Two goals in 95 seconds and Rushford take
In the central match of the first round of the English Premier League, Manchester United hosted Chelsea. Londoners finished last season in third place and, unlike their rivals, won a ticket to the Champions League, but even this did not provide them with a favorite status. In the summer, they lost their head coach Maurizio Sarri, who was replaced by the legendary but inexperienced Frank Lampard. But a real blow for them was the ban on transfers, which for a year deprived the "aristocrats" of the opportunity to strengthen the roster.
Despite this, Chelsea looked active and carried out a third more attacks, but on that day, luck was on the side of the “Red Devils”. The start of the defeat of the guests was laid by Marcus Rushford, who realized his fourth penalty in his career, and the key segment fell on the last third of the meeting. At first, Anthony Martial closed the backache of Andreas Pereira from the right edge, and after only 95 seconds Rushford designed a double. Paul Pogba with a brilliant long pass led the forward to a rendezvous with Kepa Arissabalaga, and he did not miss.
The final score of the match was set by substitute Daniel James, and Pogba again acted as an assistant. From the moment Sulscher arrived at Manchester United, the Frenchman has looked extremely productive and has already managed to take part in 18 successful attacks (10 goals and eight assists) of his team. During this period, only the Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero was so often distinguished.
United won their biggest victory over Chelsea in the Premier League over the past 54 years, repeating the achievement of the team under the leadership of the legendary Matt Busby. With a similar score, Manchester United also beat the Blues in the FA Cup final in 1994.
Londoners suffered a devastating defeat and for the first time since 2000 sank into the relegation zone. As for Frank Lampard, earlier in the first match at the helm of the “aristocrats" only Danny Blanchflower was second. In 1978, the team led by him was the Middlesbrough beat with a score of 2: 7.
Goal of Obameyang and the historical appearance of Pepe
Against the background of other grandees, the Arsenal submarine did not speak so brightly and achieved a minimal victory in the away match with the middle peasant submarine Newcastle. In the first 45 minutes, the hosts looked no less sharp, and Jojo Shelvey had a great chance to open an account, but got into the goal frame. Then the “gunners” seized the initiative, and in the second half took the lead. The goal was scored by Pierre Emerique Obameyang, one of the top three scorers of the past season. A native of Gabon elegantly threw the ball over Martin Dubravka and thus celebrated his jubilee 50th match in the Premier League.
Obameyang is rightfully considered one of the premier league hitters at the moment. Since his debut for Arsenal in February 2018, he chalked up 33 goals and is second only to Mohammed Salah in this respect (36). In addition, Pierre-Emerick is very careful about the scoring chances and directs 25.6% of his shots right on target.
Another significant moment of this meeting occurred at the 71st minute, when Nicolas Pepe appeared on the St. James Park lawn. In the summer, one of the best players in the 2018/19 season of the French League 1 moved to Arsenal for € 80 million, and on Sunday made his debut for the new team. The Ivorian did not have time to mark effective actions, but still went down in history as the 200th “Gunners” player ever to enter the field in Premier League matches.
Confident start of PSG and appeals to Neymar
Wards Thomas Tuchel expectedly did not meet much resistance in the opening match of the season. Parisians in their field took “Nimes” and confidently embodied their class advantage in goals. True, in the first half, “metropolitan” scored only once, and even then from the penalty spot. During the corner, the ball fell into the hand of the defender Pablo Martinez, and the judge, after watching the VAR, pointed to the “point”. In the absence of Neymar, Edinson Cavani expectedly approached her and left no chance for Paul Bernardoni.
However, the main character of the meeting was Kilian Mbappe. With a difference of 13 minutes, the Frenchman first took advantage of the transfer of Juan Bernat, and then he assisted Angel Di Maria. Forward filigree “cut” the transfer into the penalty area, after which the Argentine could only miss.
Even despite the absence in the application, the “Park de Prens” could not have done without mentioning Neymar. He continues to insist on leaving Paris and hopes to be back in Barcelona. True, while negotiations are not going well and there is a chance that the attacker will spend at least six months in France.
In this case, the Brazilian will have a hard time, because now he is one of the main objects of hatred for fans of Paris Saint-Germain. So, during a game with Nim, the fans chanted offensive chants at the football player, and also hung out a banner urging them to leave the club immediately.
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- Laurent Di Nardo (@LaurentDiNardo) August 11, 2019Performances of rivals of Russians in European competitions
In the match of the fourth round of the Swiss Championship, Thun won his first victory. The opponent of the Moscow Spartak in the Europa League qualification away defeated Lucerne and immediately rose to fourth place in the standings. And this despite the fact that earlier in the match they were in her “basement” and had only two points in their assets.
It is noteworthy that both goals were written down by defense players at their own expense. In the 33rd minute, the central defender Nikki Havenaar was closed by Matteo Tosetti from the right flank, and Chris Kablan scored in the third compensated minute of the meeting. It is worth noting that the left lateral took only a quarter of an hour after entering the field to become a participant in a successful attack.
Thus, Tun secured a good mood before his visit to Russia for the return match of the qualifying round of the European Cup. What can not be said about the “Port”, which on Tuesday will take “Krasnodar” to “Dragau”. On Saturday, the “dragons” were defeated for the first time in 18 years in the first round of Primera, losing to the humble “Lived Vicente”. The meeting ended with the score 1: 2, and the only goal wards Sergio Conceisau scored from an 11-meter.