Month: October 2020

4:53 PM ET Tottenham Hotspur handily beat LASK Linz 3-0 in their Europa League group stage opener on Thursday night in north London. Spurs started brightly and found their opener shortly before the 20-minute mark when debutant Carlos Vinicius squared for his Brazil countryman Lucas Moura, who beat LASK keeper Alexander Schlager for the early
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6:00 AM ET This week, Mesut Ozil‘s exile at Arsenal has extended to unprecedented levels. The 32-year-old cannot play senior football again until January at the earliest after being left out of the Gunners’ Premier League and Europa League squads for what manager Mikel Arteta insisted on Wednesday night were solely footballing reasons. “My conscience
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4:21 AM ET Paul Pogba’s Manchester United future is the subject of this week’s ESPN’s Insider Notebook. PLUS: Axel Tuanzebe shows captain material. Jump to: Tuanzebe a United captain in waiting | Fabinho set for new Liverpool deal | Hazard warning for Madrid | Tuchel wanted Suarez, PSG said no | Bale’s golf course bail
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1:28 PM ET The Champions League began on Tuesday and if we’re being honest, we know who’s probably going to win. Through one-sixth of the group stage, FiveThirtyEight gives defending champion Bayern Munich a 26 percent chance of repeating, followed by Manchester City (15 percent), Barcelona (9 percent), Liverpool (8 percent) and PSG (8 percent).
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6:22 PM ET Sid LoweSpain writer In the final, tense moments before the clasico, the team came together in the dressing room. Outside, the arena was full: Their fans were waiting for them, waiting above all for the man who crossed the divide and now played for the other team, ready to give him hell.
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2:50 PM ET Arsenal defeated Rapid Vienna 2-1 in their Europa League group stage opening match on Thursday, rallying on second-half goals from David Luiz and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. 1 Related Taxiarchis Fountas gave the Austrian side the initial lead six minutes after halftime but the Gunners came from behind to snatch the win. Luiz scored
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8:03 AM ET Adriana Garcia Porto boss Sergio Conceicao has said he was unimpressed with Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola’s attitude during the Champions League encounter on Wednesday. The two were involved in a heated exchange during City’s 3-1 home win over Porto. – Stream FC Daily on ESPN+ “The attitude of Mr. Guardiola during
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8:04 AM ET Spanish newspaper ABC has issued an apology to Barcelona star Ansu Fati after their match report compared his pace to that of a “black street vendor fleeing the police.” The 17-year-old put in an impressive display in Barcelona’s 5-1 victory over Ferencvaros in the Champions League on Tuesday night, scoring their second.
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5:40 PM ET Jurgen Klopp saw Liverpool edge out Ajax in the Champions League. Photo by Alex Gottschalk/DeFodi Images via Getty Images Jurgen Klopp said Liverpool‘s performance against Ajax was not perfect but he was happy to win the game as his side began their Champions League campaign without several key players. Liverpool were without Alisson,
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1:59 AM ET Tom Marshall Monterrey hold a one-goal advantage heading into the second leg of the Copa MX final. Carlos Heredia/Getty Images Nico Sanchez netted the only goal as Monterrey defeated Club Tijuana 1-0 in the first leg of the 2019-20 Copa MX final on Wednesday in Estadio Caliente, with both teams finishing the game
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4:12 PM ET Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford‘s campaign to extend free school meals over the holidays suffered a setback after members of the British Parliament voted against the provision. England forward Rashford, who has been awarded MBE for his work in tackling child poverty amid the COVID-19 pandemic, forced a government U-turn in July
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