Inter Miami head coach Gerardo Martino claimed the match against New York City FC at Yankee Stadium "lacked a good referee" after a heated contest resulted in a 1-1 draw at Yankee Stadium Saturday.
Newcastle could not take their chance. Three points would have maintained the unbeaten start to the season, taken them to the top of the table for the evening, raised their growing optimism. Instead they were made to rue a poor first-half display against a delightful Fulham frontline, goals from Raúl Jiménez, Emile Smith Rowe and Reiss Nelson securing a fine if not flawless victory. They never found their rhythm even if they set up a game for the second half, Harvey Barnes’s goal in the first minute after the restart making it 2-1 and setting up a tantalising passage. For the hosts, the worry was obvious: they had blown a lead last week against West Ham through a late Danny Ings equaliser; would this be more of the same? But they clung on through Nelson’s goal in stoppage time, the substitute gifted an easy opportunity in the box after a wayward pass from Bruno Gumiarães. Continue reading...
Inter Miami CF head coach Gerardo Martino confirmed Lionel Messi will be available for the matches against Atlanta United on Wednesday and New York City FC on Saturday, but his level of participation remains to be determined.
It is just as well that West Ham did not let Danny Ings leave last summer. With Niclas Füllkrug injured and Michail Antonio an increasingly blunt instrument up front, Julen Lopetegui was indebted to a late intervention from a player who still has the knack of finding that crucial yard of space in the opposition’s penalty area. Fulham had led from the 24th minute after Raúl Jiménez finished off a fine move. A third defeat in four league matches was on the cards for West Ham and pertinent questions were about to be raised about the depiction of Lopetegui as one of the game’s great entertainers. His team had been awful for much of the afternoon and it seemed they were going to leave Craven Cottage empty-handed until Ings, who has struggled since moving to east London 18 months ago, popped up with an unlikely equaliser in the 95th minute. Continue reading...
