Gab Marcotti is here to recap a busy, dramatic weekend in soccer. Welcome to Monday Musings. Jump to: Arsenal’s errors at Liverpool | Real still a mess | Spurs’ Eriksen problem | Refs wreck Fiorentina vs. Napoli? | PSG need Neymar | More Man United woe | Mihajlovic is inspiring | Lewandowski carries Bayern |

Craig Burley and Steve Nicol explain why teams like Crystal Palace will continue to show no fear against Manchester United this season. Manchester United fear Luke Shaw could be out for at least a month with a hamstring injury, sources have told ESPN FC. The left-back was forced off in the first half of the

El Trafico lived up to the hype again as Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice in a 3-3 draw between LA Galaxy and LAFC. To watch MLS sign up to ESPN+. Carlos Vela equalizes for LAFC in the latest wild edition of El Trafico with his league leading 27th goal. To watch MLS, sign up to ESPN+.

11:45 AM ET PARIS, Aug 25 (Reuters) – AS Monaco had a player sent off for the third time in as many matches this season as they squandered a two-goal halftime lead to draw 2-2 at home to Nimes on Sunday, a result that left them still without a win in Ligue 1. The 2017

4:06 PM ET Robert Lewandowski’s hat trick put Philippe Coutinho’s Bayern Munich debut in the background on Saturday.. Photo by UWE KRAFT / AFP Robert Lewandowski scored a hat trick and Philippe Coutinho made his debut as champions Bayern Munich cruised to a 3-0 victory at Schalke on Saturday for their first win in the Bundesliga

Joao Plata converted his penalty deep into stoppage time to give RSL a hard fought 1-0 victory over Colorado Rapids. Robin Fraser will be named the next manager of the Colorado Rapids, with an announcement set for Sunday, multiple league sources have confirmed to ESPN. The Twitter account TransfersMLS and Denver outlet 9News.com were among

Julien Laurens thinks Neymar’s options have become increasingly minimal and he’ll most likely now remain in Paris. ESPN FC’s Ligue 1 correspondent Julien Laurens explains why PSG would prefer a cash deal as opposed to a loan offer from Barcelona for Neymar. Alejandro Moreno and Craig Burley react to reports Philippe Coutinho will join Bayern

The mind games began at the end of May. Not from a pretender to the Juventus throne, but from Maurizio Sarri’s predecessor. Sarri had yet to be announced as the Old Lady’s new coach back then but Massimiliano Allegri seemed to have a very good idea of who the club were lining up as his

New Austin FC owner Matthew McConaughey pictured with his wife Camila Alves. Actor Matthew McConaughey is among four new investors to join Austin FC’s ownership group. The club’s parent company, Two Oak Ventures, announced Austin resident McConaughey, entrepreneur Eddie Morgan, Dell executive Marius Haas and local oil and gas executive Bryan Sheffield as its newest members

12:21 AM ET Raul Ruidiaz had a goal and an assist, and Stefan Frei made five saves to lead the visiting Seattle Sounders to 2-1 victory over the Portland Timbers on Friday night. The victory enabled the Sounders to claim the Cascadia Cup, a competition created by supporters of Portland, Seattle and the Vancouver Whitecaps