Football never sleeps. During any of the 86400 seconds in a 24-hour day, somewhere in the world someone is doing something related to the beautiful game, whether that's scoring a last-minute winner in a high-profile match, posting their expert take on social media or simply booting a ball against a wall with their mates.

It's therefore impossible for any human being to keep up with everything that's going on in the game, and it's often those little yet most intriguing moments, like a fan's alternative viewpoint of a penalty save, or a three-second yet incredibly telling interaction between two arch-rivals, or thread on X explaining why N'Golo Kante is the nicest man in professional sport, which make football so great.

    have created our live blog to help solve that problem, providing the best social media has to offer and the greatest football mini-stories from the last 24 hours.

Virgil van Dijk in Arsenal vs Liverpool

Liverpool showed why they are the reigning Premier League champions as they produced a strong display at the home of current leaders, Arsenal. The Reds went into the match 14 points behind their opponents and expected to taste defeat at the Emirates Stadium. However, they held their own as the match ended in a 0-0 draw.

After the game, Van Dijk took to social media to remind everyone who the reigning Premier League champions are, as he posted a picture of the Premier League champions patch that Liverpool players are wearing on their arm this season. Van Dijk's post has gone viral, with Liverpool fans loving it and Arsenal supporters not as impressed.

Virgil showing the PL Champions patch on his instagram post against Arsenal. 😂 pic.twitter.com/mYm4MBaSIw — Samuel (@SamueILFC) January 9, 2026

January 6: Reporter Details 'Scummy' Incident With Diego Costa

Diego Costa built a career for being aggressive on the pitch and eccentric away from it. But the former Chelsea striker's actions crossed a line in 2020, with a reporter recently detailing an incident following Atletico Madrid's victory against Liverpool in the Champions League.

Helene Hendriks was conducting interviews after the match when the Spaniard deliberately coughed in everyone's face. The story made headlines, as it occurred while the COVID-19 was beginning to spike ahead of the global pandemic, and Hendriks revealed that she was diagnosed with the disease two days after the incident.

Recounting her story, she said: "First I had Virgil van Dijk, then Diego Costa. Do you know what Diego Costa did? He walked up and deliberately coughed in everyone's face. I don't get angry easily, but I wanted to run after him and say: what are you doing to me?

"He actually coughed right in my face. But for the connection to the Netherlands, I was attached to a wire and I was following Diego Costa, so the whole camera fell over. I didn't know what was happening to me; I thought it was absolutely outrageous."

The new information about Costa's behaviour has provoked an angry reaction from football fans online. One wrote: "That's a scummy move spitting." And another echoed that sentiment, stating: "Yeah...thats not nice."

One more followed up with: "That's actually so nasty. Even if it wasn't Covid, what type of animal coughs in peoples faces like that?" And a final individual wrote: "Oh but he’s such a nice bloke off the field. Showing again that’s always nonsense."

January 5: Mark Goldbridge's Reaction to Man Utd Sacking Ruben Amorim

Manchester United sacked Ruben Amorim as their head coach on Monday morning. Popular Man Utd fan Mark Goldbridge was live when the news broke and his reaction has gone viral.

He said: "He's just been sacked. What? Og my hod. Oh my god. They've done a 10 o'clock sacking. Manchester United sack Ruben Amorim as head coach. Oh my god. Oh my god. Darren Fletcher. Oh my god! Oh my god! Oh my f****** god! Oh my god!

"I can't believe they have given it [the interim job] to Darren Fletcher. I said it! I bloody said it! I told you they'd do that! I feel sick! I actually feel sick. For f*** sake, this football club. Darren f****** Fletcher. I can't speak."

January 4: Liverpool vs Fulham Premier League Match Delayed by 15 Minutes

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Arne Slot's Liverpool have travelled down to the capital city in pursuit of three points but their encounter with Marco Silva's Fulham has been delayed by a quarter of an hour. Craven Cottage is playing host to one of Sunday afternoon's 3pm kick-offs, but a medical emergency in the crowd means that it'll kick off 15 minutes later than expected.

As a way of informing fans ahead of the teams getting underway, Fulham took to X (formerly Twitter) to say: "Due to a medical emergency at the ground, kick-off has been delayed by 15 minutes." The title-defending Reds are looking to get back to winning ways after drawing 0-0 with Leeds United on New Year's Day while the south London outfit will also be in pursuit of three points after their recent 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace