Victor Osimhen scores a header and two penalties to complete a hat-trick as Galatasaray win 3-0 and condemn Ajax to their fourth successive Champions League defeat.
Plus: domestic duopolies, when kick-ins replaced throw-ins and the last striped team to win the English top flight Mail us with your questions and answers “Marc Guiu became Chelsea’s youngest-ever Champions League goalscorer against Ajax, only to have the record snatched away from him by Estêvão 30 minutes later. What other examples of rapidly lost records are there in the world of football? What’s the record for the shortest-held record?” asks Matt Prior. Given the predilection of those involved in football to flaunt their wad, transfer records are fertile ground for this kind of question. The first example that comes to mind is in the summer of 1995, when the British transfer record was broken twice. First Arsenal paid £7.5m for Inter’s Dennis Bergkamp; 15 days later, Liverpool bought Stan Collymore from Nottingham Forest for £8.5m. £515,000 David Mills (Middlesbrough to West Brom, January) £1m Trevor Francis (Birmingham to Nottm Forest, February) £1.45m Steve Daley (Wolves to Man City, September) £1.5m Andy Gray (Aston Villa to Wolves, September) £900,000 Naomi Girma (San Diego Wave to Chelsea, January) £1m Olivia Smith (Liverpool to Arsenal, July) £1.1m Lizbeth Ovalle (Tigres to Orlando Pride, August) £1.43m Grace Geyoro (PSG to London City Lionesses, September) Continue reading...
Chelsea romped to a 5-1 win over Ajax at Stamford Bridge as Brazilian teenager Estêvão provided further evidence of his scintillating talent.
The knowledge that this was an evening in the company of an Ajax team not fit to lace the boots of the giants who represented the Dutch side in years gone by did not dull Chelsea’s delight in seeing further vindication of their faith in youth. History was made more than once by the youngest team in the Champions League. There was Marc Guiu becoming Chelsea’s youngest scorer in the competition, only for the forward aged 19 years and 291 days to end up in third place by full-time. His record lasted all of 33 minutes, ending when the 18-year-old Brazilian winger Estêvão Willian scored just before half-time, and Guiu tumbled further down the list when Tyrique George – 19 years and 260 days – rounded off a 5-1 win for Enzo Maresca’s side early in the second half. Continue reading...
Chelsea become the first team in Champions League history to have three teenage scorers as they secure a 5-1 win over a woeful Ajax side at Stamford Bridge.
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⚽️ Champions League updates from 8pm BST ⚽️ Chelsea v Ajax, Real Madrid v Juventus and more – live ⚽️ Live scoreboard | Send Scott your thoughts Arne Slot finally ditches the starting XI sent out to face both Chelsea and Manchester United in Liverpool’s two previous matches. He’s made five changes after the 2-1 defeat to United at Anfield on Sunday. Mohamed Salah dropping to the bench is one piece of big news; the return to the starting line-up of Florian Wirtz is another. Hugo Ekitike, Curtis Jones and Jeremie Frimpong, all of whom, along with Wirtz, added energy to Liverpool’s play when coming on against United, are also back in, as is Andy Robertson; Milos Kerkez, Conor Bradley and the out-of-sorts Alexis Mac Allister drop to the bench alongside Salah, while Ryan Gravenberch is at home having picked up an ankle problem against United. After losing four matches in a row, Liverpool aren’t quite heading towards uncharted waters. But the map they’re referring to is old, yellow and fraying at the sides. Here’s a sequence Don Welsh’s side put together in the autumn of 1953 … Bolton Wanderers 2-0 Liverpool Newcastle United 4-0 Liverpool Liverpool 1-5 Preston North End Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Liverpool Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Liverpool Continue reading...
⚽️ Champions League goal updates from across Europe ⚽️ Eintracht Frankfurt v Liverpool – live ⚽️ Live scoreboard | Send your thoughts to Taha Elsewhere, can Liverpool make it five in a row? Two games are already underway and halfway through. Athletic Bilbao are one-all with Qarabag, while Galatasaray are 2-0 up against Bodo/Glimt thanks to a Victor Osimhen brace. The second was comical, with Osimhen getting in the way of a backpass to set up a simple one-on-one with the keeper. Continue reading...
Chelsea have registered 33 academy players for their Champions League group stage clash against Ajax on Wednesday.
Chelsea are bottom of Premier League fair play table ‘I prefer to help them understand, and do the right things’ Enzo Maresca has admitted Chelsea’s disciplinary record must improve but the head coach is adamant he will never punish his players for getting red cards. Chelsea, who will be without the suspended João Pedro when they host Ajax in the Champions League on Wednesday night, were reduced to 10 men for the fourth time this season when Malo Gusto received a needless second yellow card during the closing stages of last Saturday’s 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest. Continue reading...
Decision follows safety advisory group instruction Local police said they had ‘public safety concerns’ Fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv will not be allowed to attend the Europa League match at Aston Villa on 6 November owing to safety concerns. West Midlands police said they had classified the fixture as “high risk”, based on “current intelligence and previous incidents, including violent clashes and hate crime offences that occurred during the 2024 Uefa Europa League match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv in Amsterdam”. Continue reading...
Veteran struggled with Liverpool ‘break-up’ but leadership skills and Brentford form justify his recall With Jordan Henderson, it is always tempting to focus on the rebound relationship, what he did after his departure from Liverpool in the summer of 2023. Because goodness knows, if the move to Al-Ettifaq in Saudi Arabia seemed like a bad idea, the reality was even worse. Henderson’s reputation was trashed after he was accused of putting financial gain before his support of LGBTQ+ rights. He was booed on England duty by the Wembley crowd. Even after jumping back to Ajax in January 2024, it felt as if the collateral damage continued. Henderson, who is now at Brentford, was overlooked by Gareth Southgate for his Euro 2024 squad, having been involved throughout qualification. It was the beginning of a long international exile. Continue reading...
All of the Premier League's biggest clubs are monitoring Ajax midfielder Jorthy Mokio. Transfer Talk has the latest news, gossip and rumors.
Manchester United are looking at a move for Nottingham Forest's Elliot Anderson, Arsenal make progress in extending Bukayo Saka and William Saliba deals, and a young Ajax defender is attracting extensive interest.
