Liverpool record and Klopp’s 150th victory
In England, Liverpool took another step towards winning the championship. Wards Jürgen Klopp took “Manchester United” and did not leave a chance nominally formidable opponent. The guests tried to surprise the Merseysides with an arrangement with three central defenders, but the quantity in quality in this case did not outgrow. The team of Ole Gunnar Solskher regularly made defense failures.
And already in the 13th minute, Manchester United missed after a corner. Players of the Mankunians did not keep in the penalty area for Virgil van Dyck, and he easily sold 19-year-old Brandon Williams. Subsequently, the owners had a lot of chances to score, and the judge canceled two of their goals due to violations of the rules. The rival, however, practically did not approach the gates of others and did not disturb Alison Becker.
Only in the second half, Manchester began to get something, but the team failed to realize their moments. Becker, in the end, scored an assist. In the time added by the referee, he knocked the ball to Mohammed Salah, and he fled to someone else's goal and put an end to the match.
Thus, Alicion became the first goalkeeper of Liverpool in almost ten years, who was noted as an assistant in the Premier League. In March 2010, Pepe Reina helped Fernando Torres distinguish himself in a game with Sunderland.
The team also continues to rewrite all kinds of records. So, the Reds extended the unbeaten run in one season of the English Championship to 22 games and rewrote the club achievement dating back to the 1933/34 season. And for Klopp, this victory was the anniversary - the 150th - at the head of Liverpool.
In turn, the Leicester on the road lost to Burnley, who interrupted his four-match series of defeats (1: 2). Now Brendan Rogers wards, coming on the third line in the Premier League table, are behind Liverpool 19 points. At the same time, the Merseysiders have a match in reserve.
Messi's aesthetic goal and Setena's difficult debut
In Spain, the main event of the gaming day, perhaps, was the debut of Enrique Setena as the head coach of Barcelona. And the rival for the first match among the Catalans was the most convenient - the modest Granada. In addition, blue garnet was played at home.
But in fact, the favorite experienced huge problems and almost lost points. The guests arrived in Barcelona with the hope not to miss and gave all their strength to protect their own goal. Barca owned the ball 82% of the time, delivered 18 shots on goal, but scored only one goal - 15 minutes before the final whistle.
But the team’s goal turned out to be truly aesthetic. In a beautiful combination of hosts, there was enough space for two assists at once, and Lionel Messi, after a pass by Arturo Vidal, calmly rolled the ball into the target.
Terrible game Cheryshev and a substitution at the end of the first half
But for Denis Cheryshev reporting game day turned out, to put it mildly, unsuccessful. In the match of the 20th round Examples with Mallorca, he first entered the field in the starting lineup in the new year, but was already replaced at the end of the first half. By that time, “Valencia” was inferior with a crushing score.
Whether this castling was associated with another injury or not is not reported, but, according to head coach Albert Selades, Denis “could not continue the game.” Fans were extremely dissatisfied with the actions of the Russian and after the game on the club’s official website called on him to go to China. Substitution “Valencia” did not help, and the “bats” were defeated - 1: 4.
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Four goals for Bayern and 20th goal of Lewandowski
In Germany, Bayern defeated Hertha on the road and returned to second place in the Bundesliga standings. Berliners bravely defended themselves for an hour and sometimes literally took the ball out of the ribbon. But after the goal of Thomas Muller in the 60th minute, the hosts scattered and missed three more times.
One of the distinguished ones was Robert Lewandowski, for whom the penalty awarded was the jubilee, 20th ball in the current season of the German championship. The forward caught up with Timo Werner in the scorer race, while the judge canceled another goal of the Pole after watching a video replay due to an attack on the goalkeeper.
The achievement of Ibrahimovic and the curious mistake of Donnarumma
In Italy, Milan continues to recover after returning to the club of Zlatan Ibrahimovic. On Sunday, the Rossoneri defeated Cagliari at home without difficulty and won three consecutive victories for the first time this season, taking into account the country's Cup. However, the team had no moral right to lose points - it was necessary to honor the memory of the legendary Milan defender Mario Bergamaski who passed away on the eve of his life. Players of the hosts took to the field with mourning bandages.
But already in the sixth minute, Gianluigi Donnarumma made a grave mistake, ran too far out of the gate, and allowed Jens Larsen to throw himself. In the second half, the wards of Stefano Pioli gathered and achieved a strong-willed victory - 3: 2. The first double of the team in the season was designed by Ivan Perisic.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic this time was not marked by effective actions, but broke one record. He scored 150 victories faster than anyone else in the history of Italian championships. For this he needed 222 matches. The Swede rewrote the achievement of former football player Inter Esteban Cambiasso.
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Misfire "Inter" and 16 shots on goal
Another Milan team, Inter, lost points in the second match in a row. And if a draw with a decently performing Atalanta can still be explained, then a misfire in the game with an outsider Lecce is difficult to understand. During the match, black and blue possessed an overwhelming advantage, delivered 16 shots on goal, hit the post, but managed to open the score only in the 71st minute thanks to the exact blow of Alessando Bastoni who replaced. For him, this goal was the debut in the team.
However, after his goal, Inter immediately missed the return ball. Captain Marco Mancozou took advantage of a cross from the flank and sent a shell into the net in touch. Not only that, in the end, “Lecce” could snatch victory, but the bar after the strike from the penalty area saved the guests. It is also worth noting that Lecce spent almost the entire game in the minority after the removal of defender Giulio Donati in the 21st minute.
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The victory of Juventus and the incredible numbers of Ronaldo
The misfire of a direct competitor simply did not have the right not to use Juventus, who met with Parma. And Turintsy scored three points, although they did it not without difficulty - 2: 1.
Once again, the team was saved by Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese scored a double that evening and brought the number of goals scored in the current season of Serie A to 16. In the tournament's scorers, he broke away from Romelu Lukaku and now is second only to Ciro Immobile (23).
Along the way, Cristiano extended to seven meetings a series of matches of the Italian championship, in which he scored goals. The striker was the first Turin player in 15 years to succeed after David Trezeguet. In seven games, he chalked up 11 goals (six in the last three).
Juventus, thanks to the performance of its main star, increased its lead over Inter to four points. By six, Lazio has won 11 consecutive victories, but the Romans have a match in reserve.
Balotelli's Intemperance and Two Doubles
Another notable event for Serie A's day was the removal of Mario Balotelli. His draw ended in a draw of his “Brescia” and “Cagliari” and without that turned out to be eventful. The teams scored four goals for two, and Ernesto Torregross and Joao Pedro scored doubles.
Balotelli came on as a substitute at the end of the game and after seven minutes he received a red card. At first, the judge showed the Italian a mustard plaster for breaking the rules, but Mario’s reaction was so aggressive that the referee was forced to remove the player. The striker himself after the game did not even try to make excuses to the fans.
“It's unbelievable how one episode can change an opinion about a person. I just continue my work, I have no problem. You can continue to judge me. Your right, ”Balotelli wrote on Instagram.
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Kudryashov's unsuccessful start and struggle for survival
Finally, on Sunday for the Turkish “Antalyaspor” made his debut defender of the Russian team Fedor Kudryashov. The first match in the new team was not the most successful for the football player.
Wards of Tamer Thun at home have largely lost to the middle peasant of the Goztepe championship (0: 3), having missed all three goals before the break. Kudryashov himself spent the whole meeting on the field.
Antalyaspor suffered a second defeat in a row and extended the unbeaten streak in the national championship to 11 matches. Fedor in a new place has to solve a difficult task - to help the team save themselves from relegation from the elite division.