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It was another thrilling day of Premier League action, let's take a look a closer look at the action. West Ham United finished the day on top of the Premier League. How many people would bet on them staying there? Manchester City thrash woeful Arsenal Manchester City outplayed ten-man Arsenal on a sunny afternoon at the Etihad Stadium. Ilkay Gundogan and Ferran Torres scored in the first 12 minutes. Any hope Arsenal had of a comeback was ended when midfielder Granit Xhaka was sent off for lunging into a challenge on Joao Cancelo Greater Manchester Football: Manchester City score five against woeful Arsenal https://t.co/StWkcpCUgw — News Ball (@UKNewsBall) August 28, 2021 Ten-man Chelsea hold Liverpool Chelsea frustrated Liverpool in a fast and furious Premier League encounter to earn a hard-fought point. They were reduced to 10 men after Reece James' first-half sending-off. You can see some of the highlights in the tweet below. Give it a watch! A strong and resilient perfo

Brentford kept their second successive clean sheet as their impressive start to life in the Premier League continued. The Bees named an unchanged starting eleven from that win against Arsenal, but offered little attacking threat in the opening stages. Ivan Toney went close with a shot from distance. The Brentford manager tiold Match Of The Day: “I think we slightly edged it to be the better side. We won the ball a lot of times in good areas, but we didn’t have the quality to put a good counter-attack chance together. “We ended the first half on top, which pleased me in many ways. We need a little bit more confidence and composure. But I think it is a positive that we have another level to take from this game."   The Palace perspective Patrick Vieira has argued that his side's performance in 0-0 draw with Brentford does give them hope for the rest of the season. He added that he is confident that the fans will remain patient as he looks to change the playing style at Selhurst P

The second weekend of the Premier League season is almost here. There could be even more goals this weekend.  Let's have a quick look at where they might come from. Can Manchester City recover from their poor start? City followed up their defeat in the Community Shield with a 1-0 defeat away at Tottenham. Will a return to the Etihad Stadium and their biggest crowd since March 2020 see City recover from that poor start? Can Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea make it two wins from two? Three of the teams looking to take City's crown will all be hoping to make it two wins from two. Liverpool face Burnley, Chelsea play Arsenal and Manchester United travel to Southampton. Check out the Premier League website and some of the tweets below for all the latest news. More news and stories on Manchester United can be found by heading to Greater Manchester Football. A Twitter List by UKNewsBall Can the Brentford bandwagon continue? Everyone was impressed with Brentford's wi

Brentford celebrated their arrival in the Premier League with a superb victory over Arsenal as they opened their league campaign in style. We have previously asked if Brentford can survive and thrive in the Premier League.   Judging from the highlights in the video below, it looks like they can! Brentford fans celebrated wildly at full time. This was a result and performance that instantly turns the spotlight on Mikel Arteta. He certainly needs an improvement on last season and this was an appalling start to the campaign. Throughout the 90 minutes, Brentford were showing the pedigree that made them such a thrillinmg side on their journey to biggest stage of English football.  Post match reaction This is what Arteta said after the match. As you can imagine, the reaction to this tweet was mixed. 🗣 “It’s a very disappointing night. We needed to start in a very different way." #BREARS — Arsenal (@Arsenal) August 13, 2021 One Arsenal fan replied: "Arteta if you have love for

Brentford began their pre-season campaign with a 1-0 win over AFC Wimbledon A single goal late in the first half was enough to give Brentford the victory. More football news The game was played in some intense conditions and the first half failed to capture the imagination, but Brentford scored in the dying moments. The second period was much livelier and threatened further goals, but none came in the end. The goal came as Brentford started to take control of the game. While The Bees would probably have wanted to do more in attack, they were solid at the back. David Raya was untroubled and as the half wore on,  After a fairly dull start to the game, the Premier League side eventually started to play more on the front foot and in Wimbledon territory. This enabled them to take the lead before the break.  Ultimately, it was a decent test for Brentford in testing competitions. They said: "It was a perfect test for us right now." 🗣️ "It was a perfect test for us right no

The Euros are finished and people are already looking ahead to the upcoming Premier League campaign. There will be a number of clubs desperate to stop City retaining the trophy.This article will see us look at some of the inevitable stories that are expected to take place over the course of next season. As the season gets closer, we'll continue to adapt this page with all the latest news as the build-up to the season gets closer.  The current champions - Manchester City They did win the league in a fairly comfortable fashion despite a fairly poor start to the season. It will be interesting to see how they replace Aguero and whether they place a higher level of priority on the Champions League. Will this have an impact on their league form? More news from Manchester City The challengers Manchester United - Throughout the next season Greater Manchester Football will have the latest news and stories from the often chaotic world of Manchester. Whilst it was an improved season for the

Brentford are looking forward to their first season in the Premier League The majority of their fans will also be walking into their new ground for the first time.  The video above looks at the build of the ground. Potential new signings Axel Tuanzebe  Manchester United's young defender is expected to be leaving Old Trafford on loan and Brentford could be a good option. We have also suggest that he could be on the way to Carrow Road.  Juan Mata Another Manchester United player. This would be a huge shock but he could be available on a free transfer. He would provide the club with an awful lot of experience. He has played in London before.The video below contains his best Chelsea goals. A quick Twitter search of Ivan Toney will show that they have been linked with many more players. It could prove to be a busy summer for the club. How good is Ivan Toney? Toney only moved to the club last summer and he impressed everyone, scoring 31 goals in 45 appearances. He adapted to the Cham