Football

10:17 PM ET Liverpool followed up their historic 7-0 win over Manchester United with a 1-0 defeat to Bournemouth — classic Liverpool — while Borussia Dortmund‘s title hopes took a hit and Kai Havertz came up big for a Chelsea side in need of heroes. ESPN correspondents Mark Ogden, Rob Dawson, Julien Laurens, Sam Marsden,

1:36 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Erik ten Hag slammed the use of VAR in the Premier League as “inconsistent” after Casemiro was sent off for a second time in his Manchester United career. The midfielder was shown a red card for a high challenge on Carlos Alcaraz during the 0-0 draw with Southampton on Sunday

10:00 AM ET Liam Wheeler Liverpool missed the chance to leapfrog Tottenham Hotspur and move into the top four of the Premier League as Philip Billing‘s goal lifted Bournemouth off the bottom of the table with a 1-0 win at the Vitality Stadium. The Reds started brightly and created an early flurry of opportunities, but

12:45 PM ET LEICESTER, England — Chelsea deepened Leicester City‘s relegation fears and increased the heat on Foxes boss Brendan Rodgers with a comfortable 3-1 win at the King Power Stadium in the Premier League on Saturday. Goals from Ben Chilwell, Kai Havertz and Mateo Kovacic — Patson Daka had equalised for Leicester in the

10:30 AM ET Alex KirklandESPN FC MADRID — Real Madrid came back from a goal down to beat Espanyol 3-1 in their LaLiga clash at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday. Joselu gave the visitors a surprise lead in the eighth minute but Vinicius Junior quickly brought Madrid level, cutting inside to curl a shot into

4:25 PM ET Paris Saint-Germain manager Christophe Galtier has said he would not have to “convince” Kylian Mbappe to stay at the club following their Champions League elimination to Bayern Munich this week. A disappointed Mbappe refused to discuss his future beyond this season following PSG’s 3-0 aggregate loss in the round of 16 on

Mar 9, 2023 They have been here before, of course. The same disappointment, the same flaws, the same mistakes, the same elimination, the same regrets. Paris Saint-Germain know all too well what it is crash out early in the Champions League. It is another round-of-16 exit, this time against a Bayern Munich side that was

10:30 AM ET Earlier this week, I investigated a simple premise: that the most consistently awesome teams in European soccer are less awesome this season. Of the top teams in the UEFA coefficient rankings — a.k.a. the teams that have enjoyed the most consistent success in European competitions — a majority have regressed this season.

5:13 AM ET Adriana Garcia Cristiano Ronaldo kicked water bottles in anger as he walked off the pitch following Al Nassr‘s 1-0 league defeat at title rivals Al Ittihad on Thursday. The result allowed Al Ittihad to leapfrog Al Nassr into first place in the Saudi Pro League after 20 games. – Stream on ESPN+:

5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United bounced back from the horror show against Liverpool to take control of their Europa League tie with Real Betis by beating the Spanish club 4-1 on Thursday. United won their last-16 first-leg fixture at Old Trafford thanks to goals from Marcus Rashford, Antony, Bruno Fernandes

7:30 AM ET Liverpool are not for sale, which is bad news for whoever paid for a plane to fly over Anfield ahead of Sunday’s Premier League match against Manchester United carrying a protest banner that declared: “FSG Out — Klopp In — Enough Is Enough.” The timing of the stunt probably couldn’t have been

5:45 PM ET Lionel Messi and PSG were eliminated in the Champions League last 16 for the second straight season on Wednesday. Alex Grimm/Getty Images MUNICH — Bayern Munich booked their place in the Champions League quarterfinals as second-half goals from Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and Serge Gnabry sealed a 2-0 win and ended Paris Saint-Germain‘s latest

4:18 PM ET There’s a very solid chance — about 50-50, depending on where you get your projections — that this European soccer season ends with both Napoli‘s first Serie A title since 1990 and Arsenal‘s first Premier League title since 2004. Neither of these clubs is a Leicester City, but considering what we’ve grown

10:50 AM ET Jon Arnold ST. LOUIS — As the St. Louis City SC supporters rounded the corner, a club employee tried to keep the ever-growing mass of people in their designated area. The march to the match was to take place on sidewalks, not the street. He had no chance. Saturday night, the streets

7:04 PM ET Borussia Dortmund midfielder Jude Bellingham called Chelsea‘s retaken penalty, which knocked his team out of the Champions League on Tuesday, a “joke.” The round-of-16 second leg at Stamford Bridge was finely poised at 1-1 on aggregate with the Blues winning 1-0 on the night through a Raheem Sterling goal when Ben Chilwell‘s

5:08 PM ET Chelsea beat Borussia Dortmund at Stamford Bridge 2-0 on Tuesday to book their place in the Champions League quarterfinals and ease the mounting pressure on head coach Graham Potter. Needing to overturn a 1-0 deficit from the first leg in Germany three weeks ago, Chelsea made a fast start but had to

7:30 AM ET Brentford’s win over Fulham extended their unbeaten run in the Premier League to 12 games, more than any other team in the division. Marc Atkins/Getty Images They probably wouldn’t be many people’s first guess, but Brentford are the top form side in the entire Premier League after extending their impressive unbeaten streak with

4:33 PM ET Ryan Rosenblatt MLS has a sample size that is now up to a whole 180 minutes per team! Well, except for the teams that have byes, so they’re still at 90 minutes. And not really for a few of the teams in the CONCACAF Champions League, because they sent out weaker teams