Manchester United v Arsenal, Old Trafford, 4.30pm
HT – Chelsea 0 Crystal Palace 0
HT – Nottingham Forest 3 Brentford 0
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Speaking of Irish interest, Mary Hannigan has done the leg work in rounding up the dwindling number of Irish players in the Premier League this season.
“This annual scouring of English Premier League squads in advance of a new season inevitably leads to wistfulness about those bygone days when you’d lose count of the number of Republic of Ireland players in the top flight over yonder,” Mary writes. “And never more so than this time around.”
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8 minutes ago
Six games have been played off so far on the 2025/26 Premier League’s opening weekend, starting with Liverpool’s 4-2 win over Bournemouth at Anfield on Friday night.
Here’s how the results have gone so far:
Liverpool 4 Bournemouth 2 (report)
Aston Villa 0 Newcastle 0
Brighton 1 Fulham 0
Sunderland 3 West Ham 0
Tottenham Hotspur 3 Burnley 0
Wolves 0 Manchester City 4 (report)
Just one game left on the agenda after today’s trio of fixtures with Leeds hosting Everton tomorrow evening.
14 minutes ago
There were two 2pm kick-offs today, Chelsea’s hosting of Crystal Palace and Brentford’s visit to Nottingham Forest.
We’ll keep you posted on those two results. It’s currently nil-all at Stamford Bridge while Forest lead 3-0 at the City Ground with about 10 minutes gone in the second half.
Brentford's Caoimhín Kelleher after Nottingham Forest's third goal. Photograph: Darren Staples/AFP via Getty Images
Brentford's Caoimhín Kelleher after Nottingham Forest's third goal. Photograph: Darren Staples/AFP via Getty Images
Lots of Irish interest in the latter game, Keith Andrews now in charge of the Bees and Caoimhín Kelleher between the posts following his move from Liverpool.
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17 minutes ago
Hello and welcome along to The Irish Times live blog for Manchester United and Arsenal’s opening game of the new Premier League season.
We’ll have team news and live updates from all the action at Old Trafford, as well as taking a look at the weekend at large, and we’ll wrap things up with a full match report after the final whistle.
The game at Old Trafford kicks off at 4.30pm.