Month: May 2022

3:49 PM ET Jurgen Klopp has eased concerns over the fitness of Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk for Liverpool’s Champions League final clash against Real Madrid on May 28 by saying the two players are ‘kind of OK’ after being substituted during the FA Cup Final penalty shoot-out win against Chelsea. Salah, Liverpool’s 30-goal
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8:27 AM ET Aitana Bonmati scored for Barcelona. Alex Caparros – UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images Barcelona completed the perfect season as they beat Atletico Madrid 2-1 on Sunday to end the campaign with 30 wins from 30 Primera Division matches having wrapped up a third consecutive league title in March. Irene Paredes and Aitana Bonmati scored
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2:41 PM ET Liverpool kept their hopes of winning the Quadruple alive with a 6-5 penalty shootout victory over Chelsea in the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday. Cesar Azpilicueta missed and Mason Mount saw his spot kick saved for Chelsea as Kostas Tsimikas scored the crucial penalty. – ESPN+ viewers’ guide: Stream
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5:43 PM ET Thomas Tuchel believes Chelsea face a season-defining week after admitting the U.K government sanctions are affecting the club’s ability to close the gap on Liverpool. The Blues lost the FA Cup Final to Liverpool 6-5 on penalties after 120 goalless minutes at Wembley as Cesar Azpilicueta and Mason Mount missed in the
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9:15 PM ET Talles Magno and Valentin Castellanos scored goals as host New York City FC extended their unbeaten streak to five games with a 2-0 victory against the Columbus Crew on Saturday. Magno scored in the ninth minute and Castellanos in the 57th for NYCFC (5-3-2, 17 points), which has four wins and a
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4:57 PM ET Jurgen Klopp dedicated Liverpool‘s FA Cup win to the neuroscience company that has helped the club improve their penalty shootout record. The Reds won Saturday’s Wembley showpiece against Chelsea 6-5 on spot-kicks after 120 goalless minutes as Kostas Tsimikas struck the winning penalty. – Ogden: Can Liverpool shake off fatigue to win
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5:38 PM ET Lionel Messi is congratulated by Kylian Mbappe after scoring one of his two goals for PSG against Montpellier on Saturday. AFP via Getty Images Lionel Messi scored twice as already crowned champions Paris Saint-Germain cruised to a 4-0 victory away at Montpellier on Saturday. Messi scored in the sixth and 20th minutes to
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11:40 AM ET Borussia Dortmund forward Erling Haaland scored on his last game for the club as they beat Hertha Berlin 2-1 on Saturday in the season finale, forcing their opponents into a relegation playoff. Haaland scored with a penalty to level the score at 1-1 with his 86th goal in his 89th match in
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10:18 AM ET Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski has informed the club that he wants to leave and not extend his contract, Bayern sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic said on Saturday. Speaking ahead of Bayern’s final game of the Bundesliga season at VfL Wolfsburg, Salihamidzic confirmed widespread reports that the Bundesliga’s second-highest all-time scorer wants to
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11:39 AM ET Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich squandered a two-goal lead to end their season with a 2-2 draw at VfL Wolfsburg on Saturday but of more concern was confirmation that top striker Robert Lewandowski said he wanted to leave the club. With Lewandowski in the starting line-up after informing the club of his wish
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9:38 AM ET Alex KirklandESPN FC Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez has said that the club’s financial situation could dictate the future of midfielder Frenkie de Jong — while saying that Robert Lewandowski‘s age wouldn’t count against him as a possible summer signing. With two games left to play in LaLiga — starting with Sunday’s trip
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7:49 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Eden Hazard will stay at Real Madrid next season, manager Carlo Ancelotti has said, with the forward determined to “show his quality” after three injury-hit years at the Bernabeu. Hazard, 31, was a bystander as Madrid lifted the LaLiga title last month — having undergone an operation in
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8:34 AM ET Jurgen Klopp has said Liverpool will not be able to celebrate a potential FA Cup victory because of their bid to win a historic Quadruple this season. Liverpool will face Chelsea in the FA Cup final on Saturday (11.45 a.m. ET, stream live on ESPN+, U.S. only) having already beaten Thomas Tuchel’s
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