Yarmolenko's goal of Chelsea, 39 strokes of AC Milan and 16 points of Villarreal in 6 matches: events of the day in European football

Another misfire of “Leicester” and the achievement of Obameyang

In England, Chelsea on Wednesday got the opportunity to get around Leicester and climb to third place in the Premier League standings. Having played with outsiders Watford and Brighton and Hove Albion, Brendan Rogers wards lost to Everton - 1: 2. 

The outcome of the meeting was decided by two quick goals by the hosts. In the tenth minute, Richard Charlison opened the scoring, and in the 16th - Gilfi Tor Sigurdsson scored a penalty. At the beginning of the second half, Kelechi Iheanacho reduced the gap, but Lester failed to win back.

However, Chelsea were also defeated. The team of Frank Lampard in the London derby sensationally lost to the outsider West Ham - 2: 3. 

Favorite opened the account at the end of the first half thanks to a penalty implemented by Willian. But the opponent recouped in the time added by the referee after a corner. 

And at the beginning of the second half of the meeting, Michael Antonio led West Ham forward. Regained the status quo on the scoreboard 20 minutes before the final whistle, the same Willian, who performed the free kick perfectly. 

It seemed that in the end Chelsea would be able to snatch victory, but three points went to the opponent. The hosts organized a quick counterattack, which was completed with an accurate blow by the replacement Ukrainian midfielder Andrei Yarmolenko. 

So Chelsea missed the opportunity to rise to third place and for the second time this season lost to West Ham. Outsider, this result helped to move away from the relegation zone.

In turn, Arsenal achieved a major victory over the Norwich ending the standings. The Gunners scored four unanswered goals against the opponent. 

The main hero of the confrontation was Pierre-Emerick Obameyang. The attacker scored twice and gave the assist to Granite Dzhak. And in the Premier League scorer race, the Gabon caught up with Jamie Vardi, who had been the leader before. The assets of both forwards 19 goals. 

Along the way, Obameyang broke the club’s performance record. He managed to score 50 goals faster than anyone in the history of Arsenal. It took Pierre-Emerick 79 matches. An experienced striker exceeded the achievement of Thierry Henry, who scored 50 goals in 83 meetings.

Another outsider, Bournemouth, also conceded four goals and lost significantly to Newcastle - 1: 4. As part of the guests, an assistant hat-trick was designed by Allan Sainte-Maximin.

Sixth match for Cheryshev on the bench and throw the ball to the judge

In the championship of Spain, “Valencia”, the colors of which defends Denis Cheryshev, suffered a third defeat in a row. This time, the Russian team at home lost to Athletics (0: 2) and allowed the opponent to circumvent themselves in the standings.

Cheryshev himself in the sixth match Examples in a row remained in the reserve and appeared on the field only in the 62nd minute. By that time, the hosts conceded two unanswered goals from Raul Garcia. In both cases, “Valencia” made gross errors in defense. 

And the striker brought the number of goals in the current season of the Spanish Championship to 13 and entered the top 6 of the tournament's scorers race. 

“Villarreal” after the resumption of the season, on the contrary, scored excellent form and earned in six matches. Examples 16 points out of 18 possible. In addition, in these meetings, the team conceded only two goals. 

In the game with Betis, the goalkeeper of Villarreal Sergio Asenjo also did not allow his opponent to distinguish himself. But in the composition of the guests the double was designed by Gerard Moreno. This helped the striker with 15 goals to reach a clean third place in the tournament scorers race. Only Lionel Messi (22 goals) and Karim Benzema (17) are ahead of the striker. 

“Betis” was forced to spend the entire second half in the minority after the ambiguous removal of Nabil Fekir. The Frenchman received the first yellow card for stepping on Raul Albiol’s foot, and the second for throwing the ball into the referee. 

Six goals from Inter and the productive series of Simeone Jr.

In Italy, the Inter fighting with a tennis score defeated the outsider Brescia - 6-0. Neradzurri for the first time in the current season of Serie A scored six goals against the opponent. At the same time, the main scorers of the team Lautaro Martinez and Romelu Lukaku did not score goals, and the Belgian did start the game in reserve.

But Alexis Sanchez scored three points for performance (1 goal + 2 assists), and defender Ashley Young - two. Already in the fifth minute, the Englishman opened the scoring with a beautiful blow from the summer, and at the end of the first half Danilo D'Ambrosio helped distinguish himself.

Successfully replaced and Christian Eriksen, who scored a debut goal in the Italian championship, and also assisted Antonio Kandreve.  

But “Milan” on the road almost lost to an outsider SPAL. Wards Stefano Pioli after the resumption of the season won two victories in a row and seemed to be able to extend the successful series. 

But in Ferrara, for the red-blacks, everything initially turned out not in the best way. Already in the 13th minute, the hosts stepped forward after a corner. And after an hour of play, 38-year-old Sergio Floccari threw Gianluigi Donnarumma with a beautiful shot from outside the penalty area. 

However, at the end of the first half, SPAL remained in the minority and after the break completely gave the ball to the opponent. In total, Milan delivered 39 shots on the opponent’s goal, but managed to reduce the backlog only in the 79th minute, when Rafael Leau, who replaced, just shot into the corner. 

And already in stoppage time on the side of “Milan” played the captain of the hosts Francesco Vicari. After a cross from Alexis Salemakers, he cut the ball into his own goal. 

Misfire “Rossoneri” took advantage of “Verona”, which also fights for getting into European competition. Wards of Ivan Yurich at home won a strong-willed victory over Parma - 3: 2. 

Of the other events of the gaming day, it is worth noting the scoring series of Giovanni Simeone in the Italian Championship. Forward “Cagliari” hit the gate of “Bologna” and scored in the fourth match of the national championship in a row. 

And in the confrontation between outsiders Lecce - Sampdoria (1: 2), three penalties were awarded. All 11-meters were realized, and the guest midfielder Gaston Ramirez issued the second double in the current season of Serie A.