Football

9:00 AM ET Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been here before; the Manchester United manager seems to regularly face the “biggest week” of his time in charge of the club. But this one really does feel like it, with season-defining games against RB Leipzig and Manchester City within the space of five days for a team

3:15 PM ET LONDON — In trying to be the team Mikel Arteta wants them to be, Arsenal revealed yet again what they actually are. On Sunday, Tottenham beat Arsenal 2-0 and nobody could be surprised about how it happened. Nobody, that is, except Arteta, who by setting up his team with greater attacking purpose

4:23 PM ET James Capps Liverpool moved level on points with Tottenham at the top of the Premier League thanks to a comfortable 4-0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers at Anfield. Mohamed Salah put the hosts ahead when he pounced on poor defending from Conor Coady to rifle the ball past Rui Patricio at the midway

Chelsea went top of the Premier League after goals from Olivier Giroud, Kurt Zouma and substitute Christian Pulisic sealed a 3-1 comeback win against Leeds. With 2,000 home fans in attendance at Stamford Bridge, following the rollout of new COVID-19 tier rules in the United Kingdom, Leeds took a shock early lead through Patrick Bamford,

6:20 PM ET Stars from the United States men’s national team had days to remember in Europe on Saturday, with Christian Pulisic, Weston McKennie and Giovanni Reyna all scoring for their respective clubs on a record-breaking day. It was the first time in 15 years that three different Americans scored in one of the five

3:43 PM ET It had been 271 days since a football crowd celebrated a goal inside a Premier League stadium, but as West Ham became the first English top-flight club to open its doors to fans since the COVID-19 pandemic sent the sport into lockdown in March, visitors Manchester United ensured the 2,000 home supporters

Dec 3, 2020 It feels like an eternity now, but I vividly remember what I was doing on Feb. 9 of this year. As the final part of a frantic two-week spell broadcasting matches up and down Germany, I found myself on very familiar terrain at the spaceship-like Allianz Arena to the north of Munich.

2:15 PM ET Austin LindbergESPN FC How did the New England Revolution get here? The 15th-best team in the 26-team league when the 2020 MLS Cup playoffs began is suddenly the most in-form side of the postseason, preparing for Sunday’s Eastern Conference final against Columbus Crew SC (3 p.m. ET, stream live on ABC). And

12:49 PM ET Arsenal‘s best results under Mikel Arteta have come in a style markedly at odds with the philosophy the Spaniard outlined when taking charge last December. “There are some things that have to have a blueprint,” he said at the time. “We have to have passion, we have to be dominant, we have

4:42 AM ET In this week’s ESPN’s Insider Notebook, Manchester United are willing to spend in January. PLUS: MLS’ Houston Dash and Houston Dynamo on their “one club” re-brand. Jump to: Saliba wants out of Arsenal | Mexico surprised by Alvarez’s USMNT call-up | Lloris and his sickbed | Agents pitch to Camavinga | Houston

4:51 PM ET Fans returned to the Emirates as Arsenal raced past Rapid Vienna 4-1 in their penultimate Europa League Group B match on Thursday. The Gunners, who qualified for the 32-team knockout stage the previous round, welcomed in around 2,000 fans before goals from Alexandre Lacazette, Pablo Mari, Edward Nketiah and Emile Smith Rowe

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We’re nearly at the end of 2020, which means it’s time for ESPN’s annual ranking of the best men’s players and coaches in world soccer! Welcome to the FC 100. This year, our fifth edition of the countdown has a lot of surprises and new faces — more on that later — as well as

6:25 PM ET MANCHESTER, England — There is no hiding place in the Champions League. If you are not ruthless and decisive in key moments, the only guarantee is that you will pay a heavy price. It gets even worse when you throw naivety into the mix, as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Manchester United discovered

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6:00 AM ET This is a column mostly about Barcelona‘s little marvel, Pedri — Pedro Gonzalez Lopez, as he was christened — but it will contain comparisons with Leo (Lionel Andres) Messi, so we had might as well start with the great man himself. When Messi scored that brilliant goal against Osasuna on Sunday, it

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3:16 PM ET Alex Kirkland Real Madrid were left relying on results elsewhere to qualify from Champions League group B after they were beaten 2-0 by Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday. An encouraging start saw Marco Asensio hit the post from close range inside the first five minutes after being picked out by Karim Benzema. The