Victoria 343 for 9 dec (Handscomb 103, O’Neill 64, Harris 61, Pope 3-87) and 231 for 6 (Peake 70*, Buckingham 3-43) beat South Australia 350 for 9 dec (Hunt 126, Lehmann 113, Perry 4-75) and 223 (Nielsen 52, Warren 5-69) by four wicketsTeenager Oliver Peake guided Victoria to an impressive four-wicket win over reigning Sheffield Shield champions South Australia.The highly regarded Peake could have been out first ball, but instead played an early career-shaping knock to steer Victoria to the tricky chase of 231 at Adelaide Oval on Tuesday.Related
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After barely surviving a hat-trick ball to begin his stay, the 19-year-old showed composure beyond his years to finish unbeaten on 70 from 147 deliveries.Seamer Fergus O’Neill (33*) provided great support for Peake in an unbeaten 84-run partnership for Victoria, who lost Sam Harper at an important time when the wicketkeeper was batting well.O’Neill hit the winning runs in the dying stages of day four, upsetting SA in their first match since breaking their 29-year Shield drought in March.It was only Peake’s second Shield game for Victoria, and fifth first-class match, after playing three matches for Australia A this year. His clutch performance would have delighted Australian selectors, who have been tracking the young gun’s progress closely.It came after SA quick Jordan Buckingham (3-43) fell agonisingly short of a hat-trick, with Henry Hunt dropping a sharp chance at short leg.After dismissing former Test players Marcus Harris and Peter Handscomb in consecutive balls, Buckingham had the opportunity to make history. Peake clipped the hat-trick ball off his legs, but Hunt put down the reflex chance to deny Buckingham and change the momentum of the chase.In the first innings, Handscomb posted an outstanding innings in a reminder he might not be done at international level. Handscomb, whose most recent Test was against India in March 2023, faced 180 balls and hit seven fours and two sixes.But SA captain and Test hopeful Nathan McSweeney endured a poor Shield opener, out for a duck and 6.
Manchester United are now fighting one of their Premier League rivals for the signature of Christian Pulisic, who has recently entered talks over a new contract at AC Milan.
Ruben Amorim is keen to bring in a new forward, despite both Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo making encouraging starts to life at Old Trafford, being praised by Gary Neville, who said: “With Cunha and Mbeumo, the risk of those signings was removed because in the sense they had played in the Premier League before and they had the hunger to deliver at a different level.
“Mbeumo looks like he belongs. He looks hungry and that he wants to score goals.
“Cunha and Mbeumo will win a lot of matches for Manchester United.”
Indeed, the two summer signings had already proven themselves in the Premier League, which meant they were low-risk additions, unlike Jadon Sancho, who flattered to deceive despite tearing it up with Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga.
However, it has now been revealed that United are in the race for a forward who didn’t exactly set the world alight during his previous stint in England.
Man Utd fighting Aston Villa for AC Milan star Christian Pulisic
According to a report from Spain, Man United are now fighting Aston Villa for the signature of Pulisic, despite the forward recently entering talks with AC Milan over a new deal to extend his stay at the San Siro.
The Red Devils are keen to improve their forward options even further, despite adding Mbeumo, Cunha and Benjamin Sesko in the summer transfer window, and there is a belief the American could help them in their push for Europe for this season.
The 27-year-old’s contract situation is the ‘biggest obstacle’ for Amorim’s side to overcome, given that he is currently tied down until 2027, with an option to extend, and the Italian club are eager to keep hold of one of their key players.
The 82-time USA international was unable to establish himself as a Premier League star during his stint with Chelsea, registering just three goal contributions in all competitions during his final season at Stamford Bridge, but he has since taken his game to the next level.
Former USA defender Alexi Lalas has been left particularly impressed by the winger’s performances since moving to AC Milan, saying: “What is world class? Well, you’ve got your definition, I have my definition. But if you want to know what world class is, it’s Christian Pulisic.
“I think he’s playing his best soccer of his career. And I’m telling you right now, Christian Pulisic at this moment is one of the top 25 players in the world. He just happens to be American.”
Having already picked up eight goal contributions in all competitions this season, Pulisic could be ready for another crack at the Premier League, and he could be a real difference-maker for Man United in their push for Europe.
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يستعد فريق ريال مدريد الإسباني بقيادة مديره الفني تشابي ألونسو، لمواجهة مانشستر سيتي الإنجليزي، مساء اليوم الأربعاء ببطولة دوري أبطال أوروبا.
ويستقبل ريال مدريد خصمه مانشستر سيتي على ملعب “سانتياجو برنابيو” في إطار مباريات الجولة السادسة لمرحلة الدوري بدوري أبطال أوروبا.
ويعاني ريال مدريد من عدة غيابات على الجانب الدفاعي، بعد إصابة إيدير ميليتاو في المباراة الماضية أمام سيلتا فيجو بالدوري الإسباني، بالإضافة لاستمرار غياب دين هويسن وداني كارفاخال وترينت ألكسندر أرنولد.
كما تحيط الشكوك حول جاهزية النجم الفرنسي، كيليان مبابي، مهاجم الفريق، والذي لم يكن في كامل لياقته خلال تدريبات ريال مدريد يوم الثلاثاء.
ويملك ريال مدريد 12 نقطة في رصيده بدوري أبطال أوروبا، ويتواجد بالمركز السادس، ومانشستر سيتي لديه 10 نقاط في المركز 12. تشكيل ريال مدريد المتوقع أمام مانشستر سيتي اليوم
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خط الوسط: أردا جولر، جود بيلينجهام، أوريلين تشواميني، فيدي فالفيردي.
خط الهجوم: فينيسيوس جونيور، رودريجو.
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LOS ANGELES — In the end, it was star first baseman Freddie Freeman who ended it at 18 innings, when his third consecutive deep drive to center field was finally enough, but when he crossed the plate, the person he was looking for was an anonymous reliever who barely made the roster: Will Klein.
“MVP of this game,” said Freeman of the pitcher who a week ago was in Arizona, throwing live at-bats in case someone needed him.
On Monday, they needed him. It took 18 innings, six hours and 39 minutes, 45 players, 153 plate appearances and a heroic effort from a pair of maligned bullpens, but finally the Dodgers prevailed 6–5 in Game 3 of the World Series to take a series lead of two games to one.
When it was over, as the fans chanted FRE-DDIE, the players hugged and thanked the reliever who extended the game long enough to give Freeman a ninth plate appearance. “I don’t know how many times a guy hits a walk-off home run and the whole team is jumping around the pitcher,” said third baseman Max Muncy.
Seven years after the Dodgers played an 18-inning World Series Game 3 here, this one matched it for longest in Fall Classic history. (Though thanks to the pitch clock, it took 41 minutes less than the 7:20 slog between the Red Sox and the Dodgers.) The Blue Jays used all eight of their relievers; the Dodgers used all nine of theirs. The Blue Jays used every position player.
So many moments in the game were just a win away from being World Series classics. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. scored from first on a single. Shohei Ohtani tied a 119-year-old record for extra base hits in a Fall Classic game. And then there were the wild ones: A late strike call led to a pickoff at first base. Three good defensive plays in the infield nabbed a runner at third base on a single. Ohtani was caught stealing when he fell off second base. A pinch runner was thrown out trying to score on a double. Ohtani was intentionally walked four times, a postseason record, and the choice was so obvious that fans in the stands began holding up four fingers when the first chords of his walk-up song, “Feeling Good” by Michael Bublé, played. In the end he reached base nine times, shattering the previous World Series record of six. The Dodgers intentionally walked the No. 9 hitter. Seven runners were thrown out on the bases, including two at home. For the first time in his career, Clayton Kershaw pitched in the 12th inning. The bullpens—the weakest area of both clubs—combined for 26 2/3 innings of four-run ball.
Klein, the last reliever on the roster, a 25-year-old fifth-round draft pick on his fourth organization in two years, threw 72 pitches in four innings and allowed one hit. It was his longest outing since, he guessed, his junior year at Eastern Illinois.
“I was just going to go until I couldn’t,” he said. “There were times when you’re starting to feel down and you feel your legs aren’t there or your arm’s not there, and you just got to be like, So I had to dig deep, do it myself.”
Dodgers pitcher Will Klein earned his third career big-league win by pitching the final four innings. / Kirby Lee-Imagn Images
If he had faltered, manager Dave Roberts would have had to turn to Game 2 starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who spent several innings lobbying for a chance to pitch on one day of rest after his second straight complete game.
“Guys will do anything to win a championship, and they’re laying it out there,” said Roberts.
Missed chances aplenty
By the end of the night, it was hard to remember the missed opportunities, but both teams had them.
In the second inning, Daulton Varsho took what just about everyone in the ballpark thought was Ball 4 with Bo Bichette on first. Home plate umpire Mark Wegner made a late strike call, by which time Bichette had wandered off the bag and was picked off. Varsho eventually walked, and Alejandro Kirk singled him to third, but Glasnow struck out Addison Barger and induced Ernie Clement to line to center to end the threat.
In the sixth, Kiké Hernández bounced a ball to the shortstop with Teoscar Hernández on first. Shortstop Andrés Giménez ranged to his right to get the ball and fired to first, where Guerrero saw that he had no play—but Clement might. Guerrero made an awkward throw, which Clement saved to tag Teoscar Hernández for the third out. And the teams combined to leave 37 runners on base. No one scored between the seventh inning and the 18th.
And worse, each team has reason to worry about one of its stars: In the seventh, leadoff hitter George Springer, who is tied for third in postseason home run history and in many ways is the heart of the team, appeared to tweak his right oblique on a foul ball. He left the game and hobbled down the dugout steps. In the 11th, Ohtani appeared to slow as he dashed to second base. Roberts offered to remove him and let him rest. Ohtani declined. He took a practice run into center field and remained in the game.
A lifetime ago, this seemed like a normal game. The Dodgers struck first, when Teoscar Hernández, true to form, redeemed his four-strikeout Game 2 with a solo homer in the second. With one out in the next inning, Blue Jays starter Max Scherzer challenged Ohtani—if you can call it that—with a 94-mph fastball up and in. Ohtani missed it. Three pitches later, Scherzer threw nearly the same pitch. Ohtani did not miss it.
The lead lasted 18 minutes. The Blue Jays pride themselves on their ability to score a lot of different ways—no team struck out fewer times this season—and the fourth inning featured nearly all of them: Guerrero walked, Bichette broke his bat on a sinker that second baseman Tommy Edman could not glove and finally Kirk drilled a curveball just over the center field wall. For good measure, Barger and Clement each added singles and Giménez launched a sacrifice fly to center to make it 4–2.
Scherzer, who memorably barked at Schneider when the skipper tried to remove him in Game 4 of the ALCS, could only nod in the bottom of the fourth when his manager appeared with a runner on first, one out and Ohtani striding to the plate. Fair enough. It may not have mattered who the pitcher was. Facing Toronto’s best lefty, Mason Fluharty, Ohtani doubled to drive in a run. Two batters later, Freeman brought him in to tie the game.
For a while, it seemed like the pair of sons of big leaguers who had been anointed the future of the Blue Jays would save them. With two outs in the seventh, Guerrero waved at a pitch his father would have appreciated, some six inches outside the zone, and knocked it into center. Up came Bichette, still hobbling around on the left knee he sprained two months ago. Guerrero was not running on the 1–2 pitch, but somehow when Bichette lined it into right, where it ricocheted around, the 6’ 0”, 245-pound first baseman barreled around third base and slid into home, where he slammed his hand on the plate just ahead of the tag.
But the Blue Jays still had to face Ohtani in the bottom of the frame. Seranthony Domínguez left a fastball in the middle of the plate and Ohtani launched it into the opposite-field stands. That gave Ohtani—in an October in which he has struggled enough that his manager has several times expressed concern that his performance might help cost his team the title—eight home runs this postseason, tied for first in a single season in franchise history, and four extra-base hits in a game. The only other person who has ever done that is Frank Isbell of the 1906 White Sox.
So hot was Ohtani on Monday that he barely made it to the plate in the bottom of the ninth before Schneider gave the sign to walk him intentionally. With Mookie Betts at bat and one out, Ohtani—who chartered the 50-50 club last year—took off for second. He beat the throw, but he fell off the bag long enough for second baseman Isaiah Kiner-Falefa to apply the tag. Betts flied out to right for the final out.
The top of the 10th offered even more drama. Ty France, a light-hitting, slow-footed first baseman who was replacing Springer, singled to left with two outs. Schneider immediately pinch ran Davis Schneider (no relation), the last non-catcher on his bench. The Dodgers played the lefthanded Nathan Lukes to go the other way; he lined a ball into the ocean of space in right field, and third base coach Carlos Febles sent Davis Schneider. But Teoscar Hernández got to the ball quickly and Edman made a perfect relay throw to catcher Will Smith to send the game to the 10th.
The Blue Jays loaded the bases with two outs in the 12th, and Roberts summoned Kershaw, who has weathered so many devastating moments in situations like this one. But the best lefty of his generation, among the best of all time, kept Lukes off-balance with sliders that broke just outside the zone, and Lukes eventually grounded to second. Kershaw punched his glove and roared as he strode off the mound. In the dugout, Roberts gave the lefty a high-five, then went back for a bear-hug. In the stands, Kershaw’s wife, Ellen, sobbed.
Again and again, the Dodgers nearly allowed fans to leave the park by leaving the park. Edman doubled to lead off the bottom of the 13th, and two outs later, the Blue Jays intentionally walked Ohtani and Betts. Freeman flied 379 feet to center. In the 14th, Smith launched a ball 383 feet to center and flipped his bat in celebration, but Varsho caught it against the wall. In the 15th, with Ohtani on first yet again, Freeman flied lined a ball 358 feet to center. In the 16th, a change of pace, with no one on, it was Teoscar Hernández’s turn: 383 feet to center.
In the 17th, with a runner on first and lefty Brendon Little on the mound, the Blue Jays let Ohtani hold his bat, but Little walked him on four pitches anyway. It was Ohtani’s ninth time on base. They did not get a chance to face him for a 10th time. Freeman—and Klein—took care of that.
Pep Guardiola compared his Manchester City star playmaker Rayan Cherki to Lionel Messi after the Frenchman pulled off an audacious rabona in his side's 3-0 win over Sunderland. Cherki produced his second assist of the game to set up Phil Foden with an outrageous piece of skill and Guardiola, who coached Messi for four years at Barcelona, claimed the Argentine had never produced a moment like it.
Classy Cherki assist crowns big City win
Cherki helped City open the scoring against a stubborn Sunderland by laying the ball off to Ruben Dias to score a thumping goal from long range. Josko Gvardiol's header doubled the Cityzens' advantage but Cherki stole the show with his cheeky cross for Foden. Cherki now leads the assists chart in the Premier League, setting up five goals in his debut campaign following his £30m ($40m) move from Lyon last summer.
Guardiola praised his player and brought up Messi's name although he also urged Cherki to follow one key lesson from the eight-time Ballon d'Or winner.
Guardiola told a press conference: "Rayan is an exceptional player, he is so young, he has a huge personality, he proved it against Fulham in the toughest moments. He had the ball at 5-4 and every time gave us an extra pass, he is not scared and has self-confidence. In the final third he had something special. What I admire the most about Rayan is not the skills.
"I never saw Messi play a cross like he has done. Messi is the best player to play the game but I never saw these kind of crosses. Crosses are fine, right or left or which part of your feet, it doesn't matter. If it is effective it is fine but I like the simplicity because I learned from Messi that I never make a mistake with the simple things.
"The simple things he does perfectly then he dribbles past four or five players. I want players to do the simple things well and after that you have special talent and he can do whatever he wants but if he doesn't work now it will be a problem. He will be in trouble."
Cherki 'so proud' after helping City beat Black Cats
Cherki told: "Really proud. We worked many weeks for that, we played very well. Defended and attacked really well. Very proud. I worked for that, I know my quality, my quality is my technique, when I play with Phil [Foden], Erling [Haaland], Omar [Marmoush], it's very important to give the good balls for them. Phil is a great player, he works for the team, runs for the team."
"It's difficult when the team come to defend with 10 players in the box, it's complicated. For Ruben [Dias] it's a first time and a last because the goal was unbelievable. We want to win all the games. We don't want to concede goals. Important for us to defend well because then we attack better. We are very proud to give the pleasure to the fans. We will work all week for the next game."
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City are just two points behind Premier League leaders Arsenal, having trailed the Gunners by five points just two weeks ago following their defeat at Newcastle. City can put Mikel Arteta's side under more pressure when they visit Crystal Palace on Sunday although first they will play Real Madrid in the Champions League on Wednesday, looking to respond after their 2-0 loss at home to Bayer Leverkusen in their last European fixture.
"It is better to be closer to the top of the league but from my experience it is consistency," Guardiola said on the title race. "Consistency comes from the way you play, not from the results or being two points in front or four behind. it is how you perform and how much you grow. Today has been one of the best performances of the year. We had good momentum for the second half.
"Wolves [on the opening day of the season] the first half was good and the second half we suffered. We were not consistent and we talked a lot about the reason why. We did really good things against Fulham in the first half and stopped doing it in the second half. It's not about specific movement defensively or offensively.
"Today against a team who had have top results so far we gave away one chance but apart from that it was a good performance. With the Premier League I have the feeling that Arsenal are going to drop few points and if we want to be there we have to win games and games and games come from the way you perform, not just a lucky action."
Are Tottenham Hotspur finding their feet under Thomas Frank’s stewardship?
Certainly, we have seen green shoots in recent matches. After that dismal home defeat to Fulham at the end of November, Spurs battled to a 2-2 draw at St. James’ Park before beating Brentford in the Premier League and Slavia Prague in the Champions League.
Two clean sheets from two games, but Tottenham still could do with reinforcements in the rearguard. Namely, ENIC Group are planning to help Frank piece together a lasting project with a new left-back.
Destiny Udogie picked up a hamstring injury against Newcastle United and will be out until the New Year. But the Italian defender has been out of sorts this season anyway, and Tottenham are ready to take action.
Spurs' search for a left-back
Udogie quickly established himself as one of the most dangerous up-and-coming full-backs in Europe after joining Tottenham from Hellas Verona. Better known for his time on loan with Udinese across multiple years, the Italian was hailed as “the best left-back” in the country by Clinton Morrison on BBC Sport a few months into his arrival under Ange Postecoglou’s wing.
Destiny Udogie for Tottenham
However, Udogie’s persistent injury issues have stunted his growth, and the 23-year-old has been told he “needs to wake up” by one coach this term, lacking awareness and dynamism. With Ben Davies getting on – and rarely getting off the bench – competition is needed, especially with the Lilywhites making headway in the Champions League.
That’s why Fabio Paratici and Johan Lange are circling in on Eintracht Frankfurt star Nathaniel Brown, with TEAMtalk revealing that the 22-year-old German international is on Tottenham’s wishlist ahead of the winter window.
A versatile wideman with no qualms about playing further upfield, Brown would add depth and new dimensions to Frank’s team, though this is a sentiment shared with rivals, Arsenal and Manchester United also among the suitors named.
He would cost upwards of £50m, but Brown has the potential to become one of the best in the business, and he would slot right into Frank’s set-up.
What Brown would bring to Spurs
Brown, a German-born player with American heritage, boasts blistering pace and a desire to progress play whenever he can. However, he is also defensively sound, mixing between duties seamlessly.
As per FBref, Brown ranks among the top 9% of full-backs across Europe’s top five leagues over the past year for assists and the top 3% for tackles per 90, underlining his dynamism and ability to mix defence with attack.
In this, he has something of a likeness to Udogie, the finest iteration of the Italy star, and while Spurs’ talented wide defender has fallen by the wayside of late, his profile remains tailor-made for a starring role in one of Europe’s top outfits.
Brown, moreover, is on an upward trajectory, with analyst Spencer Mossman claiming earlier in 2025 that he is “one-two years away from being the most coveted left back” in the world. Already, several of the Premier League’s biggest sides want to bring him over, suggesting that he is indeed ahead of that prediction already.
Frankfurt has a rather porous defence this season, and that is a concern, but Brown is one of the standouts, showcasing an impressive mix of qualities. Furthermore, he rode the crest of a wave into the current campaign, having played so well in the Bundesliga last year.
Matches (starts)
10 (6_
6 (6)
Goals
0
1
Assists
1
2
Touches*
47.5
47.8
Accurate passes*
26.8 (85%)
25.7 (84%)
Chances created*
0.7
1.0
Succ. dribbles*
0.3 (27%)
0.5 (38%)
Recoveries*
3.8
3.4
Tackles + interceptions*
1.5
3.1
Clearances*
1.1
1.2
Duels (won)*
2.9 (46%)
3.8 (51%)
As we can see from the respective left-backs’ Champions League campaigns, Brown is enjoying greater success, with his staggering duel success rate something to note.
Last season, talent scout Jacek Kulig said Brown is “moving to another level”, so perhaps it is the right time for him to take the leap of faith over the channel and down N17 to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
What Tottenham decide to do remains to be seen, but Frank needs a few more instruments in his tactical toolbox, and Brown could mark his crowning signing as improvements start to reveal themselves.
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He was ruled out midway through IPL 2025 for the runners-up while his replacement Owen is likely to be retained
Nagraj Gollapudi14-Nov-2025Punjab Kings (PBKS) are set to release at least seven players ahead of the auction for IPL 2026 with Glenn Maxwell being the prominent name. Maxwell played seven games in IPL 2025 before sustaining a fractured finger midway through the season. He scored only 48 runs in six innings, including single-digit scores in each of his last four games, with a best of 30 for the runners-up, and picked up four wickets.He was replaced by fellow Australian Mitchell Owen, who rose to prominence through his exploits for BBL champions Hobart Hurricanes last year. He topped the run-scoring charts in BBL 13 – his 452 runs coming at a strike rate of 203.60 and featuring two hundreds. However, he had a forgettable IPL debut, scoring a two-ball duck in his only appearance. PBKS, though, are set to retain Owen, who was procured at his base price of INR 3 crore.Related
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Maxwell, who retired from ODIs in June, was bought by PBKS at the 2025 auction for INR 4.2 crore. It was his third stint with PBKS, his fourth IPL team, having played for them from 2014 to 2017 and then in 2021. So far in T20Is this year, Maxwell has 171 runs at a strike rate of 169.30 with a best of 62 not out against South Africa in Cairns.The other players PBKS are set to release include Aaron Hardie, Kyle Jamieson, Kuldeep Sen, Praveen Dubey and Vishnu Vinod. Jamieson had come in as a replacement for the injured Lockie Ferguson and picked up five wickets in the four matches he played. Dubey played just the one game while none of Hardie, Sen and Vinod made any appearance for PBKS in IPL 2025.
Chelsea have been tipped to ‘easily’ sign a ‘top player’ who could become a ‘superstar’ away from his current club.
Chelsea suffer Atalanta blow as Maresca crashes down to Earth
Chelsea’s aspirations of securing automatic Champions League knockout round qualification took a significant hit as they surrendered a half-time advantage to lose 2-1 against Atalanta in Bergamo on Tuesday evening.
Enzo Maresca’s side appeared on course for a crucial victory when Joao Pedro slid home his maiden Champions League goal in the 25th minute, capitalizing on Reece James’s delivery after a VAR review confirmed the captain had timed his run perfectly.
The Blues controlled proceedings during the opening period, with their man-to-man pressing disrupting Atalanta’s rhythm and limiting the Serie A outfit’s opportunities.
However, Josh Acheampong did have to produce a stunning goal-line block to deny Ademola Lookman what appeared a certain opener.
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Maresca’s decision to withdraw the booked Trevoh Chalobah at half-time appeared to kickstart a dramatic shift in momentum.
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James spurned an excellent opportunity to extend Chelsea’s lead early in the second period, firing wide from a promising position on the edge of the penalty area.
Atalanta immediately made Chelsea pay, with Charles De Ketelaere delivering an exceptional cross from the right flank, allowing former West Ham striker Gianluca Scamacca to rise completely unmarked inside the six-yard box and nod past Robert Sanchez.
The Belgian forward then completed the turnaround with seven minutes remaining, his deflected strike looping over Sanchez after taking a wicked deflection off Marc Cucurella’s retreating leg.
Despite late opportunities for Alejandro Garnacho, James and Pedro, Marco Carnesecchi’s goalkeeping ensured Atalanta claimed all three points.
It was a humbling night for Chelsea, merely a fortnight after they were being talked about as genuine Premier League title contenders.
There is clearly still work to do before the west Londoners can be discussed in that manner, with Maresca lamenting Chelsea’s defending in a post-match press conference.
With holes still ever present and Maresca constantly rotating his first-team due to injuries, there may still be more work to do in the transfer market next year.
Chelsea spent nearly £300 million in the summer, but they remain pretty light in midfield with the constantly-injured Roméo Lavia sidelined for yet another extended period.
As a result, the west Londoners have been tipped to move for a new midfielder in 2026, and Man United’s Kobbie Mainoo could be available.
Chelsea tipped to 'easily' sign Kobbie Mainoo from Man United
Chelsea have been repeatedly linked with the Red Devils sensation these last 12 months, with Mainoo on the fringes of Ruben Amorim’s first team and potentially poised for the exit door.
Speaking on The Good, The Bad and The Football podcast, ex-United midfielder Nicky Butt has tipped Chelsea to sign Mainoo amid his current club’s ‘mind-boggling’ stance when it comes to young stars.
The 20-year-old, who burst on to the scene at Old Trafford in 2023/2024, was once a revelation under Erik ten Hag and one of England’s rising stars.
Mainoo’s excellent form that year, including an FA Cup final goal against Man City, earned him a spot in Gareth Southgate’s England squad for Euro 2024.
He played in all but one of the Three Lions’ games that tournament, including a start in the final against Spain, so finding Mainoo in this situation at United is truly bizarre.
The talented and versatile midfielder seemingly doesn’t fit into Amorim’s tactical blueprint, with Chelsea believed to still be keen on Mainoo amid their search for world football’s most elite young talents.