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Bayern Munich eased past Werder Bremen 3-0 on Friday with two goals from Harry Kane for their seventh league win in a row, to move nine points clear at the top of the Bundesliga. The Bavarians, who face Celtic in their Champions League playoff first leg next week for a spot in the round of

Open Extended Reactions Pep Guardiola has denied that Manchester City‘s January recruitment drive was motivated by concern within the club that they could be hit with a transfer embargo. City spent £175 million ($217m) on Omar Marmoush, Abdukodir Khusanov, Vitor Reis and Nico Gonzalez in the January window — more than any other Premier League

Feb 7, 2025, 06:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim said his side’s last-gasp winner against Leicester City in the FA Cup fourth-round showed the team believed until the final whistle, but it had “nothing to do with Fergie time.” In one sense, Friday night’s result brought a familiar feeling from

Jeff CarlisleFeb 7, 2025, 01:33 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions PSV Eindhoven on Friday said United States men’s national team striker Ricardo Pepi is likely out for rest of season after undergoing meniscus surgery in the United States following a knee injury

Open Extended Reactions Savinho has said Manchester City‘s FA Cup tie against League One side Leyton Orient is a chance to put the heavy defeat to Arsenal behind them. City lost 5-1 in the Premier League on Sunday after conceding four times in 37 minutes during a chaotic second half at the Emirates Stadium. It

Open Extended Reactions Liverpool head coach Arne Slot has said he hopes to continue working with captain Virgil van Dijk “for a long time” amid continued uncertainty over the defender’s long-term future. Van Dijk, alongside teammates Mohamed Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold, is out of contract at the end of the season and is now free

ESPN News Services Feb 6, 2025, 05:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Spain and Real Madrid legend Sergio Ramos has signed for Monterrey, the Liga MX club has announced. Ramos has opted to wear the No. 93 shirt at his new club as a tribute to the minute in which he scored a famous header

Open Extended Reactions Ruben Amorim has said Marcus Rashford had to leave Manchester United because he could not get the forward to buy into his ideas. Rashford joined Aston Villa on loan until the end of the season after falling out of favour under Amorim. And the United head coach has hinted that, because he

Open Extended Reactions Tottenham Hotspur head coach Ange Postecoglou has described external criticism of his team as “irrelevant” following their 4-1 aggregate defeat to Liverpool in the Carabao Cup semifinals. Spurs took a slender advantage into the second leg at Anfield thanks to Lucas Bergvall‘s late winner in north London last month. However, they were

Open Extended Reactions Liverpool outclassed a blunt Tottenham Hotspur team 4-0 on Sunday to book their spot in the Carabao Cup final, but captain Virgil van Dijk said he was disappointed with aspects of his side’s performance during the dominant win. Goals from Cody Gakpo, Mohamed Salah, Dominik Szoboszlai and Van Dijk saw Liverpool thrash

Open Extended Reactions Manchester City knocked holders Arsenal out of the League Cup after a 2-1 win at Meadow Park, securing their place in the final in Derby in March. In-form Mary Fowler was pivotal for the visitors, who netted twice to ensure City still have a chance of clinching silverware after four losses in

Associated Press Feb 6, 2025, 01:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Portland Thorns of the National Women’s Soccer League and the city’s as-yet unnamed WNBA team will train together at a new performance center in a first-of-its-kind alliance between teams from both leagues. Both women’s teams are owned by the Bhathal family, which also

Open Extended Reactions Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim has admitted that he’s “fighting for his job” in the second half of the season while accepting that the club has taken “a risk” with their approach in the January transfer window. Amorim has lost seven of his 13 Premier League games since taking over as

Feb 6, 2025, 04:51 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Wrexham have shared a Super Bowl advert featuring Hollywood superstar Channing Tatum for their stadium sponsor, STōK Cold Brew. In the advert — featuring Wrexham stars Ollie Palmer, Paul Mullin, Jacob Mendy, Jack Marriott and others — Tatum challenges the team to improve their goal-scoring celebrations

João Félix scored on his debut and Tammy Abraham netted a double against his parent club to earn AC Milan a 3-1 win over Roma in their Coppa Italia quarterfinal tie at the San Siro on Wednesday. Milan, five-time winners of the Coppa Italia, will meet either Inter Milan or Lazio in the two-legged semifinal. Abraham, who joined Milan from Roma in August

Open Extended Reactions Mikel Arteta has called on his Arsenal squad to regroup during their warm-weather training break in Dubai and target a trophy-winning end to the season after losing their Carabao Cup semifinal to Newcastle United. The Gunners were beaten 2-0 at St James’ Park on Wednesday as goals from Jacob Murphy and Anthony

Feb 5, 2025, 05:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Newcastle United captain Bruno Guimarães has hailed forward Alexander Isak as the “best striker around” after the Sweden international helped propel his team to the Carabao Cup final with a 4-0 aggregate win over Arsenal. Isak scored both of Newcastle’s goals in the 2-0 first-leg victory

Newcastle United reached a second League Cup final in three seasons as they overwhelmed Arsenal 2-0 at a feverish St James’ Park on Wednesday to complete a crushing 4-0 aggregate win. Moments after Arsenal’s Martin Ødegaard wasted a chance to halve the deficit, Jacob Murphy tucked away a rebound in the 19th minute after Alexander Isak‘s shot

Feb 5, 2025, 09:56 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Ange Postecoglou has said that he is totally convinced that new signing Mathys Tel wants to be at Tottenham Hotspur after the forward initially stalled over a move to the club before agreeing to join them in a dramatic U-turn on deadline day. Tel, 19, is

Adriana Garcia Feb 5, 2025, 08:59 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Napoli sporting director Gioanni Manna has said that Alejandro Garnacho‘s financial demands to leave Manchester United in the January transfer window were too high for the Italian club. Garnacho, 20, was among the players that Napoli had considered to strengthen their attack in January.