Could this be the year, at long last, for Manchester City and Pep Guardiola? The evidence is mounting, the latest exhibit from a team hitting form at just the right time unfolding in front of shocked German eyes. And those of the rest of Europe.
This time it’s our turn, Carlo Ancelotti had said, but even he couldn’t have imagined it would end up this good. Barcelona had won three clasicos in a row; by the final minutes of the fourth, though, it was Karim Benzema who stood in the corner of the Camp Nou,
It was a night when a Harry Kane penalty conversion positively overflowed with narrative drama.
It was the moment when RB Leipzig’s shattered players could exhale. There were 62 minutes on the clock and a bright, red No 9 on the Manchester City substitutes’ board. For the German club, the ordeal was over. Erling Haaland was coming off.
Greater Manchester Police are investigating Liverpool’s team coach being damaged after their 4-1 loss at Manchester City on Saturday.
After 26 matches and 91 minutes of nerves and tension, a swipe of Franck Kessié’s boot virtually delivered the league for Barcelona.
At least Tottenham can always count on Harry Kane. Two goals from the England captain – including his first penalty since missing from the spot in the World Cup quarter-final against France –
Bayern Munich started life under Thomas Tuchel with a 4-2 victory over his old club Borussia Dortmund at the Allianz Arena that saw them replace the visitors at the top of the Bundesliga table.
ürgen Klopp watched his Liverpool team crash out of the Champions League at the Santiago Bernabéu and insisted they must now get back into the competition – by coming through what he described as a “proper football week” which will define their “strange” season.
“Bruno, Bruno” was the ecstatic cry offered to Manchester United’s talisman, whose goal here – his side’s third of the night – killed off Real Betis and gave the Portuguese a dash of redemption four days after the 7-0 humbling by Liverpool.
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