Month: February 2024

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentFeb 17, 2024, 04:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER, England — Manchester City and Chelsea played out an entertaining, and at times chaotic, 1-1 draw at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday and afterwards both teams were able to take both positives and negatives. City showed the occasional vulnerability of their high defensive
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Connor O’Halloran Feb 17, 2024, 10:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Liverpool suffered a trio of injuries in Saturday’s 4-1 victory at Brentford, with Curtis Jones and Diogo Jota facing potentially significant injuries while striker Darwin Núñez was substituted with a “small” issue at half-time. The victory was kickstarted by an audacious chipped finish from
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Mohamed Salah scored and provided an assist on his return from injury as Liverpool kept their foot on the throttle in the Premier League title race with a 4-1 win at Brentford on Saturday to go provisionally five points clear at the summit.  Darwin Nunez scored with an exquisite chip to open the scoring, bursting through on goal
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Leaders Inter Milan lived up to expectations as they cruised to a 4-0 home win over bottom-placed Salernitana on Friday to strengthen their grip on top of Serie A. Goals from Marcus Thuram, Lautaro Martínez, Denzel Dumfries and Marko Arnautovic sealed the win that lifted Simone Inzaghi’s side to 63 points, 10 clear of second-placed
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ESPN News Services Feb 16, 2024, 05:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Fan protests halted another game in the Bundesliga when supporters threw tennis balls and sent remote control cars careening around the penalty area during Werder Bremen‘s 1-0 win at FC Cologne. The match was halted for almost 10 minutes early in the second
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Open Extended Reactions Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has insisted he will not block any member of his backroom staff from taking a managerial job amid interest from Norwich City in Carlos Cuesta becoming their next boss. Sources have told ESPN that Norwich have identified Arsenal coach Cuesta as a possible replacement for manager David Wagner,
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ESPN News Services Feb 16, 2024, 02:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Juventus said on Friday their net loss widened to €95.1 million ($102m) in the first half of its 2023-24 fiscal year as their ban from lucrative European competition this season over financial irregularities weighed on the Italian club’s revenue. The result compares with
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Rob Dawson, CorrespondentFeb 16, 2024, 08:33 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Pep Guardiola has said he knew Cole Palmer was “a star player” but couldn’t promise the forward enough game time at Manchester City before his move to Chelsea. Palmer left City in a £42.5 million ($53.5m) deal last summer and has since become a
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Charlotte Gibson, ESPNFeb 16, 2024, 12:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Nike has signed 13-year-old soccer phenom McKenna “Mak” Whitham to a name, image and likeness deal. Whitham becomes the youngest women’s soccer player and youngest athlete in any sport to sign an NIL deal with Nike. “It means everything to me,” Whitham told ESPN.
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Open Extended Reactions Ange Postecoglou has dismissed speculation linking him with the Liverpool managerial job and said he is only just getting started at Tottenham. Rumours circulated this week that the 58-year-old may be on Liverpool’s shortlist to replace Jurgen Klopp, who announced last month that he would end his nine-year tenure at Anfield when
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Feb 16, 2024, 07:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jurgen Klopp has confirmed Trent Alexander-Arnold will miss Liverpool‘s Carabao Cup final against Chelsea on Feb. 25 with a knee injury, but said Mohamed Salah is available for their game against Brentford on Saturday. Alexander-Arnold, 25, initially injured his knee against Arsenal in the FA Cup
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Open Extended Reactions Mikel Arteta has said he believes Arsenal should be targeting the world’s best players including Kylian Mbappé, but admitted the France international appears destined to join Real Madrid. ESPN reported on Thursday that Mbappé has informed Paris Saint-Germain of his intention to leave the club when his contract expires at the end
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Adriana Garcia Feb 16, 2024, 05:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Inter Miami coach Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino has said Lionel Messi has “fully recovered” from injury ahead of his team’s MLS opener against Salt Lake City on Feb. 21. Messi, 36, struggled with a groin problem during Inter Miami’s international tour but started in their
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Feb 16, 2024, 03:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Korea Football Association (KFA) sacked national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann on Friday, after their semifinal exit at the Asian Cup and amid criticism of his leadership. The National Team Committee, a KFA advisory body, had recommended the sacking of Klinsmann on Thursday, with KFA Technical
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