Premier League buildup, FA Cup first round, WSL and more – as it happened

Emillia Hawkins is covering the Liverpool v Arsenal WSL game, so I’m going to shut this liveblog down while she does so. I’ll be back in an hour and a bit with the build-up to the 2pm Premier League kick-offs. Bye for now! Team news for Liverpool’s game against Arsenal in the WSL, with kick-off scheduled for 12.30pm: Liverpool: Keating, Kerr, Clark, Fisk, Bernabe, Nagano, MacLean, Endemann, Ramos, Kapocs, Olsson.

Subs: Kirby, Parry, Hobinger, Agrez, Bergstrom, Itamura, Ward, Shaw, Trueman. Arsenal Women: Misa, Fox, Williamson, Catley, Hinds, Little, Stanway, Baum, Smith, Foord, Russo. Subs: Van Domselaar, Borbe, Wubben-Moy, de Almeida, Maanum, Reuteler, Holmberg, Cooney-Cross, Dixon.

And teams for Aston Villa v Manchester United, also in the WSL: Aston Villa: Okuma, Parker, Harviken, Deslandes, Wilms, Kielland, Jean-Francois, Maritz, Grant, Kendall, Vangsgaard. Subs: Kearns, Baijings, Hijikata, Mullett, Murphy, Imuran, Taylor, Maltby, Kelly.

Man Utd: Tullis-Joyce, Riviere, Le Tissier, Janssen, Sandberg, Lundkvist, Miyazawa, Park, Toone, Awujo, Terland. Subs: Leitzig, Medina, Ildhusoy, Zigiotti Olme, Bernal, Wangerheim, Jusu Bah, Schuller, Griffiths. Heerenveen mascot Heero has been played by the same person, Hendrik Pasveer, for more than a quarter of a century.

Pasveer is also the club’s painter and decorator. He was suspended by the club during the Covid pandemic but took them to court and was reinstated, and relations appear to have warmed since. In an interview last year to celebrate his 25th year in the role, he said: “[The club] would appreciate it if I stuck with it for at least another five years.

So I said: I’ll keep going for a while longer!” Kick-off in the early Eredivisie game, between Heerenveen and Feyenoord, is just a few minutes away. “No, Tuesday night was not a magical return to good times for United,” counters Daire Finnie to Joshua Keeling’s earlier optimism.

“That first half was frankly inexcusable. The game turned on a penalty that should not have been given and a defensive mistake that I wager that defender will never make again in his life. Just like the one win in the league (against Ipswich), it turned on a decision that should not have stood.

United did not play their way back into the game, they were given a route back that even they couldn’t mess up for once. United look like a relegation team.” The bottom of the Premier League table here: the bottom three all play today, and United could go to bed tonight in 20th place (they won’t, obviously, but they might).

Hello! I bring you news from China, where the league title was decided today and it’s glory for Dalian Yingbo and disaster for Chengdu Rongcheng. Chengdu lost their last four games, including at home to Dalian Yingbo in their penultimate match, while Dalian were 14 points behind with five games to play and won all of them, by the end of which the two teams were level on points and Dalian won the title on head-to-head record.

Here’s Reuters’ report: Dalian Yingbo lifted the Chinese Super League title for the first time in a ⁠drama-filled final Sunday as a 3-1 win over Tianjin Tiger coupled with Chengdu Rongcheng’s 3-2 loss to Shandong ⁠Taishan earned Li ⁠Guozu’s side the trophy. Dalian won for the fifth match in a row to complete a remarkable comeback by overhauling Chengdu’s ⁠lead, which once stood at 12 points, with John Aloisi’s side picking up just one point in their last ⁠five matches.

The results see the two teams finish level on 52 points, with Dalian winning the title on ‌a better head-to-head record ‌after recording a pair of wins over Chengdu, including in the penultimate ‌round of matches. Dalian still needed to win on Sunday while hoping Chengdu lost, and Aloisi’s side went two goals down in Jinan when Raphael Merkies and Guilherme Madruga struck in the 15th and 23rd minutes respectively.

Felipe Silva pulled one back for Chengdu with seven minutes remaining ‌in the first half and, while Cryzan restored Shandong’s two-goal advantage in the 63rd minute, Wellington Silva’s 79th minute strike set up a tense finish. Wang Ziming’s shot from close range was deflected over the bar in the third added minute as an increasingly desperate Chengdu ran out of time.

That left Dalian to secure the title in front ⁠of their own fans after Yang Mingrui gave the home side a fifth-minute lead. Xadas’ 50th minute penalty levelled the scores for Tianjin but Liao Jintao netted from the edge of the ‌area with 20 minutes left to restore Dalian’s advantage.

Huang Shan then struck from three yards out in the fourth minute of stoppage time to seal the win for Dalian and send the packed-out Dalian Suoyuwan Football Stadium into raptures. And with that, it’s time to hand this live blog over to Simon Burnton… Today’s FA Cup first round fixtures: Stafford Rangers v Grimsby Town Cray Wanderers v Stockport County Wimborne Town v Crawley Town Oldham Athletic v Sheffield Wednesday Plymouth Parkway v Berkhamsted Daniel Pearson has messaged in with a shoutout for his colleague, who is set to make an FA Cup appearance today!

He says: “Shout out to my geography teacher colleague Kyle who plays for Stafford Rangers and is hoping to get picked today for the Grimsby match! Everyone at school is wishing him the best.” On Michael Carrick and Manchester United, Joshua Keeling says: “Tuesday night was brilliant, it felt like proper United.

But if United don’t win today, we’ll be in the relegation zone over the international break, and they will get very twitchy. I’m not sure Carrick would survive that.” Jeremy Boyce has messaged in about some ongoing managerial conundrums: “It’s a grim old November Sunday here in the south of France so I’m hoping the afternoon’s MBM will provide some warming cheer.

“As you say, Carrick is very much under fire and today could indeed see the end of his tenure. As a Leeds fan I am obviously delighted to see The Scumme...er...Man U in such a state of comic disarray, a situation that has been going on so long (since Fergie) it could be turned into many-seasons TV sitcom.

He’s not the only one of course, Palace’s current incumbent Sage is finding it difficult to grab the baton passed to him by Glasner, who himself will be very relieved with yesterday’s surprise win over “struggling” Man C. There must be something seriously suspect about the Citeh “defence” if they can allow mis-firing strikers such as Delap the kind of restorative goals that they coughed up yesterday.

“But they’re not the only managers in the spotlight. Over in the WSL the previously unimpeachable Renee Slegers is experiencing unexpected difficulties getting her Arsenal team of all the talents to put together any kind of results, never mind a string of them.

Languishing in the lower half of the table, the powers that be at the Emirates might decide it’s time for a change if they drop more points away at The LiverBirds (themselves in need of a result) this afternoon. Who’d have thought that 6 months ago?” Manchester City returned to the top of the WSL table yesterday with a 5-0 win over West Ham, while Chelsea dropped points against Everton.

A look at the WSL table… What could Arsenal do next if their WSL form fails to improve? I’m not sure I could see them sacking Renée Slegers at this stage. She could choose to resign, like her predecessor, Jonas Eidevall, did. But if she were to leave, who could Arsenal get in to replace her?

Arsenal head coach Renée Slegers finds herself under increasing pressure, with the Gunners eighth in the WSL table. Following a poor start to the campaign, Arsenal earned back-to-back wins against Tottenham and Benfica. At the time, many thought it could be a turning point, but that view quickly changed last week following a 1-1 draw and more dropped points against Aston Villa.

At this point, the 2025 Champions League winners are at risk of missing out on European qualification. Manchester United also face Aston Villa in the WSL today, although that game is at Villa Park. Here is the full list of today’s WSL fixtures… Aston Villa v Manchester United Liverpool v Arsenal Crystal Palace v Charlton Tottenham v Brighton London City Lionesses v Birmingham City Manchester United fans, what are your thoughts on the current situation at the club?

Would much change if Carrick were to leave? Or does the issue run deeper than just the manager? Do the players have a part to play? Feel free to message in and let me know your thoughts, or leave a comment below the line. Unai Emery is one of the managers linked with the United job, should Carrick leave.

Krishnamoorthy has messaged in to say: “Emery moving to OT will be a case of misplaced optimism triumphing over rooted pragmatism. A statue outside Villa Park is ready to be commissioned and why would a sane person leave a comfortable happening place to a cesspool of mismanagement and chaos?” Manchester United dropped into the relegation zone yesterday.

If they don’t win this afternoon and results don’t go their way, they could fall even further down the table. The question is, if United lose, will it be Michael Carrick’s final game? Now let’s take a look at today’s Premier League fixtures (kick-off at 2pm GMT unless stated otherwise) Ipswich Town v Bournemouth Sunderland v Chelsea Brighton v Brentford Crystal Palace v Liverpool Manchester United v Aston Villa (4pm) Rodrigo Muniz rescued a late point for Fulham in a 1-1 draw against Newcastle at Craven Cottage.

It came after Jacob Murphy broke the deadlock for the Magpies with a brilliant strike. How things stand in the Premier League… At the Emirates Stadium, Martin Ødegaard scored the decisive goal as Arsenal clinched a 1-0 win against Hull City to move six points clear at the top of the Premier League table.

Enzo Maresca blamed his side’s lack of desire and the way they were outgunned in duels for a third successive Premier League defeat. He said: “Today I think [the problem] has been general. It’s not about one player. In the first half we lost all the duels, all the contacts.

Against this team, that is fighting relegation, if you don’t match them… it’s something we need to understand. In this kind of game, if you’re not able to win duels and second balls like in the first half, you struggle. “You need desire and intensity to win second balls and duels.

You require intensity or you struggle and we didn’t match their intensity. The second and third goals are copy and paste, lost duels first in the middle of pitch then at the edge of the box.” Liam Delap scored twice as Nottingham Forest earned a much-needed 3-1 win against Manchester City.

The result also saw City drop six points behind Arsenal in the Premier League table. Reacting to the potential red card incident – which saw Bogle catch the achilles of Tel – immediately after the match, Tottenham head coach Roberto De Zerbi said: “I can’t say something more because I didn’t see clearly the situation.

“I was surprised because in the same position in the second half, two different fouls and two yellow cards ... I don’t know if it was a red card or not on Mathys Tel... And why I’m telling like this, because the parameter of the referee was not good enough, I think, for this both situation.” Leeds United’s 1-0 win against Tottenham yesterday was overshadowed by some VAR controversy.

Jayden Bogle was lucky to avoid a red card following a challenge on Mathys Tel. Spurs have now submitted a formal complaint to Pro Ref. Yesterday’s Premier League results Leeds United 1-0 Tottenham Fulham 1-1 Newcastle Arsenal 1-0 Hull City Nottingham Forest 3-1 Manchester City Hello, good morning and welcome to another Matchday live!

We have lots to look forward to this afternoon before we head into another international break, from Premier League and WSL to FA Cup action and fixtures across Europe. We’ll also look back at yesterday’s action, which saw Arsenal extend their lead at the top of the Premier League table following a win against Hull and a Manchester City defeat to Nottingham Forest.

Join us! Emillia will be here shortly. In the meantime, here is Jonathan Wilson’s column on Unai Emery’s bright managerial future being at Aston Villa, not Manchester United.