Even after all these years, it’s still hard to look at Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and not see him as a puckish little boy who’s just been caught scrumping for apples. It is a key part of his immense charm and ongoing appeal, of course.

Wayne Rooney was arrested in the US accused of public intoxication, police have said.

Holders Chelsea are safely through to the fourth round of the FA Cup but Premier League Cardiff were victims of a giant-killing act by Gillingham.

It’s easy to believe the FA Cup has lost a bit of its shine after Arsene Wenger lifted the famous trophy three times in four years but still lost his job because it was the ‘only’ thing he won; but that doesn’t mean there aren’t clubs going into this year’s third round desperate to reach Wembley.

Unai Emery and his intense passion for winning football is single-handedly dragging Arsenal back into the forefront of the game.

The criticism of Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United mounts by the week — lots of it from the manager himself — but as Anthony Martial and Jesse Lingard came up with crucial equalisers last night, a t least his players at least showed there can be no questioning their durability.

Great football between great teams can be enthralling. Football between one great team and one poor team can be enjoyable too, although usually provokes interest rather than intrigue. Football between two poor teams is often hugely entertaining, although not always aesthetically. But for the perfect football recipe, you need good players doing things badly, writes Daniel Storey.

2018: #ThisHappened on Twitter

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has stressed he does not think the club need a miracle to finish in the Premier League’s top four this season — while admitting the target for the end of December has changed.

Jonathan Sexton has got a lot right in rugby but he couldn’t have been more wrong about Joe Schmidt.

Even at a club where there are many great European nights to choose from, this feels a bit special. Liverpool’s match against Napoli tonight, for a place in the Champions League knockout stages, has the potential to be one of those great occasions that will be talked about for years.

River Plate won the Copa Libertadores by coming from behind to beat rivals Boca Juniors 3-1 in extra-time of their controversially rearranged final in Madrid.

A hat-trick from striker Mohamed Salah has given Liverpool a win at Bournemouth to propel them to the top of the Premier League for a few hours at least.

Arsenal defender Rob Holding to set to miss the rest of the season after he sustained cruciate ligament damage.

After a week when Ballon d’Or winner Ada Hegerberg was asked to twerk, Larry Ryan visits the Tipperary club leading the way when it comes to respect and equality.

Jose Mourinho’s agent Jorge Mendes insists his client is “fully committed” to Manchester United and has no intention of leaving Old Trafford any time soon.

After 15 matches of the Premier League season, the leaders have a two-point lead. Last season at this stage, Manchester City had an eight-point cushion. In 2016/17, the gap at the top was three points. In fact, the last time the Premier League leaders had a smaller points gap to second at this stage of the season was in December 2008. By those standards, we have the makings of a titanic title tussle.

Larry Ryan offers some thoughts on the football week.

Here's your morning bulletin.

With questions over his future at Tottenham continuing top the agenda, manager Mauricio Pochettino said yesterday he believes the Londoners are still battling against a negative external perception.