Barcelona won 3-1 at Alaves in LaLiga on Saturday thanks to goals by Robert Lewandowski, Ilkay Gundogan and substitute Vitor Roque, who was sent off after picking up a second yellow card. Barcelona opened the scoring thanks to an incisive pass from Gundogan to Lewandowski and the Pole lofted the ball over goalkeeper Antonio Sivera
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ESPN News Services Feb 3, 2024, 04:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jordan Henderson made his Ajax Amsterdam debut on Saturday, competing the full 90 minutes as they held unbeaten leaders PSV Eindhoven to a 1-1 draw in the Dutch league. England manager Gareth Southgate watched from the stands at the Johan Cruyff Arena as
South Africa goalkeeper Ronwen Williams saved four penalties in the post-match shootout against the Cape Verde Islands to carry his country into the last four of the Africa Cup of Nations after a 0-0 draw in their quarterfinal on Saturday. Mothobi Mvala scored the decisive kick to make it 2-1 on penalties and win South
ESPN News Services Feb 3, 2024, 05:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Canadian international Alphonso Davies suffered a strained knee ligament in Bayern Munich‘s 3-1 win over Borussia Monchengladbach on Saturday. The left back went off in the 85th minute of Saturday’s Bundesliga game after seeming to hurt his left knee. – Stream on ESPN+:
Feb 3, 2024, 06:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions It’s officially a new month as we kick off February with another weekend of some of Europe’s best football. While there has been some attention to the latter stages of the Africa Cup of Nations and the Asian Cup, this isn’t to take away some of
Feb 3, 2024, 06:28 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said his players are already giving 100% and do not need to take any further motivation from his looming departure to win the Premier League this season. Last month, the 56-year-old announced his decision to step down as Liverpool manager at
Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Feb 3, 2024, 08:09 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Carlo Ancelotti has said he “won’t sink to the level” of Barcelona coach Xavi Hernández and president Joan Laporta after the pair accused Real Madrid of “influencing the competition” with its criticism of LaLiga referees. Real Madrid TV has regularly broadcast videos
Jarrad Branthwaite scored a 94th minute equaliser as relegation-threatened Everton rescued a point against Tottenham with a 2-2 draw on Saturday as Sean Dyche’s team moved out of the bottom three in the Premier League table. Richarlison, once the darling of Goodison Park, scored a brace of goals in the first half and looked to
Associated Press Feb 3, 2024, 09:17 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Marouane Fellaini spent six years at Manchester United between 2013 and 2019. Getty Former Everton and Manchester United midfielder Marouane Fellaini has announced his retirement from football at the age of 36. Fellaini, who recently finished a four-year stint at Chinese side Shandong Taishan, said
Tor-Kristian Karlsen, ESPNFeb 3, 2024, 05:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Welcome back to the ESPN FC Hot List, which each month highlights some of the most in-form talent aged 23 or under across Europe. Generally, young-but-established stars like Manchester City‘s Erling Haaland, Real Madrid‘s Jude Bellingham or Barcelona Gavi aren’t included — otherwise they’d