People wave Greenland flags during an event organized by Qupanuk Olsen, Greenland’s most popular social media influencer and a candidate for the Naleraq party in the next March 11 election, in Nuuk, Greenland, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Virgil van Dijk held it aloft to roars from the Anfield crowd and an explosion of fireworks.Crystal Palace came close to dampening those celebrations, but Mohamed Salah — who else? — struck in the 84th and the game finished 1-1.
Arsenal, runner-up for the third year in a row, beat last-placed Southampton 2-1 after Martin Odegaard’s 89th-minute winner.Tottenham followed upon Wednesday with a 22nd league defeat of the season to round off a dire domestic campaign.
Leading through Dominic Solanke’s first-half penalty, Spurs conceded four goals after the break to lose 4-1 at home to Brighton.Ange Postecoglou’s team finished 17th — just one place above the relegation zone — but will play Champions League soccer next season by virtue of winning the Europa League.
Man United coach Ruben Amorim apologized to fans after what he described as a “disastrous” season.
United ended the campaign with a slew of unwanted records, including the club’s lowest Premier League finish and points total. The 20-time champion also fell to a club record number of losses in the modern era, but Amorim said the good times would be back.The preliminary reading of the University of Michigan’s closely watched consumer sentiment index,
, declined 2.7% on a monthly basis to 50.8, the second-lowest level in the nearly 75-year history of the survey. The only lower reading was in June 2022. Since January, sentiment has tumbled nearly 30%.Americans have largely taken a sour view about where the economy is headed in the wake of the Trump administration’s imposition of huge import duties, which threaten to slow growth and push up prices. In recent weeks the White House has
on its most draconian policies, though average duties are still high by historical standards.AP Washington correspondent Sagar Meghani reports on another dip in consumer sentiment.