Soccer

Jan 25, 2025, 02:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester City moved back into the top four of the Premier League with an impressive 3-1 win over Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday. Pep Guardiola’s side issued the perfect response to the demoralising Champions League defeat to Paris Saint-Germain to come from behind against

Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Jan 25, 2025, 05:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Kylian Mbappé said he’s more concerned about Real Madrid winning the league than finishing as LaLiga’s top scorer after grabbing his first hat trick for the club in their 3-0 win at Real Valladolid on Saturday. Mbappé opened the scoring in the

Jan 25, 2025, 10:50 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Mohamed Salah moved up to seventh in the Premier League‘s all-time goalscoring chart with his 35th-minute strike during Liverpool‘s clash with Ipswich Town at Anfield on Sunday. The Egypt international has been in inspired form for Arne Slot’s table-topping side this season and netted his 176th

Associated Press Jan 25, 2025, 12:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester City signing Claudio Echeverri scored two goals and led Argentina’s under-20 team to a 6-0 win over archrival Brazil on Friday in the teams’ first match in the South American championship’s Group B. Argentina scored its first three goals in the first minutes

Rob Dawson Moises Llorens Jan 24, 2025, 10:14 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester United have asked to be kept informed of developments regarding Christopher Nkunku‘s future, a source has told ESPN, while Chelsea continue to weigh-up a formal move for Alejandro Garnacho. Garnacho’s future at Old Trafford is in doubt amid interest from Chelsea

Multiple contributors Jan 24, 2025, 04:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The transfer window is open across Europe as clubs look to do some midseason business. But what are ESPN’s reporters hearing about some of the deals that could be done, and which clubs are hoping to make moves? Every Friday during January we’ll bring

Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER, England — Among the songs at the end of Manchester United‘s UEFA Europa League match with Rangers, the home fans started to sing Ruben Amorim’s name. The Portuguese head coach says he doesn’t like it because he doesn’t yet think he deserves the honour. But on this occasion, he will have

Open Extended Reactions Manchester United said on Thursday that they are “in danger” of breaching the Premier League‘s Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR). The club made the admission in a letter sent to fans groups in response to concerns over rising ticket prices. United have reported losses before tax of £312.9 million over the last

Jeff CarlisleJan 23, 2025, 09:51 AM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions The annual January camp for the U.S. men’s national team has reached its conclusion, and while the full scope of its success or failure won’t be known for some time, the initial

Jan 22, 2025, 06:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Paris Saint-Germain pulled off a stunning comeback to overturn a 2-0 deficit and seal a 4-2 win against Manchester City that revived their UEFA Champions League qualification hopes and left Pep Guardiola’s team facing a humiliating exit. Two goals in three minutes from Jack

ESPN Jan 22, 2025, 10:51 AM ET Email Print Open Extended Reactions Welcome to matchday seven of the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League season! Europe’s premier club competition continues in its new format with nine matches across the continent on Wednesday, providing exciting matchups, top talent and drama. Enjoy the play-by-play from all the games as

Open Extended Reactions Are we witnessing the end of Manchester City‘s incredible period of dominance, and have recent weeks exposed the first cracks in the winning empire built by Pep Guardiola? When the Champions League fixture list for the new 36-team league phase was released in September, nobody could have seriously predicted that Wednesday’s clash

Open Extended Reactions LIVERPOOL, England — It took Mohamed Salah just 34 minutes to weigh in on a debate that had been raging for days in the build-up to Liverpool‘s UEFA Champions League clash with Lille. After the Egyptian’s teammate Curtis Jones, during a grilling by former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand, admitted that he

ESPN Jan 21, 2025, 11:09 AM ET Email Print Open Extended Reactions Welcome to Matchday 7 of the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League season! Europe’s premier club competition returns in its new format with nine matches across the continent on Tuesday, providing exciting matchups, top talent and drama. Enjoy the play-by-play from all the games as

Rodrigo Faez, Madrid correspondentJan 21, 2025, 07:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Carlo Ancelotti has denied that he has made his mind up to leave Real Madrid this summer, saying “I won’t decide my departure date from this club.” Spanish radio station Onda Cero had reported on Monday that Ancelotti — whose contract runs until

Gabriele Marcotti, Senior Writer, ESPN FCJan 20, 2025, 09:14 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Another European soccer weekend is in the books, and as always, we have plenty to unpack. Manchester United turned in another brutal home performance in defeat to Brighton, a result that prompted Ruben Amorim to take the criticism for a team

Jan 20, 2025, 10:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Al Hilal forward Neymar is still recovering from a hamstring injury he picked up in November but is set to leave the club after his coach, Jorge Jesus, recently said that the 32-year-old “can no longer play at the level we are used to” and would

Open Extended Reactions Ruben Amorim thought he was taking charge of one of the world’s biggest football teams when he accepted the role of head coach at Manchester United last November. But now he has pulled back the curtain at Old Trafford, he has discovered the reality of a club that have been allowed to