With his counterparts struggling to find the back of the net, the FC crew believe the onus is on Lionel Messi to lift Barcelona against Real Madrid. From another Lionel Messi masterpiece to a dramatic and bizarre Carabao Cup final, here’s how Europe’s top clubs fared at the weekend. The FC panel answer your tweets
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While reflecting on Liverpool’s seven-year trophy drought, Steve Nicol says Jurgen Klopp’s side have a great chance at a double in 2019. Manchester United and Liverpool share the points at Old Trafford, as Ander Herrera, Juan Mata and Jesse Lingard all came off with injuries. After another disappointing performance for Liverpool’s front three, ESPN FC’s
With his counterparts struggling to find the back of the net, the FC crew believe the onus is on Lionel Messi to lift Barcelona against Real Madrid. Alejandro Moreno examines Barcelona’s reliance on Lionel Messi after he scored his 50th career hat trick in a win at Sevilla. Lionel Messi brought Barcelona back from a
5:36 PM ET MILAN, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Federico Chiesa celebrated his 100th appearance for Fiorentina by inspiring them to another rousing fightback as they came from two goals down to draw 3-3 at home to Atalanta in their dramatic Coppa Italia semi-final first leg clash on Wednesday. Chiesa scored a stunning solo goal and
5:04 PM ET * Sergio Aguero’s penalty gave Man City a 1-0 win over West Ham * The Hammers frustrated City in a goalless first half * Bernardo Silva went down under a challenge from Felipe Anderson * Sergio Aguero confidently converted from the spot * City are at Bournemouth and West Ham host Newcastle
Manchester United and Liverpool share the points at Old Trafford, as Ander Herrera, Juan Mata and Jesse Lingard all came off with injuries. Manchester United used all of their substitutions in the first half due to injury but were still able to fend off a toothless Liverpool side. MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United caretaker manager
Alejandro Moreno examines Barcelona’s reliance on Lionel Messi after he scored his 50th career hat trick in a win at Sevilla. BARCELONA, Spain — Ernesto Valverde called Dani Carvajal‘s response to the controversial penalty awarded to Real Madrid against Levante “fantastic” and played down suggestions Barcelona are worried about the number of VAR decisions going
Hirving Lozano’s super finish brought the 23-year-old up to 14 league goals on the season for PSV. An ever-growing list of Mexico’s top talents are making names for themselves abroad. With several key figures playing week in and week out in a number of top European leagues, keeping track of all the high-profile stars can
Toronto FC enter 2019 looking to return to their treble-winning form of 2017, but can they do it without Sebastian Giovinco and Victor Vazquez? Sebastian Salazar explains why Zlatan Ibrahimovic is unlikely to repeat his 22-goal output from his first MLS season with the LA Galaxy. With the 2019 Major League Soccer season fast approaching,
Independiente midfielder Juan Gonzalez celebrates after his side knocked Toronto FC out of the CONCACAF Champions League on Tuesday. Toronto FC made a quick exit from the CONCACAF Champions League on Tuesday with a 1-1 home draw against Club Atletico Independiente that sealed the Panamanian team’s 5-1 aggregate victory. Jordan Hamilton scored for Toronto in