Senior football reporter @bbcsport. Follow my work here: https://xitter.cf/t.co/1X44yLbKff

United Kingdom
Joined September 2009
Alex Howell retweeted
HARRY KANE IS THE NEW BALLON D'OR! #ballondor
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Absolutely massive for Harry Kane to win Ballon d’Or. What a player. Well deserved. That performance the other night for Bayern v Arsenal was on another level. He’s getting better and better.
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Alex Howell retweeted
Ranked at the 21st place of the 2026 Ballon d’Or @biel_m04 @Arsenal @CBF_Futebol #ballondor
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Alex Howell retweeted
Equally ranked at the 29th place of the 2026 Ballon d’Or William Saliba @Arsenal @equipedefrance #ballondor
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Alex Howell retweeted
Four-year-old Zach is fighting high-risk neuroblastoma. His family urgently needs to raise £339,000 in less than two weeks to help him access CAR T-cell therapy in Rome at the start of November. More here: solvingkidscancer.org.uk/chi…
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Mikel Arteta clearly not happy about getting a yellow card for leaving the technical area today. He says he has been collecting information and has evidence of one manager leaving the technical area "36 times in 10 minutes and no yellows". He says "he is clipping all of that".
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Arteta on Calafiori: "He had a slight issue, we don't know what it is." Goes onto say that it's something small
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Arteta: "We are very happy with the victory, the performance and the week. We were given a terrible schedule. We have overcome every hurdle and I love the mentality of the team."
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Goal Arsenal! Gabriel heads in the second 2-0
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A yellow for Mikel Arteta he'd been in a debate for a while with the fourth official about staying in his technical area
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Harrison Armstrong has been very good for Everton. The 19-year-old is getting through a lot of work in midfield
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He's back up and going to continue after treatment
Gabriel has gone down in pain after stretching to clear a cross. He waved to the bench but it's not clear if he's going to need to come off
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Gabriel has gone down in pain after stretching to clear a cross. He waved to the bench but it's not clear if he's going to need to come off
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That's a very dominant half by Arsenal. 12 shots and 10 corners but only the one goal to show for it.
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There's been a real threat from Arsenal from set-pieces this half, something there hasn't been all season. That's nine corners this half already #AFC
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David Raya has just been punished for taking too long with the ball in his hands. Everton given a corner
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Ezri Konsa makes it 1-0. Arsenal had had three corners in a row
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Thomas Tuchel inside the Emirates today. Lots of players to watch but a big chance for Noni Madueke with Bukayo Saka injured and after being left out of the last squad
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