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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…

Tom HamiltonSep 17, 2025, 06:14 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 — There was a horrible sense of familiarity about Chelsea’s defeat to Bayern Munich.By the 70th minute, the Bayern fans were greeting each pass with “Olé”; the victory celebrations had started. For all their efforts, endeavor and eagerness in Munich, Chelsea’s defense crumbled when it needed to be at its resolute best, and Harry Kane and his Bayern teammates profited to win 3-1.For so much of this,…

The top stories and transfer rumours from Thursday’s newspapers…DAILY MIRROR Nottingham Forest midfielder Elliot Anderson is said to be on Manchester United’s transfer radar.Julian Alvarez’s representative has insisted that Liverpool did submit a bid for the Atletico Madrid striker during the summer transfer window.DAILY EXPRESS One-time Wimbledon finalist Marin Cilic has called out the ATP Tour over the ‘dangerous and crazy’ conditions at the Hangzhou Open. SCOTTISH SUN Andrew Cavenagh will be confronted by a furious fan protest at Ibrox on Saturday after the Rangers owner jets in from the USA.Celtic fans eager for change in the board room have…

HONG KONG (AP) — Critically endangered yellow-crested cockatoos found an unexpected sanctuary among Hong Kong ’s towering skyscrapers, but like their human neighbors they now face trouble finding a place to call home.Native to Indonesia and East Timor, the snow-white birds, their crests flashing like yellow crowns, squawk through the urban parks of the Asian financial hub. They make up roughly 10% of the species’ global wild population, which numbers only up to 2,000 mature birds.Research shows the city’s cockatoo population has stagnated as the birds, which live in tree cavities, are losing natural nesting spaces in old trees due…

Speaking to TNT Sports post-match, Van Dijk said: “We kept pushing, pushing for the 3-1 and obviously to concede an equaliser, massively deflected, was obviously not great. “But we found a way again and I think we were dangerous in set-pieces. They were pretty aggressive, I must say. But I’m glad I got the winner. “[They are] a team that never gives up. They have quality players that can punish you if you’re not there in a split second, if you are a little bit too late. Obviously they punished us just before the break and after the break we…

Team newsIsak came into the starting line-up as one of three changes from Sunday’s win at Burnley, with Jeremie Frimpong and Robertson also named in the XI.Hugo Ekitike, Alexis Mac Allister and Milos Kerkez were the players to make way.Liverpool: Alisson, Van Dijk, Konate, Wirtz (Ngumoha, 74), Szoboszlai, Isak (Ekitike, 58), Salah, Gakpo (Mac Allister, 58), Robertson (Kerkez, 86), Frimpong (Bradley, 58), Gravenberch.Unused subs: Mamardashvili, Woodman, Gomez, Endo, Leoni, Danns, Ngumoha.First halfLiverpool signalled their attacking intent from the off and, with a welcome stroke of fortune, were ahead with four minutes gone as Salah’s free-kick was inadvertently diverted past Jan…