OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens center Ryan Jensen said there are no issues between him and Green Bay Packers defensive tackle Kenny Clark after the two exchanged texts.

In Sunday’s 23-0 win over the Packers, Clark injured his ankle while he was engaged with Jensen. Green Bay safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix said Jensen was intentionally trying to injure the 2016 first-round pick and was upset that Jensen was “dragging [Clark] into the ground while his legs were tucked under him.”

Jensen texted Clark earlier in the week to say that wasn’t the case.

“[Clark] texted me back and goes, ‘I respect you reaching out to me, and I’ll be good. I know you weren’t trying to hurt me,'” Jensen said Friday.

Ravens coach John Harbaugh said Jensen was trying to hold up Clark when he felt that the Packers lineman was bending backward. Harbaugh said he saw exactly that when reviewing the tape. Jensen also wasn’t fined by the league.

Still, Clinton-Dix called Jensen “trash.” Jensen said he isn’t offended.

“It is what it is,” Jensen said. “Guys are having each others’ backs. It doesn’t bother me all that much.”

Packers defensive line coach Mike Trgovac was asked Friday if there was anything Clark could have done to avoid the injury.

“No, I don’t think so. I think he was just sitting there engaged with the guy, and [it’s] just football.”

Clark is listed as doubtful for the Packers’ game at Pittsburgh Sunday. He did not practice all week.

ESPN’s Rob Demovsky contributed to this report.

Lionel Messi was awarded the Golden Shoe on Friday for his attacking exploits during the 2016-17 season, the Barcelona star topping the European goal-scoring charts with 37 in the previous campaign.

Messi pipped Sporting CP striker Bas Dost (33 goals), Borussia Dortmund hit man Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (30), Barcelona teammate Luis Suarez (28), and Bayern Munich ace Robert Lewandowski (29) for the prize. This is his fourth Golden Shoe, having previously won the award for the 2009-10, 2011-12, and 2012-13 seasons. He succeeds Suarez for this year’s nod.

“I have kept growing off the field and on it. I am improving and adding things to my game, every day I enjoy being a footballer more,” Messi said, per the club’s official Twitter account.

The diminutive Argentine was unable to top his personal best with those 37 goals – Messi previously won the prize with 46 tallies in 2012-13 and 50 in 2011-12, the current record in this category.

Messi and archrival Cristiano Ronaldo now have four Golden Shoe awards each, with the latter’s 48 goals in 2014-15 accounting for his own best-ever tally, and his latest victory.

ARLINGTON, Texas — Just as the Cowboys welcomed All-Pro left tackle Tyron Smith back from a two-game absence because of a groin strain, they lost All-Pro right guard Zack Martin to a concussion in the second quarter of Thursday’s 28-6 loss to the Chargers.

Martin was staggered on a run by Rod Smith but remained in the game for the next four plays. During Los Angeles’ next drive, he underwent cognitive tests and was replaced by Joe Looney.

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  The Dallas offense can’t seem to get out of its own way, and the Cowboys’ season is now spiraling out of control.

Jose Mourinho came to Daley Blind’s defence after the Manchester United defender blamed himself for FC Basel’s late winner Wednesday.

Michael Lang was the hero for the Swiss side when he outpaced Blind to get on the end of a low cross and fired the ball in from close range in the 89th minute of the Champions League group stage encounter.

Blind conceded that he was at fault, but his manager was quick to defend the Dutch defender, and instead highlighted the team’s shortcomings during a dominant first half in which United squandered plenty of opportunities to find the back of the net.

“The only thing I can get from the goal is the low cross, the right-back coming in front of Daley,” Mourinho told reporters, according to Rob Dawson of ESPN FC.

“I know that in the flash interview Daley was blaming himself. It’s totally unfair.

“I refuse that situation because we are a team, and in the first half we should be winning five or 6-0 and that was not Daley’s fault for sure.”

The 1-0 loss was United’s first of the competition this term and denied Mourinho’s men of clinching a spot in the knockout rounds.

United will next look to secure first place in the group on the final matchday of the group phase against CSKA Moscow at Old Trafford on Dec. 5.