Lyon were held to a disappointing goalless draw by a spirited Le Havre team at the Groupama Stadium on Sunday evening. It was their first match since the dismissal of manager Laurent Blanc during the international break, but the change in the dugout had no immediate effect. Lyon were still lacking in creativity and cohesion. […]
Manchester United produced yet another poor performance against a buoyant Brighton and Hove Albion side, who had no trouble in collecting another three points from their latest visit to Old Trafford. Former United striker Danny Welbeck broke the deadlock in the 20th minute when he timed his run into the box perfectly to latch on […]
Ernesto Valverde’s Athletic picked up their third win of the season to move up to a provisional third place in the table with a crushing 3-0 victory over Cádiz in front of 42,881 fans at the San Mamés. The home side had much the better of the first half and rattled the crossbar twice before […]
Manchester United maintained their one hundred per cent start to the Under 18 Premier League season with a comeback win against Nottingham Forest at Carrington. They had to do it the hard way, having gone down to ten men in the 42nd minute after two yellow cards in quick succession saw Ashton Missin sent for […]
Bilbao Athletic, the ‘B’ team of Athletic Club, thrashed Barbastro 4-0 at Lezama to pick up their first win of the season in Group II of the Segunda Federación, the fourth tier of the Spanish football pyramid. A pair of first half strikes from Iker Varela, either side of a fine direct free-kick from Urko […]
Athletic Club Femenino succumbed to a defeat in their opening Liga F match of the 2023-24 season. They were well beaten by Atlético de Madrid in the Spanish capital. The Basques managed to contain their opponents until half time, but their defence was finally breached by Sheila Guijarro with a header from a corner in […]
Manchester United’s second away fixture of the 2023-24 Premier League season was another trip to North London and it had many parallels with the first, ending, as it did, in a defeat in which United had enough good chances to have won the game despite not playing particularly well. New signings Altay Bayindir, Sergio Reguilón […]
Olympique Lyonnais made it two wins from two at the start of the 2022-23 Ligue 1 season with a comfortable victory against Troyes at the Groupama Stadium. The visitors handed Lyon a dream start when their veteran captain, Adil Rami, played a sloppy back-pass straight to Alexandre Lacazette in the third minute and Lyon’s captain […]
Olympique Lyonnais got their Ligue 1 season off to a winning start with a 2-1 win over newly promoted Ajaccio at the Groupama Stadium on Friday evening. Coach Peter Bosz, whose services were retained following an indifferent first season at the helm, was able to name three of his new signings in the starting line-up […]
Lyon suffered a disastrous, humiliating and comprehensive defeat away to Rennes in round thirteen of the Ligue 1 season. Their performance was listless, shambolic and bordering on the disgraceful. Rennes were everything that Lyon weren’t. The Breton side were the embodiment of a well-drilled, energetic and motivated team, playing with purpose as a cohesive unit. […]
