Andre Villas-Boas admitted that it was purely his decision to keep Hugo Lloris on the pitch after suffering concussion during the draw at Everton. The Tottenham goalkeeper accidentally felt the full force of Romelu Lukaku's knee as the pair clashed when chasing a ball into the away box. Spurs' medical staff, along with captain Michael Dawson, urged Villas-Boas to take his man off.
Joe Hart will continue his spell on the Manchester City bench for Tuesday's Champions League game against CSKA Moscow after Manuel Pellegrini gave his backing to new No 1 Costel Pantilimon.
IAN LADYMAN AT GOODISON PARK: This wasn't one of those goalless draws that had you pining for an armchair, a warm fire and an anaesthetic.
Sebastian Vettel claimed his seventh win of the season at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, proving he is not about to ease off despite having already sealed the title.
Former Arsenal captain Frank McLintock insists the Gunners must buy a striker in the January transfer window if they want to win the Premier League title.
Jack Wilshere's stunning team goal for Arsenal against Norwich City has been chosen as Match of the Day's October Goal of the Month - despite major competition from Pajtim Kasami's Marco van Basten-like volley.
Cardiff climbed above bitter-rivals Swansea in the Premier League table with a hard-fought victory in the Wales derby.
Follow all the week nine action from around the National Football League right here with 11 games taking place on Sunday.
Javier Hernandez has cast doubt on his future at Manchester United after retweeting a story suggesting he should look to leave the club.
Eric Cantona may never have signed for Manchester United had Alex Ferguson landed his initial target – Everton’s Peter Beardsley.
Atletico Madrid kept the pressure on Primera Division leaders Barcelona by comfortably beating Athletic Bilbao 2-0 thanks to first-half goals from Diego Costa and David Villa.
Accidents happen and when Romelu Lukaku clashed with Hugo Lloris in the 72nd minute there was no need for disciplinary action despite the extent of the goalkeeper's injury.
Saido Berahino is in line to win his first England cap in the next round of friendlies - and could be a surprise pick in Roy Hodgson's World Cup squad.
England have called up Bath full-back Anthony Watson to their squad for Saturday's QBE International against Argentina at Twickenham.
Former England football manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has revealed how he signed a contract to replace Alex Ferguson at Manchester United.
Sierra Leone are considering approaching Ryan Giggs' brother, Rhodri, to represent them at international level. He qualifies through his grandfather.
I was invited to a dinner arranged by the BBC. David and Victoria Beckham were there too. David had been playing in Los Angeles for four years and I was manager of Leicester City.
As Marouane Fellaini decided against attacking a free bouncing ball in midfield, his Manchester United career to date was encapsulated in a flash.
Yoan Gouffran is hoping a famous victory over Chelsea has gone some of the way towards repairing the damage of derby defeat at Sunderland.
Cardiff City supporters staged a post-match protest against owner Vincent Tan following their 1-0 victory over Swansea City.
Roger Federer insisted he is happy with his game as he arrived in London for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at the 02 Arena.
ROB SHEPHERD: Chelsea will test how truthful Robert Lewandowski is being about not having made an agreement to join Bayern Munich at the end of the season as early at the January transfer window.
Sascha Riether discovers on Monday if he will be charged for stamping on Adnan Januzaj as FA chairman Greg Dyke considers an attempt to tweak the rules in mid-season for unseen incidents.
James O'Conner impressed in his first outing for London Irish but his added spark could not provide the try needed in the closing minutes.
Emmanuel Adebayor claims he 'cannot get any lower' after finding himself completely frozen out at Tottenham.
Defender Russell Martin believes Norwich must now show what they are 'really made of' after letting themselves and their manager down.
ADAM CRAFTON: Should Arsenal continue to produce performances like this, the rank and file will truly start to believe that their side can reclaim the title for the first time since 2004. Against Liverpool, Arsenal were at their brilliant best, bursting with fluid counter-attacking and electric movement.
The magnitude of his achievement wasn't lost on Billy Vunipola when he stood arm in arm with his brother Mako and shed a tear as God Save The Queen played at Twickenham.
Rory McIlroy shot a bogey-free round to finish joint sixth in the HSBC Champions in Shanghai and secure his place at the DP World Tour Championship.
Charlie Hodgson inspired Saracens to a bonus point victory against Newcastle Falcons, scoring 18 points in a 40-3 win.
Novak Djokovic won the last four games in each set to beat defending champion David Ferrer 7-5, 7-5 Sunday in the final of the Paris Masters.
Olympic champion Laura Trott won her second gold medal of the Track World Cup in Manchester with victory in the women's omnium on Sunday.
Carrick injured but Fellaini still lost out to Cleverley and Jones in United's midfield... so is Moyes having second thoughts on his £27.5m man already?
THE FOOTBALL GRAPEVINE: Chelsea to make Lewandowski swoop, Arsenal scouts watch Benteke... but could Becks really snap up Rio and Lampard?
Begovic became the fifth goalkeeper to score in the Premier League... but can you name the other four?
Asmir Begovic joined the stoppers turned strikers
With Hart's place for club and country under threat, Sportsmail looks at how Pantilimon and Forster performed
Can Joe Hart win his place back?
FIVE THINGS WE LEARNED: Lancaster has work to do, Brown is shining light and England missed Sergeant Parling
LUKE BENEDICT on England's win over Oz
GARY NEVILLE: Next generation are in danger of being priced out
Some of our grounds are nothing like they once were for noise and passion
EXCLUSIVE: When Bernie met Max...
Ecclestone and Mosley reveal the trickery (and humour) behind their 40 years as the most powerful men in F1
Penalty shoot-outs are life or death...
Having spent a lifetime managing some of the world's great teams Sven Goran Eriksson is in wistful mood
Arsenal fans should start to believe...
ADAM CRAFTON: The rank and file will truly start to believe that they can reclaim the title for the first time since 2004
Crazy world of Mr Tan...
He's spent £100m taking Cardiff to the Premier League but is hated by fans for turning shirts red and appointing a 23- year-old to sign players
CONCUSSION CAMPAIGN: Shock as Fardy knocked out
Scott Fardy's removal from the field was another reminder of the concussion risk
JAMIE CARRAGHER: If City fans had a choice now, would they ask Mancini to come back?
Has Manuel Pellegrini taken Manchester City forward or backwards
Cech, Vidic, Yaya and RVP are best in England but are any of them good enough to make a World XI? Using Football Manager data, MailOnline investigates...
Pigs might fly after all... Could trinket have inspired Cross to FA Cup glory with West Ham AND his daughter to star for England's cricket team 33 years later?
Romelu Lukaku: I did 150 sit-ups and press-ups every day - then ran to school
Everton man has spent the past two months tormenting defenders
DEREK LAWRENSON: Ryder Cup heroes looking to regain their touch after barren year since Medinah
Twelve months on since Ryder Cup glory
I love facing the deadly SAS, says Liverpool shot stopper Mignolet
Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge have been scoring the goals for fun in recent weeks
Who'll be the star of the Autumn? Our players to watch
Ben Kay, Peter Jackson, Rob Wildman, Chris Foy, Michael Lynagh pick out the players to watch
November is Arsenal's WORST month of the season... so will the Gunners' impressive run now come to an end?
Liverpool, United and Southampton up next
Nervous November! It's the month when most top-flight bosses depart... so who is looking over their shoulder this season?
Squeaky bum time
EXCLUSIVE: Champion with four wheels, but Vettel's passion is for two as star reveals love for vintage motorbikes
Sebastian Vettel has kept hidden a secret
What the back pages say: Eriksson tells all on England war with Fergie over Rooney
Read the headlines from the national newspapers on Sunday, November 3.
Arsenal received a heartfelt standing ovation from supporters who are daring to dream that the good times could be returning to north London. Clearly the season is too young to be making rash predictions. But what is evident is that Arsene Wenger is reappearing before us again as the alchemist of the Emirates.
Asmir Begovic scored one of the more bizarre Premier League goals in Stoke's 1-1 draw with Southampton but the goalkeeper isn't the only stopper to have notched in the top flight.
Sam Allardyce wants his West Ham side to start showing the same collective responsibility they displayed last season when it comes to goal-scoring.
Jose Mourinho was unimpressed after watching his Chelsea side lose 2-0 away at Newcastle.
Aston Villa and West Ham played out an entertaining end-to-end stalemate at Upton Park. Paul Lambert's visitors had the better of the chances.
Saido Berhaino may have increased his negotiating power with a man-of-the-match performance as West Brom try to tie the talented striker to a long-term contract.
Not a great day for English goalkeepers as Manchester City romped to their biggest win since 1987 and Norwich City manager Chris Hughton was left glancing anxiously at the exit. England No 1 Joe Hart had to watch his team-mates from the bench, having been dropped by Manuel Pellegrini.
Manuel Pellegrini made the decision to drop Joe Hart after his clanger at Chelsea took his tally of mistakes this year to an unsustainable level.
Asmir Begovic joined illustrious company on Saturday as he became only the fifth Premier League goalkeeper to score a goal.
Maybe it was the sight of Martin Johnson's 2003 World Cup winners parading around Twickenham at half-time that spurred a second-half comeback. But a Chris Robshaw try set England on their way to a crucial win over an Australian side who upset them 12 months ago.
LUKE BENEDICT: England kicked off their QBE autumn international campaign with a 20-13 victory over Australia. Here are five things we learned at Twickenham...
When Sam and Logan Tomkins ran out at Wembley for Wigan in August their older brother Joel sat in the stands with his new Saracens team-mates.
Vincent Tan will fly 14 hours in his private plane from his mansion in Kuala Lumpur to take his seat on Sunday in Cardiff at the biggest club football match ever staged in Wales - a hostile derby of fear and loathing against fierce rivals Swansea.
Peter Crouch was the unlikely source of help for Susanna Reid after the BBC presenter suffered an injury while performing on Strictly Come Dancing.
Jack Wilshere and Kieran Gibbs are major doubts for Arsenal's crucial trip to Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Wednesday night.
Real Madrid legends Michel Salgado and Raul were joined by Diego Maradona as the trio played football before the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Joe Hart received a warning from manager Manuel Pellegrini that he faces a fight to win his place back.
Chairman Huw Jenkins will travel 40 miles along the M4 this afternoon on a coach in convoy with the Swansea team bus, under a police escort.
Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie showed why David Moyes said they are the best pairing in England during a 'blistering' 13-minute spell away at Fulham.
Fabrizio Ravanelli has been sacked as coach of Ajaccio, the Ligue 1 club have confirmed.
Sir Alex Ferguson tried to stop Wayne Rooney playing for England at the 2006 World Cup, according to claims by Sven Goran Eriksson.
The controversial Cardiff striker Craig Bellamy has emerged as a leading contender to be the next Wales manager with doubts over the future of Chris Coleman.
Andre Villas-Boas ruffled a few feathers by complaining about a 'difficult atmosphere with no support' at White Hart Lane after Tottenham's narrow 1-0 win against Hull last Sunday.
Lewis Holtby will have his dad, Chris (right), in the crowd when he takes to the pitch for Tottenham against Everton on Sunday - but it won't be Spurs that Holtby senior is cheering on at Goodison Park.
After two goals against Sevilla on Wednesday, Gareth Bale added a pair of assists to his name in Real Madrid's 3-2 win away at Rayo Vallecano.
Juventus and Livorno have each appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after FIFA's ruling demanded both help Adrian Mutu pay Chelsea 21m.
NICK HARRIS: English football's ability to tackle the threat from Asian match-fixers has been criticised by a senior official at Europol.
Jack Wilshere has said that he wants Luis Suarez to join him at Arsenal. The pair will come up against each other on Saturday evening at the Emirates.
Manchester City youngster Abdisalam Ibrahim will be allowed to leave in the January transfer window, with a clutch of clubs keen on the midfielder.
Martin O'Neill is poised to return to football as the new manager of the Republic of Ireland. And in he is discussing the appointment of Roy Keane as his No 2.
Jake Livermore is willing to talk to Hull about making his loan move permanent after declaring he 'needs a home'.
Football Manager games are usually a reliable barometer of player ability. Using that data, we can reveal who the best players are for each position in the Premier League, what the best XI is and who makes it into the world team.
Do you believe in good luck charms? You might after reading this.
David Beckham's son Brooklyn is following in his father's footsteps by training at United, but Sportsmail understands he will not be offered a deal.
Napoli and Juventus both picked up victories on Saturday to keep the pressure up on Serie A leaders Roma ahead of their trip to Torino on Sunday.
Gary Neville says that while Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the best players in the world, it is possible to stop him.
Newcastle defender Paul Dummett has agreed a new long-term contract, which could keep him at his boyhood club for the next six years.
Malky Mackay has hit back at claims from Swansea defender Angel Rangel that Gary Medel is overpriced and a red-card risk for Cardiff.
David Moyes believes his striker duo of Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie are the best in the country and will eventually match any pair in world football.
Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge have been scoring the goals that have claimed the headlines in Liverpool's promising startt.
Ally McCoist has led the call for Ibrox to stage a benefit game for Fernando Ricksen after the Dutchman was diagnosed with motor neurone disease.
Wales became the first team to bow out of the World Cup after becoming the latest scalp for surprise package the United States in front of a shell-shocked crowd of 8,109 in Wrexham. The tournament co-hosts, who were semi-finalists in 1995 and 2000, were beaten by Italy in their opening group match and on Sunday produced a woeful display to go down to the other qualifiers.
England earned a place in the rugby league World Cup quarter finals amid speculation that another member of the squad has been disciplined for drinking.
The format for the tournament is in theory quite simple - there are four groups with eight teams going through to the knockout stages.
Novak Djokovic won his 16th straight match by rallying from a set and a break down to defeat Roger Federer 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the semi-finals of the Paris Masters - and got a hug from Zlatan Ibrahimovic for his efforts.
DEREK LAWRENSON IN SHANGHAI: It was Dustin Johnson against half of Europe's Ryder Cup team - and the American, with one of the great performances of the golfing year, held his nerve to claim the HSBC Champions tournament in Shanghai on Sunday for the biggest win of his career.
Luke Campbell passed his toughest test as a professional with flying colours on Saturday night as the Olympic champion showed his class to stop Lee Connelly in the fifth round.
Shiv Kapur became the first Indian winner of the Dubai Festival City Challenge Tour Grand Final as he soared to a four shot victory.
Gennady Golovkin was made to work hard before eventually breaking down Curtis Stevens to continue his reign of terror in New York on Saturday night.
Juan Martin del Potro was robbed at Paris' Gare du Nord as he made his way to London for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.
Sebastian Vettel insisted his seventh win on the bounce was anything but easy despite coming home over 30 seconds ahead of his nearest challenger.
Sportsmail columnist Joanna Rowsell claimed individual glory at the Track World Cup on Saturday with Great Britain's only gold medal of day two.
Ola Afolabi won the lightly-regarded IBO 'world' cruiserweight title by outpointing Lukasz Janik in New York on Saturday night.
Mark Noble is making his bed for the night and desperately hoping his sleep is disturbed. Usually any interruption would be due to one of his two children waking up, but as he unfolds a slim mattress he is a fair few miles from home.
Bernie Ecclestone and Max Mosley have run Formula One for four decades. They got together for the new Formula One Opus limited edition book to talk about their respective careers in motor racing. IAN STAFFORD listened in...
Nominations for the Ballon d'Or confirmed two key issues. First of all, it is abundantly clear no team can match Bayern Munich.
Romelu Lukaku has spent the past two months tormenting defenders using his hulking frame and strength to bully them into submission.
When Southampton sacked Nigel Adkins back in January, I was not alone in thinking it was a harsh, premature and slightly ridiculous decision.
Having spent a lifetime managing some of the world's great teams Sven Goran Eriksson is in wistful mood as he talks about his latest incarnation.
In his latest fortnightly column, Adebayo Akinfenwa hits back at Aidy Boothroyd and admits Gillingham face a defining month in their battle for survival.
MARTIN KEOWN: It's time to stop asking the question whether Fernando Torres is back to his best. That question is no longer relevant.
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