Xavi urges Barca to improve finishing as Lewandowski misses Atletico trip
FC Barcelona’s Spanish coach Xavi addresses a press conference on the eve of their Spanish League football match. (Photo by Pau BARRENA / AFP)
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FC Barcelona’s Spanish coach Xavi addresses a press conference on the eve of their Spanish League football match. (Photo by Pau BARRENA / AFP)
Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski's three-match ban was upheld by Spain's sports court on Wednesday and he will miss the visit to Atletico Madrid on Sunday in La Liga.
BARCELONA: Barcelona stumbled in their first game since a seven-week World Cup break when they held 1-1 by Espanyol at Camp Nou in a heated Catalan derby that finished with both teams having a player sent off in the final minutes on Saturday.
Barcelona's lead over Real Madrid atop the LaLiga standings evaporated on Saturday after they were held to a 1-1 home draw by local rivals Espanyol in a bad-tempered clash in which both sides were reduced to 10 men.
Barcelona stumbled in the Spanish title race with a 1-1 draw against rivals Espanyol in a bad-tempered Catalan derby on Saturday, levelling Real Madrid at the top of La Liga.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has no concerns about misfiring striker Darwin Nunez after revealing at Borussia Dortmund he used to regularly win money off Robert Lewandowski for failing shooting drills.
LONDON: Liverpool completed the signing of Netherlands forward Cody Gakpo from PSV Eindhoven on Wednesday.
PARIS: An injury-time penalty from Kylian Mbappe sealed a last-gasp 2-1 win for Paris Saint-Germain over modest Strasbourg in Ligue 1 on Wednesday after Neymar had been sent off.