England. Arsenal's victory in the derby and Salah’s 50th goal

The main meeting of the 23rd round of the Championship of England was held in London. Arsenal took Chelsea in their field and hoped to avenge defeat in the first round. In the second round wards Maurizio Sarri got the best with a score of 3: 2. By the way, the 14-match unbeaten “gunners” series in the Premier League began from this very moment. After that, they stumbled only in the game with "Southampton" in mid-December.

This time, the team Unai Emery made a much more successful and achieved a confident victory. The “Pushkars” grieved Kepa Arrisabalagu twice, and both times did so in the first half. It is noteworthy that the French legionnaires became the authors of the goals - Alexander Lacazette first distinguished himself, and after Laurent Koselni. A native of Tulle became the first defender in the history of Arsenal, who was marked by 20 goals in the Premier League.

However, this success did not allow the “gunners” to reach the clean fifth place in the Premier League standings. At the moment, Manchester United has an equal amount of points with him, who, after a change of coach, demonstrates extreme confidence. Under the leadership of Ole Gunnar Solskher, the “red devils” have already won five victories in a row, and on Saturday extended this impressive series. This time, Brighton and Hove Albion was defeated. On the goals of Paul Pogba and Marcus Rushford, the guests were able to respond only with a precise strike by Pascal Gross.

After this victory, the mankuniantsev gained 44 points, and Sulscher joined the elite group of coaches who won the first six meetings at the head of the Premier League team. Previously, only Carlo Ancelotti and Josep Guardiola managed to do this.

However, this success is clearly not enough to seriously expect to win in the championship of England. Liverpool confidently stamps one victory after another. He did not spare the Crystal Palace, who fought desperately and even left Alison Becker out of work three times. By the way, this season, no team was able to score more than two goals against the Reds.

The Merseysides responded with four goals and took the next three points. Moreover, they did not prevent even the removal of James Milner, who left the field in the 89th minute of the meeting. Mohammed Salah issued a double and reached the mark of 50 goals in the Premier League. For this, the Egyptian only needed 72 matches - it was faster only for Andy Cole, Alan Shearer and Ore van Nistelroy. And Roberto Firmino became the author of the 1000th scored ball of “Liverpool” in his native “Anfield”.

The same number of goals was scored at the Molineu stadium, where Wolverhampton hosted Leicester. The home team broke off their two-game series of defeats, and the key role in this was played by Diogo Jota. The young midfielder designed a hat-trick and became only the second Portuguese in the history of the Premier League, which managed to hit the opponent's goal three times. Previously, this achievement alone owned Cristiano Ronaldo, who in 2008 participated in the defeat of Newcastle - 6: 0.

Spain. Atletico win-win series and Ramos 450 match

In Madrid, Real and Sevilla fought for third place in the standings. Examples. Before the 20th round, both teams had 33 points each, but thanks to a major victory in the first round, it was Andalusians who ranked higher. Saturday's meeting turned out much more intense and this time ended in favor of the hosts. The key role was played by midfielders “creamy” - first, a brilliant long-range strike was played by Kazemiro, and then Luka Modric distinguished himself. The winner of the "Golden Ball" was marked by a goal in the second match in a row that he had not previously been able to play for the royal club.

This match was special for Sergio Ramos. The captain of "Real" spent his 450 match in La Liga and came in second place on this indicator among active players. Only the 37-year-old midfielder “Betis” Joaquin has more.

After a sensational departure from the Spanish Cup, Atletico was eager to rehabilitate. Unfortunately for Huesca, it was not she who was lucky enough to meet with the "mattress" in the 20th round. The guests scored three unanswered goals into the opponent's goal, and Lukas Hernandez opened the scoring. For the current world champion, this ball was the debut of the Madrid club, for which he had already played 107 matches.

This success helped Atletico to close the gap from Barcelona to two points. In addition, the capital's football players extended their unbeaten run in Example to 17 matches and closely approached their record achievement in the era of Diego Simeone. From May to December 2017, they did not yield to 20 meetings.

"Celta" suffered a fourth defeat in a row. Wards Miguel Cardoso in their field gave way to “Valencia”. The hosts opened the account already in the 40th minute, but in the remaining time they missed twice from Denis Cheryshev and the company. The Russian himself was unable to score effective actions, but Ferran Torres and Rodrigo did it. Now the "bats" have in their assets 26 points and share the seventh line with "Betis".

Germany. Witsel's winning goal and the chase of Bavaria

One of the central matches of the Bundesliga tour was held in Sinsheim, where the local Hoffenheim took the “Bavaria”. The fight did not work - in the first half, the defending champion twice struck the opponent's net. Two goals were scored by Leon Goretsk, who for the first time in his career scored a double in the national championship match.

In the remaining time, the teams exchanged scored goals - to the goal of Nico Schultz, “FC Hollywood” responded with a precise strike by Robert Lewandowski. Pole hit the opponent's goal for the 11th time of the season and now shares the third spot in the scorer.

The lead in this race is Luca Jovic. In the 18th round match, the Eintracht striker hit the gate of Freiburg and helped his club win - 3: 1. The Serb chalked up the 13th goal scored this season of the German Championship. The company on the scoreboard was made up of Ante Rebic and Sebastian Aller, while the guests had a goal of prestige on the score of Nils Petersen.

But there is another problem - Timo Werner - there is a serious problem. Forward of the RB Leutspig traditionally fails to play in matches with Borussia Dortmund, the gate of which he hits on big holidays. This time, he again failed to distinguish himself by extending his “dry” series in games with “bumblebees” to 729 minutes. It is noteworthy that the author of the only goal was the former Zenit midfielder Axel Witsel.

After 18 rounds, Borussia has 45 points, which is the second result of the club in history. Previously, Dortmund had more points after a given number of matches only in the season 2010/11. It was then that the last but one time they became champions.

Italy. Labor victory of “Roma” and the first zero draw of “Inter”

"Roma" continues its return to the leaders of the championship in Italy. After an indistinct start, the wards of Eusebio Di Francesco came to their senses, and in the last four matches they won three victories. They did not flinch in the game with “Torino”, which turned out not only tense, but also productive. By the middle of the first half, the “wolves” led by two goals, but by the 67th minute, the guests regained parity. And the author of one of the goals was the former defender of “Zenith” and “Rubin” Christian Ansaldi.

And yet the last word remained for the Romans. Six minutes later, Stefan El Shaarawy scored his sixth goal this season and brought Roma a third victory in a row. The capital club scored its 33rd point and outperformed its neighbors from Lazio in the fight for the fourth line.

Suddenly, Inter stumbled. The third team of Italy could not beat the middle peasants of the championship - “Sassuolo”. “Nerazzurri” for the first time this season ended the meeting with a goalless draw and could not get close to “Napoli”.

France. Nine heads of PSG and crushing defeat of “Monaco”

Unlike Inter, the Paris Saint-Germain footballers went through the “Guingham” skating rink, sending nine unanswered goals to his goal. Moreover, the main part of the defeat was postponed for the second 45-minute, during which the Parisians six times upset Mark-Orel Cayard. Kilian Mbappa and Edinson Cavani, who were noted for hat tricks, were especially rampant. Two goals at his own expense Neymar recorded, and the point put a beat Tom Meunier.

Thus, PSG repeated his own achievement two years ago, having won the second largest victory in the history of the club in Ligue 1. In 2016, the red and blue nine times struck the gate “Troy”. At the same time Mbappa and Cavani became the second pair of team-mates over the past 40 years, who managed to score at least three goals in one match. In August 1979, Bordeaux players Albert Gemmrich and Gerard Soler did this in a meeting with Valenciennes.

Neymar distinguished himself. This ball became his 32nd in 33 League 1 matches. In the past 45 seasons, no player has been able to reach this mark in such a small number of games.

But "Monaco" can not get out of the crisis. The club suffered another defeat, and neither the newly acquired Cesc Fabregas nor Alexander Golovin could help them. In the match with Strasbourg, the Russian legionary spent 66 minutes on the field, but could not remember the effective actions.

Already in the seventh minute, Monegasques were in the minority - another newcomer to the Naldo team received a straight red card. In his absence, the defense began to give one failure after another, which eventually resulted in five goals conceded. “Monaco” responded only with a precise strike by Radamel Falcao, and even the removal of the opponent did not help impose the fight. On the 69th minute, Stefan Mitrovich left the field.

Netherlands. Victory "Vitesse" Slutsky

Vitesse extended his unbeaten run in the Netherlands Championship matches. Wards Leonid Slutsky defeated the "Excelsior". Already in the first half, the yellow-black hit the opponent's goal twice, but allowed the opponents to print their gates in the opening of the second half. In the period from the 67th to the 69th minute, the teams exchanged goals, but for a larger outsider, the Eredeizie was not enough.

Thus, “Vitesse” took advantage of a misfire “BBB-Venlo” and climbed to fourth place in the standings. The Slutsky team has 29 points, and seven points from the third “Feyenoord”.