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MONACO -- Japan midfielder Takumi Minamino has torn the ACL in his left knee while playing for AS Monaco and will almost certainly miss the World Cup. Minamino was injured in a French Cup game on Sunday against Auxerre and "medical examinations revealed a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament," Monaco posted on social media on Monday. Players typically need up to nine months to return from an ACL injury.

It's hard to maintain consistency when you make individual errors. It was our worst match of the season,

United States striker Folarin Balogun scored his first career Champions League goal to lead AS Monaco to a 1-0 win over Bodo/Glimt on Tuesday night. Balogun scored the game's only goal right before halftime, smashing his shot from a tight angle into the roof of the net as Monaco won its first game of the league phase and are on five points after four matches.

Manchester City were close to beating Monaco in the second round of the Champions League group phase, but a late penalty given to the Ligue 1 side, converted by former Tottenham Hotspur and Bayern Munich defender Eric Dier, snatched two points away from them.

"Reaching the Final Four is not just about sacrifice - it's about the fight. Only when you've truly fought for something can you understand its real value."

I have a good relationship with the club here. We talked, but couldn't reach an agreement. Then I started looking around.

Liverpool are monitoring AS Monaco's Vanderson as a potential replacement for Trent Alexander-Arnold, who is expected to leave at season's end.