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The memories of the Barclays Premier League opener on Day 2, Sunday, August 9, is one Petr Cech will never want to remember.

He was part of the Augsburg side that stunned everyone by finishing fifth in the top flight, and subsequently qualified for this year’s Europa League.

“It can be frustrating because we are competing with sides who don’t have a budget”.

Added to that was the fact that West Ham had played a load of competitive fixtures while Arsenal had a truncated pre-season and it’s not surprising that one team was ready and the other was not.

A 2-0 win tonight at the GelreDome, in Arnhem, ensured Saints advanced past the third qualifying round, having beaten the Dutch club 3-0 at St Mary’s in the first leg last Thursday.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has demanded a swift, sharp response from his side in their next two Premier League matches.

Southampton may boast a convincing advantage against Vitesse Arnhem, but fiercely-competitive manager Ronald Koeman says it would be “crazy” to jeopardise their Europa League dream by fielding a weakened side.

I’ve heard their players saying that it’s something they don’t want to happen again – but we’ll have something to say about it as well. Either way though the overs is the bet that stands out to me here. I accept that.

The first London derby of the new season takes place at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday, as Arsenal host West Ham.

Alex Neil – who had a stunning impact after arriving mid-season last term – may be inexperienced when it comes to managing in England’s top flight, but he’s recruited players with Premier League know-how in Graham Dorrans, Youssouf Mulumbu and Robbie...

The path on the road to a first Premier League title since 2004 begins at the Emirates Stadium for Arsenal this Sunday as they kick off their campaign by hosting West Ham United.

However, whilst such a romanticised view will likely be one strongly circulating in and around Upton Park at the moment, top-flight English football very rarely proves so accommodating for the somewhat “smaller” clubs wanting to make that all important step up in...

After a dismal run of just one win in five Premier League matches towards the end of last season, it seemed like Rodgers would be axed during the summer.

West Ham United’s Ecuadorian global Enner Valencia will be missing for up to 12 weeks at the start of the new season with a leg injury, the club said on Monday.

Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes has accused his players of “lacking bravery” in their Europa League third-round qualifier against Kairat. Unlike in Croatia when we were not punished, we were here with two bits of real quality that we knew Kairat had.