Kyle Walker struck a late winner as champions Manchester City came from behind to snatch a hard-fought 2-1 win over Southampton in the Premier League.

Daniel Storey looks back at the weekend's action.

Daniel Storey reviews the weekend's Premier League action.

Mauricio Pochettino wore the smile of a proud man after his Tottenham team somehow escaped with a point from the Etihad, but beneath that was the stark realisation that his club is in danger of being left behind in the Premier League arms race.

Manchester City have completed the signing of Portugal right-back Joao Cancelo from Juventus, with Brazil full-back Danilo heading in the other direction.

Manchester United may have finished only sixth in the table last season but they comfortably retained their position as the leading developers of Premier League talent.

Archery supplies Ireland’s first interest at the European Games in Minsk, with just one Irish competitor in action on the opening day.

Lost, amid the sublime composure of £75 million Virgil van Dijk, the fan-pleasing marauding runs of full-backs Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andrew Robertson and the promise of Joe Gomez, stands Joel Matip, the forgotten centre-half who may have as big a say in tomorrow’s Champions League Final as any Liverpool star.

Vincent Kompany, 11 years a loyal Manchester City servant and a symbol of the stratospheric changes the club has undergone in that time, scored his first goal in 13 months at the most opportune moment and in the most spectacular fashion last night.

The PFA Team of the Season was dominated by Manchester City and Liverpool players (plus Paul Pogba). But Daniel Storey's selection spreads the recognition a shade wider.

The new stadium which boldly stands only a few feet away from the site of the old White Hart Lane resembles a spaceship which has landed, for some reason, halfway down the Tottenham High Road.

And then there were 13.

Daniel Storey looks at the five biggest takeaways from the weekend’s action.

The most-improved player award isn’t always the most coveted of titles, ranking somewhere above ‘clubman of the year’ but well below the more meaningful individual honours; but for two players at Sunday’s North London derby it is a story worth telling.

Blame the pitch, perhaps, but what what should have been a Monday night cracker between two of the Premier League’s most exciting sides turned out to be something of a damp squib, writes Gerry Cox

Kyle Walker has warned Manchester City’s rivals that the record-breaking champions are determined to pass last season’s tally of 100 Premier League points.

England have reached World Cup semi-final for the first time since the Gazza-led team of Italia 90, which famously lost to Germany on penalties. But how do the teams compare and who makes a combined XI? We take on the challenge...

England defender Kyle Walker believes the pain of defeat to Iceland at Euro 2016 has helped the class of 2018 develop a tough mental edge.

There will be 100 Premier League players in action at the World Cup, spread across 25 international teams.

Manchester City defender Danilo has dismissed the controversy surrounding team-mate Raheem Sterling's gun tattoo.

Gareth Southgate has decided against selecting Joe Hart or Jack Wilshere.

Man City 3 Brighton 1

Daniel Storey on the weekend’s major talking points...

Manchester City have dominated the Professional Footballers' Association's Premier League team of the year, with five players named in the select XI.

Forget the talk of Manchester City ‘crisis’

So Manchester City are champions, and the frightening prospect for the rest of the Premier League is that they are determined to get even better.

There’s something about Liverpool and Europe that seems to go together.

Liverpool 3 Manchester City 0

Our man inside the game struggles to watch international friendles, but this week he tried

Gareth Southgate's men capped a promising display with a deserved victory as an experimental England side secured victory thanks to Jesse Lingard's first international goal.

Manchester City inflicted more pain on Arsene Wenger with a second crushing 3-0 victory over his Arsenal side in the space of four days.

Man City 3 - Arsenal 0: Pep Guardiola has his first trophy as manager of Manchester City and Arsene Wenger may have won his last in charge of Arsenal after the Premier League leaders dismantled their rivals 3-0 in the Carabao Cup Final on a day of bitter contrasts.

Pep Guardiola claimed his first trophy in English football as Manchester City powered to a 3-0 win over Arsenal in the Carabao Cup final.

Johann Berg Gudmundsson struck a late equaliser as Burnley grabbed a 1-1 draw against Premier League leaders Manchester City at Turf Moor.

He may have lost Leroy Sane to injury and been priced out of his quest for Riyad Mahrez but if that represented a bad week for Pep Guardiola in his Manchester City wonderland, normal service was quickly resumed on the field last night.

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Pep Guardiola claims the congested festive fixture schedule might "kill" his Manchester City players and has urged the Football Association to "think a little bit" more about their welfare.

Virgil van Dijk says Liverpool is the "perfect match" for him after his world record move from Southampton was officially completed.

Daniel Storey reviews the football year.

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp admits it was “not nice” shelling out £75m (€84m) for Virgil van Dijk but says he had little option in current market conditions.

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho believes Premier League leaders Manchester City’s spending power has “no limit”.

Virgil van Dijk is ready to prove his worth by helping Liverpool win more trophies after Southampton agreed to sell the centre-back in a world-record £75m deal.

Leicester 1 Manchester City 1 (Manchester City win 4-3 on penalties AET): Claudio Bravo was Manchester City’s penalty hero as they kept their hopes of a dream quadruple alive to beat Leicester and reach the Carabao Cup semi finals.