3:20 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent LONDON — After a 2-1 loss to Brighton in their opening match, Manchester United lost 4-0 away to Brentford, conceding all four in the first half of the game. Brentford played well, and United’s defensive errors, coupled with a lack of attacking conviction, gave the Bees their first win over
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2:25 PM ET Manchester United slumped to the bottom of the early Premier League standings after a 4-0 thrashing at Brentford in what was Cristiano Ronaldo‘s first start of the 2022-23 season on Saturday. United’s calamitous afternoon began in typical fashion with David de Gea allowing Josh Dasilva‘s tame, low effort through his hands and
5:05 PM ET Barcelona were held to a disappointing goalless draw by Rayo Vallecano as a summer of uncertainty off the pitch spilled over into their LaLiga opener at Camp Nou on Saturday. Barca’s frustration was amplified in stoppage time when Sergio Busquets was shown a second yellow card for what deemed an elbow to
5:01 PM ET Neymar has scored three goals in two games to start the new Ligue 1 season. STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP via Getty Images Neymar scored twice as Paris Saint-Germain thumped Montpellier 5-2 in Ligue 1 at the Parc des Princes on Saturday. Kylian Mbappe and debutant Renato Sanches were also on target for PSG, who
4:08 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Erik ten Hag said he wanted to substitute his entire Manchester United team at half-time after a humiliating 4-0 defeat to Brentford. Manchester United conceded four times in the first 35 minutes at the Gtech Community Stadium and ended the day bottom of the Premier League table. – Man United
11:55 AM ET Manchester City eased past newly-promoted Bournemouth to claim a 4-0 win at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday. Ilkay Gundogan, Kevin De Bruyne and Phil Foden scored in the first half while Jefferson Lerma scored an own goal near the end of the game. – Bernardo Silva speaks to ESPN about his future,
3:47 PM ET Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta spoke of Gabriel Jesus‘s positive impact on the rest of the squad after the Brazilian marked his home debut with two goals in a 4-2 win over Leicester City in the Premier League on Saturday. Jesus, who joined from Manchester City in a deal reported to be worth
5:13 PM ET Denzel Dumfries scored a last-gasp winner to give Inter a 2-1 win at Lecce in their first Serie A game of the season on Saturday. The ball bounced off Dumfries’ chest into the net in the fifth minute of added time after striker Lautaro Martinez had collected a Nicolo Barella corner. –
8:49 AM ET Kylian Mbappe has labelled Real Madrid a “Ballon d’Or machine” after six of their players were nominated in the 30-man list for the 2022 award on Friday. Karim Benzema, Thibaut Courtois, Vinicius Junior, Luka Modric, Casemiro and Antonio Rudiger were all included in the list alongside the Paris Saint-Germain striker. Speaking to
7:15 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has said his “big doubt” this year is over the impact of the midseason Qatar World Cup on players’ fitness and performance. The LaLiga season kicks off this weekend with 14 rounds of matches due to be played before the league takes a