The north London club are now four games adrift of immortality, guaranteed a first English title since 2004 with three wins in their remaining Premier League matches against West Ham, Burnley and Crystal Palace. With the title clash with Manchester City set to take place, Arteta’s side will travel to Budapest to face either Paris […]
“We had one leg in London, we saw ourselves going to the final,” the goalkeeper lamented. With Bayern's crushing defeat, Madrid again launched a decisive attack. Once again it was Joselu, a striker on loan from second division side Espanyol, who headed home after Antonio Rudiger cut the ball back. The goal was ruled offside […]
Ilkay Gündogan lost the ball in midfield and with Barcelona’s defense in complete disarray, Javi López crossed to Omorodyan, who passed between the legs of Marc-Andre ter Stegen. “We can’t make those mistakes, it’s unacceptable,” Xavi said. “We are giving too much and it takes a toll.” Barcelona were easily taken apart on several occasions […]
After knocking Premier League giants Man United out of the Europa League in midweek, Sevilla recorded another impressive win against sixth-place Villarreal. The Andalusians are six games unbeaten since the arrival of coach Jose Luis Mendilibar and are far more solid than his predecessor Jorge Sampaoli, having risen eight points from the bottom three to […]
Prosecutors in Madrid decided in September not to press charges of racist chants aimed at Vinicius after finding they “lasted a few seconds” and did not constitute a crime. In December, Vinicius accused La Liga of continuing to do nothing about racist fans at matches, after videos on social media showed fans abusing and throwing […]
English Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers are looking to sign Brazilian centre-back Felipe from Atletico Madrid in the January transfer window, sources familiar with ongoing talks told Reuters on Wednesday. A source close to Wolves said the club and Felipe have already reached an agreement on the terms of his contract, and they expect to […]
Félix scored once in five World Cup matches as Portugal were knocked out at the quarter-final stage. He started in Atletico’s 1-0 home defeat to La Liga leaders Barcelona on Sunday and was substituted after 73 minutes. “Chelsea is one of the great teams in the world and I hope to help the team reach […]
Ousmane Dembele’s strike left Barcelona three points clear at the top of La Liga with a tense 1-0 win over Atletico Madrid on Sunday. Capitalizing on the defeat of champions Real Madrid by Villarreal, Barcelona recorded an impressive victory at the Metropolitano. Away from suspended top-scorer Robert Lewandowski, Xavi picked on Ansu Fati in his […]
Villarreal were briefly pegged back when a handball by Juan Foyth gave the visitors a penalty, which was expertly dispatched by Karim Benzema on the hour. The hosts were awarded a penalty two minutes later when David Alaba handled the ball. Moreno converted from the spot after Madrid’s protests had subsided, sending Courtois the wrong […]