“We cannot deny the gap is big,” Pep Guardiola said. “We didn’t expect to be 22 points behind but it’s the reality. We have to accept it and learn from it.”
“These are three very important, key points. We haven’t won here for 27 years, and we were up against an in-form team,” manager Gian Piero Gasperini said.
“We were coming from a not good time. We needed to win first and foremost,” Simeone said after Atletico picked up their first win in six league matches.
Japanese star Keisuke Honda said the passion of Brazilian fans persuaded him to sign with Botafogo among other attractive offers from European and Asian clubs.
“We were down on the scoreline, the lads desperately want to get points, get the win, we showed maturity,” Potter said following Brighton’s crucial draw.
USMNT veterans Fabian Johnson and Deandre Yedlin returned to starting roles with their respective teams, while Reading’s Matt Miazga picked up an injury.
“I congratulate the lads for the work they’ve done over the last seven days, but we have to keep going like this now...,” Gattuso said about his Napoli.
Rob Rensenbrink, the forward who was centimeters away from delivering the Netherlands a World Cup title in 1978, has died at age 72, the Dutch football association said Saturday.
Athletic Bilbao forward Inaki Williams says that he was a victim of racial abuse from fans while playing at Espanyol in a Spanish league game on Saturday.
Timothy Chandler and Lynden Gooch scored for their respective teams, while Giovanni Reyna and Indiana Vassilev made their league debuts in this week’s Americans abroad.
Jurgen Klinsmann endured an unhappy reunion with Bayern Munich as his former protege Thomas Muller started a 4-0 Bundesliga rout of his Hertha Berlin team.
