All news by author: John Cross

Bukayo Saka opened the scoring for Arsenal away at Aston Villa, but was once again on the receiving end of some very targeted treatment throughout the thrilling 4-2 victory

There were two bust-ups between rival backroom staff members after Arsenal left it late to win at Aston Villa in a thrilling Premier League finale on Saturday afternoon

Oleksandr Zinchenko scored his first Premier League goal as Arsenal defeated Aston Villa to regain top spot, but he is refusing to get carried away in the title race

JOHN CROSS COLUMN: Premier League Stories: A Refereeing Legacy is about former EFL referee Jarnail Singh and his two sons Bhupinder - the first Sikh to officiate a Premier League match - and Sunny Singh Gill

Manchester City have been the most dominant team in the Premier League for a number of years but are fighting a new foe in Arsenal for domestic glory this season

Kevin De Bruyne gave Mikel Arteta a push after he came off against Arsenal during Manchester City's victory over the Gunners - which sent them to the top of the Premier League

Gabriel Martinelli has not scored since New Year’s Eve and Arsenal are enduring their trickiest patch of the season, dropping points in three successive Premier League games

ARSENAL 1-3 MANCHESTER CITY: Champions in four of the last five seasons, Pep Guardiola's side aren't going to give up their title lightly and claimed a potentially season-defining victory at the Emirates

ARSENAL 1-3 MANCHESTER CITY: Goals from Kevin de Bruyne, Jack Grealish and Erling Haaland handed Pep Guardiola's men victory in the top of the table clash

Less than 24 hours after their Champions League final defeat at the hands of AC Milan, the club is now the subject of takeover talk with billionaire Jahm Najafi interested

Jordi Cruyff left Barcelona for Man Utd in 1996 and was part of the historic treble-winning squad - but now he’s back at the Nou Camp and ready for a reunion with his former club

Tottenham were beaten by AC Milan at the San Siro and are struggling with injuries - and Harry Kane admits they must find form to save their campaign over the rest of the season

AC MILAN 1-0 TOTTENHAM: Brahim Diaz's first=-half header proved to be the difference on a frustrating night at the San Siro for Antonio Conte and his Spurs team

AC Milan host Tottenham Hotspur in the last 16 of the Champions League at San Siro on Tuesday night, with ex-Inter boss Antonio Conte taking on a manager with whom he shares great mutual admiration, Stefano Pioli

John Brooks incorrectly ruled out an Arsenal goal for VAR against Brentford - which could have implications on the title race - and has been taken off duty for Arsenal vs Man City and Liverpool vs Everton this week

Harry Kane became Tottenham's all-time record goalscorer by netting the winner against Premier League champions Manchester City, who attempted to sign him 18 months ago

Chelsea have spent over £600million on transfers in the last two windows including a £105m deal for Enzo Fernandez - a British record - but the war chest is likely to be smaller this summer

Graham Potter ditched Brighton to join Chelsea earlier this season and has £600million worth of talent to fit into his already high-quality squad after a summer and January transfer splurge

JOHN CROSS COLUMN: UEFA is expanding the Champions League and Arsene Wenger wants a World Cup every two years - with both plans causing worries about player welfare

Tracey Crouch conducted a fan-led review when she was Sports Minister and now the Government is due to publish a detailed White Paper on new legislation for football

West Brom has only won two of their opening 16 matches in the Championship before Carlos Corberan arrived in October - since joining the Spaniard has nine victories and the Baggies are rising the table

Wembley has installed new safe standing areas, which were trialled for an England match in September, and will now be rolled out for hundreds of Manchester United and Newcastle fans

Arsenal have signed Leandro Trossard and Jakub Kiwior already in January but their attention has swung to Brighton midfielder Moises Caicedo heading into the last day of the window

Liverpool midfielder Fabinho avoided a red card during the Reds' FA Cup defeat at Brighton, with the body responsible for officiating in English football now admitting the error

The Blues have enjoyed a remarkable January transfer window so far and it looks like owner Todd Boehly has one more surprise up his sleeve ahead of Tuesday's deadline