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Open Extended Reactions If you don’t shoot, you don’t score. It’s a basic mantra you probably heard from your under-8s coach. Well, there are 139 players in the Premier League alone who shoot more than the center forward of Manchester United. That’s right: One hundred one footballers who have played as many minutes or more

Adriana Garcia Feb 17, 2025, 08:24 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Mexico forward Santi Giménez has said he is playing well because of the confidence the coaching staff, teammates and fans at AC Milan are giving him. Giménez, 23, scored for the second league match in a row in Sunday’s 1-0 win against Hellas Verona.

Feb 17, 2025, 02:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FC Cincinnati acquired All-Star Brazilian midfielder Evander from the Portland Timbers on Monday in exchange for $12 million. The Timbers retained a future sell-on and trade percentage and could receive up to an additional $150,000 if certain performance metrics are reached. Evander, 26, recorded 15 goals

Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Feb 17, 2025, 09:44 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Real Madrid executives met with the head of Spain’s refereeing body on Monday, after the club filed a formal complaint over the referee’s decisions in their 1-0 LaLiga defeat at Espanyol earlier this month. Madrid were furious at referee Alejando Muñiz Ruiz

Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Feb 17, 2025, 07:47 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Casemiro has said he would like to stay at Manchester United until his contract expires in 2026, despite a challenging 2024-25 season which has seen the team struggle and the midfielder lose his place as a regular starter. The Brazil international —

Open Extended Reactions Pep Guardiola believes Manchester City have a “1%” chance of keeping their Champions League hopes alive by beating Real Madrid in Wednesday’s playoff round second-leg clash in Spain. Madrid, who won the competition for a record 16th time by defeating Borussia Dortmund in last season’s final at Wembley, claimed a 3-2 first-leg

Field Level Media Feb 16, 2025, 01:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions New York City FC and United States Men’s National Team midfielder James Sands underwent surgery to repair a significant injury to his right ankle and will be out indefinitely. NYCFC on Sunday called the injury “complex” and said it also involved a fractured

Open Extended Reactions Liverpool head coach Arne Slot said he believes his team’s nervy performance against Wolverhampton Wanderers was partly fueled by the frustration of Wednesday night’s dramatic Merseyside derby draw with Everton. Liverpool edged Wolves 2-1 at Anfield, with first-half goals from Mohamed Salah and Luis Díaz enough to earn the hosts the three

Open Extended Reactions James Maddison aimed a dig at Roy Keane after scoring the winning goal in Tottenham Hotspur‘s 1-0 victory over Manchester United on Sunday. Maddison’s close-range finish on 13 minutes settled a low-quality contest in north London, which came at the end of a week in which former United midfielder Keane said: “Maddison

Open Extended Reactions LIVERPOOL, England — Alisson Becker buried his head in his hands. With just five minutes of normal time remaining at Anfield, the Liverpool goalkeeper’s frustration was evident as the ball bounced off teammate Darwin Núñez and wide of Wolverhampton Wanderers‘ net, giving them a goal kick. Liverpool were leading the Premier League

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder James Maddison‘s early goal was enough for his side to end a barren home run in the Premier League by beating fellow strugglers Manchester United 1-0 in an entertaining clash on Sunday. Maddison, back in the starting lineup after injury, tapped in a rebound from close range after 13 minutes to settle

Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Feb 16, 2025, 08:36 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona coach Hansi Flick has warned his players against showing “weakness” by arguing with referees after Real Madrid‘s Jude Bellingham was sent off for talking back to a match official on Saturday. Referee José Luis Munuera Montero dismissed Bellingham in Madrid’s 1-1

Feb 16, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Marcus Rashford has not given up on joining Barcelona, while Arsenal and Manchester United are among the clubs tracking Mateo Retegui. Join us for the latest transfer news, rumors and gossip from around the globe. Transfers homepage | Done deals | Men’s January grades | Women’s

Associated Press Feb 15, 2025, 11:29 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jude Bellingham has said there was a miscommunication between him and referee José Luis Munuera about what was said after he was sent off in Real Madrid‘s game at Osasuna on Saturday. Munuera showed the England midfielder a red card in the the 40th

A wasteful AC Milan breathed a sigh of relief as they secured a narrow 1-0 Serie A win at home against Hellas Verona on Saturday, courtesy of a late Santiago Gimenez goal. The gloom that had set in at the San Siro lifted in the 75th minute when Gimenez headed home after a ball into

Adam Brown Feb 15, 2025, 10:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Arsenal produced a strong second-half performance to secure a 2-0 victory over Leicester City in the Premier League at the King Power Stadium. A quiet first half saw limited chances created for the Gunners, though they looked brightest when attacking through Martin Ødegaard and

Manchester City‘s new signing Omar Marmoush bagged a hat trick in 13 first-half minutes in a 4-0 rout of Newcastle United in the Premier League on Saturday.  James McAtee added a late strike for Pep Guardiola’s side who climbed to fourth place in the standings on 44 points, while Newcastle slipped to seventh on 41.

Feb 15, 2025, 10:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Arsenal match winner Mikel Merino has admitted he was surprised to come on as a striker against Leicester City having never played in the position before, but was hailed as a “real goal threat” by manager Mikel Arteta. Merino, signed as a central midfielder in the

Open Extended Reactions Liverpool manager Arne Slot and assistant Sipke Hulshoff have been charged with misconduct by the Football Association (FA) after after they were sent off amid fractious scenes at the end of Wednesday’s Merseyside derby. Everton and Liverpool have both also been charged for allegedly failing to ensure players and staff behaved in

Associated Press Feb 14, 2025, 08:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions United States defensive midfielder James Sands is hoping a mid-season switch to Bundesliga side St. Pauli can help him earn a ticket to the World Cup next year. The 24-year-old Sands, who joined St. Pauli on loan from New York City FC in January,