Month: September 2023

Liverpool fought back from a goal down to claim a 3-1 victory at LASK Linz on Thursday in their first appearance in the Europa League in eight seasons. After trailing 1-0 at half-time to a fine strike from Florian Flecker, Luis Díaz helped inspire a second-half turnaround for Jurgen Klopp’s much-changed side in Austria. –
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Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Sep 21, 2023, 02:54 PM ET Spain midfielder Alexia Putellas says decades of systematic discrimination in women’s football continues to force the players to take a stand after Luis Rubiales’ conduct following last month’s World Cup final. Despite Rubiales’ resignation as Spanish Federation [RFEF] president and the dismissal of coach Jorge
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Adriana Garcia Sep 21, 2023, 01:37 PM ET Lionel Messi said he resents not having been recognised by Paris Saint-Germain for his World Cup triumph, especially as all of his Argentina teammates were honoured by their respective clubs. Messi scored twice in the final and also converted a penalty in the shootout as Argentina won
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Sep 21, 2023, 09:26 AM ET Tottenham Hotspur chairman Daniel Levy has said it was a “mistake” to hire Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte as managers, adding that the Premier League club “needed to go back to its roots” with new boss Ange Postecoglou. In March, former Juventus coach Conte became the second coach with
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Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentSep 20, 2023, 01:17 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. U.S. women’s national team defender Julie Ertz said that her looming retirement isn’t because she can no longer play at the highest level, but that her priorities have shifted more towards her
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Arsenal enjoyed a triumphant return to the Champions League with a 4-0 thrashing of outclassed PSV Eindhoven in Group B as their impressive start to the season continued on Wednesday. Six years after their last appearance among Europe’s elite, goals by Bukayo Saka, Leandro Trossard and Gabriel Jesus before half-time paved the way for an
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Rob Dawson, CorrespondentSep 20, 2023, 06:38 PM ET MUNICH — It says everything about Manchester United‘s current state that Bayern Munich didn’t play particularly well in their opening Champions League group game on Wednesday, but the Bavarians still scored four goals, could have scored more, and won far more comfortably than the 4-3 score suggested.
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Rob Dawson, CorrespondentSep 20, 2023, 06:32 PM ET MUNICH, Germany — André Onana says he was to blame for Manchester United‘s defeat at Bayern Munich, while admitting the start to his career at Old Trafford has been “not so good.” Onana made a horrible error to gift Bayern the lead in the Allianz Arena when
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Sep 20, 2023, 12:52 PM ET Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has acknowledged that the decision to bring Cristiano Ronaldo back to Manchester United during his time as manager “turned out wrong.” Ronaldo’s return to United in August 2021 failed to live up to expectations with the Portuguese leaving in acrimonious circumstances and joining Al Nassri in
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Sep 20, 2023, 09:37 AM ET Chelsea are close to agreeing a $500 million investment from U.S. firm Ares Management to help finance the club’s expansion plans including a new stadium, sources have told ESPN. Chelsea have met with various potential investors as they seek to raise funds for further growth projects and Ares, an
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