Manchester United started their defence of the FA Cup trophy with a fine battling display against Arsenal culminating in a penalty shootout success at the Emirates Stadium.The victory secured safe

Follow live coverage as Leicester City face Fulham today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.

A seventh successive Premier League defeat keeps Leicester inside the relegation zone, in 19th place in the table, two points from safety, as Fulham move on up to ninth

Leicester, winless in the league for over six weeks, remained 19th in the table, while Fulham provisionally climbed to ninth.

LEICESTER, England - Second-half strikes from Emile Smith Rowe and Adama Traore condemned Leicester City to a seventh straight defeat in the Premier League as visiting Fulham won 2-0 on Saturday. Read more at straitstimes.

Fulham returned to winning ways in the Premier League as Marco Silva's side sealed a 2-0 win at Leicester City. Following a midweek loss at West Ham United, which ended an eight-game unbeaten run in the Premier League,

At Manchester United Law scored 236 goals in 393 games; third behind his team-mate Sir Bobby Charlton and Wayne Rooney on the all-time scoring list, and set club records for the most goals in the FA Cup (34 goals), which still stands, and in Europe with 28 goals in 33 games.

Nottingham Forest share many similarities with Leicester's title-winning team that they can draw on in their hunt for a European place

City’s recent struggles have meant that Erling Haaland has not enjoyed the same prolific level of goalscoring that he has in previous seasons, though the Norwegian, who has just signed a bumper new 9.5-year contract to commit his future to the club, is still second in the league’s top scorer chart with 16 goals, just two behind Mohamed Salah.

Denis Law, the iconic former Manchester United striker and the only Scottish player to win the Ballon d’Or, has died at the age of 84, the club confirmed on Friday.

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