Ken Early: Clasico defeat lays bare Barcelona’s reluctance to learn from their mistakes
Real Madrid demonstrate oddly casual approach to set-pieces but prevail largely thanks to the clinical finishing of Mbappé
Ken Early: Stumped Arne Slot must face up to a radical decision
It seems Liverpool’s players don’t know how they’re supposed to fit together - and neither does their coach
Ken Early: Despite Ireland’s win, it’s probably best to hold off booking flights to America
Heimir Hallgrímsson’s decision to go with a 5-4-1 formation when a win was required made no sense
Ken Early: Portugal flexed their star power and the referee duly obliged
Ireland can’t realistically outplay Portugal, but they proved they could at least make them anxious
Heimir Hallgrímsson seems like more of a bystander than the actual Ireland coach
As Ireland face Portugal, the team are still haunted by the shambolic defeat in Yerevan that cost any realistic chance of World Cup qualification
Ken Early: Is it time for Arne Slot to drop Mo Salah?
New signings Florian Wirtz, Alexander Isak and Hugo Ekitike are too big – and expensive – to fail. Will Arne Slot pay the price?
Ken Early: What the hell is going on at Manchester City?
Guardiola’s system disintegrates but Arteta fails to learn from his mistakes
Ken Early: Manchester United have become the Republic of Ireland in club football form
Parallels between Premier League side and Irish national team are uncanny, not least their capacity for self-delusion
Ken Early: Ireland’s defeat to Armenia was an utter farce
If there’s one thing this team has taught us over the last 20 years, it’s that things can always get worse
Ireland v Armenia: Time to be aggressive - passivity has become a real problem
Slow starts, at the beginning of both the first and second half, have been hampering Heimir Hallgrímsson’s team
Ken Early: Ireland’s second-half siege of Hungary felt like something from Jack Charlton era
Adam Idah's late equaliser provided relief but only a fool would dismiss debacle of the first 15 minutes
Ken Early: Jack Charlton would not have been surprised by what Heimir is asking of Ireland team
Republic of Ireland team are now more in line with modern game ahead of World Cup qualifier
Too little, too late from overly defensive Arsenal at Anfield
‘Arsenal’s regrets can all be traced to the “first, do not lose” mentality of their coach’
Newcastle only have themselves to blame for farce over wantaway Alexander Isak
Striker is determined to join Liverpool, but Magpies can hardly complain when they have botched the whole affair
New season, same glaring weakness: how have Man United allowed this issue to persist?
After almost half a billion spent over three transfer windows, Casemiro remains at the heart of midfield