The misfire of Slutsky, the fifth goal of Zé Luis for Porto and the hat-trick of Lewandowski: Saturday's events in European football

Liverpool victory over Arsenal

In the central match of the 3rd round of the Premier League, the leaders, Liverpool and Arsenal, scored two victories in the opening matches. The hosts were initially favorites, as they came up against a series of three consecutive wins over Arsenal at Anfield. And last season, the “gunners” even missed five goals here.

Nothing good happened to them this time either. The hosts calmly distinguished themselves three times, and could more. Shortly before the break, Joel Matip opened an account after filing a corner. And in the second half, Mohammed Salah, who twice fooled the experienced rookie rivals David Louise, loudly declared himself. First, he forced the Brazilian to hook himself in the penalty area and he realized a penalty, and then he easily ran away from the counterpart on the right flank and scored a double.

Arsenal only managed to get away from a devastating defeat - in the end, someone else's goal was hit by Lucas Torreira. The Gunners also had other points. In particular, in the first half, even with an equal score, Adrian, like in the match with Southampton, knocked the ball right on his opponent, but Pierre Emerik Obameyang did not hit the target. In the future, Liverpool scored already, which allowed the team to win the 12th consecutive match in the Premier League for the first time in history.

Sensational defeat of Manchester United

But Manchester United again lost points. In the last round, the Mankunians tied with Leicester, and now they completely lost to Crystal Palace at home. It is curious that it was precisely this team that Fyodor Chalov could have recently transferred to.

Roy Hodgson’s wards managed the venerable rival even without the help of a Russian. Guests managed to open an account in the middle of the first half thanks to a strike by Jordan Ayu. In the second half, Manchester United did everything in order to recoup, but the ball stubbornly did not go into the net.

Moreover, the team was not even able to realize a penalty. In the match with Leicester, instead of the full-time penalty kick Markus Rushford, Paul Pogba took the hit, but the goalkeeper saved the opponent, and the Frenchman came under a real flurry of criticism. This time, Rushford came up to the “point” and shot into the post.

As a result, the hosts managed to score the return ball only in the 89th minute. 21-year-old Daniel James put an end to the beautiful combination of the team. But that was not the end. Already in the time added by the referee, Crystal Palace escaped into a counterattack and pulled out three points. David De Gea could not cope with the powerful blow of Patrick Van Anholt in the near corner. To top it all off, Manchester United lost Luke Shaw due to an injury.

Misfire of Real Madrid

Suddenly lost points and the “Real”, which at home failed to beat the modest “Valladolid”. The whole match, the hosts literally “hung” on the opponent’s goal, but could not score. Fortune was clearly on the side of the opponent, and the balls regularly flew past the target, and the substitute Luka Jovic struck the crossbar.

However, at the most difficult moment, as usual, Karim Benzema scored. The Frenchman sent the ball exactly to the far corner with a beautiful double-kick from the penalty line. This goal was the 150th anniversary for the striker in Example. But to keep the minimum advantage, “Real” failed. In the end, the guests carried out a rare counterattack, and Sergio Guardiola managed to send a shell between the legs of Thibaut Courtois.

Meanwhile, “Valencia” Denis Cheryshev with a minimum score lost to “Celta”, while the team from Vigo in the end has not yet realized a penalty. The Russian himself spent the whole game on the bench and never appeared on the field.

Achievements of the Polish Goleador

Perhaps the main character of the game of the day was Robert Lewandowski, who scored a hat-trick in the match against Schalke, and the striker of Bayern scored all his goals in various ways. First, he realized a penalty, and after the break he amazingly performed a free kick. Finally, in the end, the Pole, having received the ball from Kingsley Coman near someone else's goal, just struck a corner.

It is worth noting that this hat-trick became for Lewandowski ninth in the Bundesliga and 13th in his career. And once Robert managed to score five goals in one match of the German championship. This happened four years ago in a memorable match with Wolfsburg.

Start of the season in Italy

The last of the top European championships was launched by the Italian Serie A, and in the first match of the tournament, the reigning Juventus champion took the Parma exam. For the victory, the Turin had the exact blow of veteran Giorgio Chiellini after a corner. And soon Cristiano Ronaldo succeeded in distinguishing himself, but the referee canceled his ball due to a rather controversial offside.

The match between Fiorentina and Napoli turned out to be much more productive. The teams scored seven goals for two - 4: 3, and the vice champion managed to snatch victory thanks to a double by Lorenzo Insigne. Moreover, it was the Neapolitans who were the first to miss - Fiorentina earned the right to a penalty kick, but subsequently Napoli managed to turn the tide of the meeting.

Offensive draw for Slutsky and Karavaev

Meanwhile, Vitess Leonid Slutsky, who scored seven points in his first three matches, made a disappointing misfire in the away match of the Dutch championship with Heracles, who took only one point at the start and settled at the bottom of the tournament tables.

The Russian coach’s team did not manage to open an account for a long time, but in the 66th minute of the playing time, Brian Linssen still managed to send the ball into the wrong goal. But Vitess could not hold the victory. Ten minutes before the final whistle, the hosts evened the score and escaped from another defeat. As for the Russian defender of the Arnhemians Vyacheslav Karavaev, he once again spent all 90 minutes on the field, but was not marked by effective actions.

The Luis at the top of the scorers race

But another player who previously had a direct relationship to the RPL, scored another ball. It's about The Louis, who feels really good after moving to Porto. In the first five matches in the new team, the striker scored five times already, including scoring Krasnodar in the Champions League.

In the national championship of Portugal, the Cape Verdian managed to get a hat-trick in the match with “Victoria Setubal”. The striker did not leave without a goal and in the most important away match with a direct competitor - Benfica. It was Ze Luis who opened the scoring in the middle of the first half, stalking the rebound in someone else's penalty after filing a corner.

In the end, Mussa Marega put an end to it, while Porto won an important victory and caught up with Benfica in the standings. The former Spartak striker with four goals in the Portuguese championship broke to the top of the scorers race.