As Darwin Núñez traipsed toward the touchline at the Estadi Montilivi on Tuesday, the Liverpool striker struggled to keep the frustration from his face and cut a forlorn figure as he was replaced by Cody Gakpo. His 71-minute contribution to his team’s 1-0 UEFA Champions League win in Girona was another night to forget in…
MLS expansion side San Diego FC traded draft picks Hosei Kijima and Thiago Andrade to free up funds for a starting center back and potential Designated Player signing ahead of their 2025 debut.
Dec 11, 2024, 08:40 PM ET Bukayo Saka led Arsenal to victory in the Champions League on Wednesday, but was left with some regrets after being denied his first hat trick for his boyhood club by one of his teammates. The England winger had already scored twice against Monaco at Emirates Stadium when he sent…
Dec 11, 2024, 07:44 PM ET Matchday six of the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League is in the books as we enter the business end of the league phase and the 36-team table starts to take shape. Manchester City’s loss to Juventus leaves Pep Guardiola’s chances of staying in the competition on a knife-edge, while Arsenal…
Dec 11, 2024, 07:14 PM ET Liverpool are looking at Brighton & Hove Albion forward João Pedro, while Manchester City could part ways with centre-back Rúben Dias. Join us for the latest transfer news, gossip, and rumors from around the globe. Transfers homepage | Done deals | Men’s grades | Women’s grades TOP STORIES –…
TURIN, Italy — Manchester City are facing elimination and Pep Guardiola now looks as vulnerable and troubled as any other manager who has suffered a seventh defeat in 10 games. Both statements would have seemed unthinkable just a month ago, but after Tuesday’s 2-0 Champions League loss against Juventus, the old certainties no longer apply….
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…