Alejandro Moreno says Manchester City could have scored far more in their 8-0 win vs. Watford, and he wanted to see them do it.
MANCHESTER, England — It became a goal chase in the end and, but for a late miss by Kevin De Bruyne, Manchester City would have written another piece of history under Pep Guardiola by equalling Manchester United’s Premier League record victory margin of 9-0.
United’s record dates back to their 9-0 defeat of Ipswich Town at Old Trafford in March 1995, when Andy Cole scored five times that day for Sir Alex Ferguson’s team. And when City went 7-0 ahead against Watford with 30 minutes still to…
PARIS — The Spanish team had more Frenchmen (three) than the French team (one). The French team had more Spaniards (two) than the Spanish team (one). Real Madrid’s dark-hued kit looked, at least from a distance, like Paris Saint-Germain’s home outfit, and if you removed the vertical red-blue stripe then PSG’s retro uniform — harking back to the 1980s salad days of Safet Susic — appeared to the untrained eye a knock-off of Madrid’s iconic meringue get-up.
Fernandinho stabilised Manchester City’s injury-stricken defence in a 3-0 win at Shakhtar Donetsk.
NAPLES, Italy — Liverpool may consider losing 2-0 late on to Napoli in the Champions League at Stadio San Paolo as a good omen. After all, despite delivering their most deficient performance of last season in a 1-0 defeat here nearly a year ago, Jurgen Klopp’s side went on to become Europe’s best. 
Alejandro Moreno examines how Lionel Messi impacted the game during the final 30 minutes of Barcelona’s scoreless draw against Dortmund.
ESPN FC’s Don Hutchison breaks down Manchester City’s defensive struggles without Aymeric Laporte in their 3-2 loss at Norwich City.
Former U.S. goalkeeper Kasey Keller says Gregg Berhalter’s style of play “hasn’t worked” and he has to get better at making adjustments. 
SOUTHAMPTON, England — Is it possible for one man to be his team’s best and worst player in the same game?
ESPN FC’s Steve Nicol thinks Sadio Mane’s temper tantrum is “the reason Liverpool are so good.”