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: Liverpool go nine points clear at the top of the table after beating Manchester City 2-0; Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United secure statement wins; at Molineux, Justin Kluivert scores an unprecedented hattrick of penalties for Bournemouth; LA Galaxy and New York Red Bulls advance to the MLS Cup final; Botafogo win the Copa Libertadores in South America; Emma Hayes’s USWNT faced the Lionesses in London and drew 0-0; and finally, we tell you how many cups of tea Wolves manager Gary O’Neil drinks each day.

Football don't sleep, and neither do we.

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

Host: Sammy James

Producer: George Cooper

Assistant producer: Elizabeth Barnard

Researcher: Jack Collins

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