Midfielder Anders Dreyer scored a brace to lift the expansion side over the Galaxy.
Manchester City 0-2 Liverpool: Premier League player ratings
Salah and Van Dijk stood out for Liverpool while Savinho and Foden disappointed in City’s attack
Ederson Possibly unsighted for second goal. The keeper’s judgment was well poised, as usual. 6/10
Continue reading...San Diego FC wins debut match over reigning MLS Cup champs LA Galaxy
Anders Dreyer scored two goals and San Diego FC had a successful MLS debut, beating the defending cup champion LA Galaxy 2-0 on Sunday.
Manchester City 0-2 Liverpool: Premier League – as it happened
Goals from Mohamed Salah and Dominik Szoboszlai helped Liverpool to a deserved win and 11-point cushion
Chris in Corfu gets in touch: “It’s just like in years gone bye. City will be two down in 15 minutes and all of sudden l will be back at Maine Road watching peak Cityitis.”
Graeme Neill gets in touch: “Obviously The Narrative suggests that between Arne’s comments the other night and the fact he’s on the bench, Nunez will come on when the game is delicately poised and score the first of the 15 goals he’ll boot in between now and the end of the season. But let’s face it, he’s going to shank the ball into Old Trafford when the goal is gaping in the 94th minute, isn’t he?”
Continue reading...Newcastle hold off Nottingham Forest as Isak double edges seven-goal thriller
Anyone doubting the determination of Eddie Howe and Nuno Espírito Santo to take their players on grand tours of Europe next season will have changed their minds after watching this.
When the final whistle blew, Howe’s fifth-placed team had closed the gap on Nuno’s Forest to three points and must have felt that Madrid, Milan, Munich and the rest of the Champions League staging posts had moved into sharper focus on the horizon.
Continue reading...European football: Fiorentina’s Moise Kean discharged from hospital after collapse
- Italy striker suffered blow to head on pitch
- Napoli’s loss at Como lets Atalanta back into title race
Moise Kean has been discharged from hospital less than 24 hours after he collapsed during Fiorentina’s defeat by Hellas Verona on Sunday. The former Everton and Juventus forward appeared to pass out following an earlier blow to his head.
Italy international Kean had been involved in an accidental collision with Pawel Dawidowicz and Diego Coppola midway through the second half, taking a knee in the face which left him with a cut above his eye. Although Kean returned to the pitch following treatment with his head bandaged, the 24-year-old soon fell, initially appearing unresponsive, before being taken off on a stretcher in the 67th minute.
Continue reading...Newcastle 4-3 Nottingham Forest: Premier League – as it happened
Four goals in 11 minutes saw Newcastle rebound from conceding early, but when Forest came back at them in the second half they were left hanging on
What could possibly go wrong?
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Continue reading...Jeremy Ebobisse scores in his LAFC debut in season-opening win over Minnesota
Jeremy Ebobisse scores in the 78th minute as LAFC extends its winning streak in home openers to eight consecutive games with a 1-0 win over Minnesota.
European football: Barcelona march on at top of La Liga as Inter scrape by Genoa
- Barça beat Las Palmas 2-0 and Atléti stay on their heels
- Inter move top of Serie A with Napoli to play on Sunday
Dani Olmo and Ferran Torres came off the bench to rescue a 2-0 win for Barcelona at Las Palmas on Saturday that sent them back to the top of the La Liga table after a game that is unlikely to live long in the memory.
Barcelona now lead on 54 points, one ahead of Atlético Madrid. Real Madrid are third on 51 but have a game in hand and will host Girona on Sunday.
Continue reading...Championship top trio enjoy parachute payments but risk crash landings | Jonathan Wilson
Leeds, Sheffield United and Burnley are all vying for Premier League returns but fans will ask if it’s really worth it
Tibetan Buddhist monks will spend months working in cold conditions, icing their fingers, enduring significant discomfort, to create gorgeously detailed sculptures out of yak’s butter. And then they will destroy the sculptures, leaving them out in the sun to melt.
For anybody connected with a Championship club, the sentiment will be familiar. At some level, most clubs exist to feed those higher up the pyramid. So why would a fan emotionally invest in a young star, even a local one, knowing he is unlikely to hang around for more than two or three years? And if a team are promoted, at least half the side will probably have to be upgraded to offer even a chance of survival. When the gulf between divisions is so vast, everything is fleeting, team-building an act of permanent evolution. What monks do to convey the understanding that life is transient and that the artefact is far less important than the act of creation, Daniel Farke and Chris Wilder are doing because football’s economics demand it.
Continue reading...Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea: Premier League – as it happened
Marcus Rashford was the provider as Marco Asensio’s first two goals for Villa helped them come from behind to take all three points
1 min: Villa get the ball rolling, their players wearing their usual home kit. Their visitors are in – I’m going to say – cream shirts, shorts and socks, with blue and orange trim.
Not long now: Black Sabbath are blaring over the Tannoy and the Champions League qualification hopes of both teams are very much up in the air. Referee Michael Oliver leads both sets of players out on to the Villa Park pitch, their arrival greeted by the thick end of 43,000 supporters, the vast majority of whom will be hoping for a game every bit as entertaining – but slightly less end-to-end and even – as the match between Villa and Liverpool on Wednesday night. Kick-off will be along very shortly.
Continue reading...Egypt united in front of the TV by Omar Marmoush v Mohamed Salah
National supporters will see their heroes play against each other when Manchester City meet Liverpool on Sunday
The rivalry between Manchester City and Liverpool has grown in recent years thanks to the coaching of Pep Guardiola and Jürgen Klopp turning it into a battle for the title over numerous seasons. The fixture has become significant around the world but in one north African nation it has a new edge as their rising star and their national hero come face-to-face.
Omar Marmoush arrived in Manchester in January after City paid £59m to buy him from Eintracht Frankfurt. The Egypt forward built his reputation in Germany and has added to it in the Premier League after a hat-trick against Newcastle followed some promising performances to indicate he is up to Guardiola’s high standards. Marmoush is a beacon in a disappointing season for City but has some way to go to match his compatriot Mohamed Salah, the man leading Liverpool towards a second Premier League title. From Alexandria to Zagazig, eyes in Egypt will be on the Etihad on Sunday as the country’s heroes do battle.
Continue reading...Championship roundup: blunder hands Hull shock victory at Sunderland
- Patterson gaffe gifts 1-0 win to raise Tigers’ survival hopes
- Sheehan’s Swansea cruise; Baggies brush off Oxford
Rubén Sellés wants Hull’s ambition to keep rising after an impressive 1-0 win at promotion-chasing Sunderland boosted his side’s fight for Championship survival.
The Black Cats goalkeeper Anthony Patterson fumbled Joe Gelhardt’s corner into his own net in the 18th minute and Sunderland were frustrated by an impressive display from the Tigers, earning Sellés’s side a fourth win from their past five away matches. “This was a fantastic job and we had to show character, be good defensively,” said Sellés. “If we keep defending as we do, especially away from home, then we will do well.”
Continue reading...Rampant Brighton thrash sorry Southampton to boost hopes of Europe
Fabian Hürzeler said his only disappointment was not winning by more after seeing his side thump Southampton at St Mary’s.
The Seagulls ripped Southampton apart throughout with goals from João Pedro, Georginio Rutter, Kaoru Mitoma and Jack Hinshelwood taking them to within three points of the top six. But for some wasteful finishing and a brilliant performance from the Saints goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale, the scoreline might have been even more impressive for Hürzeler’s Europe-chasing side.
Continue reading...Arsenal 0-1 West Ham, Ipswich 1-4 Tottenham and more: clockwatch – as it happened
Arsenal suffered a shock home defeat to West Ham thanks to a Jarrod Bowen goal
Bournemouth (4-3-3): Arrizabalaga; Hill, Zabarnyi, Huijsen, Kerkez; Christie, Adams, Cook; Kluivert, Semenyo; Ouattara.
Subs: Dennis, Brooks, Scott, Evanilson, Adams, Sinisterra, Soler, Jebbison, Winterburn.
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