Where does football go as it moves on from Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo?
Full Results (Matchday 18) Manchester United 1–0 Newcastle Nottingham Forest 1–2 Manchester City Arsenal 2–1 Brighton Brentford 4–1 Bournemouth Burnley 0–0 Everton Liverpool 2–1 Wolves West Ham 0–1 Fulham Chelsea 1–2 Aston Villa Sunderland 1–1 Leeds Crystal Palace 0–1 Tottenham Game of the Matchday Chelsea 1 –2 Aston Villa For 45 minutes, Chelsea actually looked like the team with a plan. They controlled the tempo, Joao Pedro kept drifting into dangerous pockets, and Aston Villa were strangely flat, almost a throwback to their early-season selves. But this Villa side has learned the most valuable habit in football: winning even when they’re nowhere near their best. They didn’t register a single shot in the first half, yet the moment Unai Emery finally rolled the dice and introduced Ollie Watkins, the entire game flipped on its head. What followed was a ruthless lesson in efficiency. Chelsea had...