#player-ratings

#player-ratings

With Liverpool's hopes of defending their Premier League title growing increasingly slim, the club now finds itself with a 0% chance of claiming a different piece of silverware, the Carabao Cup, after yet another defeat to Crystal Palace on Wednesday. Despite a promising opening 40 minutes, Arne Slot's youthful squad suffered a disastrous end to the first half. It ultimately condemned Liverpool to their sixth loss in their last seven matches across all competitions.

Atalanta and AC Milan played out a 1-1 draw on Tuesday night at the New Balance Arena, with both goals coming in the first half. The opener came just four minutes in as a corner was not properly cleared and Samuele Ricci fired in off a deflection from about 20 yards out, getting his first goal for the club. At the other end, Ademola Lookman deservedly levelled with his first goal of the season.

Jordan Pickford Pulled off a couple of good saves in the second half to maintain his impressive clean sheet record. That's nine in a row now. 6.5 Djed Spence Has taken to international football like a duck to water. Sterner tests lie ahead, of course, but a good start to his England career. 7 John Stones Two games in five days will do the Manchester City defender a world of good. Still one of the first names on the team-sheet, fitness permitting. 7

Nikola Milenkovic (CB): Utterly dreadful. Nowhere to be seen when England broke through. Dismissed for a clumsy tackle on Kane. 2 Strahina Pavlovic (CB): Played to the left and failed to deal with the movement around him. Serbia were cumbersome at the back. 3 Veljko Birmancevic (LB): Destroyed by Noni Madueke. Could not handle the Arsenal winger's speed. Off at half-time. 3 Andrija Zivkovic (RM): The game passed him by. Pushed back by England's forwards.

📸: Alan Dobbins/RMNB Alex Ovechkin received a slight boost in rating from EA Sports for NHL 26. Ovechkin is back up to 90 overall, one year after dropping into the 80s (89) in the video game franchise for the first time in his career. The legendary winger followed up the digital disrespect by posting 44 goals in 65 games during his age-39 season, breaking Wayne Gretzky's all-time goals record along the way.

In terms of where he ranks among his right wing peers, Nylander is tied for fifth overall, with Tampa Bay Lightning's Nikita Kucherov coming at the top with 96 overall, Boston Bruins and Nylander's own best bud David Pastrnak placing second with 94 overall, Mikko Rantanen in third with 93 overall, and then reigning Stanley Cup champion Sam Reinhart rounding out the group who are rated above Nylander.

Robert Sanchez made four saves when he was called upon, preventing what could've been an even worse result for Chelsea.

I like playing Madden, so I would like to be rated higher. But I've got to play and showcase that stuff on the field. I believe that if I go out there and play the football I want to play, we can get to 99 pretty quickly.