3:20 PM ET Associated Press American teenager Matthew Hoppe scored for the third consecutive Bundesliga game but couldn’t prevent Schalke 04 from slumping to a 2-1 loss to fellow strugglers FC Cologne. – Karlsen: Meet Matthew Hoppe, the next U.S. teen sensation– Stream Bundesliga matches on ESPN+ (U.S. only) Jan Thielmann struck in the third
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2:54 PM ET Bernardo Silva‘s controversial first Premier League goal of the season helped earn Manchester City a hard-fought 2-0 against Aston Villa at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday. City knew that victory would see them go to the top of the Premier League — at least temporarily — while Villa’s first team was playing
9:58 AM ET Adriana Garcia Tigres manager Ricardo Ferretti has been banned for one match. Alex Menendez/Getty Images Ricardo “Tuca” Ferretti, coach of Mexican top division club Tigres, has been handed a one-match ban for smoking during a league game. A photograph captured the Brazilian-born boss smoking a cigarette on the bench during his team’s 2-0
9:37 AM ET Martin Odegaard wants to leave Real Madrid in search of playing time to continue to progress in his career, several sources have confirmed to ESPN. The Norwegian playmaker was a starter in his team’s opening two league games but has seen limited action since. Odegaard was not included in Zinedine Zidane’s travelling
9:04 AM ET Aramide Oladipo Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has rejected claims that he needs to rebuild the squad after a run of results which has seen them drop from first to fourth in the Premier League table. Klopp’s side sat top of the league by four points after a 7-0 win over Crystal Palace
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10:00 AM ET Joe Scally is one of three young Americans to make the move from the U.S. to Europe this January. Brenden Aaronson went from the Philadelphia Union to FC Salzburg, his former teammate Mark McKenzie signed for Genk, and Scally completed his move to Borussia Monchengladbach having signed for them just over a
7:33 AM ET Arsenal‘s pursuit of Houssem Aouar is set to be complicated by the Lyon midfielder’s desire to wait for interest from Real Madrid and Barcelona to materialise this summer before deciding his next move, sources have told ESPN. The north London club are in the market for a creative midfielder having missed out
5:52 AM ET Adriana Garcia Mexican football is in mourning following the death of Santos Laguna’s women coach Martin Perez Padron from complications of COVID-19. Perez Padron was 57 and had contracted the coronavirus earlier this year in an outbreak that had seen 11 members of his team, including 10 players, infected. “The Santos Laguna
5:16 AM ET Adriana Garcia Paris Saint-Germain coach Mauricio Pochettino has said he is certain the club will do everything to retain both Kylian Mbappe and Neymar. The French champions are in negotiations to extend the contracts of their two stars, whose deals expire in June 2022. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S.