Month: October 2021

1:20 PM ET Atletico Madrid returned to winning ways in LaLiga on Sunday with a dominant 3-0 home victory over Real Betis that helped them leapfrog their opponents into fourth place in the table. After two consecutive draws in the league, Atletico had one of their best games of the season against Manuel Pellegrini’s side,
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12:05 PM ET Zlatan Ibrahimovic has said Kylian Mbappe needs to improve his game and “taste blood and walk on fire” to become best player in the world. The Paris Saint-Germain striker has contributed six goals and eight assists in all competitions this season and scored the winning goal for France in the UEFA Nations
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11:23 AM ET Nuno Espirito Santo is under pressure at Tottenham. Photo by IAN KINGTON/IKIMAGES/AFP via Getty Images Tottenham Hotspur are considering whether to sack Nuno Espirito Santo in the wake of fan unrest during Saturday’s 3-0 home defeat to Manchester United, sources have told ESPN. Spurs are eighth in the Premier League after losing five
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1:48 PM ET What if soccer had an all-star game? Scratch that: what if soccer had eight all-star teams representing eight major leagues — English Premier League, German Bundesliga, Italian Serie A, Spanish LaLiga, Major League Soccer, Mexico’s Liga MX, French Ligue 1 and Dutch Eredivisie — and we put those teams head-to-head in a
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1:33 AM ET Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha has been subjected to racist abuse online and the 28-year-old shared screenshots of some of the comments after Saturday’s 2-0 Premier League win over Manchester City. Zaha, who scored the opening goal of the game at the Etihad Stadium, was brought down by Aymeric Laporte which resulted
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3:34 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has said victory over Tottenham will not erase the humiliation suffered at the hands of Liverpool but praised his players for the way they bounced back following a difficult week at Old Trafford. Cristiano Ronaldo, Edinson Cavani and Marcus Rashford scored to hand United a 3-0 win
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11:57 AM ET Manchester City suffered a shock 2-0 defeat at the hands of Crystal Palace at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday. Wilfried Zaha scored early while Conor Gallagher grabbed a late second as City finished the game with 10 men after Aymeric Laporte was sent off in the first half. – ESPN+ guide: LaLiga,
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6:22 PM ET Barcelona striker Sergio Aguero has been admitted to hospital for a cardiac exam after experiencing chest pain during Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Alaves. Aguero, 33, had to be taken off before half-time after being attended to on the Camp Nou pitch by Barca’s medical team for a lengthy period of time. The
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2:20 PM ET Cristiano Ronaldo helped Manchester United to three points at Tottenham. Getty Manchester United got back to winning ways with a 3-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur, courtesy of goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Edinson Cavani, but Spurs fans began to turn on manager Nuno Espirito Santo. United, who lost 5-0 to rivals Liverpool in
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11:55 AM ET Brighton fought back from two goals down to earn a 2-2 Premier League draw at Liverpool on Saturday, as Enock Mwepu and Leandro Trossard spoiled what would have been a perfect week for the Merseyside club. Following a 5-0 victory over Manchester United on Sunday and Wednesday’s 2-0 Carabao Cup win at
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4:22 PM ET LONDON — There was only a short handshake between the managers at the end of Manchester United’s 3-0 win against Tottenham Hotspur, but by that point, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had already passed the baton to Nuno Espirito Santo as embattled boss of the Premier League‘s crisis club. Thousands of Tottenham supporters had
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9:56 AM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Vinicius Junior bagged a brace as Real Madrid secured a 2-1 win at Elche in LaLiga on Saturday. The Brazil international scored a goal in each half as Carlo Ancelotti’s team leapfrogged Real Sociedad to go top of the table. Sociedad face a derby match
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