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LONDON — Enzo Maresca has warned comparing Chelsea’s teenage sensation Estêvão with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will put “too much pressure” on his shoulders.Estêvão was the Blues’ standout performer, scoring a sublime second goal as Maresca’s side thrashed 10-man Barcelona 3-0 at Stamford Bridge.Jules Koundé scored a calamitous 27th-minute own goal before Ronald Araújo’s rash 44th-minute dismissal left the LaLiga champions a goal and a man down at half-time.- Estêvão has Chelsea looking like a team that deserves ‘world champions’ tagTen minutes into the second half, Estêvão picked up Reece James’ pass on the right flank, jinking past Pau…

Pep Guardiola suggested he had been “too nice” to his fringe players after the decision to make 10 changes to his team contributed to Manchester City’s surprise 2-0 defeat to Bayer Leverkusen.City lost a home game in the Champions League group stage or league phase for the first time since 2018 thanks to goals from Alejandro Grimaldo and Patrik Schick.Editor’s Picks2 RelatedGuardiola admitted afterward that the changes he made to his team were “too much” and hinted that he should have been ruthless in keeping his squad players on the bench.”Too many changes,” said Guardiola. “Maybe it was too much,…

Coach Hansi Flick has promised we will see a “different Barcelona side” in the coming weeks after Tuesday’s chastening 3-0 defeat to Chelsea in the Champions League at Stamford Bridge.A Jules Koundé own goal gave Chelsea a first-half lead in London, with Estêvão and Liam Delap on target in the second period after Barça defender Ronald Araújo had been sent off just before the break.Editor’s Picks1 RelatedThe defeat leaves the Spanish champions 15th in the standings, with just seven points from their five games and in real danger of missing out on the top eight and a direct path to…

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca says Estevao and Lamine Yamal are probably going to be the next Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.Estevao outshone Yamal in the first meeting between the two best 18-year-olds in world football, scoring a stunning goal as Chelsea dominated 10-man Barcelona in a 3-0 win to move into the Champions League top eight. Yamal, who came second at the Ballon d’Or awards, endured a difficult night at Stamford Bridge as his Spain team-mate, Marc Cucurella, shut him out the game with a huge defensive performance. The two most valuable 18-year-old’s in world football Lamine Yamal and Estevao…

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., Nov. 26, 2025. Brendan McDermid | ReutersStocks rose on Wednesday, putting the major averages on pace for their fourth straight day of gains ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 364 points, or 0.8%. The S&P 500 also climbed 0.8%, while the Nasdaq Composite jumped 0.9%.The broader market’s gains were bolstered by artificial intelligence player Oracle, which jumped 4%. Nvidia shares moved up 1%, recovering from a recent pullback, while fellow “Magnificent Seven” member Microsoft also traded 1% higher.Stocks are…

Growing proximity to the Taliban regime marks one of the most dramatic recalibrations of New Delhi’s assertive and innovative foreign policy in recent years. What began in the summer of 2021 as cautious, back-channel humanitarian contact to ensure safe exit of Indians as the Taliban advanced towards Kabul has evolved into a routine of structured, institutionalized, high-frequency, high-level interactions. Looking more deeply beyond those surface bilateral contacts, we can discern a geopolitical logic that drives India’s quiet and yet very robust rapprochement with the Taliban regime. Representing a rather hard-nosed realism, not an ideological shift, it is an attempt to…

We’re into the second half of the league phase of the Champions League – so who’s heading for a knockout spot and which are teams are facing an early exit?It’s matchday five out of eight in Europe’s elite club competition this week and the pressure is ramping up on teams to earn the points to seal a place in the last 16. Here’s how it all stands right now… Who qualifies for the knockouts?The top eight sides at the end of the league phase qualify automatically for the last 16.The next 16 sides – ranked ninth to 24th go into…

On Monday evening, the head coach from the red half of Manchester admitted his biggest fear was his team would sink back to the levels of last season. On Tuesday night, it may have been the other major Manchester manager thinking the same thing.In their 2-0 defeat to Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday, City looked like the team who dropped out of the title race in the autumn of last term. Without the dominating presence of Rodri, City were once again susceptible to opposition fast breaks – where both goals came from, and more should have been scored by the German…

The top stories and transfer rumours from Wednesday’s newspapers…Premier LeagueManchester United will accelerate discussions over the Africa Cup of Nations release dates for Bryan Mbeumo, Amad Diallo and Noussair Mazraoui following Monday’s defeat by Everton – Daily Mail Spreaker This content is provided by Spreaker, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Spreaker cookies or to allow those cookies just once. You can change your settings at any time via the Privacy Options. Unfortunately we…

Mikel Arteta insists Harry Kane holds no fear for Arsenal and says his players will be prepared for the task of keeping him quiet when they host Bayern Munich on Wednesday.Kane faces the Gunners having scored an incredible 109 goals in 114 appearances for Bayern following his move from Spurs in 2023, a total which includes 24 in 18 games this season. The 32-year-old has an outstanding record against Arsenal having scored 15 goals in 21 career appearances. His penalty on his last visit, in the Champions League quarter-final with Bayern in 2024, was his sixth goal in 10 games…