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Manchester City suffered defeat for the first time in the Premier League this season after Nicolas Jackson’s double earned Aston Villa a 2-1 victory at Villa Park. Unai Emery’s side continued their turnaround in form after a slow start to the campaign and picked up a fourth straight win across all competitions, and their first league victory at home this season. Manchester City do not enjoy visiting Villa Park and…

Barcelona and England forward Anthony Gordon has told ESPN he is still a long way from where he wants to be as he prepares for Sunday’s Clásico against Real Madrid at Spotify Camp Nou (watch live in the U.S. on ABC and ESPN+ at 4 p.m. ET). Gordon, 25, has made an encouraging start to life in Spain, scoring two goals and setting up five more in 11 appearances, but…

Bayern Munich coach Vincent Kompany will undergo more testing to determine why he collapsed during a training session the previous day, the club said Saturday. Board member for sport Max Eberl told reporters that Kompany’s condition was “stable” and that doctors were focused on “trying to find out” the cause. “The tests have already yielded some results, but further results are needed to determine exactly what it is and how…

Under-fire Michael Carrick says his players must be mentally prepared to move on if misfiring Manchester United are to end their winless run against Bournemouth. Old Trafford once again finds itself in the eye of a storm after Wednesday’s 4-1 capitulation at Champions League new boys Como raised serious questions over the manager’s future. Captain Bruno Fernandes compounded matters when appearing to question United’s approach in Italy, where Carrick expressed…

MADRID — José Mourinho backed himself to deliver at Real Madrid ahead of Sunday’s high-stakes El Clásico with LaLiga leaders Barcelona, insisting that “Madrid with Mourinho wins trophies.” Madrid are already six points behind Barça in the table — after defeats at Real Betis and Atletico Madrid — but they’ve had a 100% winning record since the international break, with victories over Villarreal, Roma, Sevilla and RB Leipzig. Mourinho won…

Nottingham Forest were left ruing the referee’s decision not to reduce Ipswich Town to 10 men in the second half, as well a number of missed chances in front of goal, after a 1-1 draw at Portman Road on Friday. The result lifted Forest out of the relegation zone but extended their winless run to four matches. The big talking point was the 48th minute decision not to send off…

Borussia Mönchengladbach avoided becoming the first team in Bundesliga history to lose seven straight games to start the season, thanks to a 3-2 win at Stuttgart on Friday. United States defender Joe Scally led the way for Gladbach with a goal and an assist as they got their long-awaited first points of the campaign. – Bayern Munich coach Kompany hospitalized after collapsing at training – Dortmund’s new app rewards fans…

Roberto De Zerbi has defended Tottenham’s medical staff despite an ongoing injury crisis. Spurs travel to rivals Chelsea on Saturday night, but will be without several key figures and Dejan Kulusevski and James Maddison are doubts following disrupted training this week after they featured in Monday’s win over Coventry. Destiny Udogie remains sidelined and Tosin Adarabioyo may not recover in time. Pedro Porro is available in a welcome boost, but…

AC Milan have condemned what they called “serious and unacceptable racist abuse” directed at goalkeeper Mike Maignan on social media, following his red card in Thursday’s Europa League loss at Bournemouth. The France international was shown a straight red card and conceded a penalty in the 27th minute after putting his gloves in the face of United States midfielder Tyler Adams and pushing him to the ground. “AC Milan strongly…