“Thriller” in Amiens, “dry sheet” in Southampton and goal-kick in Berlin: Saturday events in European football

Liverpool's 17th consecutive victory and Klopp's happy replacement

On Saturday, one of the main sensations of the whole season almost took place in the Premier League. Confidently moving towards the conquest of the long-awaited championship, Liverpool came to visit the almost hopeless outsider Norwich. Of course, the fans were waiting from the wards of Jürgen Klopp for a crushing victory.

However, in fact, the favorite almost lost points. Although the guests owned an overwhelming advantage, the hosts defended themselves very calmly and compactly. As a result, in the first half, the Reds hit only one shot on target.

After the break, the situation has not changed much. After an hour of the game after the most dangerous shot of Mohammed Salah, the Norwich was saved by Tim Krul. Opponent responded by hitting Alexander Tatty in the post.

And when it seemed that Liverpool could not take away three points from Carrow Road, Klopp's replacement played. Having received a short respite, Sadio Mane, a little more than ten minutes before the end, took the ball in the box and sent it to nine. So the leader won the 17th consecutive victory in the Premier League and came close to winning the title. Now the team is separated by 15 points.

Westwood's Dry Leaf and Otter Goal

And in another match of the game day, the Premier League scored an amazing ball directly by a kick from the corner, performing a so-called dry sheet (a kick, mainly from a criminal, in which the ball is given rotation around its axis, and it flies along a complex arcuate path). Burnley midfielder Ashley Westwood was able to hit the Southampton goal in a similar way in the second minute.

Unintentional goal co-authors were goalkeeper and striker Alex McCarthy and Danny Ings respectively. The forward made a move towards the ball, but at the last moment missed it to the goalkeeper, who in turn hoped for a partner. As a result, the shell was in the grid.

True, Ings quickly corrected for his oversight and with a whip from outside the box sent the ball into the far corner. But the victory was nevertheless celebrated by Burnley. After an hour of the game, the substitute Matey Otter, who, according to media reports, is interested in Lokomotiv, brought the team three points.

Messi's goalless series and injury Jordi Alba

A very interesting match on Saturday took place in Spain. The second team Examples “Barcelona” took the third - “Getafe”. Of course, the guests relied on defense and counterattacks. And in the first quarter of the meeting they looked almost more interesting than the opponent.

At a dangerous moment, Lionel Messi blue answered with unpleasant blows performed by Jorge Molina and Mark Cucurella. And in the middle of the first half, the team of Pepe Bordalas completely went ahead after a corner, but the judge, after watching the replay, canceled the goal of Allan-Romeo Nyoma because of a violation of the rules.

If “Getafe” did not realize his moments, then “Barca” reacted to them more carefully and closer to the break distinguished itself twice. First, Messi, with another brilliant pass, “cut” the opponent’s defense and helped score Antoine Griezmann, and then Sergie Roberto closed the cross from the left flank. By the way, Messi gave already the sixth assists in the last three matches Examples, but again was left without a goal. He can not distinguish himself in the Example for almost a month - four fights.

But “Getafe”, despite the unsuccessful development of the game, did not give up and after one hour played one ball. Subsequently, the guests could even equalize. So, in one of the episodes, Marc-Andre ter Stegen made a triple save and helped Barcelona win. Blue garnet caught up in the standings of Real Madrid, which has a meeting in reserve. Perhaps the only fly in the ointment for the Catalans was the injury of Jordi Alba, received by the defender during the first half.

Change of leader in Germany and two points for Schick's performance

Meanwhile, in the German championship, following the Dortmund Borussia, another pursuer of Bavaria, Leipzig, won. The wards of Julian Nagelsman until recently themselves were in the lead, but after a series of misfires fell to second place. And in the match with the outsider Werder Bremen, they finally managed to interrupt the unsuccessful series.

The home team had a solid lead and opened an account already in the 17th minute thanks to an accurate hit by Lucas Klosterman. And shortly before the break, Patrick Schick distinguished himself, who before that managed to give an assist to a partner. Finally, immediately after the break, Nordi Mukiele brought the matter to a rout. This victory allowed Leipzig to take the first place at least until Sunday.

Wegorst hat-trick and Wolfsburg victory

In another Bundesliga match, fans witnessed a hat trick. Wolfsburg striker Waut Weghorst scored three times in the game against Hoffenheim and helped his team score three points.

This hat-trick was the third for the Dutchman in the championship of Germany and the first in the current season. True, this time he scored two of three goals from the penalty spot. Now the striker has counted exactly ten accurate shots in the Bundesliga, and by this indicator he broke into a clean eighth place in the tournament scorers race. Robert Lewandowski leads with 22 goals.

Comeback Bayer

In addition to Westwood's incredible goal by a direct shot from a corner, football fans will surely remember the winning goal of Bayer striker Karim Bellarabi against the Union goal. It is especially valuable in that it was scored in the 94th minute with a score of 2: 2.

In the added time, the forward replacing elegantly removed the defender and gently rolled the ball from the bottom from an almost zero angle right on target. The goalkeeper in this episode was mistaken and obviously began to block the lumbago line in advance. One way or another, this does not negate the beauty of the victory goal of the Leverkusenians.

Eight goals in Amiens and take of a 17-year-old junior

And the main sensation of the gaming day occurred in France, where PSG, the confident leader in League 1, unexpectedly parted ways with the outsider Amiens. Moreover, the meeting developed according to an absolutely unpredictable scenario. The favorite, as expected, owned the initiative, and the modest owners acted as "second number".

But the Parisians squandered their moments, while the opponent treated them as carefully as possible. Eloquent statistics - “Amiens” for the whole game delivered five shots on target, four of which were productive. In addition, the wards of Luke Elsner were lucky with a quick goal. And by the end of the first half, they completely brought the matter to a rout. Just before the whistle, PSG played one ball for a break.

But after a pause, the leader got down to business. Within 16 minutes, the guests managed to score three times and turn the match upside down. The double was marked by the 17-year-old defender Nyanzu Kuassi, who had previously distinguished himself only once at the adult level. Everything went to the fact that the metropolitan team will make a comeback, but in the time added by the referee, Amiens still managed to escape thanks to the second exact blow this evening to Ser Girassi.