Luis Enrique lauds PSG resilience in comeback win
Paris St Germain manager Luis Enrique praised his team for their dramatic comeback win at Lens on Saturday, but voiced frustration at their stuttering performance. PSG secured a 2-1 victory through Bradley Barcola’s late strike to move 10 points clear at the top of the standings. “It was a very contested, very difficult match. All […]
Cameroon International Anguissa and Lukaku combine to deny Lookman’s Atalanta a point
Romelu Lukaku scored a late goal to earn Napoli a 3-2 win at Atalanta on Saturday and strengthen their position at the top of the Serie A standings. The Belgian striker netted 12 minutes from time with a glancing header from Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa’s cross. Napoli, who lost 3-0 at home to Atalanta earlier this […]
Lacklustre Barcelona held to draw by Getafe
Barcelona were held to a 1-1 draw at lowly Getafe on Saturday as Mauro Arambarri’s strike cancelled out Jules Kounde’s opener to extend the visitors’ winless run in LaLiga to four matches. Barcelona are third in the standings on 39 points, four behind second-placed Real Madrid and five adrift of leaders Atletico. Kounde put the […]
Wirtz scores twice in Leverkusen’s win over Gladbach
Bayer Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz scored twice and set up another goal as he steered the German champions to a comfortable 3-1 victory over visiting Borussia Moenchengladbach on Saturday to stay four points behind leaders Bayern Munich. Last season’s domestic double winners have now won 11 straight matches across all competitions ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League […]
Villa’s Watkins makes Arsenal suffer once again
Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins proved a thorn in Arsenal’s side yet again as he completed his side’s comeback with the equaliser in a 2-2 draw that damaged the London club’s Premier League title hopes on Saturday. Arsenal were on course to erase the memory of last season’s home defeat by Villa — the last […]
Fulham’s Smith Rowe,Traore condemn Leicester to seventh straight loss
Second-half strikes from Emile Smith Rowe and Adama Traore earned Fulham a 2-0 win at Leicester City on Saturday and condemned the hosts to a seventh straight Premier League loss. Leicester, winless in the league for over six weeks, remained 19th in the table, while Fulham provisionally climbed to ninth. “It was really difficult in […]
Mateta brace gives Crystal Palace win at West Ham
Jean-Philippe Mateta scored twice in the second half as Crystal Palace completed a 2-0 Premier League away win at a toothless West Ham United on Saturday, more evidence for new manager Graham Potter of the difficult job he faces in east London. Palace broke from their own box and within three touches Eberechi Eze’s pass […]
Goalkeeper Naeher named U.S. Soccer female player of the year
Goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher was named the 2024 U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year, the sport’s national governing body said on Saturday, becoming only the second goalie in 40 years to claim the honour. Naeher helped the United States to win their fifth Olympic gold in a sensational Paris campaign, playing every minute of the […]
Last-gasp Nunez double gives Liverpool win at Brentford
Substitute Darwin Nunez’s stoppage-time double gave Liverpool a 2-0 win at Brentford on Saturday, as the Premier League leaders left it late to record their first league win of 2025. The Reds looked set to be denied with Brentford repelling wave after wave of attacks, before Nunez scored twice in three minutes to keep the […]
Barcola strikes late as PSG sink Lens
A late goal from Bradley Barcola earned Paris St Germain a 2-1 victory at Lens on Saturday to keep the French champions well clear at the top of the Ligue 1 standings. Barcola struck four minutes from time when he met a pass from Joao Neves on the left of the box and sent a […]