The return of club football coincided with the real Lionel Messi standing up, inspiring Barcelona to a 2-0 win over Espanyol with a brace, maintaining a 10-point gap at the top of the table. Zinedine Zidane‘s Real Madrid were almost embarrassed by bottom-placed Huesca, Karim Benzema‘s 89th-minute goal saw them pinch it 3-2. Liverpool opened up a
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Steve Nicol and Shaka Hislop contextualize Lionel Messi’s dominance after the Barcelona star reached 40 goals for the 10th straight season. Barcelona manager Ernesto Valverde said his team is prioritising winning La Liga over the Champions League, while warning the European cup competition can “betray you” in 15 minutes. The Catalans are 10 points clear
After a big week for the Italian national team, Moise Kean jumped back into the Juventus lineup and scored the winner against Empoli. Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri said he remains hopeful of having Cristiano Ronaldo back for the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal against Ajax on April 10, although the forward has been
“I’m not going to deny it, I won’t lie: things are even harder now,” Diego Godin admitted. “I said it was an even fight, but it’s not any more: the gap is considerable now although we can’t think about that, we have to focus on recovering, overcoming this. We’re gutted and sad. It’s been a
2:11 PM ET Eintracht Frankfurt’s Filip Kostic scored a goal in each half to help his team secure a 3-0 victory over strugglers VfB Stuttgart on Sunday, lifting them into to fourth place in the Bundesliga and in contention for a Champions League spot. Serbia international Kostic fired in from a tight angle on the
Messi has scored at least 40 goals in each of his last 10 seasons for Barcelona. What a weekend of football, eh? The return of club football coincided with the real Lionel Messi standing up as the little Argentine inspired Barcelona to a 2-0 win over Espanyol with a brace, maintaining a 10-point gap at
Liverpool legend Steve Nicol recalls his side’s 1989 title challenge failure as caution for Manchester City in their quest for a quadruple. Mark Donaldson presents his Premier League Fantasy FC squad. Join him in all the action at ESPN.com/FantasyFC. Ilkay Gundogan has said Manchester City have the desire required to become the first English team
LIVERPOOL, England — There is something breathless, reckless and uncontrollable about Liverpool’s refusal to give an inch in their battle with Manchester City for the Premier League title. This is what life on a knife-edge feels like when you are so desperate to be crowned as champions. Thanks to Toby Alderweireld’s 89th-minute own goal in
Liverpool’s pursuit of the Premier League title produced more drama against Spurs, with a 90th-minute own goal moving them back ahead of Man City. Liverpool’s pursuit of the Premier League title produced more drama against Spurs, with a 90th-minute own goal moving them back ahead of Man City. Craig Burley focuses on Andy Robertson and
1:10 AM ET Stefan Frei made three saves to post his second shutout of the season as the Seattle Sounders remained undefeated in MLS play this season with a 0-0 draw Saturday night against the host Vancouver Whitecaps. The Sounders gained a point while improving to 3-0-1. Vancouver (0-3-1) got its first point of the
Late goals from Cesar Azpilicueta and Ruben Loftus-Cheek keep Chelsea in the top four hunt with a win at Cardiff. English Premier League: Ruben Loftus-Cheek (90+1′) Cardiff 1-2 Chelsea English Premier League: Cesar Azpilicueta (84′) Cardiff 1-1 Chelsea Maurizio Sarri insisted he would never consider walking away from Chelsea despite enduring open hostility from many
BARCELONA, Spain — Lionel Messi scored two late goals to earn Barcelona a 2-0 win in Saturday’s Catalan derby against Espanyol at Camp Nou. Messi won and then chipped home a free kick from the edge of the box in the 71st minute to open the scoring in a game of few clear-cut chances. The
12:27 PM ET March 31 (Reuters) – Valencia withstood a second-half onslaught to beat Sevilla 1-0 away in La Liga on Sunday, striking a crucial blow in their bid to qualify for next season’s Champions League, while harming Sevilla’s chances of securing a top-four place. Valencia captain Dani Parejo gave his side the lead against
8:51 AM ET Celtic grabbed a late winner as they beat 10-man Rangers 2-1 in the Old Firm Derby to go 13 points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership. The runaway leaders took a first-half lead through Odsonne Edouard but, after Rangers had Alfredo Morelos sent off for an elbow on Scott Brown,
3:02 PM ET Teenager Moise Kean scored three minutes after coming on as a substitute to give Juventus a 1-0 win over lowly Empoli after the runaway Serie A leaders had been jeered off at half-time on Saturday. Juventus, missing Cristiano Ronaldo after he suffered a thigh injury in Portugal’s 1-1 draw with Serbia on
5:30 PM ET Sampdoria pounced on a glaring error by AC Milan goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma in the first minute to beat Gennaro Gattuso’s side 1-0 in an end-to-end Serie A match on Saturday. Donnarumma collected a back pass from Alessio Romagnoli but gave the ball straight to Sampdoria forward Gregoire Defrel who tapped in from
12:47 PM ET Champions Bayern Munich stumbled to a 1-1 draw at Freiburg to hand the Bundesliga top spot back to Borussia Dortmund, who beat Wolfsburg 2-0. Bayern, who had won 13 of their previous 14 league games, cancelled out Lucas Hoeler’s third minute goal with Robert Lewandowski’s 199th Bundesliga goal in the 22nd minute.
5:43 PM ET Atletico Madrid thrashed Alaves 4-0 on Saturday to keep alive their faint hopes of winning the La Liga title as they stayed 10 points behind leaders Barcelona in second place in the standings. Diego Simeone’s side dominated at Mendizorroza and triumphed with goals from Saul Niguez, Diego Costa, Alvaro Morata and Thomas
Manchester United held on to beat Watford and moved above Arsenal into the top four in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s first match as the permanent manager. English Premier League: Abdoulaye Doucoure (90′) Manchester United 2-1 Watford Manchester United held on to beat Watford and moved above Arsenal into the top four in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s first
3:20 PM ET Nemanja Nikolic‘s shot deflected off New York Red Bulls defender Tim Parker and the host Chicago Fire picked up their first win of the season with a 1-0 victory on Saturday afternoon. Chicago had several other scoring opportunities but had nothing to show for it until the 48th minute. Nikolic received a
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