for the fans because they have been playing a good brand of football like they did in the Championship, but that has caused them to concede a lot of goals.

    They have not been as clinical at the top end of the pitch, so for as much possession and chances you create, you have to put them away.

    The youthfulness and naivety is great and exciting going forward but at the back it is just not working.

  16. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 14:50 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2023

    #bbcfootball, WhatsApp on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply)

    Burnley and Sheffield United fans get in touch. Are you manager in or manager out?

  17. Blades boss Heckingbottom 'hamstrung by sales'published at 14:49 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2023

    Burnley v Sheffield United (15:00 GMT)

    Media caption,

    Sheffield United boss Heckingbottom hamstrung by player sales, says Danny Webber

    Sheffield United manager Paul Heckingbottom insists he is having "no different conversations" to normal with the board, despite sitting in the Premier League relegation zone after 13 games.

    Former Blades striker Danny Webber tells The Football News Show that while Heckingbottom does need to win more matches, their plight this season is a direct result of their transfer activity in the summer.

  18. Burnley v Sheffield United: Sutton's predictionspublished at 14:48 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2023

    Burnley v Sheffield United (15:00 GMT)

    Sutton's predictions

    Sutton's prediction: 1-1

    Who on earth do I go with here?

    Burnley have the worst home record in the Premier League, with seven defeats out of seven, while Sheffield United boast the worst away record, with one point from six games so far.

    I keep saying the Clarets will get a draw when they play at Turf Moor, and I keep being wrong, but I don't really have much choice this time - I don't really want to back Burnley, but Sheffield United were so bad last week that I don't want to back them either.

    Bournemouth beat the Blades 3-1 at Bramall Lane last weekend, but they could have absolutely wiped the floor with them - the scoreline flattered Paul Heckingbottom's side.

    So I am going for a draw. If I'm wrong and there is a winner, then it could be a problem for whichever manager does lose.

    It is one thing being beaten by the top teams but losing to the teams in and around you is damaging, and would really increase the pressure on Heckingbottom, or Burnley boss Vincent Kompany.

    Claudio's prediction: 0-2

    Read the rest of their predictions here

  19. 'This is a place where things will turn'published at 14:46 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2023

    Burnley v Sheffield United

    Vincent KompanyImage source, Getty Images

    Vincent Kompany believes his Burnley side has enough to survive the drop this season despite sitting bottom of the Premier League.

    The Clarets have lost their past six league games, scoring just four and conceding 16, but Kompany said: "If ever there is a story written in the future about this club, it will be about how differently it behaves in moments like this.

    "I can really say I don't think I've ever encountered anything like this. There's a total focus on what we need to do. People are calm - people are together.

    "That gives me the feeling this is a place where things will turn, but it's got to happen on the pitch."

    Kompany described Saturday's home game with Sheffield United as "massive" for both clubs.

    No side in English league history has ever lost their opening eight home games of a season.

  20. Kompany v Heckingbottom: Who's more at risk of the sack?published at 14:45 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2023

    Burnley v Sheffield United (15:00 GMT)

    Burnley and Sheffield United meet having picked up just one win each in the Premier League this season - but the pressure on each manager appears to be different.

    Podcasters Natalie Bromley and Phil Ridley tell The Football News Show what the future could hold for Vincent Kompany and Paul Heckingbottom, and why the outcome of this game is more crucial for the Blades boss.