LONDON — When Arsenal signed Gabriel Jesus and Oleksandr Zinchenko from Manchester City in the summer of 2022, the pair provided a genuine improvement in quality and mentality to a promising young side. As the Gunners eased their way past AS Monaco 3-0 at Emirates Stadium on Wednesday night in the UEFA Champions League, it…
Dec 11, 2024, 06:33 PM ET Borussia Dortmund defender Nico Schlotterbeck was carried off on a stretcher with what seemed to be a severe ankle injury near the end of his team’s loss to Barcelona in the Champions League on Wednesday. It leaves last season’s Champions League runner-up without any fit central defenders. Schlotterbeck headed…
Pep Guardiola said he is questioning himself as Manchester City manager after his team’s nightmare run extended to a seventh defeat in 10 games as goals from Dusan Vlahovic and Weston McKennie sealed a 2-0 Champions League victory for Juventus in Turin. City travel to Paris Saint-Germain on matchday seven next month knowing that a…
Dec 11, 2024, 06:04 PM ET United States internationals Weston McKennie and Timothy Weah were a big part of the reason Juventus toppled Manchester City in the Champions League on Wednesday. The two also made history in the process. Weah played a perfect cross into his USMNT teammate in the second half of Juve’s 2-0…
Rafael Leao gave AC Milan the lead against Red Star Belgrade. A late Tammy Abraham goal gave AC Milan a thrilling 2-1 Champions League win over Red Star Belgrade at the San Siro on Wednesday to make it four wins in a row for the Italian side. Red Star went close to drawing first blood…
Arsenal took a giant step towards the Champions League knockout stage as Bukayo Saka’s double helped them to a 3-0 victory over AS Monaco on Wednesday. Mikel Arteta’s side began the fixture outside the top eight in the expanded league stage but jumped up to third with Saka again the catalyst. He tucked in a…
DORTMUND, Germany, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Substitute Ferran Torres scored twice including an 85th-minute winner as Barcelona earned a hard-fought 3-2 victory at Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Wednesday to move to the brink of qualification. In a pulsating five-goal second half, Torres struck twice in 10 minutes after coming on in the…
TURIN, Italy, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Dusan Vlahovic and Weston McKennie got on the scoresheet to lead Juventus to a 2-0 Champions League victory over Manchester City on Wednesday in a big blow to City’s hopes of clinching a top-eight spot in Europe’s elite competition. Pep Guardiola’s men, who hoisted the 2023 Champions League trophy…
Dec 11, 2024, 03:54 PM ET United States and AS Monaco striker Folarin Balogun will undergo surgery on his recently dislocated shoulder. Speaking ahead of his team’s Champions League game at Arsenal on Wednesday, Monaco coach Adi Hütter said he did not know how long Balogun will be out for after the operation. The forward…
Antoine Griezmann scored twice as Atlético Madrid claimed a 10th win in a row in all competitions with a comfortable 3-1 home victory over Slovan Bratislava in the Champions League on Wednesday. Atlético moved up to 10th with 12 points from six matches, while Slovan are rooted to the bottom of the 36-team table having…