6:12 PM ET NEWCASTLE, England — Liverpool ended 2020 just as they started it, at the top of the Premier League and in pole position to end the season as champions, but Wednesday’s 0-0 draw against Newcastle United at St James’ Park proved that not everything is the same as it was 12 months ago.
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6:01 PM ET Jurgen Klopp said Liverpool are making “lemonade” out of an up-and-down season that has seen the defending champs maintain their spot atop the Premier League in 2020-21. The Reds are three points ahead of Manchester United after a goalless draw at Newcastle on Wednesday. It was their second time splitting the spoils
5:22 PM ET Real Madrid were held to a 1-1 draw by a fiery Elche side on Wednesday, as Zinedine Zidane’s team failed to keep pace in La Liga with Atletico Madrid. Luka Modric opened the scoring for Real shortly before the 20-minute mark, heading home from a rebound after Elche keeper Edgar Badía tipped
9:00 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent David De Gea has declared himself fit for Manchester United‘s clash with Aston Villa after being flattened by Adama Traore during the win over Wolves. De Gea was left writhing around in pain after an accidental collision with Traore in the second half of the 1-0 victory at Old Trafford
10:21 AM ET Tottenham’s Premier League home clash against Fulham has been postponed due to COVID-19, the Premier League announced on Wednesday. The match at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium was put in doubt on Tuesday after Fulham returned a number of positive COVID-19 tests earlier this week. The match was scheduled to kick off at
10:41 AM ET The Premier League said it has “full confidence” that the 2020-21 season will continue as planned, despite an escalation in positive COVID-19 cases that has led to a second fixture postponement in three days following the decision to call off Tottenham’s clash with Fulham on Wednesday. An outbreak of COVID-19 at Fulham
10:06 AM ET Liverpool‘s table-topping clash with Manchester United in January will be played behind closed doors at Anfield after the UK government moved the Liverpool region into Tier 3 in the national coronavirus restrictions. The change in Liverpool’s status — the city had previously been in Tier 2, but moved up due to an
8:08 AM ET Leeds United have been criticised after the club’s official Twitter account mocked football pundit and former England international Karen Carney after she claimed they will struggle at the end of the season. Before Leeds won 5-0 at West Brom on Tuesday, Carney said Leeds had benefited from the coronavirus break in March
7:57 AM ET Barcelona midfielder Philippe Coutinho will be out for several months after suffering a meniscus injury in his left knee during Tuesday’s 1-1 draw with Eibar. Coutinho, 28, will have an operation this week, after which the club will confirm exactly how long he will be out of action. The Brazil international has
11:59 AM ET Xavi Hernandez will return to Barcelona as general manager next month if Victor Font is elected as the club’s president on Jan. 24. Xavi, 40, left Barca in 2015 and is the coach of Al-Sadd in Qatar but has always been open about his desire to return to Camp Nou one day.