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Liverpool boss Arne Slot has said he doesn’t mind Darwin Núñez missing chances like at Aston Villa, but has criticised the striker for his “behaviour” on the pitch afterwards. Núñez spurned a huge opportunity to give Liverpool a 3-2 lead at Villa Park on Wednesday when, with an open goal, blazing his left-footed shot well…
Vinícius Júnior had the last laugh in his fd with Manchester City fans with a pointed post on X after Real Madrid knocked Pep Guardiola’s side out of the Champions League on Wednesday. Ahead of the first leg at Etihad Stadium in the playoff clash, City fans had unveiled a banner that showed Rodri kissing…
Thursday marks the one-year anniversary of Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s 27.7% purchase of a minority stake in Manchester United — a deal that gave Britain’s richest person control of football operations at the Premier League‘s most successful club — but it has been a turbulent 12 months for the club since his arrival. Erik ten Hag…
Relief is a rare commodity at Manchester United – and the only crumb of comfort at present is a scan at the very bottom of the table to the inferior state of play of Wolves, Ipswich, Leicester and Southampton. That in itself sums up the miserable situation of the oft-framed biggest club in the world,…
LaMelo Ball scored 27 points as the Charlotte Hornets upset the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA with a 100-97 victory. The fixture, which was rearranged following the wildfires in Los Angeles, was the first game since the All-Star break. But the rest appeared to do the Lakers little good, as LeBron James and Luka…
After that equaliser by Everton and the wobble at home to Wolves, Liverpool knew that victory against Aston Villa would take their advantage over Arsenal into double digits. They came close. A point was the least they deserved from an entertaining 2-2 draw. That was how Arne Slot saw it afterwards, two points dropped as…
Inter Miami CF head coach Javier Mascherano labeled the conditions as “inhumane” after the team triumphed 1-0 over Sporting Kansas City in the first leg of the Concacaf Champions Cup first round at Children’s Mercy Park in freezing temperatures. “I’m very proud because I think it’s impossible to play in these conditions,” said Mascherano in…
After narrowly losing the first leg of their knockout play-off tie 3-2 at Etihad Stadium, City were a distant second best in Madrid, with Kylian Mbappe scoring a hat-trick as the hosts won 3-1 on the night to ease through 6-3 on aggregate. “We couldn’t defend well with the movement from Mbappe and it was…
MADRID, Spain — Kylian Mbappé sealed Real Madrid‘s 6-3 aggregate victory over Manchester City with a hat trick at the Santiago Bernabéu as the reigning European champions booked their place in the UEFA Champions League round of 16. Real, seeking their sixteenth Champions League title, went into the second leg of the playoff with a…
Real Madrid were able to play within themselves after four minutes, Mbappe’s hat-trick completed with superb speed of thought and foot for his second after 33 minutes then low drive just after the hour. The Bernabeu, surrounded by thousands of fans forming a welcoming committee for Carlo Ancelotti’s side two hours before kick-off, with flares…