Senior Liverpool players in the final year of its contracts must perform well to secure future deals at Anfield, new manager Arne Slot said ahead of Sunday’s Premier League home game against Brentford. Captain Virgil van Dijk, forward Mohamed Salah, and England international Trent Alexander-Arnold are on deals which expire at the end of the…
Christian Pulisic netted his first goal of the new Serie A season but he couldn’t prevent AC Milan losing 2-1 at Parma on Saturday to leave new coach Paulo Fonseca still waiting for his first win in charge. Pulisic scored one of the easiest goals of his career in the 66th minute to cancel out…
Champions Inter Milan beat Lecce 2-0 at home in Serie A on Saturday as goals from Matteo Darmian and Hakan Calhanoglu secured Simone Inzaghi’s side its first win of the season. Inter, who was held to a 2-2 draw at Genoa last weekend, was well in control of the match and provisionally moved top of…
Barcelona manager Hansi Flick heaped praise on striker Robert Lewandowski after the Poland captain scored a second-half winner to earn a hard-fought 2-1 La Liga victory over Athletic Bilbao on Saturday. It was Lewandowski’s third goal in two games following his double that gave Barca a 2-1 fightback win at Valencia last weekend. “I know…
Second-half goals by Leandro Trossard and Thomas Partey earned Arsenal earn a hard-fought 2-0 win at Aston Villa on Saturday as Mikel Arteta’s side continued their perfect start to the Premier League season. Villa did the double over Arsenal last season, defeats that ultimately cost the Gunners the title, and had plenty of chances to…
AC Milan coach Paulo Fonseca requested more involvement in defence from his players after it were stunned in a 2-1 Serie A loss at promoted Parma on Saturday. Parma shocked Milan with a goal by Dennis Man after 83 seconds before Christian Pulisic equalised in the 66th minute, only for substitute Matteo Cancellieri to restore…
Luis Suárez scored 30 seconds into the match and again in the sixth minute and that was all Inter Miami needed to beat FC Cincinnati 2-0 on Saturday night to become the first team this season to clinch a spot in the playoffs. Inter Miami (17-4-5) avenged a 6-1 drubbing in Cincinnati earlier this season…
Lamine Yamal got the better of fellow Spain star Nico Williams when Barcelona beat Athletic Bilbao 2-1 Saturday in the players’ first matchup since the two young talents led their nation to European Championship glory. Yamal opened the scoring before Robert Lewandowski provided the second goal to give Barcelona two wins in two games to…
Bradley Barcola scored twice as Ligue 1 champion Paris St Germain hammered Montpellier 6-0 in its first home game of the season on Friday. PSG was dominant throughout the encounter at the Parc des Princes to record a second straight win following its 4-1 victory at Le Havre in its league opener last week. “I’m…
A verdict expected in coming months on Manchester City’s alleged breaches of the Premier League’s financial regulations will not affect the players’ performance, manager Pep Guardiola said ahead of Saturday’s home game against Ipswich Town. City was charged in February 2023 with 115 counts since its acquisition by City Football, which is owned by the…
