Football

Feb 20, 2025, 06:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Liverpool boss Arne Slot has said he doesn’t mind Darwin Núñez missing chances like at Aston Villa, but has criticised the striker for his “behaviour” on the pitch afterwards. Núñez spurned a huge opportunity to give Liverpool a 3-2 lead at Villa Park on Wednesday when,

Feb 20, 2025, 03:54 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Liverpool manager Arne Slot would have signed up for being eight points clear at the top of the Premier League with 12 games left of his first season in charge but he could not hide his frustration after a 2-2 draw at Aston Villa on Wednesday.

Tom HamiltonFeb 20, 2025, 04:13 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions Robin van Persie is closing in on the Feyenoord head coach job just a year into his

Feb 20, 2025, 06:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Vinícius Júnior had the last laugh in his fd with Manchester City fans with a pointed post on X after Real Madrid knocked Pep Guardiola’s side out of the Champions League on Wednesday. Ahead of the first leg at Etihad Stadium in the playoff clash, City

Feb 20, 2025, 03:14 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti said Kylian Mbappé has the potential to reach the same level as club great Cristiano Ronaldo after he scored a hat-trick in a 3-1 win over Manchester City on Wednesday that took the Champions League holders into the round of 16.

Lizzy Becherano Feb 19, 2025, 11:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Inter Miami CF head coach Javier Mascherano labeled the conditions as “inhumane” after the team triumphed 1-0 over Sporting Kansas City in the first leg of the Concacaf Champions Cup first round at Children’s Mercy Park in freezing temperatures. “I’m very proud because I

Feb 20, 2025, 05:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Thursday marks the one-year anniversary of Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s 27.7% purchase of a minority stake in Manchester United — a deal that gave Britain’s richest person control of football operations at the Premier League‘s most successful club — but it has been a turbulent 12 months

Kylian Mbappé said he wants to “define an era” at Real Madrid after scoring a hat trick in their 3-1 Champions League win over Manchester City on Wednesday, but insisted his season should be judged on trophies, not goals. Mbappé opened the scoring in the fourth minute at the Santiago Bernabéu before adding a second

Inter Miami CF kicked off its 2025 campaign with a 1-0 victory over Sporting Kansas City in the first leg of the first round of the Concacaf Champions Cup at Children’s Mercy Park. Though Concacaf postponed the game by 24 hours to Wednesday night because of the winter storm that brought heavy snow to Kansas

Open Extended Reactions Pep Guardiola said Manchester City must now fight to qualify for next season’s Champions League after Kylian Mbappé‘s hat trick for Real Madrid sent the Premier League champions crashing out of the competition before the Round of 16. The elimination at the hands of holders Madrid ensured that former Barcelona and Bayern