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Manchester City are experiencing one of their worst runs of form in years with just a single win in their last nine games. Nothing seems to be going right, and footage of a Man City penalty practice reflects that perfectly.

During a livestream of City’s practice on Tuesday something unthinkable happened. Phil Foden, Jack Grealish, Ilkay Gundogan and Erling Haaland all missed penalty kicks in training. The worst part? There wasn’t even a goalkeeper in goal.

Man City penalty practice fail

Watch: André Onana manages to waste 40 seconds taking a free kick… while Man Utd were losing

Some unintentional André Onana time wasting at the end of Manchester United’s 3-2 defeat to Nottingham Forest on Saturday caught the attention of fans. Onana somehow wasted 40 whole seconds to take a free kick near midfield.

The Premier League matchup was in stoppage time with United desperately seeking an equalizer. With less than two minutes left of time, the Red Devils were awarded a free kick.

USWNT fans not impressed with Lindsey Horan’s performance and bicycle kick attempt vs. England

The United States women’s national team drew England 0-0 in front of a packed Wembley Stadium on Saturday during a friendly. The game saw a tactical chess match between the head coaches as well as a Lindsey Horan bicycle kick attempt.

USWNT fans were brutal online toward the star U.S. midfielder as she failed to make an impact on the game.

The 30-year-old captain looked sluggish in midfield, had several wayward passes that missed the mark, scored a goal while offside and of course, the bicycle kick attempt.

EPL referee David Coote caught on video snorting white powder, here’s how the internet reacted

Premier League referee David Coote has been suspended and is now being investigated by UEFA following a video posted by The Sun showing him snorting white powder and then another clip of him making vulgar comments about former Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp.

The video allegedly took place in July this summer while Coote was on duty for Euro 2024 as support VAR. The 42-year-old was staying in a hotel assigned by UEFA.

Top-flight Argentina club face massive backlash after starting YouTuber with no soccer experience

Argentina side Deportivo Riestra are facing a tidal wave of backlash after they pulled a publicity stunt of starting a popular YouTube influencer in their Argentine Primera División game on Monday.

The club, who sit ninth in the table, named YouTuber and Twitch streamer “Spreen” as their starting striker. Spreen, whose real name is Ivan Buhajeruk, has no experience playing the sport but was put in a professional team’s starting XI.

Aston Villa lose to Club Brugge after Tyrone Mings picks up ball in own box during freak incident

Aston Villa conceded a bizarre penalty in a 1-0 loss at Club Brugge on Wednesday which ended their perfect start to the Champions League group stage.

What had been a lethargic performance for Villa turned absurd in the 52nd minute when Tyrone Mings inexplicably picked up the ball, believing it was not in play.

Villa keeper Emi Martinez had just lined up a goal kick, sending a short pass to Mings, who then picked up the ball and gave it back to the Argentinian. The referee pointed to the penalty spot, and Hans Vanaken converted.

Viral: José Mourinho celebrates late Fenerbahçe winner with failed knee slide

José Mourinho is taking Türkiye by storm in his first season at the head of Fenerbahce and the Portuguese manager just gave us another clip to add to his never-ending file of iconic moments. He needs to practice his knee slides.

During Fenerbahçe’s Turkish Süper Lig away match against Trabzonspor on Sunday, the closing minutes of the game saw both clubs looking for the three points through a momentary 2-2 result.

Watch: José Mourinho carried off field after being taken out by his own player in training

José Mourinho is expected to recover after suffering a crunching tackle during a training session with Fenerbahce.

“The Special One” posted a video to Instagram of him getting taken out during a drill. Midfielder Ismail Yuksek collided with the Portuguese manager who then needed help from players to limp off the field.

In the video Mourinho can been seen wearing white long sleeves in the middle of the training exercise when he gets unintentionally tackled from behind.

José Mourinho training ground accident

Cristiano Ronaldo skies potential game-tying penalty, Al Nassr crash out of King Cup in Round of 16

If you happen to be friends with someone who is a die-hard Real Madrid and Cristiano Ronaldo fan, then please check in on them. A Ronaldo penalty miss for Al Nassr in their King Cup game is the latest blow to the fanbase.

On Tuesday Ronaldo had the opportunity to tie Al Nassr’s Round of 16 King Cup game against Al-Taawoun with a penalty kick in stoppage time. In shocking fashion, he missed the entire goal.

Al Nassr would lose 1-0 and be eliminated from the tournament after making the final last season.

Ronaldo penalty miss in King Cup

Kylian Mbappé drops one of the worst stinkers of all time as Barcelona thrash Real Madrid 4-0

Barcelona took Real Madrid behind the woodshed on Saturday with an unbelievable 4-0 result at the Santiago Bernabéu. The biggest talking point was Kylian Mbappé’s wretched showing in his first El Clásico.

The Mbappé vs Barcelona performance was truly hard to believe. The Frenchman is one of the most talented players on the planet right now but looked like a lost youth soccer player on Saturday. Real Madrid’s new star man was caught offside EIGHT TIMES against Barcelona.

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