Manchester United confirmed their good pre-season form with an eye-catching 4-0 demolition of Frank Lampard’s Chelsea in their opening match of the 2019-20 Premier League campaign. However, the emphatic scoreline doesn’t tell the full story as Chelsea put up a strong fight and had more possession, more corners and more shots. Indeed, they hit the […]
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AS Monaco 0-3 Olympique Lyonnais
Lyon began the new Ligue 1 season in the best possible way, with a thumping 3-0 away win at erstwhile heavyweights Monaco. This clash was an early test of how these two giants have recovered from disappointing campaigns last time around and Lyon demonstrated that new manager Sylvinho has got them back on the right […]
Manchester United 2-2 AC Milan
Manchester United failed to win for the first time this pre-season, but they did maintain their unbeaten record with a 2-2 draw against AC Milan in the International Champions Cup in Cardiff and even managed to round things off with a penalty shoot-out win in their final match before the new campaign gets underway at […]
Bournemouth 3-0 Olympique Lyonnais
Lyon suffered a confidence sapping defeat away to Premier League side Bournemouth in their final pre-season friendly before hostilities resume in Ligue 1. This latest reversal means that they have lost four out of five friendlies since new manager Sylvinho took over, and none more emphatically than this. It was the first time they have […]
West Ham United 2-2 Athletic Club
Athletic Club remained unbeaten in their pre-season programme despite blowing an early two goal lead against West Ham at the London stadium. Unai López opened the scoring in the first minute and Williams made it two after a quarter of an hour, having been set up nicely by Muniain. However, the Hammers struck back with […]
CD Numancia 1-1 Athletic Club
Athletic Club followed their successful weekend in Germany with a 1-1 draw away at Segunda Division side Numancia in Soria. The Lions fell behind in the seventh minute but drew level early in the second half when Vivian headed in substitute Ibai’s free kick. The Athletic starting line-up was as follows: Simón – De Marcos, […]
Kristiansund 0-1 Manchester United
Manchester United laboured to a 1-0 friendly win against Kristiansund in Norway in the latest match of their pre-season tour and needed a last minute penalty from substitute Juan Mata to break the deadlock and maintain their one hundred percent record in their summer programme. The match was all about the Solskjær family, with United […]
Olympique Lyonnais 1-3 Liverpool
Lyon suffered another defeat in their pre-season programme, but there was no shame in losing out to the European champions Liverpool at the Stade de Geneve. Lyon raced into an early lead when Dembélé won a penalty after a goalkeeping error in only the second minute and Memphis Deplay converted it. However, that was as […]
Borussia Monchengladbach 0-2 Athletic Club
Athletic had a successful conclusion to their weekend in Germany with an impressive 2-0 win against Borussia Monchengladbach. Iñaki Williams had sat out the previous day’s draw with Paderborn, so he was fresh for this encounter and he opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the fifteenth minute. His strike partner Iñigo Córdoba doubled […]
Arsenal 1-2 Olympique Lyonnais
New Lyon manager Sylvinho guided his team to their first victory under his stewardship as they came through their toughest assignment so far this pre-season with an encouraging 2-1 win against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium in London. The Gunners, who had recently beaten Bayern Munich and drawn with Real Madrid on their tour, fielded […]