Paris Saint-Germain continue to stumble through the end of the season after a mix-up from a goal kick gifted Montpellier with a late 3-2 win. Edinson Cavani missed a late penalty kick after taking over duties from Neymar, resulting in a draw for struggling PSG against Nice. Paris Saint-Germain have rejected Le Parisien’s claims of
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After Chelsea guaranteed themselves Champions League football with a win over Watford, the FC crew examine the overall success of their season. Chelsea remain on course for a spot in next season’s Champions League after a 3-0 win at home to Watford. LONDON — Maurizio Sarri has said he wants to stay at Chelsea next
4:58 PM ET RB Leipzig threw away a two-goal lead in a thrilling 3-3 Bundesliga draw at Mainz 05 on Friday as their run of eight successive wins in all competitions came to an end. Lukas Klostermann put third-placed Leipzig in control with two first-half goals, tapping in from Timo Werner’s pass after 20 minutes
Thomas Tuchel is trying to get PSG on track but lacks the support of his bosses and the respect of his squad. It wasn’t supposed to happen this way. At the start of January, PSG were looking forward to what promised to be a superb second half of the season. They had big ambitions and
Liverpool’s Jurgen Klopp joked about a restaurant giving him a table on holiday in Ibiza for beating Real Madrid when he was Borussia Dortmund manager. Eintracht Frankfurt sporting director Fredi Bobic has told ESPN FC there has been “no contact” with Real Madrid over the transfer of Luka Jovic. Reports in Spain from AS had
Manchester United fans are hoping to hit Ed Woodward where it hurts by reducing the club’s follower numbers. After Manchester United missed out on Champions League football for next season, the backlash against the club’s ownership by irked fans has kicked up another notch. An underwhelming 1-1 draw against relegated Huddersfield at the weekend ended
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admits some of his Man United players have played their last game for the club. Manchester United’s Champions League ambitions were sunk after squandering chances in a 1-1 draw with Huddersfield. Manchester United could only manage a meager 1-1 draw against league-worst Huddersfield and will now play the 2019-20 season without Champions
Relive the top goals from Week 37 of the 2018-19 Premier League season, including Vincent Kompany’s goal of the season contender against Leicester. Manchester City are back in the driver’s seat after Vincent Kompany’s long-range shot put the defending champions back on top of the table. Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany says ‘belief and desire’
New York Red Bulls striker Bradley Wright-Phillips joined ESPN FC to give his thoughts on the Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Nedum Onouha incident from last weekend in MLS. The lion’s roar was quieter last weekend. One week after LA Galaxy forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic made news for some alleged verbal threats against Real Salt Lake defender Nedum
Steve Nicol says he feels guilty for doubting Liverpool could pull off a comeback against Barcelona and reach the Champions League final. There have been many momentous Anfield nights in Liverpool’s European history but this one tops them all. Nobody gave the Reds a chance of overturning a 3-0 first-leg deficit to the mighty Barcelona,
Shaka Hislop’s Power Rankings are back and while a few familiar faces are near the top, Premier League clubs may have fallen down the ranks. European domestic leagues put up a united front ahead of Wednesday’s meeting with UEFA to discuss proposed changes to the Champions League. The European Leagues (EL), which is the association
Inter Milan failed to further secure third place in Serie A after seeing out a goalless draw at Udinese. Diego Godin has agreed a three-year contract worth €6.75 million-a-year with Inter Milan, sources from the club have told ESPN FC. The Uruguay international bid an emotional farewell to Atletico Madrid at the Wanda Metropolitano on
10:53 AM ET Chelsea are one win from a return to the Champions League after a comfortable 3-0 victory at home to Watford. The Blues were disappointing in the first half and were booed off, but it was a different story after the break. Ruben Loftus-Cheek headed Chelsea in front in the 48th minute, nodding
Ross Dyer and Craig Burley share their thoughts on Liverpool’s chances against Barcelona without Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino. Jurgen Klopp confirms that Liverpool will be without top scorer Mo Salah for their clash against Barcelona tomorrow night. Ousmane Dembele walked off with an injury in Barcelona’s 2-0 defeat to Celta Vigo. Shaka Hislop’s Power
Matteo Bonetti feels Juventus will go all out to bring in Pep Guardiola this summer, but Ale Moreno finds it hard to believe he’d leave Man City. Miralem Pjanic has cast doubt over his future at Juventus by saying he would consider a move to Paris Saint-Germain. Speaking to Canal+, midfielder Pjanic said he was
Arsenal’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang joined Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane in hitting the 20-goal mark in the Premier League this season after scoring against Brighton & Hove Albion on Sunday, but all three appear set to end the campaign disappointed. Auba’s opener against Brighton took him to 20 goals in 35 Premier League outings so
12:23 PM ET BERLIN, May 4 (Reuters) – Lowly Nuremberg moved closer to an immediate return to the second division when they were beaten 2-0 at VfL Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga on Saturday. The defeat left Nuremberg, who are one place off the bottom of the table, with 19 points, five adrift of VfB Stuttgart
4:35 PM ET AC Milan revived their Champions League hopes with a 2-1 win over Bologna on Monday in a match featuring an angry row between their coach Gennaro Gattuso and midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko on the touchline. Suso fired Milan in front in the 37th minute and Fabio Borini added a second in the 67th
LIVERPOOL — They are beginning to grow accustomed to “beautiful failure” at Liverpool, but manager Jurgen Klopp knows that the only way to experience the other side of the coin is by risking everything to get it. Over the past five years, Liverpool’s exciting brand of attacking football has seen them finish as runners-up in
Rafael van der Vaart was once famous for arrowing shots in from distance for Ajax, Hamburg, Real Madrid and Tottenham. Now the former Netherlands international, who won 109 caps for his country, has turned his hand to a different kind of arrows — darts. Van der Vaart retired from football last year after a very brief