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LAFC’s 2024 season will continue after a chess match against the Vancouver Whitecaps in Los Angeles on Friday night.
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‘We didn’t give Mauricio the credit he deserved’: Hugo Lloris on Pochettino, Levy, Spurs and the USA
Former Tottenham and France captain discusses ups and downs at Spurs, Ange Postecoglou and his new life in LA
Hugo Lloris lived in the intense pressure cooker of international football and the Premier League for so long that there is lightness and even relief as he describes how today began for him in Los Angeles. “I woke up this morning and had breakfast with my kids,” he says with a grin as he chats away happily at home. “I then took them to school and obviously the weather is amazing. Just before our interview I went for a walk and I was still in shorts and a T-shirt … in November.”
Lloris laughs in mild disbelief. We speak on Monday, the day before America goes to the polls, and the 37-year-old goalkeeper says: “Tomorrow is the big day and what’s really surprising when I am walking around the neighbourhood is seeing that people are not afraid to show who they’re voting for. You see the signs outside their houses. We are more private in Europe.”
Continue reading...Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend
Lucas Paquetá is struggling, Ruud van Nistelrooy nears Old Trafford farewell and will Luis Díaz play as a striker again?
Brentford have scored nine and conceded six in their past two Premier League home games. Their leaky defence did not cost them in victories over Wolves and Ipswich but they were shown up by Harry Wilson’s injury-time double on Monday night at Fulham to suggest things need to improve at the back. Wilson’s goals both came from crosses. Brentford allowed Fulham to cross the ball 43 times, although Thomas Frank was not too worried about it and was surprisingly relaxed that they led to two goals. With Ethan Pinnock and Nathan Collins, he does have centre-backs capable of dealing with the majority but it is a dangerous game to play. Bournemouth will have taken note and their fine wingers and full-backs will probably target the space afforded out wide. Will Unwin
Brentford v Bournemouth, Saturday 3pm (all times GMT)
Crystal Palace v Fulham, Saturday 3pm
West Ham v Everton, Saturday 3pm
Wolves v Southampton, Saturday 3pm
Brighton v Manchester City, Saturday 5.30pm
Liverpool v Aston Villa, Saturday 8pm
Manchester United v Leicester, Sunday 2pm
Nottingham Forest v Newcastle, Sunday 2pm
Continue reading...Van Nistelrooy in dark over Manchester United future under Amorim
- Interim boss says he hasn’t heard from new manager
- ‘Let him focus on Braga’ says Van Nistelrooy
Ruud van Nistelrooy revealed he is yet to hear from Rúben Amorim regarding his future after Manchester United finally ended a wait of more than a year for a European win.
United’s victory over the Greek champions, Paok, at Old Trafford lifted them to 15th in the Europa League table with six points. Sunday’s visit of Leicester will be Van Nistelrooy’s fourth and final match as United’s interim manager. Whether he remains at the club under Amorim is yet to be determined, and after Thursday’s win the Dutchman said he had received no contact from the 39-year-old, who takes over on Monday after Sporting’s trip to Braga on Sunday.
Continue reading...Amad Diallo ends Manchester United’s European drought by seeing off Paok
Hold on to your hat: Manchester United are victorious in Europe after three consecutive Europa League draws and three more games without winning in last season’s Champions League.
So a 380-day drought stretching to a 1-0 win over Copenhagen at Old Trafford ends courtesy of Amad Diallo, whose explosive wing play was crowned by his double. The first was a clever 50th-minute header. The second an exhibition of aggressiveness as he mugged Abdul Baba along the right, shrugged off the defender’s manhandling, then fired a shot into the left corner, via a deflection.
Continue reading...Europa League roundup: Dessers grabs Rangers point at Olympiakos
- Philippe Clement’s side still in contention to progress
- Shamrock Rovers beat TNS in Conference League
Rangers’ hit-and-miss striker Cyriel Dessers redeemed himself against Olympiakos with a second-half equaliser in the 1-1 Europa League draw in Greece.
On a night when the Rangers captain, James Tavernier, was dropped to the bench, the visitors did lots of things right in the first half but Dessers, who regularly frustrates his own fans, spurned two good opportunities and there were other half-chances for the Scottish side.
Continue reading...Galatasaray 3-2 Tottenham: Europa League – as it happened
Victor Osimhen scored twice to help Galatasaray beat the 10 men of Tottenham
It is probably worth reading this from Ed Aarons on Victor Osimhen from a couple of months ago because everyone seems confused about how the striker ended up in Turkey.
Nick Ames is in Istanbul.
Continue reading...Manchester United v PAOK Salonika: Europa League – as it happened
Amad Diallo was the two-goal hero as United ended their 380-day wait for a win in Europe
2 min: … and so both teams begin their quest for a first win in this Europa League campaign. A quiet start on the pitch, but both sets of fans make their beautiful noise.
Manchester United get the ball rolling. They’re kicking towards the Stretford End during this first half.
Continue reading...LAFC faces a tough out in Vancouver Whitecaps, a reflection of coach Vanni Sartini
Vanni Sartini, manager of the Vancouver Whitecaps, is a socialist and an atheist, attributes that are oddly relevant in his team's MLS playoff game with LAFC on Friday.
Champions League review: Slot and Amorim shine as a Swedish star rises
There were boosts for Liverpool and Manchester United (by proxy). We hand out honours and dishonours from the latest round of action
Liverpool
Continue reading...Arsenal have lost their fluency and Ødegaard’s return won’t solve it all | Barney Ronay
Although unlucky in Milan Arsenal have forgotten how to score away from home and are looking to returning captain
To borrow a line from Catch-22: just because you’re trailed around the continent by a frothing cloud of online paranoia over questionable refereeing decisions, doesn’t mean the game isn’t also out to get you.
Arsenal were undoubtedly a little unlucky in the divvying up of competing penalty claims during the first half of this 1-0 defeat by Inter at the San Siro. But bad luck does also tend to look for a space to loiter, a ledge on which to perch. The continent-wide Masonic refereeing conspiracies may eventually get you in the end. But you can also make it difficult for them.
Continue reading...Championship roundup: Millwall’s rise continues as Tanganga sinks Leeds
- Leaders Sunderland held to draw at Preston
- Luton move out of drop zone with Cardiff win
Japhet Tanganga fired in-form Millwall to a 1-0 win over Leeds to move the hosts up to fifth in the Championship table.
The defender struck in the 40th minute to secure a fourth consecutive 1-0 victory for Neil Harris’s side and hand Leeds just their second league defeat of the season.
Continue reading...Champions League: Atlético leave PSG in trouble while Musiala revives Bayern
- Barcelona hit five at Red Star Belgrade
- Brest and Atalanta continue superb starts
Paris Saint-Germain’s disappointing Champions League campaign continued on Wednesday as they slumped to a last-gasp 2-1 home defeat by Atlético Madrid that left the Ligue 1 leaders in the elimination zone.
Warren Zaïre-Emery’s opener was quickly cancelled out by Nahuel Molina in the first half of a largely disappointing match which ended with Ángel Correa stabbing in the winner three minutes into added time.
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