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Liverpool forward Hugo Ekitike to miss World Cup for France with leg injury

Liverpool striker Hugo Ekitike will miss the World Cup because of a serious leg injury, France coach Didier Deschamps confirmed Wednesday. Ekitike sustained a suspected Achilles tendon injury in the 27th minute of Tuesday's Champions League match between Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain and was taken off the field on a stretcher. "The severity of his injury will unfortunately prevent him from finishing the season with Liverpool and from participating in the World Cup," Deschamps said. Serious Achilles injuries can take more than six months to fully recover from. Liverpool did not immediately confirm the news, but coach Arne Slot said Tuesday that the injury looked "really bad." Ekitike has been one of Liverpool's top players this season and was expected to be part of France's squad for the World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico. He has scored 19 goals for club and country and scored for France in its 2-1 win over Brazil last month. "Hugo is one of about 10 young playe

Liverpool boosted by Isak return before UCL quarterfinal match against PSG

Alexander Isak was included in Liverpool's squad to face Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal on Wednesday. The Sweden striker traveled with the team to Paris after taking part in training on Tuesday. Isak is set to make his return after having surgery in late December on a broken ankle and fibula. Liverpool manager Arne Slot said Isak is fit enough to play but not to start at Parc des Princes. "He finished close to a week of team training sessions, he can play a part otherwise I wouldn't take him," Slot said Tuesday at a pre-game news conference. "We think we can get a performance out of him now, but not to start." Isak joined Liverpool in the offseason from Newcastle for a British-record fee for 125 million pounds ($170 million). Before the injury, however, he made a slow start, scoring three goals in 16 games overall after netting 62 in 109 matches for Newcastle. His return is also good news for Sweden, which hopes to pair him alongside ..

UCL quarterfinals: PSG-Liverpool, Real Madrid-Bayern take spotlight

Football at its very best. That was Arne Slot's memory of Liverpool's richly entertaining meeting with Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League last season. OK, Liverpool ultimately went out, beaten at Anfield in a round-of-16 penalty shootout by the team that would go on to win the competition for the first time, but Slot loved the way his side played and still maintains it was "the best game I've managed in my career." They meet again almost 12 months on, with Liverpool - and Slot - in a very different place. Indeed, the Dutch coach appears to be fighting for his job heading into the upcoming quarterfinal doubleheader with the European champions that starts with the first leg in Paris on Wednesday. A 4-0 loss at Manchester City in the FA Cup on Saturday was Liverpool's latest poor result of a season that initially began with so much hope after the club's record summer splurge of $570 million on new players on the back of cruising to the Premier League title. With the Reds ha

Salah begins farewell tour with Liverpool at Man City in FA Cup clash

Mohamed Salah's long goodbye to Liverpool begins on Saturday in the quarterfinals of the FA Cup, the competition which represents his best chance of a trophy in his final year at Anfield. The Egypt winger announced last week that he will be leaving Liverpool at the end of the season after nine years at a club where he has broken scoring records and established himself as one of the world's best players. Salah potentially has 15 games left in the famous red shirt: Seven in the Premier League as well as three in the FA Cup and five in the Champions League, should Liverpool reach the final in both of those competitions. That won't be easy. In the Champions League, defending champion Paris Saint-Germain is up next in the two-leg quarterfinals and it's pretty much as tough in the FA Cup, with Liverpool handed an away match at Manchester City. Salah, who has 255 goals in 435 appearances for Liverpool, missed the Reds' last game before the international break - a 2-1 loss at Brighton in

Mohamed Salah's top 5 iconic moments during his time at Liverpool FC

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Brighton hand Liverpool 2-1 defeat to extend Premier League slump

Liverpool's troubles in the Premier League intensified with a 2-1 loss at Brighton on Saturday, leaving the stuttering defending champions on a three-match winless run and under threat of dropping out of the Champions League qualification spots. Danny Welbeck scored twice for Brighton at Amex Stadium, either side of Milos Kerkez's equalizer for Liverpool in its latest disjointed display under manager Arne Slot. Liverpool has taken just one point from its last three league games and is in fifth place, one point ahead of sixth-place Chelsea ahead of its match at Everton later. Like last season, the top five finishers in the Premier League are expected to qualify for the Champions League. To add to Liverpool's woes, striker Hugo Ekitike hobbled off in the eighth minute with a left leg problem and joined an injury list that also includes Mohamed Salah and Alisson Becker, who got hurt this week. Few could have expected Liverpool's title defense to be so underwhelming when the club spent

Salah stars as Liverpool book Champions League showdown with PSG

It has been a season to forget for Mohamed Salah. But the Egyptian icon fired Liverpool into the quarterfinals of the Champions League on Wednesday, scoring his 50th Champions League goal. But this is still far from vintage Salah. He got a first-half penalty so wrong that it was hard to tell if he was trying an audacious Panenka' chip or if it was simply a horrible mis-kick. Either way, it was an embarrassing moment just before halftime and all too typical of a campaign in which Salah's powers appear to have diminished. That all changed after the break when he was at the heart of a Liverpool goal spree that sealed a 4-1 aggregate win over Galatasaray and set up a showdown with defending champion Paris Saint-Germain. "That tells you about the mental strength of him," Liverpool coach Arne Slot said. With Liverpool leading 1-0 at halftime through Dominik Szoboszlai's goal, Salah crossed for Hugo Ekitike to double the advantage. Two minutes later, his fierce shot was saved by Galatasa

UCL 2026 quarter-finals: Teams qualified, date, time, venue, live streaming

15-time champions Real Madrid will take on FC Bayern Munich in the marquee quarter-final match of the UCL 2026

Liverpool hit as defender Conor Bradley sustains serious knee injury blow

Liverpool defender Conor Bradley will undergo surgery after sustaining a significant knee injury, the Premier League club. Bradley was injured late in Thursday's 0-0 draw against Arsenal. Liverpool said Bradley would have an operation in the coming days before starting his rehabilitation. No time frame is being placed on his return to playing at this stage of the process, it said in a statement. Bradley was left writhing around in pain near the sideline after landing awkwardly on his left knee making a clearance in stoppage time against Arsenal. Arsenal's Gabriel Martinelli sparked an angry reaction from Liverpool players when he tried to bundle Bradley off the field in the final seconds to try to get the game going. He has since apologized. Conor and I have messaged and I've already apologized to him, Martinelli wrote in a post on Instagram. I really didn't understand he was seriously injured in the heat of the moment. I want to say I'm deeply sorry for reacting. Sending Conor

Real Madrid vs Barcelona Spanish Super Cup final live time and streaming

Both sides are in excellent form, with Barcelona on a nine-match winning streak in all competitions.

Inter vs Liverpool UEFA Champions League live match time, streaming

Liverpool's draw with Leeds United was overshadowed almost entirely by Mohamed Salah's explosive post-match comments, in which he revealed that his relationship with manager Arne Slot is broken.

Football icons salute Pep Guardiola ahead of his 1,000th match as manager

Pep began his coaching journey in 2007 with Barcelona B. A year later, he took charge of the Barcelona first team, where his "tiki-taka" philosophy changed the sport forever

Champions League: Bayern stun PSG, Liverpool down Madrid at Anfield

Bayern Munich's 2-1 triumph over defending champions Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes marked their 16th consecutive win across all competitions.

Liverpool vs Crystal Palace Carabao Cup live match time and streaming

Liverpool, meanwhile, have a strong recent record in the Carabao Cup, reaching three of the last four finals and winning twice.

Premier League: Manchester United beat rivals Liverpool 2-1 at Anfield

Harry Maguire, whose place in the starting lineup had been questioned, answered his critics in style by heading home Bruno Fernandes' precise cross to make it 2-1.

Liverpool defender Leoni out for 'around a year' after ACL injury: Slot

Liverpool defender Giovanni Leoni is likely to be sidelined for around a year after tearing the ACL in his left leg, manager Arne Slot said Friday. The 18-year-old Italian defender, who joined in the offseason from Parma, made his first appearance for Liverpool in the English League Cup win over Southampton on Tuesday but his debut ended in the 81st minute after he landed awkwardly in a tackle. He's not in a good place, of course, because he tore his ACL, which means he will be out for around a year, Slot said. Being so young, coming to a new country, playing so well in your first game. It's very hard to take the positive side there's never a positive side but you always try to and it is that he's still so young so he has so many years still to go after he recovers from a terrible injury like that. Slot's timeframe leaves Liverpool with just three established center backs until the January transfer window Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konat and Joe Gomez. Slot said Liverpool is loo

Liverpool's Ekitike sent off after celebrating late winner vs Southampton

Hugo Ekitike's celebrations were cut short when he was shown a red card after firing Liverpool into the third round of the English League Cup with a late winner against Southampton on Tuesday. The striker will now be suspended for the Premier League game against Crystal Palace on Saturday, Liverpool later confirmed. Ekitike converted from close range in the 85th minute to secure a 2-1 win at Anfield after second-tier Southampton had threatened to force a penalty shootout. But his joy turned to anguish when he was sent off for a second yellow card after taking off his shirt during his celebrations. Ekitike's latest goal was his fifth in eight games for Liverpool after having joined the Premier League champion this offseason from Eintracht Frankfurt for $93.5 million. Liverpool had led through British record signing Alexander Isak's first goal for the club since his British record $170 million deadline day move from Newcastle. But Southampton 19th in the Championship leveled in the

UEFA Champions League: Liverpool vs Atletico live match time, streaming

Anfield, Liverpool, England, will host the UCL 2025 match between Liverpool and Atletico Madrid

Isak completes Liverpool transfer, English clubs pour $4B into window

Liverpool saved the biggest transfer until last in its remarkable $570 million summer spree, finally signing Alexander Isak from Newcastle for a British-record fee as the window closed on Monday with spending by Premier League clubs soaring beyond $4 billion. The biggest saga of Europe's summer transfer window ended with Isak completing his dream move to the English champion for 125 million pounds ($170 million), with the deal announced in the final throes of a chaotic deadline day. I feel amazing. It's been a long journey to get here," said Isak, who effectively went on strike at Saudi-controlled Newcastle over the summer as he agitated for a move to Anfield. On the back of winning the Premier League for a record-tying 20th time, Liverpool has aggressively overhauled its squad and blown its rivals out of the water, spending more than any other team in Europe. Germany playmaker Florian Wirtz and young French striker Hugo Ekitike have also joined in deals worth more than $100 ...

Isak absent against Liverpool yet remains crucial for Newcastle, says Howe

Newcastle manager Eddie Howe remains hopeful Alexander Isak can be reintegrated into the squad, despite the disgruntled striker saying his relationship with the club cannot continue in an explosive midweek post on social media. Isak broke his silence on his discontent at Newcastle by posting a statement on Instagram, saying the club has broken promises about an agreement that would allow him to leave amid interest from Liverpool and reiterating his desire to move. Newcastle responded to Isak's outburst by saying no club official had made a commitment to let the striker leave and that it had not received a good enough offer from another team for the Sweden international. The transfer window closes on Sept. 1. In a twist to the saga, Liverpool is the visitor to St. James' Park on Monday and Howe said Isak would not be involved, missing a second straight game after the 0-0 draw at Aston Villa on the opening weekend of the league. Howe still believes, however, that the club can resolve