Month: December 2023

Tom Chambers Dec 27, 2023, 06:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Mauricio Pochettino has challenged his Chelsea players to follow the example set by once out-of-favour winger Noni Madueke, who won and scored a late penalty against Crystal Palace in the team’s 2-1 win on Wednesday. Madueke, who has struggled for game time
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Open Extended Reactions Pep Guardiola said he “hopes” Erling Haaland can return to action before the end of January after saying that the Manchester City forward is still not fit enough to train with his teammates following a recent foot injury. Haaland, 23, has now missed City’s last six games in all competitions after sitting
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An 89th-minute penalty from substitute Noni Madueke earned Chelsea a hard-fought 2-1 home victory over Crystal Palace in a Premier League London derby on Wednesday. Madueke was brought down by Eberechi Eze and, after waving play on, referee Michael Salisbury was called by VAR to the screen where he signalled a foul. Palace’s Michael Olise
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Dec 27, 2023, 09:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Tottenham Hotspur‘s Cristian Romero will miss at least a month’s action due to a hamstring injury and the Premier League club may need to sign another centre-back as back-up, manager Ange Postecoglou said on Wednesday. Argentina international Romero came off at halftime during their 2-1 home
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Julien Laurens, CorrespondentDec 27, 2023, 11:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Paris Saint-Germain have reached an agreement to sign Corinthians midfielder Gabriel Moscardo, sources have told ESPN. PSG sporting director Luís Campos travelled to Brazil earlier this month to watch Moscardo, and the club have now agreed a €20 million deal for the midfielder. ESPN
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Dec 27, 2023, 07:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Vitor Roque landed in Barcelona on Wednesday ahead of his move to the Catalan club and is set to begin training with the first team on Friday afternoon. Roque’s arrival at Barça following a €40 million ($43.6m) deal with Brazilian club Athletico-PR is almost complete, barring
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Dec 26, 2023, 08:27 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona Femení captain and two-time Ballon d’Or winner Alexia Putellas will undergo knee surgery, the Catalan club said on Tuesday. The Spain forward had to leave the national team training camp in Madrid last month because of a knee injury, which also kept her out of
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Rob Dawson, CorrespondentDec 26, 2023, 01:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester City are closing in on the signing of midfielder Claudio Echeverri from River Plate, a source has told ESPN. City have held formal talks with the Argentine side and are nearing an agreement for the 17-year-old midfielder. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga,
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ESPN News Services Dec 26, 2023, 03:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Fulham goalkeeper Bernd Leno appeared to push a ball boy during his team’s 3-0 loss at Bournemouth in the Premier League on Tuesday, but his manager insisted that was not the case. The incident took place in the second-half, when in a hurry
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Cristiano Ronaldo and Sadio Mané scored two goals each as Al Nassr overcame an early deficit to beat Karim Benzema and Al Ittihad 5-2 in the Saudi Pro League on Tuesday. Abderrazak Hamdallah opened the scoring for the hosts, but Ronaldo’s penalty and a goal from Anderson Talisca put Al Nassr back in front before
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Liverpool returned to the top of the Premier League as Darwin Nunez‘s first league goal for almost two months helped them to a 2-0 victory at struggling Burnley on Tuesday. Nunez’s precision finish after six minutes gave Liverpool a flying start at Turf Moor but Jurgen Klopp’s side were unable to kill off the hosts
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Rob Dawson, CorrespondentDec 26, 2023, 10:37 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Sir Jim Ratcliffe has written to Manchester United fans to ask for “time and patience” following the announcement of his minority investment at Old Trafford. Ratcliffe, chairman of chemical company INEOS, has agreed a deal to buy a 25% stake for around £1 billion
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Open Extended Reactions Kyle Walker is among several Manchester City players who have excelled for the club during the 2023 calendar year. Marc Atkins/Getty Images It has been a year of incredible achievements and records, with Manchester City achieving a Champions League-Premier League-FA Cup treble and Erling Haaland rewriting the history books by scoring 52 goals
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Nottingham Forest striker Chris Wood scored a superb hat trick against his former club Newcastle United at St James’ Park on Tuesday to give his struggling side a much-needed 3-1 victory in the Premier League. Forest’s first win under new coach Nuno Espirito Santo lifted them to 16th in the table on 17 points, five
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