Marc-Andre ter Stegen s extraordinary error gifted Atletico Madrid the decisive goal as they defeated Barcelona 1-0 at the Wanda Metropolitano.
Saturday s hard-fought contest was settled by a remarkable Yannick Carrasco strike in the third minute of first-half stoppage time, ending Atleti s 20-match winless run against Barca in LaLiga.
Ter Stegen – making just his third Blaugrana appearance in all competitions since returning from a knee injury – rashly set off in pursuit of the ball near the halfway line and was beaten by Carrasco, who kept his cool to find the net.
It was a setback Barca could not recover from as they succumbed to a third league defeat of the season to remain 10th, also losing Gerard Pique to a knee injury as Ronald Koeman s teething probl…
Joao Felix and Felipe were on target as Atletico Madrid ended their four-match winless run and booked a place in the last 16 of the Champions League with a 2-0 victory over Lokomotiv Moscow.
Back-to-back Group D defeats left Atletico needing to beat already-eliminated Lokomotiv at Wanda Metropolitano on Wednesday to make certain of progression alongside Juventus.
Kieran Trippier missed a penalty with 114 seconds on the clock but Joao Felix settled the home side s nerves and ended their recent goal drought by converting from the spot 15 minutes later.
Alvaro Morata had a goal ruled out for offside but Felipe added a second early in the second half for Atletico, who are in the hat for Monday s knockout-stage draw at the expense of Bayer Leverkusen as they were beat…
Liverpool slipped to a first league defeat at Anfield since April 2017 as they went down 1-0 to Burnley, leaving Jamie Carragher struggling to explain the Reds dip in form.
Ashley Barnes late penalty settled a contest which Liverpool dominated on Thursday, ending a 68-game unbeaten run at home in the league for Jurgen Klopp s side.
Liverpool had 71.9 per cent possession and 27 attempts – with six on target – yet could find no way through to goal for the fourth Premier League match in succession.
The Reds have had a total of 87 shots since Sadio Mane s opener in a 1-1 draw with West Brom on December 27, and their tally of efforts on Thursday is the most they have had in a single league match without finding the net since April 2013 and most at Anfield since A…
With Lionel Messi s future far from certain at the end of the season, his former team-mate Neymar has apparently reached out to the Barcelona captain about a move to Paris Saint-Germain.
Brazilian superstar Neymar played alongside the six-time Ballon d Or winner for four LaLiga seasons between 2013 and 2017, before sealing a world-record transfer to Ligue 1 giants
It is understood Pep Guardiola s Manchester City are ready to make a play to bring Messi to the Premier League, but Mauricio Pochettino s PSG appear to be taking the direct approach.
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Lionel Messi s contract at his boyhood club expires in the off-season, less than a year after the Barcelona superstar sensationally tried to leave Camp Nou b…
Jose Mourinho sees Bournemouth visit Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in his first Premier League home match in charge of Spurs.
Manchester United will host oft-obliging opposition in the form of Aston Villa, while league-leaders Liverpool look to keep up their own formidable home run going against Brighton and Hove Albion.
Chelsea meet West Ham in the latest London derby, with Manuel Pellegrini under pressure to improve performances against a team the Hammers have struggled to get results in recent years.
As for Burnley, they will be trying to match a club record that has stood for some time when they entertain Crystal Palace.
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Still only 22, Vinicius Junior has been one of the best wide attackers in the game for a while the scorer of the only goal as Real Madrid beat Liverpool in the Champions League final last season.
But his electric pace and other football qualities have taken a back seat at the moment to a series of racist abuse the young Brazil international has been suffering throughout the season. On Sunday, as his team lost 1-0 away to Valencia, he reacted in anger at being insulted again, and instead of some kind of protection, he received a 97th-minute red card.
La Liga president Javier Tebas has disputed Vini s claims about racism being a serious issue at venues across the Spanish top flight, so the young winger made a compilation of some of the things being chanted at him on a reg…
Kevin De Bruyne hit a scorching winner as Manchester City extended their Premier League lead to 13 points with a 1-0 victory against second-placed Chelsea.
A tightly contested game at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday came to life 20 minutes from time as De Bruyne intervened decisively.
Chelsea did not see much of the ball but had their chances to get on the scoresheet too, with Romelu Lukaku and Hakim Ziyech particularly wasteful on the counter-attack.
Pep Guardiola s City have now won 12 league games on the bounce, and it is difficult to see how they can be denied making it back-to-back titles in May.
21 Kevin De Bruyne has scored 21 Premier League goals from outside the box; the most of any player since his first season with Manchester City (2015-16), a…
Jurgen Klopp hailed Takumi Minamino s performance in Liverpool s 2-1 FA Cup win over Norwich City as the winger s best game for the club.
Minamino scored both of Liverpool s goals before half-time to help the Reds into the quarter-finals of the competition for the first time since Klopp took over as manager in 2015.
Japan international Minamino has scored three goals in this season s FA Cup, to add to his tally of four goals in five games from Liverpool s triumphant EFL Cup campaign.
Klopp acknowledged the 27-year-old s importance to his side, telling ITV Sport: Taki is an incredible player a big part of it tonight was for sure the best game he had for us.
He played a super game and was a constant threat, kept all the balls. I m really happy for him.
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Looking to secure back-to-back MLS victories in the early hours of Wednesday morning, FC Dallas will welcome DC United to the Toyota Stadium.
Starting with the hosts, managing to make a return to winning ways over the weekend thanks to a stellar display on home soil, Dallas should be smelling a golden chance here. Eventually picking up a 2-0 victory against Los Angeles, Nico Estevez’s men find themselves tipped as a standout contender to claim another play-off ticket in 2023. Although the Toros might have failed to collect back-to-back MLS victories since the middle of May, Dallas should be excited by their continued success in front of their own supporters. Including their marking their return from June’s international brea…
The United States started their CONCACAF Gold Cup campaign with a 1-0 win over Haiti on Sunday.
Sam Vines first international goal proved to be enough for the USA at Children s Mercy Park in Kansas City.
The eighth-minute header helped the USA make a winning start in Group B, in which they sit behind Canada, who crushed Martinique 4-1 earlier on Sunday.
The USA are six-time Gold Cup champions, including winning two of the past four editions – in 2013 and 2017.
They went close to an opener in just the sixth minute, but Walker Zimmerman s volley from a corner hit the crossbar.
However, they opened the scoring just three minutes later as Vines headed in powerfully from close range after Gyasi Zardes pass from inside the area.
GOAL! Sam Vi…