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: Manchester United come from behind to win Ruben Amorim’s first derby in charge, and Amad Diallo steals the show; in the title race, Chelsea win and Liverpool drop points at home; Gary O’Neil is sacked as Wolves manager after a home defeat to Ipswich; Southampton sack Russell Martin after Spurs put five past the Saints; Celtic defeat Rangers on penalties in the Scottish League Cup final; Gio Reyna scores for Dortmund; we preview West Ham’s trip to face Bournemouth on Monday; and Brighton has a shadow.

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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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