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Hearts returned to Celtic Park looking for revenge but were taught a lesson by the side who snatched the Scottish Premiership title from their grasp. After last season's final-day showdown, the Hoops reminded Wouter Vrancken's team what it takes to win the league trophy with a "devastating" performance. It is a result that moves Martin O'Neill's men four points clear at the top of the table with Hearts left in third, a further four points behind Rangers. Encouraged by their second-half showing in Thursday's 3-1 Europa League defeat to Benfica, the manager started with the front three that finished that game in Lisbon. And all three - Benjamin Nygren, Callum Osmand and Camilo Duran - scored in the 7-1 demolition of their title rivals. Celtic were outstanding at times but Hearts played a part in their own humiliation. "That first half was devastating. Hearts, I cannot for the life of me work out what they were trying to do there," said Kris Boyd. "To come here and show the lack of respect to Celtic that Hearts have done today would be a wake-up call for me. "You look at last year, Derek McInnes [then Hearts boss] got criticised for it from a lot of people in terms of just grinding out results. It may be an ugly watch but they were still there. "I don't see any of that Hearts team that's going in the Celtic team. I don't see any of it, so what would make you think you're better than them?" "That there was an annihilation. I mean, I have never seen anything like it in my life." Hearts had only conceded eight goals in the Premiership this season, before shipping seven in 90 minutes at Celtic Park. "I couldn't work out if Hearts were really poor or Celtic were really good. It's probably a combination of the two of them," said former Hearts defender Ryan McGowan. "The amount of times that Hearts gave the ball away in really dangerous areas for Celtic, and there would only be two passes and it was a goal, and they continually did it throughout the whole game. "There is levels to football. Hearts obviously last season went close and this season they want to challenge it and be up there. But you also have to understand the game. "They're 5-1 down at half-time and then whatever the manager said to them went completely out of their ears because then they conceded another goal four minutes into the second half. "It was a really poor performance from Hearts, which you haven't said that often in the last 12 months. At the same time, you've got to give Celtic a lot of credit." It was all too easy for Celtic on Sunday but that did not mean Martin O'Neill was ruling Hearts out of this season's title race after just nine games. "It's easy to be magnanimous after the game but they're still big challengers," the 74-year-old told Sky Sports . "Everything clicked for us today. We might have had two more chances but everything that we hit went into the net. "It was nice to win today because I was concerned after Thursday night, wondering how we feel, can we get ourselves together for it? "You ask any manager or any team, any player, they would say the same thing. Once you've put a couple of goals in front, then confidence just is so strong. "The team played with a lot of confidence but you have to gain that confidence in the first place. And that's what we did today." While Celtic welcome Benfica in the Europa League on Thursday night, Hearts are away to Trabzonspor in the Conference League. "When you're not on top level in the top games, then it's really difficult to get a result," Hearts head coach Wouter Vrancken told Sky Sports . "It's good to analyse it, also the good things. Knowing where we come from and not losing the grip and confidence in what you're doing. We just have to do things better than today. "It was not good enough because of the individual mistakes and the two set plays which killed us at the beginning of the game. "We made mistakes that we wouldn't normally make. That's it. I'm sorry."

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United have just seven points from seven league matches, winning just one of those, which is their fewest number of victories at this stage of a top-flight season for 40 years. Despite extending their winless run in all competitions to six games with the draw at Elland Road, the performance was much improved, with Carrick's tactical tweaks making his side more compact and defensively solid. Neville agreed with the United head coach's assessment that Sunday's performance at Elland Road was a step in the right direction. Speaking on the Gary Neville podcast , the Sky Sports pundit said: "[There's] a depressed standard and a low expectation right now. "But it'll feel like a stepping stone for Michael Carrick, and it'll feel like the first step on the ladder in the Premier League. "They may take some confidence from that, and there might be a blueprint there. Maybe we have to bring Matheus Cunha, Marcus Rashford and others off the bench, and we might just have to have a go at being more solid." United's paltry points return has them sitting 13th in the Premier League after seven games, already five points adrift of fifth place, which was enough for Champions League qualification last season. Neville says there is no need for panic just yet but feels United have to show signs of improvement over the next few weeks otherwise Carrick could find himself in hot water come the new year. "I would say fourth would be a birdie, fifth would be par, and sixth would be a bogey," said Neville of his former club's targets for the season. "But they can't finish outside the top five, because then you're missing out on Champions League and it becomes a vicious circle. "Then you can't get those players because they want to play in the Champions League and you can't get the money from it and you've lost the £60m-£70m and you're in the Europa League on Thursday nights. "Fifth is a must for Michael Carrick to continue to grow and Manchester United continue to grow with investment. "If they're 13th in January, he's got a problem because then you are what you are. Whereas I think it's still early enough, seven points from seven games, to say, 'okay, still early in the season'. You can't say that after 15 games. "It has to change in the next few weeks: Bournemouth is really important and Chelsea away. And how he manages the games in between that. "You've got to say fifth. You know that anything less than fifth is going to be a disappointment and a dropping standard from the start of the season where everybody expected them to finish. "And at the moment, they're well short of that because you look at Brighton, Liverpool, Aston Villa - they look like they're picking up a little bit. It's difficult." Neville has seen encouraging signs from Carlos Baleba's start to life as a Manchester United player and feels the midfielder staying fit is crucial for Carrick this season. Signed from Brighton for £70m at the end of the summer window, the 21-year-old arrived with an ankle injury that has kept him from featuring until he came on in the second half of last Saturday's 1-1 draw against 10-man Tottenham. Baleba has started the last two games, at Atletico Madrid and Leeds, and brought an added steel to United's midfield alongside fellow summer-signing Andrey Santos. "I know he had a difficult season last year at Brighton, but you watch him in his first couple of games or so for United, and he's got something," said Neville. "He's got a bit of strength about him, he's got a presence. "Him staying fit is gonna be absolutely critical, I can understand why Michael Carrick took him off with 20 minutes to go [at Leeds], because he's played [nearly] three games in a week. "Maybe he doesn't play him against Como on Wednesday. We're not throwing the Champions League away, but Manchester United have to beat Bournemouth next weekend. "I just wonder whether that Santos-Baleba partnership is going to stay there for a bit, and let a couple of [the attacking players] float around in front, and be a lot more solid, make sure we're not giving as much space away. "I'm sick of Manchester United's team being easy to play against, and Michael Carrick will be sick of it." Como (A) - Champions League - Wednesday October 21 Bournemouth (H) - Premier League - Sunday October 25, live on Sky Sports Chelsea (A) - Premier League - Saturday October 31 Roma (H) - Champions League - Tuesday November 3 Aston Villa (H) - Premier League - Sunday November 8, live on Sky Sports Liverpool (A) - Premier League - Sunday November 22, live on Sky Sports

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Bournemouth beat Sunderland 2-0 at the Vitality Stadium to pick up their first league victory of the season and move out of the relegation zone.

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Dominic Calvert-Lewin earns a point for Leeds and extends Manchester United's winless run to six games.

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Noni Madueke comes of the bench to score the winning goal as Arsenal beat Nottingham Forest 1-0 at The City Ground.

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Diego Gomez scores a sensational goal from the halfway line as Brighton hammer rivals Crystal Palace.

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"Arrogant" and "not good enough". Nordi Mukiele offered a brutally honest verdict about why Sunderland have struggled so far this season, following their impressive return to the Premier League last term. The Black Cats defender had his say after a 2-0 defeat by Bournemouth on Sunday. It was Sunderland's fourth Premier League loss in a row and leaves them second bottom in the table. Only those inside the club can answer Mukiele's "arrogant" claim after the Black Cats' drop-off in results and performance. They surprised everyone last season by qualifying for the Europa League at the first time of asking after eight years away from the top flight. But have Sunderland been found out by their rivals? Are they suffering the somewhat mythical second season syndrome? Or might they simply be struggling with the added demands of European football? "I think this game is just what we are looking [like] from the beginning of the season," Mukiele told Sky Sports. "We are not good enough. "Why? I don't know. Maybe because we became arrogant, this is what I think." Sunderland head coach Regis le Bris was not quite as damning but still disappointed. "We were below the level, it's really clear. It's hard to take, hard to digest," Le Bris told Sky Sports. "It's very painful because we were not Sunderland and it's not acceptable." After seven games last season, Sunderland had 11 points and were ninth in the table having won three, drawn two and lost two. At the same point this term, they have four points with one win, a draw and five defeats. "We won't find excuses," said Le Bris. "We have a busy schedule. We want to embrace the challenge, but the position at the minute is not good." Sunderland's league form so far points to a relegation battle, but in Europe they have a 100% record after wins over Dutch side AZ Alkmaar and second-tier Portuguese outfit Torreense. They have now lost both games in the immediate aftermath of their Europa League outings, although one of those was an eight-goal thriller against unbeaten league leaders Manchester City. Former Newcastle United goalkeeper Shay Given – who had a loan spell at Sunderland in 1996 while a Blackburn Rovers player – believes the Black Cats' squad may be not sufficiently set up to deal with the extra games after last season's seventh-placed finish. He does see a route out of relegation danger, though. "They overachieved last season, getting into European competition," said Given. "I don't know if the squad is ready for a challenge on all fronts. You need a bigger squad, a deeper squad, and it's going to be a big ask. I'm just looking at the table and they're second bottom at the minute. "I know it's only seven games played, but there are so many games coming up and in a short period of time. It's about the bread and butter in the Premier League - that's the most important thing. You like to think with Le Bris, they'll have enough to be safe." Sunderland spent £161m on 15 new players after gaining promotion to the Premier League in the summer of 2025. In the transfer window this summer, they invested about £60m on five new recruits but their success was probably more in keeping key players such as captain Granit Xhaka and striker Brian Brobbey, who is currently out with a hamstring injury. Whether or not Sunderland's squad is deep enough, heading to Bournemouth to face a side who were without a league win before Sunday and had also just played in Europe on Thursday should have been one they were relishing. Yet Sunderland could not have made it easier for the hosts at Vitality Stadium. One of the recent summer recruits, Kevin Danso – a loan signing from Tottenham Hotspur - was bullied by Evanilson in the build-up to Marcus Tavernier's opener in just the sixth minute. Centre-back Danso was then sent off in the 17th minute for dragging down the Brazilian striker when he was clear through on goal. In the second half, Omar Alderete's weak backpass to goalkeeper Robin Roefs gifted Evanilson the chance to secure the three points for the Cherries. According to Opta, in the Premier League this season no side has committed more errors leading to goals than Sunderland with five. Alderete also became just the third player to commit multiple errors leading to goals this season, alongside team-mate Danso and Hull's Konstantinos Tzolakis. Sunderland have also conceded 14 goals - only Crystal Palace and Ipswich Town have shipped more - which is more than double their goals-against tally after seven games last season. They have only scored six, and their three attempted shots in Sunday's game – all off target - represented the lowest total for any team in a Premier League match this season. It should be noted they have faced Manchester City, champions Arsenal and in-form Brighton, so it has not been an easy start. "It's just the beginning. Football is like this," said Mukiele. "You can accept and just stand up and go back to work. If I believe we can go back to the top again, yeah, I believe about this. "It depends about what we really want and this starts in training because we don't do enough and after you can see it on the pitch. "You cannot lie about football and today I don't want to say we didn't want to win this game, but it didn't look like we want something. "We just have to work hard to be back where we were like last season because right now this is not us - this is not Sunderland." Pre-match, post-match and topical Black Cats content Subscribe and listen for everything you love about Sunderland Latest Sunderland news, analysis and fan views Ask about Sunderland - what do you want to know?

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Bayer Leverkusen come from behind to beat Freiburg Noah Cadiou’s second-half penalty for Lorient prevented Monaco returning to the top of Ligue 1 as they fell to a 1-0 defeat in Brittany on Sunday. Monaco are one of four teams level on points at the top of the table as they were joined by Paris FC , who edged Rennes 4-3 thanks to Lassine Sinayoko’s injury-time penalty. Rennes dropped to fifth, a point behind, despite forward Estéban Lepaul’s hat-trick of penalties in Paris. That left champions Paris Saint-Germain, who beat Strasbourg 3-1 on Saturday, top on goals scored ahead of their cross-town rivals and Lille, with Monaco just behind on goal difference. Lyon have a chance to overtake PSG when they host Nice later on Sunday. Marseille picked up a much-needed win as they thumped Angers 5-2 to pull away from the relegation zone. Le Havre remain rooted to the foot of the table as Cameroon forward Danny Namaso’s double helped Auxerre come away from Normandy with a 3-1 victory. Ibrahim Maza and Patrik Schick combined to score two goals as Bayer Leverkusen came from behind to beat in-form Freiburg 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Sunday. After a shock defeat to promoted Elversberg in the season opener, Leverkusen have now picked up 13 of a possible 18 points and sit fourth, level with third-placed Freiburg – who host Bayern Munich next weekend – on points. Rock bottom Borussia Mönchengladbach are still searching for a first point of the season after losing 2-1 at home against fellow strugglers Hoffenheim . Hoffenheim’s Bambasé Conté opened the scoring with his second goal in two games since a surprise call-up to the Germany squad in October. Wael Mohya levelled for the hosts just after the break but Alexander Prass put Hoffenheim back in front shortly afterwards as the visitors, who host Lyon in the Europa League on Thursday, won just their second game of the season. Cesc Fàbregas’s Como ended their three-game winless streak in Serie A on Sunday with a 3-1 victory at lowly Fiorentina . First-half goals by Mattia Liberali and Nico Paz put the visitors in charge, before Marin Pongracic halved the deficit shortly before the interval. Anastasios Douvikas netted early in the second period to put to bed any hope of a Fiorentina comeback and keep the hosts locked in the relegation zone on four points. Milan leapfrogged Como into fourth as they survived a second-half comeback from Atalanta to win 3-2. Goals from Gonçalo Ramos, Adrien Rabiot and Mario Gila put Milan 3-0 ahead after 58 minutes before Atalanta rallied through Gianluca Gaetano and Nikola Krstovic. Lazio travel to Juventus later on Sunday where a win would take the Romans level on 19 points with Inter at the top of the table. Earlier, Lecce won 3-0 at Udinese , with Kialonda Gaspar, Konan N’Dri and Jamil Siebert all finding the net. An early penalty from Ante Budimir and a late Asier Osambela goal from earned Osasuna a 2-0 win against Racing Santander in La Liga while Celta Vigo won 2-1 at home against Alavés . Later on Sunday, Real Madrid host Sevilla , needing a win to narrow the nine-point advantage held by Barcelona.

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Not only are Brighton scoring more than everyone else in the Premier League, they are netting better goals too. Centre-half Lewis Dunk won the Premier League goal of the month for September with a 35-yard stunner against Coventry. Now, five weeks later, that has already been eclipsed. Step forward Seagulls team-mate Diego Gomez, who shot from the halfway line having seen Crystal Palace goalkeeper Walter Benitez off his line during Brighton's emphatic 5-0 win over their rivals on Sunday. Benitez made a rapid dash back to his goal and produced a desperate dive but could not stop the ball going in just under the crossbar. "As soon as he struck it, I knew it was in. He's taken the club goal of the season off me," joked Brighton skipper Dunk. "That's the goal of the season so far, what a hit," added former Premier League striker Efan Ekoku, part of the commentary team for BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra. "[It was] superbly struck and right over the head of the keeper from the centre-circle." Gomez's seventh-minute goal at the Amex put Brighton 2-0 up and was from 51 metres, the furthest long-range Premier League goal since Wayne Rooney scored from 58m for Everton in their 4-0 win over West Ham in November 2017. "When I scored, I didn't know where to run, or what to do," admitted 23-year-old Paraguay midfielder Gomez. "When I got the ball, I knew the goalkeeper was a little bit ahead. I was very happy with the goal." Former Newcastle goalkeeper and Match of the Day pundit Shay Given said the goal was "reminiscent of David Beckham [for Manchester United versus Wimbledon in 1996]" and added: "I don't even blame Benitez the goalkeeper. "We're always talking about sweeper goalkeepers and you've got to be high up for the through ball and the defence playing a high line. I think his position was fine. "You've just got to take your hat off to Gomez. That is just a brilliant, brilliant goal." Brighton have never finished higher than sixth in English football's top flight, but now have 16 points from seven matches, with fan hopes rising that they could make a real push for Champions League qualification, or even a title challenge. Their tally of 23 top-flight goals is four more than league leaders Manchester City, and more than double the 11 of reigning champions Arsenal. Since the top flight was rebranded as the Premier League in 1992, only three sides have scored more goals across their first seven games of a season - Arsenal in 2009-10 (24), Manchester United in 2011-12 (24), and Manchester City in 2019-20 (27). In the top five European leagues, only Barcelona, with 39 goals from nine La Liga matches, have more domestic league goals than Brighton. With 10 different goalscorers, Brighton, third in the table, have also been the great entertainers of the season so far. They won their opening league game 4-0 against an Aston Villa side that came fourth in 2025-26 and Fabian Hurzeler's team have shown that was not a one-off. Results since have included winning 5-0 at Coventry, 3-0 against Arsenal, 2-0 at Sunderland despite having a man sent off, and now 5-0 against rivals Palace. In the Carabao Cup, they fought back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 at Old Trafford and eliminate Manchester United. In Europe, they have justified their position as Conference League favourites, putting four past both Norwegian side Tromso and Lithuanian champions Kauno Zalgiris. For Hurzeler, the youngest permanent manager in Premier League history when he was appointed in June 2024 at the age of 31, the atmosphere at the Amex could not have been any more different to their previous match with Palace. When the Eagles won 1-0 in February, Brighton were 14th, had only won one of 12 league games with the home fans chanting "you're getting sacked in the morning" at their own boss. Therefore, it is no surprise that Hurzeler is not getting carried away at his side's good form. He was quick to shut down any talk that Brighton could be involved in the Premier League title race and said: "We have to stay very humble. The season will be long. "We have to keep going. We can't be satisfied. We have to keep pushing, stay humble and understand why we are successful at the moment to keep pushing at that level." The rapid rise of a former art dealer to Europe's hottest young manager Hurzeler was also keen to ensure Gomez remained grounded. "It's not simple to score a goal like this," added Hurzeler. "Everyone speaks about his goal, but to me the most important thing is the things we can improve, small easy passes we missed. "It's good to celebrate the win but understand there is still space for improvement especially for individual players. "We don't train shots from 50 metres. Overall, we know he has a really good finish. In these moments it's about being very precise with his long kick. The perception to recognise the keeper and be quick to go to the action was impressive." Brighton fans will have to savour the memories of this win and Gomez's goal as all of their next five matches are away from home. That run includes league games at Liverpool and Manchester City, another trip to Etihad Stadium in the last 16 of the Carabao Cup, as well as Conference League matches in Czech Republic and Spain, against Jablonec and Getafe respectively. By the time Brighton return to the Amex on 8 November to face Brentford, we will have a better indication of just how optimistic the Seagulls fans can be about their season. "I know it's rare, but you look at Leicester in 2016 and Blackburn in 1995 when I was a kid," added Given. "At the minute, you'd say they could upset the apple cart, but obviously it's a long winter coming up. "Being in European competition as well, that will take its toll for sure. But they're having an unbelievable start to the season. Even set-plays as well, they're the best in the league (nine goals scored). "They've scored the most goals overall and kept the joint-most goals out, so that's a good start for any team to do well, isn't it?!" Follow Brighton & Hove Albion on BBC Sounds Pre-match, post-match and topical Albion content Subscribe and listen for everything you love about the Seagulls Latest Brighton news, analysis and fan views Ask about Brighton - what do you want to know?

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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says their substitutes changed the game as they beat Nottingham Forest 1-0 in the Premier League.

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Jimmy Thunder was having none of Crawford Grimsley's chutzpah, none of his mouthing off before their heavyweight contest back in the late 1990s, none of his pre-bout arrogance. Thunder took precisely 1.5 seconds to put Grimsley down - one punch, an overhand right to his opponent's temple. Lights out. Fight over. Statement sent. As Celtic unloaded on Hearts at Celtic Park it was football's equivalent of Thunder's devastation; speed and accuracy and ruthlessness in the face of a challenger akin to a rabbit caught in the headlights. Hearts didn't give it the big one in the preamble to this evisceration, but they set up in the manner of a team who truly believed they were a whole lot better than they actually are. Poor concentration and lack of physicality cost them two set-piece goals inside 10 minutes. The game was effectively over, but the visitors' suffering had only just begun. Celtic score seven in humiliation of title rivals Hearts All the latest Celtic news, views and analysis The pretenders came to Glasgow with a weak away record in the league - two wins in 11 between this season and the end of last, both against Hibs - and tried to go toe-to-toe. Thinking attack is the best form of defence is all very well as long as you can back it up, as long as you can defend competently, as long as you can pass from A to B without losing your mind, as long as you don't concede acreage of space to exploit. Time and again, Hearts rolled out the red carpet to Celtic. A clinical Celtic made them pay for their naivety and maybe their arrogance, too. The footballing version of poor Crawford Grimsley. On their backside before they knew it. Hearts played the highest line with slow defenders, they pushed up the park and left themselves exposed to Celtic's speedsters. That gameplan was not high-risk, it was reckless. Martin O'Neill needed a win after his recent travails and this was a stroll in the park that he could not have imagined. The stats are, frankly, hilarious. If it was a horrific day for Wouter Vrancken and his players then it was every bit as grim an experience for those who try to see sense in numbers. Hearts had more shots than Celtic (20-18). They had more shots inside the box (16-13). They had more possession (52%-48%). They had more crosses (16-10). They won more duels (51%-49%). They had more passes in their opponents' half (244-202). They had more accurate passes (458-423). That last one was laugh-out-loud funny, for Hearts' use of the ball was comically bad. So often, when under a little bit of pressure, or no pressure at all, they passed into space only for Celtic to gobble up the loose ball and launch an attack which usually ended in a big chance or a goal. The home team was slick. Benjamin Nygren, Callum Osmand, Camilo Duran and Haissem Hassan were devastating. Seven did not flatter them in the slightest. It began with those two early goals - Liam Scales showing the desire to win a near-post header from a corner and Kieran Tierney left alone a few yards out to force in, then Dane Murray outfighting Claudio Braga to help it back to Nygren to score. Hassan hit a post when he turned and darted away from Stephen Kingsley. People wondered what was Vrancken going to do to change this. Answer: nothing. When Celtic score seven it seems odd to talk about pieces of defending they did that were significant, but Colby Donovan's cameos warrant mention. Around the midpoint of the first half, Hearts stirred a little. You wouldn't say that they had momentum, but they had a bit of a possession and their hair-on-fire panic of the early minutes seemed under control. Twice in the space of three minutes, Josh McPake - one of the form players in the country - took on Donovan and twice Donovan routed him. Those little duels might disappear from relevance after the deluge, but at the time they were important. The Hearts dangerman had been snuffed out. His morale had taken a hiding. And the stadium loved it. Hearts fell apart at the seams from there. Sabri Guendouz gave the ball away and Duran combined with the impressive Osmand to score number three. Jamie McCart then became detached from his trolley and Celtic scored from that error, too. Osmand, again, but with lovely work from Duran. And easy, oh so easy. Celtic's pace in attack was terrific. Their alertness was outstanding. Their disbelief was there, too. How could a team with a seemingly good coach and a strong squad of players be performing like a pub team? Hearts fans started heading home at that point. They missed the goal that made it 4-1. They won't have shed any tears. Had they gone back they'd only have suffered on. Best get out of dodge as quickly as possible. Soon, it was 5-1, Mika Baur slaloming his way past the comatose figures of McPake and Malachi Fagan-Walcott to dink a shot on goal, helped on its way by Kingsley and McCart, sitting on the floor, all flailing legs, like an octopus who had fallen out of a tree. Hearts' heads had long since gone. They were a broken team, psychologically. The doubt and fear coursed through their veins. The easiest things became difficult. The difficult things became impossible. They had no discipline, no direction. Vrancken spoke later about individual errors and that was obvious, but what else? He was given an opportunity to take some responsibility for the way he set his team up to begin with, but he declined to go there. On reflection, maybe he will. He should. Gung-ho football is fine when it works. Unless it's laced with some pragmatism when facing the best teams in their own backyard then it can blow up in your face, which it did at Celtic Park. Then it was 6-1 (Laurent Mendy the culprit, followed by McCart) and 7-1 (Tomas Magnusson in the frame). Duran and Nygren finished with aplomb. Seven minutes remained. The expectation was that this could still become eight or nine. We like to think this league title race can be a three-horse thing again this season. We want the drama of last time. Hearts played Celtic four times last term. They won two, drew one and lost one. They had nous and resilience before it all slowly slipped away from them. This team has talent but, with their away record as it is, they're not going the distance, or anything close to the distance. Celtic will be buoyed by this. Using it as fuel is the next step. Osmand was a big player for them. O'Neill might have hit on a powerful front three that doesn't involve Kasper Hogh from the start. After some rough days and nights they have some of their feelgood back. Keeping it on the long road ahead is the challenge now.

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After Diego Gomez's halfway-line stunner for Brighton on Sunday, BBC Sport looks at the previous longest-range Premier League goals as recorded by Opta in the last 20 seasons.

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AC Milan secured a third successive Serie A victory at home as the Rossoneri held off a spirited Atalanta fightback to prevail 3-2 at San Siro.

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Arsenal's only shot on target proved enough to snatch victory at Nottingham Forest through Noni Madueke's deflected strike, keeping the champions within touching distance of Premier League leaders Manchester City and condemning Forest to the relegation zone. After 80 frustrating minutes at the City Ground, substitute Madueke cut inside from the left and fired towards goal. His strike deflected off Jair Cunha, wrong-footed Matz Sels and found the net to settle a game in which Arsenal had struggled to turn possession into chances. Arsenal had dominated the ball but registered no shots on target in the first half. Kai Havertz headed wide from a Declan Rice free-kick while Gabriel's set-piece effort was cleared almost off the line by Ousmane Diomande. Forest made life difficult for Mikel Arteta's side, defending resolutely and threatening on the counter. Murillo almost salvaged a point in stoppage time with a superb solo run, driving at the Arsenal defence before curling narrowly wide. Ezri Konsa then made a crucial late challenge to deny Liam Delap. However, despite their opportunities, it was the same old story for Oliver Glasner's side, who failed to find a breakthrough. The result takes Arsenal to 18 points, three behind leaders Manchester City. For Forest, the frustration deepens. They drop into the relegation zone and are still waiting for their first home league goal of the season. 19: Forest threaten - Riccardo Calafiori's mistake gives Forest an opening, but Dan Ndoye shoots into the side netting. 26: Arsenal nearly break through - Gabriel's effort deflects off Saliba and is cleared close to the line by Diomande. 37: Havertz misses - The German heads wide from Rice's free-kick. 46: Madueke replaces Eze - Arteta makes a half-time change. 54: Delap goes close - His effort takes a deflection and goes wide. 66: Arsenal make three changes - Jurrien Timber, Viktor Gyökeres and Mikel Merino come on. 80: GOAL! Forest 0-1 Arsenal - Madueke's strike deflects off Cunha and beats Sels. 89: Forest waste a chance - Callum Hudson-Odoi sets up Chris Wood, but Declan Rice blocks his shot. 90+2: Murillo nearly equalises - The defender drives forward and curls narrowly wide. 90+3: Konsa saves Arsenal - The defender times a vital challenge to deny Delap.

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