Football/Soccer 24-Hour Briefing
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Premier League: Man City and Liverpool
Manchester City beat 10-man Liverpool 3-0 at Anfield, shrugging off the noise and controversy surrounding their recent guilty verdict. Jamie Carragher skysports.com called Ryan Gravenberch's sending off "barely a foul" and criticised the decision as shocking. City defied espn.com a hostile Kop, with Erling Haaland and Jérémy Doku starring, and now sit top of the table. Anfield's verdict was delivered by the home crowd, whose chants about trophies since 1976 echoed throughout the afternoon.
Before kick-off, the match espn.com was framed as the first fixture since City were found guilty of breaching Premier League rules. Andy Burnham pledged bbc.co.uk to release details of City meetings, while BBC analysis questioned whether the season bbc.co.uk would still matter given the uncertainty hanging over the club. ESPN asked espn.com whether the rivalry between Klopp and Guardiola had been undermined, and warned espn.com that possible sanctions could hit fans hardest. Player ratings singled out bbc.co.uk Florian Wirtz's struggles and Haaland's influence.
Arsenal and the Premier League Return
Arsenal came from behind espn.com to beat Leeds as the league resumed, a result that keeps pressure on leaders City. Chelsea thrashed espn.com Bournemouth 5-1, with 36-year-old Jordan Henderson scoring a brace. Crystal Palace stunned skysports.com Nottingham Forest 3-1 on Oliver Glasner's return to Selhurst Park. Southampton won skysports.com 1-0 against Portsmouth with ten men, ending a 20-year drought in league derby wins. Hull City earned skysports.com a 2-2 draw with Everton, Mohamed Belloumi scoring off the bench.
Manchester United were held espn.com 1-1 by 10-man Tottenham, their worst start in 40 years. Bruno Fernandes' side should have won espn.com after going a goal and a man up, and Michael Carrick faces scrutiny espn.com over the collapse. Senne Lammens said espn.com the club must move on ahead of Atlético Madrid. Roberto De Zerbi revealed espn.com he "kissed" Rodrigo Bentancur after his red card, while the boos bbc.co.uk at Old Trafford increased pressure on Carrick.
La Liga and Europe
Barcelona set a record start espn.com with Anthony Gordon and Gabriel Jesus filling the Raphinha void, and Gordon opened his account espn.com in a 3-0 win over Getafe. Real Madrid's Vinícius Júnior was benched espn.com by José Mourinho and later apologised espn.com after a red card. In the Bundesliga, Augsburg's Robin Fellhauer scored espn.com the fastest goal in league history after a Manuel Neuer error. Gossip columns linked bbc.co.uk AC Milan with Bournemouth's Alex Scott, while Manchester City, United and Spurs eye espn.com Atlético's Giuliano Simeone.
Portugal and International Football
Cristiano Ronaldo has been provisionally suspended espn.com by the Portuguese federation after a national team walkout. Lionel Messi scored twice espn.com for Inter Miami in a 4-0 win over DC United, his first game since his emotional Argentina farewell. In the USWNT friendly, Spain beat espn.com the Americans 2-0, with Patri Guijarro and Eva Navarro scoring in the first 14 minutes. Sophia Wilson earned espn.com an 8/10 rating as a bright spot, and the defeat showed espn.com how close the gap remains. Crystal Dunn was honoured espn.com before the match.
Scottish Football
Celtic returned bbc.co.uk to the summit after a win over St Johnstone, and beat skysports.com Motherwell 2-0 with Jota's comeback from long-term injury lifting bbc.co.uk the mood. Martin O'Neill played down bbc.co.uk reports of a trialist goalkeeper. Hibernian's new boss Marink Reedijk bemoaned bbc.co.uk his side's imprecision after a defeat to Dundee United. Rangers' Ryan Naderi is proving bbc.co.uk his worth in their revival. Former Sheffield United striker Billy Sharp retired bbc.co.uk after 22 years, and Elton John criticised bbc.co.uk Watford's form.
Other Sport
In the NFL, Cam Little kicked skysports.com a 57-yard field goal as time expired to lift Jacksonville over Philadelphia 19-17 in London. Exeter beat skysports.com Newcastle 34-28 despite a Christian Wade hat-trick. In cricket, Pat Cummins took skysports.com 3-54 as Australia built a 139-run lead against South Africa. Qinwen Zheng became skysports.com the first Chinese winner of the China Open. In golf, Grant Forrest birdied skysports.com the final hole to win the Open de España, Miyu Yamashita won skysports.com the Korea Championship with a course record, and Michael Brennan claimed skysports.com the Baycurrent Classic. In boxing, Lennox Lewis gave skysports.com Tyson Fury the mental edge over Anthony Joshua. Ross Smith vowed skysports.com "karma" would catch Mensur Suljovic, and Michael van Gerwen was knocked out skysports.com of the Swiss Darts Trophy. In F1, Lewis Hamilton apologised skysports.com to Ferrari for overriding a strategy call, and Kimi Antonelli could become skysports.com the youngest world champion. Alessia Russo was named bbc.co.uk England women's player of the year.