Real Madrid narrowed the gap on LaLiga leaders Barcelona to two points with a commanding 3-0 win at Girona on Saturday thanks to goals from Jude Bellingham, Arda Güler and Kylian Mbappé. Second-placed Madrid have 36 points with a game in hand on Barça, who drew 2-2 at Real Betis earlier on Saturday. Girona suffered a…
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentDec 7, 2024, 04:33 PM ET MANCHESTER, England — Forget Arsenal. This game showed head coach Ruben Amorim just how big a job he’s got on his hands at Manchester United. It was almost expected that United would go to the Emirates and lose. They are, after all, two teams at very different…
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentDec 7, 2024, 04:04 PM ET Ruben Amorim said Manchester United are facing a “long journey” back to the top after Nottingham Forest recorded their first win at Old Trafford for 30 years. Forest won 3-2 on Saturday to condemn Amorim to back-to-back top-flight defeats for the first time since August 2022 when…
Manchester City cannot think about winning a fifth consecutive Premier League title, Pep Guardiola said, with the team mired in a run of poor performances. Guardiola’s side had to settle for a point in a 2-2 league draw with Crystal Palace on Saturday, twice coming back from a goal down and losing Rico Lewis to…
Manchester United’s weakness from set pieces was exploited again as they fell to a 3-2 Premier League defeat to Nottingham Forest at Old Trafford on Saturday, continuing a rocky start to the reign of new head coach Ruben Amorim. Having conceded from two corners to Arsenal in a 2-0 defeat in midweek, United went behind from…
Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Dec 7, 2024, 02:25 PM ET Hansi Flick lamented another “really bad” performance as Barcelona were held to a 2-2 draw at Real Betis on Saturday, dropping points for the fourth time in five LaLiga games. Barça twice led through Robert Lewandowski and Ferran Torres but a Giovani Lo Celso penalty…
LaLiga leaders Barcelona had to settle for a 2-2 draw at Real Betis after substitute Assane Diao scored a stoppage-time equaliser on Saturday to give Manuel Pellegrini cause to celebrate in his 500th LaLiga game as a manager. The visitors, who have a provisional five-point lead at the top, opened the scoring in the 39th…
Wrexham moved level on points with League Two leaders Wycombe Wanderers on Saturday after Elliot Lee’s miraculous goal direct from a corner kick earned the Welsh club a narrow win away at Burton Albion. Lee’s effort in the 65th minute looped over Burton goalkeeper Max Crocombe and deflected into the goal off the far post….
Manchester City’s Rico Lewis scored a second-half goal and then was shown a red card in the dying minutes as his team salvaged a point in a 2-2 Premier League draw with Crystal Palace at a wet and windy Selhurst Park on Saturday. Erling Haaland also scored for Pep Guardiola’s City, who remained fourth in…