Kieran Gill

Brain injury charity hit out at football's refusal to introduce temporary concussion substitutes after sickening head collision between two Bournemouth stars

Sunderland had not started a game with a back five this season. Maresca knows this because he watched back all nine fixtures they had played in all competitions in 2025-26.

KIERAN GILL: After Maresca's comments regarding how much he hates it when opponents surprise him by suddenly playing a back five, Vitor Pereira went one further.

KIERAN GILL: Sometimes, we can forget quite how young this Chelsea side truly is, then an evening such as this occurs in which it is so blatant that it becomes impossible to ignore.

RECAP: Daily Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score, team news and updates as Chelsea host Ajax at Stamford Bridge, whilst Tottenham travel to Stade Louis II to take on AS Monaco.

Daily Mail Sport's KIERAN GILL was at Stamford Bridge and he has picked out some key talking points from the clash.

KIERAN GILL: When Enzo Maresca called for a centre-back signing after Levi Colwill's ACL injury, first privately and then publicly, Chelsea listened and looked into it.

Chelsea slumped to a disappointing 2-1 loss against a struggling Manchester United in the thrashing rain at Old Trafford on Saturday night.

It will take more than a lapse from an attacker who forgot to defend a long throw on his debut to determine that Chelsea were wrong to sign Garnacho for £40million,

Relive Daily Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score, team news and updates as Brentford welcome Chelsea to the Gtech Community Stadium for a west London derby.