10:45 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer defended his decision to rest Cristiano Ronaldo ahead of the 1-1 draw with Everton on Saturday. Ronaldo has scored five goals since returning to Old Trafford but was left on the bench against Rafael Benitez’s side along with Paul Pogba and Jadon Sancho. –

9:06 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool host Pep Guardiola’s Man City on Sunday . Photo by Martin Rickett/PA Images via Getty Images Pep Guardiola said his players won’t be intimidated when Manchester City visit Anfield and insisted they can beat Liverpool in their home stadium whether supporters are there or not. City won 4-1

6:00 PM ET Adam Brown Pau Torres is a reported transfer target of the Premier League’s Manchester City. Alex Caparros/Getty Images The summer transfer window is closed for the top leagues in Europe! After a summer full of international football, countless clubs waited until the last minute to pull off their transfers. See all the major

9:36 AM ET Sid LoweSpain writer “Today, everyone knows what the problem is,” said Ronald Koeman, which was asking for it, really. The “insert your own joke here” thing was just too easy, the response far too obvious. Yes, Ronald: it’s you. Barcelona had been beaten again, this time by Benfica in Lisbon, leaving them

8:49 AM ET Glen Kamara was reportedly targeted with abuse during the game between Rangers and Sparta Praha. Photo by MICHAL CIZEK/AFP via Getty Images Sparta Prague hit out at “xenophobic” reports that said Rangers midfielder Glen Kamara was targeted by sections of a crowd comprising mainly schoolchildren during Thursday’s 1-0 Europa League home win. In

5:27 PM ET West Ham United made it two wins out of two in the Europa League after goals by Declan Rice and Said Benrahma secured a 2-0 home victory over Rapid Vienna, while Leicester City suffered a 1-0 defeat at Legia Warsaw on Thursday. Italian league leaders Napoli crashed to a shock 3-2 home

1:33 PM ET Progression to the mean is rarely so stark. After spending most of the 2020-21 season playing like a solid mid-table Premier League team on paper, but rarely translating that quality into points, Brighton has started 2021-22 in fine form. The Seagulls finished 16th in the league despite an expected goal (xG) differential

7:41 AM ET Romaine Sawyers was racially abused after West Brom’s defeat to Man City. Photo by Manchester City FC/Manchester City FC via Getty Images A man who racially abused West Bromwich Albion midfielder Romaine Sawyers online received an eight-week prison sentence on Thursday. Simon Silwood, 50, targeted Sawyers, who moved to Stoke City in the

11:00 AM ET Chelsea‘s Christian Pulisic and Borussia Dortmund‘s Gio Reyna have been left off the United States men’s national team roster for three upcoming World Cup qualifiers due to injury, the U.S. Soccer Federation said on Wednesday. Juventus midfielder Weston McKennie has earned a recall after being suspended for two qualifiers last month by

6:50 AM ET Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka will be sidelined for three months after suffering a significant injury to his medial knee ligament against Tottenham at the weekend, the Premier League club said on Wednesday. Xhaka had to be taken off after 82 minutes in Arsenal’s 3-1 win against Spurs on Sunday following a challenge