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Bayern Munich’s Leon Goretzka Out after Operation on Fractured Hand

Munich's Leon Goretzka celebrates after scoring the 3-1 lead during the German Bundesliga soccer match between 1. FSV Mainz 05 and FC Bayern Munich in Mainz, Germany, 21 October 2023. EPA/RONALD WITTEK
Munich's Leon Goretzka celebrates after scoring the 3-1 lead during the German Bundesliga soccer match between 1. FSV Mainz 05 and FC Bayern Munich in Mainz, Germany, 21 October 2023. EPA/RONALD WITTEK
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Bayern Munich’s Leon Goretzka Out after Operation on Fractured Hand

Munich's Leon Goretzka celebrates after scoring the 3-1 lead during the German Bundesliga soccer match between 1. FSV Mainz 05 and FC Bayern Munich in Mainz, Germany, 21 October 2023. EPA/RONALD WITTEK
Munich's Leon Goretzka celebrates after scoring the 3-1 lead during the German Bundesliga soccer match between 1. FSV Mainz 05 and FC Bayern Munich in Mainz, Germany, 21 October 2023. EPA/RONALD WITTEK

Bayern Munich midfielder Leon Goretzka will miss the team’s upcoming matches after fracturing his hand during the 3-1 win at Mainz in the Bundesliga.
Bayern said Sunday that a scan confirmed the extent of the injury and the player “underwent a successful operation.” The club did not say how long the player will be out.
Goretzka, who returned from international duty with Germany with an ankle injury, suffered the hand injury shortly after scoring Bayern’s third goal in Mainz.
Defender Bouna Sarr replaced Goretzka with Konrad Laimer pushing up into central midfield. The Austrian midfielder will likely take Goretzka’s place beside Joshua Kimmich while the Germany midfielder is absent.

Bayern visits Galatasaray in the Champions League on Tuesday.

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Salah Double Sends Liverpool 8 Points Clear in Premier League as United Draws First Game with Amorim

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah leaves the pitch after the English Premier League soccer match between Southampton and Liverpool in Southampton, England, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024. (AP)
Liverpool's Mohamed Salah leaves the pitch after the English Premier League soccer match between Southampton and Liverpool in Southampton, England, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024. (AP)
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Salah Double Sends Liverpool 8 Points Clear in Premier League as United Draws First Game with Amorim

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah leaves the pitch after the English Premier League soccer match between Southampton and Liverpool in Southampton, England, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024. (AP)
Liverpool's Mohamed Salah leaves the pitch after the English Premier League soccer match between Southampton and Liverpool in Southampton, England, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024. (AP)

It has been more than 30 years since a team held as big a lead as Liverpool after 12 rounds of the Premier League.

Not that Arne Slot is getting too excited about an eight-point advantage before even hitting December.

“It’s nice to have this position,” the Liverpool manager said Sunday after Mohamed Salah inspired a 3-2 come-from-behind win at Southampton, “but we are definitely not getting carried away.”

Only Manchester United's class of 1993-94 — under Alex Ferguson — has had a larger lead than Slot's Liverpool at this stage of a Premier League campaign. The title stayed at Old Trafford that season.

It's those kind of glory days that Ruben Amorim is trying to recreate after taking charge of United and the Portuguese coach could hardly have got off to a better start.

Only 81 seconds had elapsed before United marked Amorim's first game at the helm with a goal from Marcus Rashford at Ipswich.

United couldn't hold out and a 1-1 draw against a team destined to be battling against relegation underlined the scale of Amorim's task to turn around the fortunes of a fallen giant in English soccer.