{"id":30662,"date":"2025-10-26T09:08:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T09:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=30662"},"modified":"2025-10-26T09:08:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T09:08:27","slug":"clasico-buildup-hearts-v-celtic-arsenal-host-crystal-palace-and-more-matchday-live-soccer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=30662","title":{"rendered":"Cl\u00e1sico buildup, Hearts v Celtic, Arsenal host Crystal Palace and more \u2013 matchday live | Soccer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<br \/><span class=\"dcr-90inr0\"><span id=\"key-events-carousel-mobile\"\/><span class=\"dcr-90inr0\"><\/p>\n<p>Key events<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span id=\"filter-toggle-mobile\"\/>Show key events only<\/p>\n<p><span>Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Rick Harris has messaged in about El Cl\u00e1sico:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><em>\u201cSurely Sunday\u2019s Barca v Real game is El Brittannico what with Jude Bellingham on one side and Marcus Rashford on the other. My money is on Rashford as he is in impressive form and Bellingham is not yet fully match fit.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Bellingham or Rashford? That could prove to be the battle of the day\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Scottish Premiership<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Hearts v Celtic<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Aberdeen v Hibernian<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Rangers v Kilmarnock<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>LaLiga<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Mallorca v Levante<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Real Madrid v Barcelona<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Osasuna v Celta Vigo<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Rayo Vallecano v Alav\u00e9s<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Bundesliga<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Serie A<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Torino v Genoa<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Verona v Cagliari<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Sassuolo v Roma<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Fiorentina v Bologna<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Ligue 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Lille v Metz<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Angers v Lorient<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Auxerre v Le Havre<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Rennes v Nice<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Lyon v Strasbourg<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Today\u2019s Premier League fixtures<\/strong> (kick-off at 2pm GMT unless otherwise stated)<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Wolves v Burnley<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Arsenal v Crystal Palace<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Aston Villa v Manchester City<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Bournemouth v Nottingham Forest<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Everton v Tottenham (4:30pm)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Feel free to email in today<\/strong> with any thoughts, feelings, predictions or reactions. Will Arsenal extend their lead at the top of the Premier League table? Will Sunderland stay second? Let me know! Message <strong>matchday.live@theguardian.com<\/strong> with your takes.<\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Newcastle clinched a 2-1 win over Fulham<\/strong> yesterday following a late goal from Bruno Guimar\u00e3es. Jacob Murphy broke the deadlock in the 18th minute before Sa\u0161a Luki\u0107 equalised in the second half at St James\u2019 Park. Guimar\u00e3es then fired the hosts into the lead in the 90th minute. The result left Newcastle 11th in the Premier League table.<\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Ruben Amorim praised \u201cworking machine\u201d Bryan Mbeumo,<\/strong> who scored twice, and pointed to the significance of a third consecutive league win after Manchester United\u2019s 4-2 victory over Brighton at Old Trafford on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">First-half goals from Matheus Cunha and Casemiro were followed after the break by Mbeumo making it 3-0. Yet from cruising United suffered a scare as Danny Welbeck and Charalampos Kostoulas scored \u2013 the latter in added time before Mbeumo\u2019s second close to the final whistle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Amorim was asked about Mbeumo\u2019s import and his role in recruiting him in the summer. \u201cHe\u2019s a working machine. He\u2019s so good in transitions. He\u2019s improving when we are organising the final third,\u201d said the head coach, before praising his connection with Amad Diallo at right wing-back. \u201c[It] is really hard to beat these two guys because they change positions, they are really fast, they are good in one against one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cMy role was as a manager to explain what I want from him but it was more the club and you guys. We can struggle a lot but it\u2019s Manchester United. When Manchester United is there and when we feel that this player wants to come here, no matter what, no matter what the position, no matter if it\u2019s Champions League or not, we also give everything to bring these kind of guys and that was the case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Bryan Mbeumo celebrates scoring Manchester United\u2019s fourth goal against Brighton.<\/span> Photograph: Phil Noble\/ReutersShare<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">While Liverpool suffered their fourth consecutive Premier League defeat yesterday, Manchester United earned their third successive win. <strong>The Red Devils managed a 4-2 victory over Brighton<\/strong> at Old Trafford thanks to goals from Matheus Cunha, Casemiro and a brace from Bryan Mbeumo.<\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Also in the Premier League yesterday, <strong>Sunderland clinched a 2-1 win over Chelsea<\/strong> at Stamford Bridge thanks to a late strike from Chemsdine Talbi. The Blues had taken a 1-0 lead in the early stages thanks to Alejandro Garnacho before Wilson Isidor levelled things up in the 22nd minute.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Talbi then scored the winner for the visitors in added time.<\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Arne Slot admitted that Saturday\u2019s defeat by Brentford was \u201cup there\u201d as perhaps the most disappointed he has been<\/strong> in his time as Liverpool manager, and acknowledged that opponents seem to have worked out how to play against them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cTeams have a certain playing style against us, which is a very good strategy to play,\u201d said Slot, \u201cand we haven\u2019t found an answer yet, and that every time going 1-0 down doesn\u2019t really help as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">In the late game yesterday, <strong>Liverpool fell to their fourth consecutive Premier League defeat <\/strong>which left them sixth in the table. The Reds suffered a 3-2 loss to Brentford at the Gtech Community Stadium despite a late fightback.<\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<p>Updated at\u00a004.14 EDT<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1wl2b6o\">Preamble<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Hello, good morning and welcome to another Matchday live! We\u2019ve got five Premier League fixtures to look forward to this afternoon, with the likes of Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham all in action. Also on the agenda is the small matter of El Cl\u00e1sico as Barcelona travel to face Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu in LaLiga, while in the Scottish Premiership league leaders Hearts take on reigning champions Celtic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">But before we focus on those games, let\u2019s take a quick moment to recap yesterday\u2019s results \u2013 some of which were huge upsets.<\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<p>Updated at\u00a005.04 EDT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Rick Harris has messaged in about El Cl\u00e1sico: \u201cSurely Sunday\u2019s Barca v Real game is El Brittannico what with Jude Bellingham on one side and Marcus Rashford on the other. My money is on Rashford as he is in impressive form<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[3366,4485,17737,17953,7627,6542,6684,132,8422,7628,1544],"class_list":{"0":"post-30662","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-arsenal","9":"tag-buildup","10":"tag-celtic","11":"tag-clasico","12":"tag-crystal","13":"tag-hearts","14":"tag-host","15":"tag-live","16":"tag-matchday","17":"tag-palace","18":"tag-soccer"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}