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Nov 26, 2025, 06:59 PM ETLiverpool midfielder Curtis Jones blasted his team after a ninth defeat in 12 matches left head coach Arne Slot fighting for his future.Slot insisted he retained the support of the club’s hierarchy and was not worried about his job despite the 4-1 Champions League humiliation by PSV Eindhoven.Editor’s Picks2 RelatedIt is not just the results but the manner in which they losing: this was the first time in 72 years the club had lost three matches by a margin of three or more goals, having also been beaten by Nottingham Forest and Manchester City.”I don’t…

Beth LindopNov 26, 2025, 06:58 PM ETCloseBased in Liverpool, Beth Lindop is ESPN’s Liverpool correspondent and also covers the WSL and UWCL.LIVERPOOL, England — Liverpool’s UEFA Champions League clash with PSV Eindhoven was barely three minutes old when the Anfield crowd started to get restless. As goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili stood with the ball at the feet, pondering his next move, supporters in all corners of the ground began to grumble. This same sequence repeated two times before the clock had ticked past 10 minutes.By that point, Liverpool were 1-0 down. On a night when Arne Slot’s side ultimately slumped to…

View over Victoria terminus or Chhatrapati Shivaji terminus (CST) and central Mumbai at dusk Mumbai IndiaPeter Adams | Stone | Getty ImagesIndia’s benchmark indexes hit a record high Thursday as Asia-Pacific markets tracked Wall Street gains on Fed rate-cut hopes and tech rebound.The Nifty 50 hit 26,284.2, while the BSE Sensex reached 86,026.18. Both the indexes had last hit record highs in September 2024. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index closed 1.23% higher at 50,167.1, led by tech stocks, while the Topix index added 0.39% to 3,368.57. Among the top movers were Advantest, up 4.88%, tech conglomerate SoftBank Group soared 3.57%…

Xabi Alonso said Real Madrid’s 4-3 Champions League win at Olympiacos on Wednesday was “important to change the dynamic” after three games without a victory left the team, and the coach, under pressure.Kylian Mbappé scored four goals — including a seven-minute hat trick — and Vinícius Júnior provided two assists, to put Madrid on 12 points and consolidate their place in the top eight.Editor’s Picks1 RelatedMadrid went into the game in Greece having followed a defeat at Liverpool with draws at Rayo Vallecano and Elche, leading to criticism of Alonso’s tactics, and reports that the coach’s relationship with key players…

Harry Kane said “it’s not time to panic” after Bayern Munich suffered their first defeat in all competitions this season with a 3-1 Champions League loss against Arsenal.Mikel Arteta’s team made it five wins from five in the Champions League and moved three points clear at the top of the European table with goals from Jurriën Timber, Noni Madueke and Gabriel Martinelli, with teenager Lennart Karl scoring for the Bundesliga leaders.Editor’s Picks1 RelatedBayern had gone unbeaten in every game this season prior to their visit to the Emirates, including a Champions League win away to European champions Paris Saint-Germain earlier…

LONDON — Declan Rice has warned Arsenal not to “get carried away” with Wednesday’s 3-1 win over Bayern Munich which maintained their perfect start to the Champions League league phase.The Gunners made it five consecutive victories in Europe this season as goals from Jurriën Timber, Noni Madueke and Gabriel Martinelli inflicted Bayern’s first defeat in any competition this season.- Arsenal remain perfect to firm up UCL contender statusTeenager Lennart Karl cancelled out Timber’s opener on 32 minutes but Madueke and Martinelli came off the bench to turn the game in Arsenal’s favour in an impressive second half and leave them…

Liverpool suffered a ninth defeat in just 12 games in all competitions, as they were beaten 4-1 by PSV Eindhoven at Anfield.Here, Sky Sports’ Adam Bate assesses the key issues hampering Arne Slot’s side at present. Van Dijk’s form is a worry Image: Virgil van Dijk conceded an early penalty in Liverpool’s crushing defeat Virgil van Dijk decided to tackle Wayne Rooney’s criticism from a position of strength after a clean sheet and victory over Real Madrid but three consecutive three-goal defeats have put his form firmly back in the spotlight and he was culpable once more. The difficulty for…

On whether he feels it is ‘fair for there to be discussion about his future’…I don’t think it’s important if it is fair or not. But that it’s normal, that I understand. If any manager around the world loses football games, let alone as many as we have lost, it’s quite normal that people have an opinion about that and if that is fair or not fair, that’s for other people to judge. But that it’s normal, I think it is that if you lose so many times that people start talking about that.On how ‘worried’ he is about his…

Nov 26, 2025, 06:01 PM ETLONDON — Arsenal hammered out a warning to Europe’s top teams by extending their perfect start to the UEFA Champions League’s league phase with a 3-1 win against Bayern Munich, which confirms their status as favorites to win the competition.Goals by Jurriën Timber, Noni Madueke and Gabriel Martinelli sent Bayern crashing to their first defeat in all competitions this season and sent the Gunners three points clear of the chasing pack at the top of the table.Lennart Karl’s first-half equalizer had given Bayern hope of maintaining their unbeaten record, but Arsenal proved too strong in…

Midfielder Rose Lavelle insists the United States must play as a collective when facing Italy in two upcoming friendlies, citing the 2-1 loss against Portugal during the October window as a cautionary tale.The United States hosts Italy in Orlando, Florida, on Nov. 28, before facing the team again on Dec. 1 in Fort Lauderdale.Editor’s Picks1 Related”In that first game against Portugal, it was just kind of getting back on the same page and playing as a team,” Lavelle said. “I think that obviously it wasn’t for lack of trying. We obviously were working really hard during the game, but I…