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Youri Tielemans admitted “everything was missing” in Manchester United’s humiliating defeat to Como. Michael Carrick’s position is hanging in the balance as a poor start to the season reached a nadir in Wednesday’s 4-1 Champions League loss in Italy. The fact United skipper Bruno Fernandes publicly questioned the head coach’s approach increased the speculation over his future ahead of Sunday’s return to Premier League action at home to Bournemouth. Summer…

Jamie Carragher was scathing in his criticism of Bruno Fernandes after the midfielder appeared to criticise Michael Carrick’s tactics in Manchester United‘s 4-1 defeat to Champions League debutants Como. Fernandes and Carrick appeared to trade barbs in their post-match comments to the travelling media after the United legend’s future as head coach was thrown into doubt following the damaging result in Italy. Afterwards, Fernandes, who was subbed off after 67…

Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane said he would prefer to know ahead of time whether he has won the Ballon D’Or, adding he is still in the dark over Monday’s decision. The 33-year-old is the bookmakers’ favourite to become the first Englishman to win the coveted prize since Michael Owen in 2001, but he faces competition from Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal and Inter Miami CF’s Lionel Messi among others on the…

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery said the confidence of his players is improving after they continued their impressive start to the Champions League campaign with a 3-1 victory over Viking FK. Villa Park is becoming a fortress in Europe and they have now won their last 12 major European home games and made it three from three in this year’s Champions League. They picked up their latest win thanks to…

MADRID — José Mourinho said Real Madrid‘s fans “went home happy” thanks to stunning goals from Yan Diomande and Kylian Mbappé in the team’s 4-1 win over RB Leipzig on Wednesday. A close-fought first half saw Madrid go in ahead at the break thanks to Bernardo Silva‘s goal, before the home side pulled away at the Bernabéu thanks to Arda Güler, Mbappé and Diomande. – Source: Barça report PSG to…

Ruben Amorim insisted he had “nothing to say” about Manchester United ahead of AC Milan‘s Europa League clash at Bournemouth on Thursday night. The 41-year-old was sacked by United in January after 14 months in charge, and was appointed by the Serie A side in June. Amorim revealed he does not think he has changed as a person since his time with the Red Devils, but believes he has become…

COMO, Italy — Manchester United coach Michael Carrick and captain Bruno Fernandes appeared to trade criticism of each other after Carrick’s future was thrown into doubt following a humiliating 4-1 defeat to Como. United fell to their fifth defeat in 11 games this season with a miserable performance at Giuseppe Sinigaglia Stadium on Wednesday night. – Man United coach Carrick sorry to fans for ‘unacceptable’ UCL loss at Como –…

Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka was substituted with an apparent injury in the 10th minute of their Champions League match against Bayern Munich on Wednesday. The England winger went down after playing a pass from the right side and looked to be in immediate discomfort as Mikel Arteta motioned to his substitutes’ bench. Saka, who could be seen grabbing his left thigh after going down, was replaced by Eberechi Eze with…

Manchester United‘s struggling start to the season hit a new low on Wednesday with a 4-1 thrashing at Italian upstarts Como in the Champions League, to pile further pressure on coach Michael Carrick. Looking to end a run of six games without a win, Carrick’s sided got off to the worst possible start in the idylic surroundings when Nico Paz scored inside two minutes. The goal meant that United became…

Barcelona‘s Dani Olmo has been ruled out of Sunday’s Clásico against Real Madrid with an adductor injury that will sideline him for a month. Olmo, 28, picked up the knock in the first half of Tuesday’s 4-2 Champions League defeat to Paris Saint-Germain. He returned to Barcelona on Wednesday, where tests subsequently confirmed “an injury to his left adductor muscle,” his club said in a statement. In addition to the…