Premier League updates from the 8pm BST kick-offLive scoreboard | Read Football Daily | Email ScottPre-match postbag. “Leaving aside Liverpool’s less than imperial start to the season, you have to admit that’s a very tasty teamsheet on offer tonight - the right blend of youth, experience, Hungary’s answer to Bryan Robson and a World Cup winner in the middle of the park, a striker coveted by Man City, a Champions League winner on the bench and in Wirtz our very own Juan Sebastian Veron!” – Peadar de Burca“Why’s Wataru Endo still at Liverpool? He’s 33 and hardly played last season under Slot. Iraola hasn’t included him in the Champions League roster so apparently he doesn’t think much more of him that Slot did. He’s got a good couple of years left in him as a DM somewhere” – Tony Hughes Continue reading...
Life back in the Premier League after 25 years away does not get any easier for Coventry City. Manchester City flexed their muscles last time out with a 4-1 win over Crystal Palace. After only just edging past Bournemouth in their first game, new head coach Enzo Maresca has enjoyed an encouraging start in the unenviable position of replacing Pep Guardiola.
BBC Sport examines some of the key themes before Saturday's match (12:30 BST), with Newcastle seeking back-to-back league wins and Bournemouth boss Marco Rose awaiting his first victory. Matthias Jaissle earned his first top-flight win as Newcastle boss against Tottenham last weekend and could easily already have two victories under his belt, with only an injury-time equaliser from Liverpool's Dominik Szoboszlai denying the Magpies on the opening weekend.
Aston Villa are yet to earn a Premier League point after a large-scale summer rebuild, and high-flying Hull City are their next opponents. The post Emery knows young recruits must adapt quickly after Villa’s poor start appeared first on SoccerNews.
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