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Beth LindopSep 17, 2025, 07:05 PM ETCloseBased in Liverpool, Beth Lindop is ESPN’s Liverpool correspondent and also covers the WSL and UWCL.LIVERPOOL, England — Liverpool head coach Arne Slot has admitted he was surprised by the fitness of striker Alexander Isak during his debut against Atlético Madrid.The Sweden international played 58 minutes of Liverpool’s 3-2 win before being replaced by fellow summer signing Hugo Ekitike. Isak joined the Premier League champions from Newcastle United on transfer deadline day for a British-record £125 million ($171m) and is still working his way up to full fitness following a disrupted preseason.- Isak might…
Arne Slot lauded Liverpool’s mentality after they scored yet another late winner to claim a 3-2 win over Atletico Madrid in the Champions League at Anfield.The Premier League champions let slip a two-goal lead after efforts from Andy Robertson and Mo Salah were cancelled out by Marcos Llorente’s double before Virgil van Dijk headed home in the second minute of added time. Liverpool have already made a habit of scoring late winners this season, most recently beating Burnley 1-0 in the Premier League thanks to Salah’s 95th-minute penalty.”If you want to beat a team like Atletico, which is known and…
Arne Slot was high in his praise of British record £125m signing Alexander Isak after he made his Liverpool debut in their late 3-2 win against Atletico Madrid on Wednesday. The striker started as the Premier League champions let slip a two-goal lead after efforts from Andy Robertson and Mo Salah were cancelled out by Marcos Llorente’s double before Virgil van Dijk headed home in the second minute of added time. Isak did not play a part in Newcastle’s summer preparations or start to the season as he sought a move to Anfield.And the 25-year-old’s only appearance of the season…
Jamie Carragher has classed Harry Kane as one of the greatest goalscorers in football history following his double in Bayern Munich’s 3-1 Champions League win over ChelseaKane tucked his first effort of the evening into the bottom corner from the penalty spot, before then capitalising on Malo Gusto’s error just after the hour mark to claim his second at the Allianz Arena. The 32-year-old striker has now scored 10 goals in just six appearances for Bayern so far this season, taking his tally to 95 goals in 102 appearances for the German side since joining in the summer of 2023.Kane…
Jamie Carragher has classed Harry Kane as one of the greatest goalscorers in football history following his double in Bayern Munich’s 3-1 Champions League win over ChelseaKane tucked his first effort of the evening into the bottom corner from the penalty spot, before then capitalising on Malo Gusto’s error just after the hour mark to claim his second at the Allianz Arena. The 32-year-old striker has now scored 10 goals in just six appearances for Bayern so far this season, taking his tally to 95 goals in 102 appearances for the German side since joining in the summer of 2023.Kane…
Beth LindopSep 17, 2025, 06:54 PM ETCloseBased in Liverpool, Beth Lindop is ESPN’s Liverpool correspondent and also covers the WSL and UWCL.LIVERPOOL, England — With a beaming smile, Mohamed Salah assumed his place on the Anfield advertising hoardings and soaked up the applause from his adoring public.The 33-year-old had just put Liverpool 2-0 up in their UEFA Champions League opener against Atletico Madrid, having provided Andy Robertson with the assist for his team’s first goal only minutes earlier. On a night when British-record signing Alexander Isak made his Liverpool debut, the Reds’ Egyptian King showed he has no intention of…
Beth LindopSep 17, 2025, 06:38 PM ETCloseBased in Liverpool, Beth Lindop is ESPN’s Liverpool correspondent and also covers the WSL and UWCL.Atlético Madrid boss Diego Simeone has claimed he was “fighting back” against insults from supporters before he was shown a red card in his team’s 3-2 defeat in its Champions League opener against Liverpool at Anfield.Simeone was dismissed in stoppage time after Virgil van Dijk scored a winner for the hosts in front of the Kop.The Atlético manager appeared to get caught up in an altercation with Liverpool supporters on the sideline before stewards tried to wrestle control of…
Sep 17, 2025, 06:33 PM ETParis Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique had a high opinion of his players as they began their Champions League title defense with a 4-0 rout of Atalanta on Wednesday.For the second straight home game he observed the first half from up in the stands rather than down on the sideline, having done so against Lens in Ligue 1 on Sunday.”I’m doing the same thing I did in the last match because, from above, I get a lot of information that I can use at halftime,” Luis Enrique told broadcaster Canal Plus before the kickoff against Atalanta.…
On whether he always feels his side will find a way to win given their knack for scoring late goals this season…You’re never 100 per cent sure but what I do know is we’re so fit that we’re able to push one more time. But I’m sure that we’re not going to need, every single game, stoppage time. There will be games where if we are 2-0 up after six minutes and we create so many chances afterwards that we will score the third and then we won’t need stoppage time to make a late game winner. And there will…
Tom HamiltonSep 17, 2025, 06:28 PM ETClose• Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018MUNICH — Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca said Jonathan Tah escaped a “clear red card” in the first half of their 3-1 defeat to Bayern Munich on Wednesday.Tah was given a yellow card after he tangled with João Pedro off the ball as they chased a ball behind Bayern’s defence. Tah looked to swing his arm into Pedro’s throat, leaving the Brazilian forward prone on the floor.Maresca was aggrieved…