Month: August 2021

1:21 PM ET Romelu Lukaku scored on his return to Chelsea as they eased to an impressive 2-0 win at Arsenal on Sunday. Lukaku re-joined Chelsea from Inter Milan this summer for a club record fee of £97.5 million and produced a commanding display on his second debut. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+
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3:26 PM ET Mikel Arteta believes Arsenal‘s injury crisis forced him into picking a team “unprecedented in the history of this club” but urged his players not to feel sorry for themselves after a 2-0 defeat to Chelsea. Arsenal are 19th in the Premier League table after two weeks, suffering a second consecutive loss as
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6:06 PM ET The Ligue 1 clash between Nice and Marseille was abandoned in the second half at the Allianz Riviera on Sunday because of serious crowd trouble, after Marseille players clashed with home fans, who pelted them with objects and went onto the pitch. Nice supporters threw water bottles at Marseille forward Dimitri Payet
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Following the “goal-fest” in their opening day 5-1 win against Leeds United, Manchester United were frustrated by Southampton as they battled to a 1-1 draw. – Man United equal unbeaten record with draw The Red Devils went behind on the half-hour mark when Che Adams’ strike deflected off Fred and past David De Gea, after
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1:28 PM ET Manchester United coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has said the Premier League might start to resemble rugby rather than football regarding fouls if referees continue to show leniency after his side drew 1-1 at Southampton on Sunday. Solskjaer claimed that Bruno Fernandes was fouled by Saints’ Jack Stephens in the build-up to the
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2:38 PM ET Juventus substitute Cristiano Ronaldo was denied a stoppage-time winner by VAR as Udinese came from two goals down to snatch a 2-2 draw in their thrilling Serie A season opener on Sunday. Ronaldo started the game on the bench amid speculation surrounding his future at the club. According to Sky Italy, Ronaldo
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10:54 AM ET Manchester United matched a Premier League record of 27 matches unbeaten away from home with a 1-1 draw at Southampton on Sunday. Mason Greenwood rescued a point for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side with a second-half strike to cancel out Fred‘s own goal. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– Don’t
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10:52 AM ET Harry Kane made his return and Dele Alli was on target as Tottenham beat Wolves 1-0 on Sunday. Manchester City target Kane started on the bench at Molineux amid ongoing speculation over his future and came on with 20 minutes to go as Spurs followed up last week’s win over Manchester City
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1:23 PM ET Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was furious at Burnley’s treatment of his players during their 2-0 win on Saturday and said: “It’s like we’re going 10 to 15 years backwards.” Diogo Jota and Sadio Mane scored as Liverpool started the Premier League season with back-to-back wins but Klopp was unhappy about the number
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12:27 PM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Carlo Ancelotti has said that the possible signing of Kylian Mbappe isn’t a topic of discussion in the Real Madrid dressing room and said his “squad full of stars” can compete for trophies without any further additions. Mbappe has been a long-term Madrid target but Paris Saint-Germain have
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5:54 PM ET Memphis Depay scored his first goal as a Barcelona player as the team came from behind to draw with Athletic Bilbao in their second match of the new LaLiga campaign on Saturday night. Ronald Koeman’s side were under pressure from the start and watched as Athletic’s Inaki Williams tormented their backline even
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8:08 PM ET Xavier Arreaga scored in the 88th minute and Will Bruin tallied the winner in the 89th as the visiting Seattle Sounders FC stunned the Columbus Crew 2-1 on Saturday, sending the hosts to a club-record sixth straight loss. Bradley Wright-Phillips gave Columbus (6-9-6, 24 points) the lead in the 77th minute before
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2:33 PM ET Debutant striker Edin Dzeko was on target as Internazionale got their Serie A title defence off to a flying start, thrashing Genoa 4-0 in their opening match of the season in front of fans in the San Siro on Saturday. Hakan Calhanoglu, who crossed the divide to sign for Inter from city
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