Paul Clement became the sixth Premier League manager sacked this season when bottom club Swansea City ended his one-year tenure on Wednesday but any upswing in results the Swans enjoy will be largely down to luck, according to a leading analyst.

Swansea manager Paul Clement insists his situation is no different from when he took over at the start of the year with the club in deep trouble.

Everton's Gylfi Sigurdsson piled the pressure on former manager Paul Clement with a brilliant strike in a 3-1 victory to leave Swansea rooted to the bottom of the Premier League.

Chelsea will keep faith with manager Antonio Conte for the long term, according to the club's former captain John Terry.

Our man inside the game says English football is upside down when it comes to hiring managers.

What's being said online and in the papers.

...but a bad one for Huddersfield and Swansea.

Daniel Storey reviews the weekend’s Premier League action

Manchester United are set to be boosted by the return of Phil Jones for Tottenham's Premier League visit on Saturday.

Read what the papers say about Ozil, Draxler and Ancelotti

When Carlo Ancelotti was dismissed by Bayern Munich this week, various theories for why he had been rather unceremoniously dumped were presented. What had gone wrong? Had he lost the dressing room? What had changed?

Second-half Leicester goals from Shinji Okazaki and Islam Slimani sent Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool out of the Carabao Cup at the first hurdle.

Daniel Storey highlights the five things we learned from this weekend's Premier League action 

Crystal Palace, Manchester City, Manchester United, Swansea and Watford opposed the deal, while Burnley abstained in the vote.

Premier League clubs have agreed to close the summer transfer window the day before the start of the 2018-19 season.

Transfer deadline day is a serious affair for managers, players and supporters as clubs scramble around to complete last-minute deals.

Bayern Munich midfielder Renato Sanches has joined Swansea on a season-long loan, the two clubs have announced.

Swansea have had a £12million bid for their former striker Wilfried Bony accepted by Manchester City, Press Association Sport understands.

Everton hold a 2-0 lead in their Europa League qualifying play-off tie against Hajduk Split after a first leg at Goodison Park that had to be temporarily stopped due to crowd trouble in the away section.

The English Football League has announced its clubs will discuss closing the summer transfer window before the start of the season, following reports Premier League clubs are pushing for the same decision.

Everton have agreed a deal worth up to £45m for Swansea playmaker Gylfi Sigurdsson.

Arsene Wenger insists Alexis Sanchez has not told him he wants to leave Arsenal.

Paul Clement has insisted that Gylfi Sigurdsson will only leave Swansea if the club's sizeable valuation is met.

Swansea have placed a £50m (€56.4m) price tag on Gylfi Sigurdsson.

Manchester United 1 Swansea 1: As Jose Mourinho surveyed the wreckage of yet another home league draw, he was hard pressed to know where to start trying to resurrect a season that is in danger of spiralling out of control.

Manchester United v Swansea: Jose Mourinho offered a tongue-in-cheek solution to Manchester United’s personnel problems: picking himself against Swansea.

Swansea 1 Tottenham 3: Three goals in a remarkable final 10 minutes at the Liberty Stadium kept alive Tottenham’s faint hopes of winning the Premier League title.

Mauricio Pochettino hailed the "winning mentality" of his Tottenham players after their remarkable 3-1 victory at Swansea kept the pressure on Premier League leaders Chelsea.

Steve McClaren was tonight sacked by Derby for the second time in less than two years after a five-month second spell.

Chelsea 3 Swansea 1: At 29, and with an astonishing 671 senior appearances for club and country already to his name, Cesc Fabregas insists he is facing new challenges under Antonio Conte and has pledged to remain at Chelsea for as long as the club wants him to stay.

Here are the three top talking points from the weekend’s action...

Chelsea head coach Antonio Conte has recalled the agony of relinquishing a commanding lead in a title race which left him unable to sleep for almost a week.

Manchester City 2 Swansea 1: Gabriel Jesus has wasted no time in guaranteeing himself a place in Manchester City folklore, his injury-time winner the second of two goals on his full home debut but the young Brazilian’s stunning impact on English football could not disguise the same old problems for Pep Guardiola.

Liverpool 2 Swansea 3

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, who saw his side suffer their first home league defeat in over a year, was unimpressed with his side's defending.

Swansea 0 Arsenal 4: Arsenal’s Petr Cech is confident a collective effort from the chasing pack will keep the pressure on runaway Premier League leaders Chelsea.

Goalkeeper Petr Cech welcomed Arsenal's 4-0 win at Swansea by insisting every goal could count in the chase for Premier League glory.

Swansea boss Paul Clement hopes his Champions League scouting mission at Arsenal will pay off in a fashion he could never have imagined.

Had things turned out slightly differently you’d be reading about the darts as you, ahem, read. After all, if social media is anything to go by – and occasionally it is – half the nation appeared to be glued to it over Christmas. More drama than a Shakespeare festival and all of that.

Millwall produced the shock of the day.

Abel Hernandez and local boy Josh Tymon struck second-half goals to give Hull's new head coach Marco Silva a winning start against Swansea in the third round of the FA Cup.