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Gary Neville has said the “severity and immediacy” of Liverpool’s recent downturn is a major concern for head coach Arne Slot, calling it “unacceptable”. Liverpool suffered a sixth defeat in seven Premier League games by losing 3-0 to Nottingham Forest at Anfield on Saturday, their worst start to a campaign since 2014. Captain Virgil van Dijk implored team-mates to “look in the mirror”, while Slot himself insisted he must “look at myself”, given his side have lost 50 per cent of their league games this season and are 13 points worse off than at this stage last term. “What is…

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Tottenham were close to signing Eberechi Eze during the summer but they could not get near him at the Emirates Stadium. This was a brutal exhibition of what they missed out on, performed by a man seemingly on a mission to hammer home the message.Thomas Frank had tried to make light of facing him. “Who’s Eze?” he joked in his pre-match press conference. But Eze was determined to make his mark and did so in historic style, becoming the first Arsenal player since 1978 to score a north London derby hat-trick in the Gunners’ 4-1 win. “It’s special,” he smiled…

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Tottenham were close to signing Eberechi Eze during the summer but they could not get near him at the Emirates Stadium. This was a brutal exhibition of what they missed out on, performed by a man seemingly on a mission to hammer home the message.Thomas Frank had tried to make light of facing him. “Who’s Eze?” he joked in his pre-match press conference. But Eze was determined to make his mark and did so in historic style, becoming the first Arsenal player since 1978 to score a hat-trick in a north London derby and inspiring the Gunners to a thumping…

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Tottenham boss Thomas Frank has apologised to fans for their dismal 4-1 defeat at Arsenal, as Spurs goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario admitted they showed no fight against their north London rivals.Spurs’ wretched loss saw them produce the lowest expected goals by any team in a Premier League match so far this season, with their 0.07 xG surpassing their previous record-low of 0.12 xG registered in their 1-0 home defeat to Chelsea at the start of November. Just 22 days on, Spurs slumped to another abysmal defeat as they slipped to ninth in the table, having won just three of their last…

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Tottenham boss Thomas Frank has apologised to fans for their dismal 4-1 defeat at Arsenal, as Spurs goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario admitted they showed no fight against their north London rivals.Spurs’ wretched loss saw them produce the lowest expected goals by any team in a Premier League match so far this season, with their 0.07 xG surpassing their previous record-low of 0.12 xG registered in their 1-0 home defeat to Chelsea at the start of November. Just 22 days on, Spurs slumped to another abysmal defeat as they slipped to ninth in the table, having won just three of their last…

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Thomas Frank has apologised to Tottenham supporters after their 4-1 thrashing at north London rivals Arsenal on Sunday, but refused to blame his defensive system for the defeat.After Leandro Trossard opened the scoring on 36 minutes, Eberechi Eze scored the first hat trick in a north London derby for 47 years with Richarlison’s sublime long-range strike the only reply Spurs could muster.Editor’s Picks1 RelatedSpurs lined up with a five-man defence and had just two shots all match — ending with an expected goals total of 0.07, the lowest figure of any Premier League team this season.They have now taken one…

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Jude Bellingham’s late equaliser saw Real Madrid snatch a point from a dramatic 2-2 draw at Elche to edge clear of rivals Barcelona at the top of LaLiga.Bellingham poked home in the 87th minute, three minutes after a fine strike from Álvaro Rodríguez against his former club looked like giving Elche their first win in six games.That was the second time in the game the hosts had led, but Aleix Febas’ strike early in the second half was cancelled out by Dean Huijsen 12 minutes from time.The first half was an open contest that somehow ended goalless despite a succession…

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Christian Pulisic’s goal was the difference as AC Milan beat rivals Inter Milan 1-0.Despite a controlled performance from Inter, Pulisic suddenly sent Milan ahead after the break. Cristian Chivu’s side were frustrated further when Hakan Çalhanoglu’s penalty was superbly saved by Mike Maignan.A derby win takes Milan into second in Serie A, while Inter drop to fourth.Inter enjoyed a strong start to the game with Marcus Thuram tested Maignan in the early stages and they nearly had the opener when Calhanoglu fired a corner towards Francesco Acerbi, but his header smashed off a post.Maignon was called into action to deny Lautaro Martinez’s volleyed…

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Mikel Arteta hailed the “aura” that Eberechi Eze has brought to Arsenal after he turned down a move to Tottenham and then scored a hat trick against them.After Leandro Trossard opened the scoring on 36 minutes on Sunday, Eze scored the first hat-trick in a north London derby for 47 years with Richarlison’s sublime long-range strike the only reply Spurs could muster.Eze opted against joining Tottenham when he left Crystal Palace in the summer.Arteta said after Eze’s hat-trick: “Things happen for a reason. And after international duty [with England], he had two days off, and after one day he wanted…

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Iqama duration not linked to passport validity • Some visit visas can be transferred to iqamas KD 800 minimum salary cap for family residency • Self-sponsored iqama fee raised to KD 500 KUWAIT: The interior ministry has raised fees on all residency and visa services, some substantially, confirmed the KD 800 minimum salary requirement for family residence and hiked fees to sponsor dependents other than spouses and children to KD 300 a year. The new fees are listed in the new bylaws of the new residence law, which was issued a year ago. The new fees and decisions were published…

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