Craig Burley, Steve Nicol and Ale Moreno break down Liverpool’s standing in the Champions League field. LIVERPOOL, England — Jurgen Klopp has admitted Liverpool are sweating on the fitness of Fabinho after the midfielder suffered an injury during the draw with Napoli on Wednesday. The Brazilian limped off after 19 minutes and was replaced by Georginio
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Ale Moreno details how Manchester United can get the better of Jose Mourinho upon his return to Old Trafford. MANCHESTER, England — Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says he does not fear the sack at Manchester United. United are ninth in the Premier League table after their worst start to a season since 1988 and sit closer
Craig Burley believes Lionel Messi is single-handedly covering up deficiencies at Barcelona. MADRID — “You wanted to have a name and you forgot to be a man,” the banner read. Raised by fans in the Wanda Metropolitano’s Fondo Sur in the pouring rain, midway through the second half of a thrilling game that ended in
9:33 PM ET Dec 3 (Reuters) – Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola does not plan to bring in any players during the January transfer window but says the club must refresh the squad at the end of the season. City did not replace captain Vincent Kompany in the close season and lost Aymeric Laporte to
After Leicester’s late win over Everton, Shaka Hislop tips them to be the biggest challengers to Liverpool. Liverpool will host Everton in the third round of the FA Cup, while Manchester United travel to Wolves as Premier League teams enter the competition, with matches streaming live on ESPN+ from Jan. 3-6. Other third round matches
Gab Marcotti is impressed by how Inter Milan have stayed in the Serie A title race despite injuries. Brescia have sacked coach Fabio Grosso after a string of poor results left the northern side bottom of Serie A, the club said in a statement on Monday. Former Italy international Grosso is being replaced by Eugenio
4:36 PM ET Schalke 04’s Suat Serdar scored an 86th-minute winner as the Royal Blues beat Union Berlin 2-1 on Friday to provisionally climb into second place in the Bundesliga. Serdar’s curled low shot gave the hosts a deserved win after they dominated the second half as gutsy Union ran out of gas. Schalke are
Chelsea suffered their second home defeat of the season as they were beaten 1-0 by West Ham United in the Premier League on Saturday. Hammers full-back Aaron Creswell was the match-winner as he cut inside from the left and fired an excellent right-footed strike finish past Kepa Arrizabalaga in the opening minutes of the second
4:49 PM ET Marseille’s Nemanja Radonjic struck in the last minute for a 2-1 home win against Brest as they moved within five points of Ligue 1 leaders Paris Saint-Germain on Friday. Second-half substitute Radonjic found the top corner a minute after Irvin Cardona had cancelled out Bouna Sarr‘s second-half opener to put second-placed Marseille
Craig Burley believes Lionel Messi is single-handedly covering up deficiencies at Barcelona. Barcelona forward Antoine Griezmann was targeted by Atletico Madrid fans with chants of “die” on his first return to the club. Barca won 1-0 thanks to a late Lionel Messi goal which was enough to see them return to the top of La
Timing is an underestimated quality in football. Without being in the right place in the right time, a glittering career might never get off the ground, and nobody knows about the fates of timing quite like Jose Mourinho. Just rewind the clock to March 2004. Mourinho’s FC Porto are on the way out of the
After Leicester’s late win over Everton, Shaka Hislop tips them to be the biggest challengers to Liverpool. Shaka Hislop says Manchester United looked “average” once again in their draw vs. Aston Villa. Shaka Hislop is left scratching his head with Freddie Ljunberg’s starting XI in Arsenal’s draw at Norwich. Steve Nicol says Liverpool are so
Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernandez has one goal for Sevilla in La Liga. Mexico forward Javier Hernandez has refused to rule out playing in Major League Soccer later in his career. – When does the transfer window reopen?– All major completed transfer deals Hernandez — also known as “Chicharito” — moved to Sevilla in the summer following
The Ligue 1 match between PSG and Monaco has been postponed due to poor weather. The Ligue 1 match between Paris Saint-Germain and AS Monaco has been postponed due to torrential rain, both clubs announced on Sunday. The match was scheduled to take place at Monaco’s Stade Louis II at 9 p.m. but it has
Both English heavyweights shared the spoils on Matchday 5 while Barcelona accounted for Dortmund 3-1. Craig Burley, Steve Nicol and Ale Moreno break down Liverpool’s standing in the Champions League field. Five supporters of Italian Serie A club Napoli were arrested outside Liverpool’s Anfield stadium before their 1-1 Champions League draw on Wednesday, Merseyside Police
8:34 AM ET Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first Juventus goal since October to rescue a 2-2 Serie A draw against Sassuolo in Turin, as the Italian champions dropped points for only third time this season. Leonardo Bonucci fired Juve into the lead in the first half, but an exquisite finish from Sassuolo winger Jeremie Boga
8:17 AM ET Sevilla beat basement club Leganes 1-0 at home in an enthralling encounter on Sunday to climb up to second in La Liga. The win lifted them to 30 points after 15 games, one behind leaders Real Madrid, who have a game in hand, although Barcelona, on 28 points, will climb back above
11:16 AM ET A late winner from Theo Hernandez earned AC Milan a much-needed 1-0 victory away to Parma in Serie A on Sunday. The left back pounced on a defensive mistake to fire home the decisive goal with just two minutes remaining. It was Hernandez’s third goal of the season, making him Milan’s joint-top
11:49 AM ET BERLIN, Nov 30 (Reuters) – RB Leipzig overcame a comeback from promoted Paderborn to hold on to a 3-2 victory on Saturday and climb to the top of the Bundesliga while 10-man Borussia Dortmund spoiled Juergen Klinsmann’s debut as Hertha Berlin coach with a 2-1 away win. Leipzig opened their account in
2:06 PM ET Napoli’s wretched run of form in Serie A continued as they threw away the lead in a 2-1 home loss to Bologna on Sunday. Fernando Llorente‘s strike gave Napoli the lead at halftime, but the visitors mounted a comeback after the break with goals from Andreas Skov Olsen and Nicola Sansone. Carlo