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1 week ago | capitalfootball.co.uk | Alessandro Schiavone

By Alessandro Schiavone at Stamford BridgeChelsea 3-1 FC LiverpoolGoals: Enzo 3', Quansah own-goal 56', Palmer 90+6' (penalty) (C) Van Dijk 85' (L)Chelsea made a giant step towards Champions League qualification thanks to a convincing victory 3-1 win over champions Liverpool at Stamford Bridge. With Newcastle held to a 1-1 draw at Brighton hours earlier, Chelsea cashed in to pull level with the Tynesiders in fourth.

1 week ago | capitalfootball.co.uk | Yann Tear

Brentford (2) 4 Shaw og 27, Schade 33, 70, Wissa 74Manchester United(1)3 Mount 14, Garnacho 82, Diallo 95It was famously 4-0 a few years ago to the Bees against United. This was almost as comprehensive a rout. Two late goals for United gave the scoreline a more respectable sheen for the visitors but there was no disguising the comfortable nature of the win. Brentford's late season flurry and rediscovered home form could yet carry them into the unchartered territory of European qualification.

1 week ago | capitalfootball.co.uk | Alessandro Schiavone

By Alessandro SchiavoneArsenal 1-2 BournemouthGoals: Rice 34' (A), Huijsen 67' (B), Evanilson 75' (B)Arsenal messed their PSG audition after succumbing to a 2-1 home defeat to Andoni Iraola’s Bournemouth. Declan Rice’s first-half opener was cancelled out by a Dean Huijsen header following a long throw-in before Evanilson completed the turnaround with a controversial winner in the second period.

2 weeks ago | capitalfootball.co.uk | Alessandro Schiavone

Exclusive Interview by Alessandro SchiavoneCapital Football has spoken to Senegal legend Khalilou Fadiga ahead of Tottenham Hotspurs' upcoming London derby against West Ham. Fadiga was one of the heroes Pape Matar Sarr has been for a couple of seasons now one of Tottenham's shining lights. Would he have had his place in Senegal's XI in 2002 Mr Fadiga? "I don't like comparing the generations because it would not be respectful towards the people who were involved back then.

2 weeks ago | capitalfootball.co.uk | Yann Tear

Europa League Semi-Final First LegTottenham Hotspur (2) 3 Johnson 1, Maddison 32, Solanke pen 61FK Bodo/Glimt (0) 1 Saltnes 83Maybe Ange is a lucky lieutenant after all. You don't get to play a team like Bodo/Glimt in a major European semi-final unless the football gods come up trumps in the cup draw. Europe's second tier competition is a notoriously tough mountain to scale but having such a limited obstacle at this late stage of the competition is as perfect as it could be.