It was a weekend of derbies and fierce cross-country rivalries. The North-London derby was feisty, controversial and ended 1-1, the Merseyside one was tamer and ended 0-0, while the Rome edition saw Lazio absolutely smash Roma 3-0. Across in Spain, the Clasico saw Barcelona run out 1-0 winners at Real Madrid, while in a brilliantly-manic
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9:09 AM ET Andre Gray struck late as Watford beat Leicester to get Brendan Rodgers’ reign off to a losing start. Steven Paston/PA Images via Getty Images Watford’s Andre Gray scored a stoppage-time winner as Leicester City began life under new boss Brendan Rodgers in underwhelming fashion, suffering a 2-1 defeat at his former club in
Liverpool’s front three missed a slew of chances against Everton as Manchester City consolidate their lead atop the Premier League table. Liverpool’s front three missed a slew of chances against Everton as Manchester City consolidate their lead atop the Premier League table. ESPN FC’s Steve Nicol laments Liverpool’s missed chances and inability to find a
Scoring via a scissor kick wasn’t big enough for Marseille’s Mario Balotelli. He had to mark the occasion with a selfie with his teammates. Mario Balotelli scored a superbly acrobatic volley then celebrated by recording an Instagram Live video in Marseille’s 2-0 Ligue 1 win over St Etienne on Sunday. The Italy international’s goal and Florian
3:11 PM ET Huesca players celebrate after scoring their second goal against Sevilla. Ander GIillenea/AFP/Getty Images Sevilla’s chances of qualifying for next season’s Champions League were further harmed when they suffered a 2-1 defeat at La Liga’s basement club Huesca on Saturday after a frantic finish. Sevilla, who had equalised with an 84th minute penalty from
2:52 PM ET Michael Bradley scored two goals to lift visiting Toronto FC past the Philadelphia Union 3-1 in the season opener for both teams on Saturday. Nick DeLeon added one goal for Toronto FC, which won without injured forward Jozy Altidore (knee). Mexico intenrational Marco Fabian scored a goal on a penalty kick in
2:02 AM ET Andre Shinyashiki scored in the fourth minute of stoppage time to rally the 10-man Colorado Rapids to a 3-3 draw with the Portland Timbers in the MLS opener for both teams on Saturday afternoon at windy and snowy Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado. With a temperature of 18 degrees
1:57 AM ET Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been promising a spectacular season, and he delivered in prompt fashion, scoring on a late header as the LA Galaxy rallied for a 2-1 victory on Saturday over the visiting Chicago Fire in the MLS season-opener for each team. It was an opportunistic goal in the 80th minute for
Australia internationals Alex Chidiac and Aivi Luik play for Atletico Madrid and Levante, respectively. Alex Chidiac is a little footballer going big places fast. The diminutive youngster, back in Australia with the Matildas, is still wondering how she landed at European giants Atletico Madrid. “I’m still trying to wrap my head around the whole Atletico
Koutroumbis and Petratos score as Jets beat Melbourne Victory on the road. On the eve of an AFC Champions League campaign and with the race to the A-League finals in the home straight, Melbourne Victory coach Kevin Muscat has issues. Any realistic chance the defending champions had of taking top spot from Perth evaporated into