Off to the Stadium of Light tomorrow for Sunderland vs Palace. Now to check Glasner's press conference for the team news!

Utterly dominant display from Nigeria, who look like the team to beat in Morocco. Restricted Algeria to 0.12 xG & no shots until the 80th minute, and created plenty at the other end

Senegal vs Sudan in Tangier. Four AFCON games in four cities in four days starts here

Apropos of nothing, Bournemouth's games have contained the most goals in the Premier League this season (3.37 per 90). But their home games have contained the fewest (1.89 per 90) #makesuthink

Burnley vs Palace. Not a classic

Tottenham's first shot of the game - and what a shot

What a dreadful first half from Tottenham. Approaching this like they're a League Two team going for a giantkilling

Jean-Philippe Mateta would be in the Golden Boot race if he could actually score one-on-ones

Wonder who will win this

A 30-year-old Tomas Soucek doesn't seem the best candidate for a one-man midfield

Think Peter Drury might be a golf fan

Just another 2-3 transfer windows until Man Utd get it right

Hadn't seen Ao Tanaka play much before tonight. Very impressed!

Jumped on Route One (which is a fine addition to the football podcast line-up) to talk about Crystal Palace's chances in the Conference League podfollow.com/route-one/ep...

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Club World Cup averaging five goals per game so far, Infantino vindicated

Please 🙏🦅

Even by their standards, this has been a dismal performance from Tottenham. Every Palace player seems to have five yards of space

How much longer until my brain realises Savinho isn't Riyad Mahrez?

Leicester have been utterly miserable under Van Nistelrooy. Surely goes down as one of the worst managerial performances in PL history

Not a good first 45 from Chelsea. Haven't beaten a top-half team since December 1 - and you can see why

Ismaila Sarr's movement is exceptional. Picks up so many dangerous positions

Guess who watched both Brentford vs Chelsea and the Manchester derby

Bournemouth so sharp without the ball. Tottenham struggling to deal with their press already

If Southampton hold on (which they surely won't), would that be the biggest shock in Premier League history?

Omar Marmoush obviously the star of the show in that first half, but Nico Gonzalez has brought Man City some much-needed authority at the base of midfield

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Same vibe

Vintage Cole Palmer. Running the show at Selhurst. Scored Chelsea's goal and created four chances. Palace can't get near him

Southampton just can't handle Jean-Philippe Mateta's physicality at the moment. Palace well on top since going behind

Another disappointing performance from Ebere Eze, this. Overcomplicates things & takes too many touches far too often. Just three direct goal involvements this season

Bottom of the Premier League table since the start of November

Still think Man Utd will stay up

Everton did a pretty good job of stifling Chelsea in that first half, albeit while offering virtually nothing going forward. One goal might be enough to win this

Villa were fantastic in this fixture last season, full of intensity and tempo. Need more of the same today given Man City's frailties

Chelsea finding so much space in between the lines, Tottenham living dangerously here

Good defensive display from Fulham so far. No space for Arsenal centrally

At the risk of going all Proper Football Man on this, I think Saka and Rice's consistently excellent delivery is a bigger factor in Arsenal's set-piece record than Nicolas Jover. They often run the same routine, it's just so effective because of the pinpoint crossing

Newcastle were really poor at the weekend. Averaging barely more than a goal per game & only the three promoted teams have had fewer shots on target (they didn't manage any against Palace). Difficult summer, but Howe could be in trouble unless he gets that attack firing

Some absurd passing from Alexander-Arnold so far

Maresca one of the managers of the season so far for me. Quickly given Chelsea stability and structure despite another chaotic summer. Really dominant first half that

Good to see Jadon Sancho running directly at defenders like this. Barely saw it at Man Utd

Good process from the fire safety team at Stockley Park

A masterclass in centre-forward hold-up play from Jean-Philippe Mateta today

Wild, end-to-end first half at Villa Park. Both teams getting in behind so easily. Surely a few more goals in this

Leicester need to at least try and play through midfield sometimes. Constantly surrendering the little possession they're having with hopeful balls in the vague direction of Vardy

APT, PSR, FFP... something faintly depressing about how much football fans have to be clued up on such acronyms these days

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