The defeat of Tottenham after a broken arm
Football Saturday in Europe began with a match between Brighton and Tottenham, in which the favorites from London were destined to experience real torment. Already in the third minute, Pascal Gross hung the guests into the penalty area, and goalkeeper Hugo Lloris recklessly knocked the ball into the field, and he was immediately finished off by Neil Mope. The Frenchman had no chance to save the goal - after hitting the ball, he unsuccessfully landed on his left hand and broke it. He even lost consciousness from the shock of pain, and doctors for a long time brought the world champion to his senses. Only in the eighth minute instead of Lloris his substitute Paulo Gassaning came out.
The Argentine goalkeeper did not become the hero of his team. Until the end of the first half, he also unsuccessfully repelled the heel of 19-year-old Aaron Connolly, after which the young footballer himself finished off the ball. The Irishman then completely drew up a double, taking aim at a far corner, to which Gassaning could not jump. Connolly became the first representative of his country since the legendary Robbie Keane to take a double in the Premier League match under the age of 20 years. Due to the injury of Lloris and the accuracy of the Irish teenager, Tottenham suffered a devastating defeat and took the seventh place in the standings at the end of the day. The Brighton interrupted the six-match losing streak.
Continuation of the winning streak of Liverpool
Another sensation almost struck Liverpool. On a visit to the winners of the Champions League came “Leicester”, who managed to get into the first three of the championship of England before that. “Liverpool” by that time won 16 consecutive victories in the Premier League taking into account the last season, but nearly interrupted this outstanding series due to a goal by James Maddison, which he equalized in the 80th minute.
Jurgen Klopp saved the penalty points for a foul on Sadio Mane, who was the first to distinguish himself in this match in the first half, from losing points to his wards. The violation against the Senegalese, which had already occurred at a compensated time, had to be additionally verified by video replay, but he confirmed the judge’s initial decision. James Milner went to take the penalty kick at such a crucial moment and brought Liverpool the 17th victory, which is why the fight between the players immediately broke out on the field - in Leicester they still did not agree with the penalty imposed.
Mancunians now need to win the next meeting with Manchester United to repeat the absolute record of Manchester City and Arsenal. At different times, they won 18 consecutive matches in the top division of the championship of England.
Azar's debut goal for Real Madrid
In the Champions League, Real Madrid are doing very poorly, but in the native Example, Zinedine Zidane's wards feel confident for the first time in a long time in the first place in the standings. Madrid extended their unbeaten run in a match with Granada, which was only one point behind the Royal Club before the eighth round.
The match began with Karim Benzham’s sixth goal this season, which allowed him to share leadership in the scorers race. Toward the close of the first half, an event occurred that has long been waiting for fans of Real Madrid. Newcomer to the team Eden Hazard threw a penalty ball from the line through the goalkeeper and doubled the score, and he scored the first goal for the Spanish team.
After the break, it might seem that “Granada” was completely defeated - Luka Modric sent another goal into the goal. But just after that, they broke out, and Alphonse Areola had to capitulate twice for eight minutes. Last year's Real Madrid could well flinch in such a situation, but James Rodriguez, who replaced, helped restore confidence to the team. He set the final score 4: 2 in favor of the “Royal Club”.
Double Adamyan at the gate of “Bavaria”
Bayern have suffered their first defeat in the German Championship this season. Hoffenheim and the personally Armenian striker of this club Sarkis Adamyan created problems for the Munich team.
The 26-year-old striker spent most of his career in the lower German leagues, and the match with Bayern was only his third in the Bundesliga. But Adamyan was able to hit the gates of Manuel Neuer twice and bring the necessary victory to Hoffenheim - by that time the club had fewer points than the games held. The Munich team responded with one ball played by Robert Lewandowski, which the fans did not expect after a crazy match with Tottenham in the Champions League.
Pyatocracy in Germany
Defeat of “Bavaria” did not take advantage of any German club that played on Saturday. All teams that conceded one point to her, as if commissioned by draw. Such a result should be offended for Schalke - its players knew in advance that the victory would lead them to first place, and they were in the match against Cologne, but they missed in a compensated time. Bayer also missed the victory - Leverkusenians quickly got a response to Kevin Falland’s goal in the form of an accurate hit by Christopher Nkunku from Leipzig, as a result of which both teams remained on par with Bayern.
The only club leader that could be satisfied with a draw was Freiburg. He shared points with the Dortmund Borussia, who led the score 2-1 in the middle of the second half. But a minute before the end of normal time, the attack of the Freiburgers ended with the own goal of Manuel Akanji. As a result of Saturday's games of the eighth round, the Bundesliga led five clubs with 14 points. But in the near future all of them will be able to get around the Mönchengladbach Borussia, which will have a meeting with an outsider Augsburg.
Red victory of Milan
“Milan” after three defeats in the Italian championship in a row went to leave for “Genoa”, which did not win even longer. But visiting wards Marco Giampaolo almost suffered another disappointment. They went to the break with the score 0: 1 after the goal of Lasse Schaun in the goal of Pepe Reina, who at the age of 37 replaced the ill Gianluigi Donnarumma.
However, the Milanese were able to immediately recoup, and a hand game from the side of Davide Biraski gave them both a numerical advantage on the field, and a penalty, which was immediately realized. “Genoa” received the same bonuses in the second half, but the hosts could not equalize in the compensated time. AC Milan won the match, where there were fewer goals than deletions - players on the benches saw another red card in front of them.
Removal and defeat of Golovin
As soon as the fans of Monaco got the feeling that the team’s affairs began to improve and for two consecutive victories in the French championship new successes came, as again she had to experience a painful defeat. Wards Leonard Jardim lost “Montpellier” at his party with a score of 1: 3.
The failure of the defense, which happened at the end of the first half, largely led to another failure of the Monegasques. Montpellier scored twice during this time, although before that the teams showed an equal game, and Alexander Golovin had a great moment to even the score.
After the break, the hosts have already identified claims for defeat, and only the goal of Wissam Ben-Yedder saved Monaco from the big difference in the long run. There wasn’t enough guests for more - soon Golovin received a second yellow card for the match and was sent off. In his absence, no one influenced the final result.
Slutsky chasing leaders
“Vitess” Leonid Slutsky won another victory in the championship of the Netherlands, which allowed to catch up with the leaders of the standings. The team of the Russian specialist beat the strong Utrecht, which was not far from the top of the standings.
The victory of Vitessa was almost called into question by the injury of the striker Ussama Tannan, after which the guests evened the score. But Slovenian Tim Matavj managed to re-take his club forward and bring the necessary three points. Slutsky’s wards have the same 20 points as Ajax and PSV, but they have not played their matches of the ninth round.