Month: April 2022

12:09 PM ET UEFA on Monday ordered the partial closure of Atletico Madrid‘s Wanda Metropolitano Stadium for their Champions League quarterfinal second leg against Manchester City on Wednesday over the “discriminatory behaviour” of their supporters. Kevin De Bruyne‘s 70th minute goal earned City a 1-0 win at home in the first leg last Tuesday, after
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9:00 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Casemiro has called on Real Madrid fans to stop whistling Gareth Bale, and said “when you whistle a player like that, you’re whistling the history of this club.” Bale was jeered on Saturday when he came on as a 74th minute substitute during Madrid’s 2-0 LaLiga win over
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5:26 AM ET Thomas Tuchel believes it is “almost impossible” for Chelsea to reach the Champions League semifinals but urged his players to dream about pulling off an unlikely comeback. Real Madrid hold a commanding 3-1 lead from the first leg as Karim Benzema’s hat-trick put Carlo Ancelotti’s side in firm control of their quarterfinal
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7:16 PM ET Xavi Hernandez says Barcelona are not dependent on Pedri after the youngster produced another game-changing performance in Sunday’s thrilling 3-2 win over Levante. Pedri, 19, scored the only goal in last week’s 1-0 win against Sevilla and he came off the bench against Levante to score Barca’s second goal as they came
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1:25 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent In his first Premier League start since Jan. 1, Gabriel Jesus showed that Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola made the right call by giving the Brazilian a chance. Matt McNulty/Getty Images MANCHESTER, England — Manchester City and Liverpool played out a thrilling 2-2 draw on Sunday in a Premier League top-of-the-table
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1:23 PM ET Manchester City and Liverpool played out a thrilling 2-2 draw in the Premier League title showdown at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday. Diogo Jota cancelled out Kevin de Bruyne‘s early opener and Sadio Mane rescued a point for the visitors after Gabriel Jesus made it 2-1. The result means that Pep Guardiola’s
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5:18 PM ET Barcelona striker Luuk de Jong scored a header in added time to give his side a 3-2 win at struggling Levante after a remarkable, end-to-end game in which his side gave away three penalties. Barca are the first team in LaLiga to win a match after conceding three penalties and De Jong’s
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7:14 AM ET Merseyside police are reviewing CCTV footage to establish if Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo committed an offence by knocking a mobile phone out of a supporter’s hand following his side’s 1-0 Premier League defeat to Everton on Saturday. Footage emerged on social media of Ronaldo appearing to swipe his hand towards the
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6:00 PM ET While the big game of the weekend saw Premier League title hopefuls Manchester City and Liverpool play out a thrilling draw, there was plenty going on elsewhere: Paris Saint-Germain‘s big three found form, Real Madrid and Barcelona won, Serie A‘s title race had more twists and Arsenal and Tottenham endured contrasting fortunes.
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3:23 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Pep Guardiola has said Manchester City have let Liverpool “have a life” in the Premier League title race after the 2-2 draw at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday. City twice led against Jurgen Klopp’s team, first through Kevin de Bruyne and then Gabriel Jesus but were pegged back by equalisers
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8:43 AM ET Gio Reyna has been ruled out for the remainder of the campaign after picking up a muscle injury. Photo by Tom Weller/picture alliance via Getty Images Borussia Dortmund midfielder Giovanni Reyna has been ruled out for the rest of the season after sustaining a muscle and tendon injury, the Bundesliga club said Sunday.
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