Month: September 2021

8:50 AM ET Juventus beat Sampdoria 3-2 in Turin on Sunday, their first home victory of the Serie A season but the visitors’ two goals means it’s 20 games without a clean sheet for the Bianconeri, Paulo Dybala scored a superb goal before leaving the pitch in tears with an injury as his injury frustrations

7:26 AM ET Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes vowed to come back stronger after missing his stoppage-time penalty in Saturday’s 1-0 Premier League defeat by Aston Villa. Kortney Hause‘s 88th-minute header put Villa in the lead but the defender’s handball gifted United a chance to steal a point minutes later with a penalty, only for

12:41 PM ET Constantin Eckner Hertha Berlin are mired near the bottom of the Bundesliga despite a significant financial injection from Windhorst and his company. What’s going on? Matthias Hangst/Getty Images BERLIN — Some fans believe Hertha Berlin have been cursed since the 1960s. Shortly after the inauguration of the Bundesliga in 1963, Gunter Herzog, the

6:05 PM ET Luke Thrower The summer transfer window is closed for the top leagues in Europe! After a summer full of international football, countless clubs waited until the last minute to pull off their transfers. See all the major deals here and check out how we graded the biggest signings. But just because the

11:03 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has defended his decision to let Bruno Fernandes rather than Cristiano Ronaldo take a stoppage time penalty during the 1-0 defeat to Aston Villa on Saturday. Fernandes missed from the spot to squander the chance to salvage a point for United, who have now lost three of

6:32 PM ET CONCACAF has disqualified Suriname vice president Ronnie Brunswijk from participating in any related activities for three years after a viral video showed him allegedly passing out money to players of an opposing soccer team. Video last Tuesday captured a shirtless Brunswijk, who owns Surinamese soccer club Inter Moengotapoe, handing out what appeared

Liverpool and Brentford played out an astonishing six-goal thriller on Saturday night as they shared the points in a 3-3 draw. Goals either side of half time from Diogo Jota and Mohamed Salah initially put Klopp’s men on track for another win after Ethan Pinnock opened the scoring. Alas, the six-time European champions couldn’t shake

9:24 AM ET Gabriel Jesus’ goal was the difference for Manchester City. Matt McNulty – Manchester City FC via Getty Image Manchester City narrowly beat Chelsea 1-0 in an entertaining clash at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. Gabriel Jesus‘ 53rd minute strike was the difference between the sides, with a Romelu Lukaku goal ruled out for offside.

10:00 AM ET Manchester United were beaten 1-0 at Old Trafford by Aston Villa on Saturday as Bruno Fernandes missed a stoppage-time penalty in their Premier League clash. With the game petering out to a goalless draw, Kortney Hause headed home in the 88th minute to seal the victory for the visitors. – Don’t have

4:00 AM ET Manchester United are looking for alternatives to Declan Rice next summer — ESPN’s Insider Notebook has the latest. PLUS: Why sheep were not to blame for Cristiano Ronaldo moving house. Jump to: Sheep not to blame for Ronaldo’s move | Messi exit disappoints Barca sponsors | Tuchel’s present for former cleaner |

5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Pep Guardiola says Manchester City are missing a goalscoring “weapon” after missing out on Harry Kane. While Manchester United signed Cristiano Ronaldo and Chelsea landed Romelu Lukaku during the summer transfer window, Kane remained at Tottenham Hotspur rather than moving to the Etihad Stadium. – ESPN+ guide: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS,

4:43 AM ET It’s still too early to talk about title-deciding games, after all it’s not even October, but Saturday’s Premier League clash between Chelsea and Manchester City is significant in terms of who sets the early pace. Chelsea are off to a red-hot start, winning four and drawing once in their first five games,