Newcastle forced their way ahead – and deservedly so – three minutes before the break when Ayoze Perez took advantage of indecisive defending to volley home from Vurnon Anita’s cross, and when Georginio Wijnaldum headed home Perez’s 60th-minure corner, a...
City grew into the game a bit and De Bruyne had his first shot of his second spell in the Premier League, but fired straight at Alex McCarthy after some quick build-up play by City.
The qualifying session in Japan was brought to an early conclusion when Daniil Kvyat crashed his Infiniti Red Bull Racing machine at high speed at the hairpin, with two wheels being ripped off the vehicle due to the force of the crash. The session was red-flagged one minute...
Combatants on both sides will need to focus their attention firmly on the pitch, but if they can go against recent history then Chelsea will aim to prove that their mini-crisis is over. Last season’s player of the year continues to misfire and his decision to blast the...
Other Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg finished fourth and is now 41 points adrift of Hamilton’s lead; the Singapore victor Vettel is now closing the gap for second place, as Rosberg is only eight points ahead of him.
McClaren only took the Newcastle the job in the summer but with just two points from his first six Premier League games and an early exit in the League Cup to lower league opposition to their name, rumours are rife that McClaren is under pressure.