This is Early Kick Off from the Men in Blazers media network and presented by our great friends of the pod STōK Cold Brew Coffee, all your global football stories straight from the back pages of Europe's newspapers in around 10 minutes.

On today’s episode: The Premier League is back, and Manchester City suffer their fifth loss in a row in all competitions as Tottenham beat them 4-0 at the Etihad; Liverpool go eight points clear at the top of the league as they defeat Southampton; Chelsea overcome Leicester 1-2 and it is enough for Steve Cooper to be sacked as Foxes boss; Omari Hutchinson fires Ipswich to a 1-1 draw in Ruben Amorim’s first game as Manchester United boss; Barbra Banda secures Orlando Pride’s first ever NSWL Championship title; the conference finals are set in the MLS, as the Seattle Sounders will face the New York Red Bulls; and we take you through the post-game antics at Ipswich v Manchester United.

Football don't sleep, and neither do we.

This episode was made in the UK for Men In Blazers by…

Host: Sammy James

Producer: Mikey Watson

Assistant producer: Elizabeth Barnard

Researcher: Jack Collins

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