Month: April 2024

Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Apr 8, 2024, 07:48 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Antonio Rüdiger said dealing with “super striker” Erling Haaland in Real Madrid’s Champions League quarterfinal with Manchester City is “personal” for him as a defender, as Madrid look for revenge for City eliminating them from last season’s competition. Rüdiger dealt well with
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Apr 8, 2024, 09:06 AM ET Open Extended Reactions An independent panel has handed Everton a two-point deduction on Monday for breaching the Premier League’s profit and sustainability (PSR) rules, the second time the club has faced a points deduction this season. Premier League regulations stipulate that a club can lose no more than £105
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Apr 8, 2024, 05:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Casemiro has admitted that Manchester United‘s form this season has caused him to suffer sleepless nights and added that the club need to adopt a “day to day” mentality and not get distracted by the race for the title or Champions League places. United have been
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Associated Press Apr 8, 2024, 02:38 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Teenage striker Endrick has won another title with Brazilian club Palmeiras before he leaves to join Real Madrid in the summer. The 17-year-old helped his team secure its third consecutive Sao Paulo state championship with a 2-0 win Sunday over local rival Santos. –
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Apr 8, 2024, 03:16 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino said his squad lacks the maturity to compete every three days in the Premier League after they were held 2-2 by Sheffield United on Sunday. Chelsea, who beat Manchester United 4-3 at home on Thursday, opened the scoring at Bramall Lane through
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Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentApr 7, 2024, 03:14 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions Flamengo’s Under-17 team has withdrawn from the GA Cup, and will not participate in Sunday’s third place match, MLS Next announced on Sunday. A league source tells ESPN that
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Sheffield United striker Ollie McBurnie snatched a stoppage-team equaliser to secure a 2-2 draw at home to Chelsea in his side’s battle for Premier League survival on Sunday. The Blades remain bottom of the table on 16 points with seven games left, while Chelsea are ninth on 44 after extending their unbeaten run to seven
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Apr 7, 2024, 05:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Fenerbahce players walked off the pitch after one minute of Sunday’s Turkish Super Cup match against Galatasaray, forcing the game to be abandoned and conceding the trophy. Fenerbahce, who fielded their Under-19 team, withdrew from the rearranged match in Sanliurfa about 1,000 km from Istanbul after
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Pedro Porro’s strike sealed the three points for Tottenham on Sunday. Tottenham boosted their Champions League qualification hopes with a 3-1 home win over relegation-battling Nottingham Forest on Sunday to move into fourth in the Premier League. Second-half goals from Micky van de Ven and Pedro Porro, after Forest’s Chris Wood had cancelled out Murillo‘s
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Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United‘s biggest achievement this season could ultimately be little more than denying Jurgen Klopp a title-winning farewell as Liverpool manager. But if that’s the case, they will have absolutely no idea how they did it. In three games against their bitter rivals this season — twice in the
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Igor Paixão (centre) bagged a brace for Feyenoord against Ajax on Sunday. Ajax’s dismal season took a further turn for the worse on Sunday after they were thrashed 6-0 by rivals Feyenoord in the Eredelvise. The clash between these two sides, dubbed De Klassieker (The Classic), is the standout fixture of the Dutch league but
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Apr 7, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Mikel Arteta has said that Kai Havertz is having a “huge impact” on the Arsenal team after the north London club continued their Premier League title bid with a 3-0 win over Brighton at the American Express Stadium on Saturday. After a difficult start to his
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Florian Wirtz’s penalty proved the difference for Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday. Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen battled past Union Berlin 1-0 on Saturday to equal a league record unbeaten run of 28 consecutive matches and all but secure their first league title with a 16-point advantage at the top and six matches remaining. Xabi Alonso’s team,
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