With less than a week to go until the January transfer window opens, Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea are among the Premier League sides preparing for a busy month of negotiations.The vast majority of clubs are currently struggling with mounting injury problems, and the January window therefore comes at the ideal time for squads to be bolstered and depth concerns to be rectified.Newcastle,

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola believes their 3-1 victory in a “massive” game at Everton will serve as a reminder to their rivals not to write them off.City arrived back from Saudi Arabia as Club World Cup winners looking to correct a record which had seen them win just once in six Premier League matches and drop off the pace in the title race.But while they were away, results w

Steven Naismith believes Lawrence Shankland is well on his way to becoming a Hearts legend after his stoppage-time winner against city rivals Hibernian further endeared him to supporters.The talismanic captain overcame the disappointment of an early penalty miss to score the only goal of a tense Edinburgh derby in the third minute of time added on with what opposing manager Nick Montgomery describ

Mauricio Pochettino praised match-winner Noni Madueke’s determination to prove his Chelsea worth after he came off the bench to score a late penalty in his side’s 2-1 win over Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge.Roy Hodgson’s side looked like they had done enough to earn a deserved point as the game ticked into its final moments, until the result turned after a clumsy challenge mad

Livingston manager David Martindale was left ruing his best side’s chance falling to defender Mikey Devlin as they fought out a goalless draw with St Johnstone.However, the Lions boss insists he was “fairly happy” with elements of his side’s display despite remaining rooted to the foot of the cinch Premiership.Midfielder Scott Pittman and striker Bruce Anderson also passed

Kilmarnock manager Derek McInnes praised his players’ battling qualities after a Marley Watkins goal sealed a 1-0 cinch Premiership win at St Mirren.The Ayrshire side moved four points clear of their vanquished opponents after keeping a clean sheet for a fourth-successive away game.And McInnes said: “We wanted ball carriers and thankfully we had a brilliant passage of play for the goal

Brentford boss Thomas Frank told Nathan Collins he will never have a worse match after his horror show in the 4-1 defeat against the defender’s former club Wolves.Collins arguably had his best game for Wolves – but unfortunately the centre-half left Molineux to join Brentford in June.The Bees’ record signing endured a nightmare evening, handing Wanderers two goals with terrible p

Manchester City survived a testing encounter at Goodison Park as they came from behind to beat Everton 3-1 and climb back into the top four.The newly-crowned Club World Cup winners recovered from going behind to former winger Jack Harrison’s first-half goal to score twice after the break through a beauty from Phil Foden and a Julian Alvarez penalty.Late on, Bernardo Silva curled home into an

Lethal Lawrence Shankland popped up with a stoppage-time winner as in-form Hearts defeated Hibernian 1-0 in a tense Edinburgh derby at Easter Road to tighten their grip on third place in the cinch Premiership.The game looked on course to end goalless after both Shankland and Hibs forward Martin Boyle missed early penalties.But the talismanic Jambos skipper sparked jubilation among the visiting sup

Livingston and St Johnstone battled to a goalless stalemate and a share of the spoils.It was just a second point from a possible 33 for the home side, who have now failed to win in 11 games and are four points adrift at the foot of the cinch Premiership table.With just two goals from their last 10 games, it was perhaps no surprise Livi failed to find a breakthrough during a poor 90 minutes.For St