7:25 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said this week that winning the Europa League would not necessarily prove Manchester United are making progress, but results like this are a good indicator. Solskjaer’s argument is that a trophy can paper over the cracks, but the way which his team beat Milan 1-0 in their
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6:30 AM ET The Champions League has reached the quarterfinal stage after a round of 16 that saw, among other things, PSG oust Barcelona and Porto stun Juventus, while Bayern Munich and Manchester City cruised through. There is plenty to discuss, so we asked Gab Marcotti, Julien Laurens and James Olley for responses to some
11:50 PM ET Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel says his side should fear no one in the Champions League after the London club secured a spot in the quarterfinals for the first time since 2014 with Wednesday’s 2-0 win over Atletico Madrid. Goals from Hakim Ziyech and Emerson Palmieri helped Chelsea complete a 3-0 aggregate win
7:09 PM ET LONDON — Thomas Tuchel last week described a squad Frank Lampard often lamented for being too big as of “perfect size,” and here Chelsea proved why his opinion carries more weight. The Blues are through to their first Champions League quarterfinal since 2014 with a 2-0 win (3-0 on aggregate) over Atletico
10:21 AM ET So Barcelona have their new president, Joan Laporta, who also happens to be their old president, and speculation is rife about what might happen next. Scenarios range from total doom and gloom — a billion-plus dollars of debt, Lionel Messi‘s expiring contract, a global pandemic devastating the football economy — to a
10:03 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona president-elect Joan Laporta has finally secured a bank guarantee worth €125 million and will officially take office on Wednesday, sources have confirmed to ESPN. Laporta, who was previously Barca president between 2003 and 2010, was voted back into power last weekend ahead of rival candidates Victor Font
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10:03 AM ET The European soccer season is a marathon. We freak out early over weird results and small sample sizes, only for the world to (mostly) right itself by Christmas. But once the calendar changes, we get a much better feel for what we should really be freaking out about. Back in early January,
1:18 PM ET Where to begin after another big weekend in soccer. Arsenal humbled Spurs in the North London Derby, Real Madrid kept the pressure on Atletico Madrid in La Liga, Inter Milan took another big step towards the Series title in Italy, and Bayern Munich got a little bit of breathing room (thanks to
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10:00 AM ET Valencia midfielder Yunus Musah will represent the United States at international level. Musah, 18, made the announcement in conjunction with the U.S. Soccer Federation, and it amounts to the latest successful recruiting of a player eligible to represent multiple countries, following Barcelona defender Sergino Dest‘s choosing of the USMNT over Netherlands in
6:29 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will be talking a lot about “progress” between now and the end of the season: how much Manchester United have made, whether it’s enough and how they take the next step forward. It will be an easier conversation if this week goes well, and
5:09 PM ET Manchester United leapfrogged Leicester for second place in the Premier League with a 1-0 win against West Ham United on Sunday. The result gives Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men 57 points from 29 matches, one point ahead of the Foxes who defeated Sheffield United 5-0 earlier in the day, but 14 behind leaders
8:04 AM ET Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has said defensive duo Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez are “unlikely” to be fit for this summer’s European Championship. The two players suffered long-term knee injuries which ruled them out of the majority of the campaign and, despite Liverpool initially coping as they battled to retain their
6:02 PM ET LONDON — There was time when Sergio Aguero‘s importance to Manchester City was a certainty and their success in the Premier League was not. It feels decidedly different now. City eased to a 3-0 win over relegation-threatened Fulham at Craven Cottage on Saturday to extend their lead over Manchester United to 17
10:45 AM ET These are tough times for Christian Pulisic at Chelsea. The United States captain is fighting for his future at Stamford Bridge, but even on the rare occasion that he gets the chance to impress coach Thomas Tuchel, the odds appear to be stacked against him. For the first time since Tuchel replaced
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9:44 AM ET The 2019-20 season was a historic moment for Liverpool, as the Reds ended their 30-year title drought and clinched their first-ever Premier League title. Not only that, but they did it in style: it was the fastest-ever title win (clinched with seven games to spare), they took 61 of 63 points to