Arsenal overtake Manchester United for the 4th spot in the Premier League table after beating them 2-0 at the Emirates. The Gunners hand Ole Gunnar Solskjaer his first domestic loss as Manchester United manager. Steve Nicol breaks down Manchester United’s first Premier League loss under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, a 2-0 defeat at Arsenal. Arsenal overtake
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Steve Nicol and Craig Burley applaud Cristiano Ronaldo for his performance under pressure to send Juventus to the Champions League quarterfinals. Antoine Griezmann said Atletico Madrid “picked a bad night to f— up” after they lost 3-0 at Juventus to go out of the Champions League 3-2 on aggregate. Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat trick,
Cristiano Ronaldo said Juventus had signed him for nights like Tuesday after his hat trick saw them overturn a 2-0 defeat from the first leg to eliminate Atletico Madrid from the Champions League. The Portugal international forward’s goals took the Bianconeri into the quarterfinals and kept him in the hunt for a sixth Champions League
Craig Burley tells Alexis Nunes what Zinedine Zidane will give to Real Madrid for the remainder of the season and for the future. They say you should never go back, but seemingly that rule doesn’t apply to football managers, who are always returning to their former stomping grounds. With Zinedine Zidane returning for a reclamation
Wellington Phoenix ended a four-game winless run by thumping Central Coast 8-2 in Gosford, in a game that equalled the most number of goals scored in an A-League match. Western Sydney Wanderers cruised to a 4-1 win at Brisbane Roar, with Oriol Riera scoring twice. Melbourne City blow two goal lead late, settle for draw
Craig Burley and Alejandro Moreno were in full agreement that Raheem Sterling’s first goal against Watford should never have been allowed to stand. In a weekend when a handful of players registered hat tricks — and one hat trick of assists — one three-goal performance stood out above the rest. Our global editors pick their
PSG and Roma crashed out of the Champions League Round of 16 in dramatic circumstances. Craig Burley, Shaka Hislop and Steve Nicol all agree that PSG deserved the penalty that lead to Manchester United scoring the winner in the Champions League. ESPN FC’s Craig Burley doesn’t mince his words for Paris Saint-German as they crash
Jurgen Klopp failed to get one over on former foe Bayern Munich as Liverpool were held to a 0-0 draw in the first leg of their second round Champions League tie at Anfield. Liverpool moved back within a point of Manchester City thanks in part to a two-goal effort from Sadio Mane, but Burnley made
It could have been one of those nights for Bengaluru FC and Miku. One of those where nothing could go right. For 72 minutes, nothing had. NorthEast United had come to the Kanteerava Stadium with a clear plan — stay disciplined, stay deep, frustrate — and it looked like it was going to pay off.
ESPN FC’s Shaka Hislop can’t understand why Real Madrid would even entertain the thought of bringing back Jose Mourinho to manage the club. Real Madrid are set to sack Santi Solari and replace him with Zinedine Zidane, sources have told ESPN FC. The Frenchman, who only quit last summer, is the favoured candidate across the Real