3:52 PM ET Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel will hold talks with Romelu Lukaku on Monday to discuss recent comments by the Belgian that were critical of the coach’s tactics and which cost the striker his place in Sunday’s 2-2 home draw with Liverpool. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– ESPN+ viewer’s guide:
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2:14 PM ET Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta said Sadio Mane should have been sent off in the first minute of Sunday’s 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge after VAR failed to review an apparent elbow by Liverpool forward after just 14 seconds of the game. Mane, who scored Liverpool’s opening goal on nine minutes, was given
5:05 PM ET Sam Marsden Luuk de Jong scored the only goal of the game as a depleted Barcelona won 1-0 at Mallorca on Sunday to move within one point of the top four in LaLiga. De Jong headed in Oscar Mingueza’s cross on the stroke of half-time as Barca took advantage of Rayo Vallecano
11:11 AM ET Alex KirklandESPN FC Carlo Ancelotti said his Real Madrid players looked like they were “on holiday” in their 1-0 loss at Getafe on Sunday, calling the defeat “a wake-up call” for the LaLiga leaders. A mistake from defender Eder Militao gifted Getafe’s Enes Unal an early goal at the Coliseum Alfonso Perez
8:30 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United interim manager Ralf Rangnick has told striker Edinson Cavani he does not want him to leave the Premier League club in January. Cavani, 34, has been linked with moves to Barcelona and several clubs in South America, but Rangnick is adamant the Uruguay international is going nowhere. –
9:55 AM ET Real Madrid suffered their first defeat since October as they were shocked by 16th-placed Getafe on their return from LaLiga’s winter break. The hosts took a surprise lead in the ninth minute when Enes Unal pounced on an error from Real defender Eder Militao before firing past Thibaut Courtois. Luka Modric struck
6:41 AM ET Paris Saint-Germain have confirmed Lionel Messi has tested positive for COVID-19. Arnold Jerocki/Getty Images Paris Saint-Germain forward Lionel Messi and three other players have tested positive for COVID-19, the French Ligue 1 club said on Sunday. PSG said that the players are in isolation and subject to the appropriate health protocols. “The four
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11:31 AM ET Romelu Lukaku’s future at Chelsea looks increasingly uncertain after the striker was dropped for the Premier League clash with Liverpool on Sunday, sources told ESPN. Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel made the decision following talks with Lukaku in the wake of a controversial interview conducted by Sky Italia three weeks ago and released
11:30 AM ET Arsenal looked on course for a first Premier League win over Manchester City in six years before two wild second-half minutes turned the game on its head. IAN KINGTON/IKIMAGES/AFP via Getty Images LONDON — The good news for Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is that a game many felt would be a landslide, a