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Kyle Walker’s awkward departure from Manchester City doesn’t seem to have affected Pep Guardiola’s opinion of him:
I don’t judge one behaviour over a short period of time. He was unbelievable. One of the greatest full-backs ever. I slept like a baby for the games with Kyle there.
There are eight minutes of stoppage time at Brentford, who still lead Manchester United 2-1 after Bruno Fernandes’s missed penalty. You can join Barry Glendenning for any late drama:
Antoine Griezmann is on the bench for Atlético’s derby clash with Real Madrid at the Metropolitano. Rodrygo is on Xabi Alonso’s bench.
Atlético Madrid (4-4-2) Oblak; Llorente, Lenglet, Le Normand, Hancko; Simeone, Koke, Barrios, González; Sørloth, Alvarez
Subs: Musso, Ruggeri, Molina, Pubill, Galán, Kostis, Gallagher, Baena, Taufik, Griezmann, Martín, Raspadori
Real Madrid (4-2-3-1) Courtois; Carvajal, Militão, Huijsen, Carreras; Tchouaméni, Valverde; Güler, Bellingham, Vinícius; Mbappé
Subs: Lunin, Mestre, Alaba, Asencio, F García, Camavinga, Ceballos, Endrick, Rodrygo, G García, Díaz, Mastantuono
Leeds are unchanged from the team that beat Wolves last week as Justin Kluivert makes his first start of the season for Bournemouth:
Leeds (4-3-3): Darlow; Bogle, Rodon, Struijk, Gudmundsson; Stach, Ampadu, Longstaff; Aaronson, Calvert-Lewin, Okafor.
Subs: Meslier, James, Piroe, Nmecha, Bijol, Harrison, Tanaka, Justin, Gruev.
Bournemouth (4-2-3-1): Petrovic; Jiménez, Diakité, Senesi, Truffert; Adams, Christie; Semenyo, Adli, Kluivert; Evanilson.
Subs: Dennis, Soler, Brooks, Scott, Gannon-Doak, Tavernier, Kroupi, Hill, Milosavljevic.
Kyle Walker starts on his return to the Etihad as Manchester City host Burnley:
Man City (4-1-4-1): Donnarumma; Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly; González, Savinho, Reijnders, Foden, Doku; Haaland.
Subs: Trafford, Stones, Aké, Kovacic, Silva, Bobb, Mukasa, Lewis, McAidoo.
Burnley (5-4-1): Dubravka; Walker, Estève, Ekdal, Laurent, Hartman; Tchaouna, Cullen, Luís, Anthony; Foster.
Subs: Weiss, Worrall, Bruun Larsen, Ugochukwu, Edwards, Humphreys, Flemming, Broja, Mejbri.
Andrey Santos is included in the Chelsea XI, while Diego Gómez starts for Brighton after his four-goal haul in midweek:
Chelsea (4-2-3-1) Sánchez; James, Chalobah, Hato, Cucurella; Santos, Caicedo; Estêvão, Fernández, Neto, João Pedro.
Subs: Jörgensen, Badiashile, Gittens, Gusto, George, Acheampong, Guiu, Lavia, Garnacho.
Brighton (4-2-3-1) Verbruggen; Veltman, Van Hecke, Dunk, Kadioglu; Baleba, Ayari; Minteh, Gómez, Mitoma; Rutter.
Subs: Steele, Gruda, Tzimas, Welbeck, Milner, Boscagli, Wieffer, De Cuyper, Coppola.
Alexander Isak starts for Liverpool at Crystal Palace. Team news:
Crystal Palace (3-4-3) Henderson; Richards, Lacroix, Guéhi; Muñoz, Kamada, Wharton, Mitchell; Pino, Mateta, Sarr.
Subs: Matthews, Clyne, Canvot, Sosa, Devenny, Hughes, Lerma, Uche, Nketiah.
Liverpool (4-2-3-1) Alisson; Bradley, Konaté, Van Dijk, Kerkez; Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Salah, Szoboszlai, Wirtz; Isak
Subs: Mamardashvili, Gomez, Endo, Chiesa, Jones, Gakpo, Robertson, Frimpong, Ngumoha.
Let’s check in at the early kick-offs in England, with all of these 12.30pm (BST) starts unless stated:
Premier League
Brentford 2-1 Manchester United (Thiago 8 20; Sesko 26)
Championship
Coventry 2-0 Birmingham (Thomas-Asante 16, Osayi-Samuel 49og)
Swansea 1-1 Millwall (Vipotnik 12; Coburn 45+1)
Wrexham 1-0 Derby (O’Brien 59)
WSL (12pm)
Arsenal 1-0 Aston Villa (Maanum 10)
The big news of the day comes from West Ham, who have sacked Graham Potter two days before their sixth Premier League game of the season – they’ve lost four of the previous five and are 19th.
Nuno Espírito Santo has already signed on the dotted line as Potter’s replacement. First up for him – David Moyes’s Everton on Monday.
Preamble
Hello and welcome to our coverage of the afternoon’s football. We’ll keep you up to date with all the goings-on in the four 3pm (BST) Premier League kick-offs, as well events in the EFL, Scotland and the small matter of the Madrid derby in La Liga.
The 3pm action:
Premier League
Chelsea (6th) v Brighton (14th)
Crystal Palace (5th) v Liverpool (1st)
Leeds (12th) v Bournemouth (4th)
Manchester City (9th) v Burnley (16th)
Championship highlights
Preston (5th) v Bristol City (4th)
Southampton (19th) v Middlesbrough (1st)
Stoke (2nd) v Norwich (15th)
Scotland highlights
Celtic (1st) v Hibernian (4th)
Hearts (2nd) v Falkirk (8th)
Europe highlights
Atlético Madrid (9th) v Real Madrid (1st) (3.15pm)
Mainz (13th) v Borussia Dortmund (2nd) (2.30pm)
Feel free to get in touch with any comments or queries via email. Premier League team news is coming up in about 15 minutes’ time.
