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Watch (highlights): Liverpool prevail after Villarreal delivers drama
The Spanish host erased Liverpool’s 2-0 first-leg lead by halftime with goals by Boulaye Dia and Francis Coquelin. But Liverpool, which ultimately outshot Villarreal 15-5, surged in the second half, when goals by Fabinho, Luis Díaz […]
Watch (game highlights): Spanish clubs vanquish recent UCL champs
Defending champion Chelsea and 2020-21 winner Bayern Munich fell in the quarterfinals to Real Madrid and Villarreal, respectively. Chelsea, which lost the first leg at home, 3-1, stormed out to a 3-0 lead on goals by […]
Watch: Magnificent Mbappe goal after nifty Neymar pass
Kylian Mbappe tricked his way between two Real Madrid defenders to score Paris Saint-Germain’s stoppage-time gamewinner after receiving Neymar‘s back-heel pass wide of penalty area. PSG’s 1-0 victory in the round of 16, first-leg clash in […]
Watch: The remarkable Porto free kick that doomed Juventus
It’s rare to go low on a long-range free kick, but Sergio Oliveira‘s 30-yard strike in overtime went under the jumping Juventus wall to clinch Porto’s passage to the UCL quarterfinals. (Porto lost the game, 3-2, […]
Watch: Alex Morgan introduce her baby daughter while at national team camp
In her first 2020 appearance with the national team, Alex Morgan brought her 7-month-old daughter, Charlie, to training camp ahead of last week’s 2-0 win over the Netherlands.
Manchester City ban and quitter Klinsmann highlight Champions League stranglehold
Last week Manchester City fell foul of UEFA’s suddenly strict interpretation of its own rules and was banned from the Champions League for two years. Further west in Germany, JurgenKlinsmann resigned as coach of Hertha Berlin […]
Wow! UEFA nails Man City — and how
Here’s something to classify alongside flying pigs and maybe a Unicorn grazing in your garden: one of soccer’s richest clubs being severely punished by the sport itself. I don’t meanpunished by FIFA — maybe that’s a […]
Watch: Luis Suarez's 20-yard rocket volley golazo
Barcelona equalized with Inter Milan with a searing shot by Luis Suarez, who also hit the gamewinner — after Leo Messi prep work — in the 2-1 Champions Leaguevictory. All of Wednesday’s UCL goals: =”https:>