Triumph of Mourinho

One of the main events of the 13th round of the Premier League was the return of Jose Mourinho to the coaching bridge. In the past few weeks, he was seen as a candidate for the mentorship of Arsenal and Bavaria, but eventually took over Tottenham. The debut match with West Ham turned out to be quite successful. “Spurs” won and in one meeting scored the same points as in the last 12 away games in the championship of England under the leadership of Mauricio Pochettino.

For some time, “Tottenham” mastered the “Olympic Stadium”, and then issued a spurt from the 36th to the 49th minute. Son Heung Min, Lucas Moura and Harry Kane once upset Roberto Jimenez and determined the outcome of the match. Moreover, if the Korean with 19 goals holds the status of the best scorer of the team in 2019, then the Englishman became the third most successful player in the history of the club. Now he has 175 goals, only Bobby Smith (208) and Jimmy Greaves (266) have more.

It is worth recognizing that in the remaining time the guests loosened their grip a little and allowed their vis-a-vis to reduce the gap to the minimum. At first Michael Antonio scored, and in the sixth minute, the partner’s initiative was supported by Angelo Ogbonne. But this did not prevent Mourinho for the ninth time in his career from beating West Ham and starting his career in a new place for the seventh time in a row with a victory. The last time the Portuguese lost in the starting game for the new team in 2000.

Successes of Manchester City and Liverpool

The central match of the tour took place at Etihad Stadium, where Manchester City prevailed over Chelsea. And this is considering the fact that the “aristocracy" is traditionally one of the most uncomfortable rivals for the wards of Pep Guardiola. In the liabilities of the Spaniard there are four defeats from the blue, and more often his teams were second only to Liverpool.

At first, there was a feeling that Chelsea were able to prevail over the current champion of England. Already in the middle of the half, N'Golo Kante elegantly completed the one-on-one exit with Ederson and led the guests ahead. However, over the next 16 minutes, the hosts responded twice. First, Kevin De Bruyne scored, and the final score was set by Riyad Marez. This season, the Algerian entered the field 11 times from the first minutes and regularly thanked the coach for this - four goals and six assists.

However, this success did not allow the “citizens” to reduce the gap from the main competitor in the champion race. Liverpool once again demonstrated that it is capable of not only winning the courage, but gnawing victory with its teeth. This is exactly what Jurgen Klopp’s wards did in the away duel with Crystal Palace.

All the goals fell in the second half and this despite the fact that in the 44th minute the ball went into the goal net of Alison Becker. James Tomkins excelled after a corner, but the VAR system helped to discern a violation of the rules. A second before the exact strike on Dejan Lovren, the rules were violated. The athletes left for a break with an equal score, and five minutes later Sadio Mane entered the front of the stage. The Senegalese was quicker than anyone in the penalty area and became the third player in the history of the Reds, who scored one of the Premier League teams in five games in a row. Before him, Michael Owen had a similar success in games with Newcastle and Luis Suarez in fights with Norwich.

The main events unfolded at the end of the match. First, Wilfried Zaa broke the 1245-minute goal scoring and scored for the first time in the last 14 league matches, and after three minutes, Roberto Firmino scored. The Brazilian goal helped Liverpool win and extend the unbeaten run in the Premier League to 30 meetings. Only Chelsea in 2005 (40) and Arsenal in 2004 (49) were no longer inferior.

Manchester United comeback

The Mancunians once again patted the nerves of their fans. By the 52nd minute, the wards of Ole Gunnar Sulscher were inferior to “Sheffield” with a goal difference of two goals and had only one hit towards the opponent’s goal. Nevertheless, they managed to turn the tide of the meeting. It took guests only seven minutes to not only restore parity, but also to move forward. And goals were marked by three football players under the age of 22 - Brandon Williams, Mason Greenwood and Marcus Rushford. The last time this happened back in 1996.

As for Greenwood, he did become the third youngest “red devil" to distinguish himself in the Premier League. At the time of the confrontation with Sheffield, he turned 18 years old 54 days. At a younger age, only Danny Welbeck (17 years 355 days) and Federico Makeda (17 years 226 days) scored.

However, “MJ” once again did not have enough experience to keep the winning score. In the last minute of regular time, the defenders of the guests allowed the rivals to make a mockery of themselves, and personally Oliver McBarney - for the third time to break through David de Gea.

The sensational defeat of the leader of the Bundesliga and the irrepressibility of Leipzig

The Borussia from Monchengladbach unsuccessfully traveled to the capital of Germany, where they lost to the Union. “Foals” could not upset Rafal Gilkevich and twice missed themselves. At the 15th minute, Anthony Uja completed the brilliant counterattack of the hosts, and at the first compensated minute Sebastian Andersson followed his example. Thus, the debutant of the Bundesliga defeated the current leader of the championship for the second time in a season, repeating the achievement of Mainz 14 years ago. It is noteworthy that then the "carnival" was headed by Jürgen Klopp.

Bayern won the second round in a row 4-0, this time leaving no chance for Fortune, and the rivals of the Russian teams in the Champions League did not lose again in their matches. But while Leipzig easily figured out the outsider of the Cologne championship, Bayer shared points with Freiburg.

Wards Christina Streich look good this season and rightfully take fourth place in the standings. Already in the fifth minute, the guests played a great corner, and Lucas Höler scored the third goal of the season. True, it was not possible to keep the advantage. Moussa Diabi ranged the net with a long shot and brought Bayer a draw.

Like the opponents of Lokomotiv, the opponents of Zenit played in their field and by the end of the first half they were 3-1. Within 15 minutes, Timo Werner, Emil Forsberg and Conrad Lymer scored, and the first of them thus celebrated their 200th match in the Bundesliga. The guests were noted by a goal of prestige Rafael Ktsihos.

Subsequently, Forsberg chalked up a double and set the final result on the scoreboard. Leipzig won their fifth consecutive victory in all tournaments with a total goal difference of 24: 4.

Misfire Atletico and the leadership of Barcelona and Real Madrid

The rival of Lokomotiv in the group stage of the Champions League continues to experience serious problems with the game. This time, wards Diego Simeone were unable to beat the debutant Examples of “Granada” and fell to fourth place in the standings. At the same time, their lag of leaders increased to three points, and this taking into account the fact that Barcelona and Real have a match in reserve.

In the first half, “Atletico” for the 11th time of the season did not allow the opponent to distinguish themselves and was equal in this indicator to PSG, “Lille” and “Rennes”. At the end of the hour, the guests even stepped forward thanks to the exact blow of Renan Lodi, but only seven minutes later they trembled. Herman Sanchez closed the pitch from the corner and allowed Granada not only to be equal to Barcelona in terms of the number of goals from the standards (both - 10 each), but also to become the leader in the number of successful corners (five).

“Barcelona”, although inferior in the long run for 41 minutes, but still achieved success in the confrontation with “Leganes”. The Catalans responded with the goals of Luis Suarez and Arturo Vidal to the exact hit by Youssef En-Nesiri. The Chilean chalked up the fourth goal of the season, while the Uruguayan extended a successful series of appearances at the Butarka Stadium. During his career, he visited the arena four times and left it three times with a score in the “performance” column.

Real Madrid were also catching up for some time, but in the end they broke the resistance of Real Sociedad. Karim Benzema, Federico Valverde and Luca Modric wrote down the goal at their own expense, and for the Croat, the meeting became a landmark. He was noted for two assists, which he had never previously succeeded in playing for the royal club.

As for the rest, they also could not do without achievements. So, Valverde took the second place in the league in terms of the number of goals after blows from outside the penalty area, and Benzema became the third best scorer in the top 5 European leagues in 2019. At the moment, he has 25 goals scored (Kilian Mbappe has the same amount), and only Robert Lewandowski (28) and Lionel Messi (29) have more.

The victory of Juventus without Ronaldo and the achievement of Inter

The Italian champion faced stiff resistance during a visit to Bergamo. Wards Maurizio Sarri miraculously missed in the 17th minute from the penalty spot, but in the second half, their rivals still got their way. Robin Gozens brought the Atalanta forward and gave reason to think about the sensation. The fact that Juventus could not count on its leader Cristiano Ronaldo, who is recovering from an injury, also had this in mind.

But in the “Bianconeri” there was another hero. Gonzalo Higuain scored a double for the first time since February and ensured the team victory. In the 92nd minute, Paulo Dybala strengthened the advantage of the “old Signora”, as did Werner, worthily marking his 200th match in the championship.

In the standings, Inter is breathing in the back of Juventus. The team of Antonio Conte did not leave the chances of “Torino” and extended the unbeaten run to six meetings. Lautaro Martinez scored for the eighth time in the first 30 minutes of the match, and in the remaining time all the points on the “i” were placed by Stefan de Vrey and Romelu Lukaku. The Belgian scored ten goals in his first 13 games for the Nerazzurri, repeating the result of Stefano Nyers in the 1948/49 season.

Inter won the 11th victory in 13 rounds of Serie A. Over the entire history, the Milan team has never demonstrated a more successful start, only once taking a similar pace. This happened 68 years ago.

The success of Lyon and the failure of Golovin

“Paris Saint-Germain” prevailed over “Lille” and strengthened leadership in the championship of France. The hosts sent two unanswered goals into the goal of Mik Menyang, and the author of the first of them was Mauro Icardi. It is noteworthy that the Argentinean first touched the ball three times. Later, Angel Di Maria lit his name on the scoreboard, in the second round in a row he played the role of a goalscorer, not an assistant.

The future rival of “Zenith” in the Champions League, “Lyon”, in a tense meeting, prevailed over “Nice”. Already by the 28th minute, the wards of Rudy Garcia were two goals apart, but six minutes later they remained ten of them. Fernando Marsal received the second yellow card, which greatly let down the partners. Through the efforts of Casper Dolberg, the guests retook one goal closer to the end of the match, but they weren’t enough for more. Soon Patrick Bürner was also expelled from the field, after which the attacking impulse of the guests was noticeably wilted.

As for Monaco, the team continues to alternate successful meetings with unsuccessful ones. After defeating Dijon, the team of Alexander Golovin granted a visit to Bordeaux and was defeated. Monegasques came forward already in the 15th minute, but again could not keep the winning score. At first, Pablo scored one goal, and in the middle of the second half, Nicolas de Preville sold the 11-meter goal for the hand of the author of the only goal of the guests of Islam Slimani.

The fourth consecutive defeat of Slutsky

Vitesse continues to experience difficult times. The team led by Leonid Slutsky extended his unbeaten run to four matches. This time, the strong middle peasant of the Dutch Eredivisi - Sparta Rotterdam - acted as the offender.

Vitesse lost 0–2, and both goals were conceded with the full connivance of the defenders. First, they allowed Jürgen Matei to freely penetrate after a corner, and then missed the breakthrough of Brian Smets. The Slutsky team fell to fifth place in the standings of the championship of the Netherlands and has an equal number of points with Willem II and Utrecht.