Misfire of Liverpool in a derby and two forced replacements from Klopp

Liverpool failed to win the first match for themselves after the resumption of the season in England, tied with Everton in the Merseyside derby - 0-0.

Jurgen Klopp's wards more often owned the ball, but practically did not create moments and rarely struck. In 90 minutes, guests only thrice hit the target gate Jordan Pickford. In the first half, only inaccurate shots of Joel Matip and Roberto Firmino were remembered. In addition, he had to change James Milner, who, according to media reports, was injured in the back of his thigh.

During the break, Klopp also removed the inconspicuous Takumi Minamino from the field and released Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain instead. For a while, it helped, and Liverpool began to act faster. However, dangerous situations at Pickford's gates still practically did not arise.

And in the end, “Everton” almost pulled out a victory in the derby. At this point, the guests due to injury lost another football player: Matip had to be changed to Dejan Lovren. Rearrangements in the defense almost led to a missed ball. In the 81st minute, Alison Becker saved the team after a hit by Dominic Calvert-Lewin with his heel, and on finishing Tom Davis hit the post.

Liverpool lost points for the third time in the current Premier League season. However, the team can become a champion on Wednesday if it wins over Crystal Palace, and Manchester City fails to beat Burnley on Monday. 

Meanwhile, the fourth-place Chelsea took advantage of Manchester United's Friday misfire in the match against Tottenham and increased the lead over the Mankunians to five points.

The game with an outsider, Aston Villa, which became the hundredth in Frank Lampard's coaching career, turned out to be difficult for Londoners. In the first half, although they possessed an overwhelming advantage, they could not break through Eryan Newland.

An opponent unexpectedly opened an account shortly before the break, taking advantage of the standard position. After filing in the penalty area, Kepa Arrisabalaga fended off a strong blow from the opponent, but could not cope with the finishing off from Courtney Hosa. The 24-year-old defender scored a Premier League debut.

In the second half of the meeting, the blues nevertheless achieved their goal. They managed to excel twice in three minutes. First, Kristin Pulisic closed the canopy from the flank and scored the first goal in the Premier League since November 9. And then Olivier Giraud just struck a U-turn. In both moments, César Aspilicueta gave the assist, which now has seven points for performance in the current national championship (2 goals + 5 assists). 

Another contender for a ticket to the European Cup from England, Sheffield United, lost points in the second match in a row. On Wednesday, Chris Wilder's wards failed to beat Aston Villa, and on Sunday they lost to Newcastle - 0: 3.

The reason for the unsuccessful result in the game with black and white was the grossest errors in defense in the second half. In the 50th minute, the central defender of “Sheffield” John Egan missed the opponent behind and was forced to foul at the cost of a second yellow card.

Most of Newcastle sold five minutes later. Another defensive player of the rival End Stevens did not hit the ball, and Allan Sainte-Maximan without a sharp blow struck. Then the goalkeeper Dean Henderson played in a bad way, who could not cope with the shot of Matt Ritchie in the near corner. The midfielder scored the first goal in the Premier League since March 16, 2019. He brought the score to the big Joelinton. “Newcastle” won the first devastating victory in the current season of the Premier League and broke away from the relegation zone by 11 points.

Six goals of “Celta” with Smolov in the composition and achievement of Ramos

And in the championship of Spain there was a change of leader. “Real” on the road beat “Real Sociedad” - 2: 1 and caught up with “Barcelona” on points. However, according to the results of face-to-face meetings, the Madrid team overtook a principal rival. 

However, the wards of Zinedine Zidane almost lost points. In the first half, they never managed to hit the goal of Alex Remiro. But immediately after the break, the guests earned a penalty, which was realized by Sergio Ramos. The exact blow helped the Spaniard to come first in the list of the most successful defenders of Examples in history. The captain of the “Real” 68 goals. 

And soon the best scorer of Madrid Karim Benzema was marked with a ball. The Frenchman, after passing from the front, went away from the opponents and rolled the ball in opposition to the goalkeeper.

In the remaining time, Real Sociedad only had the strength to win a prestige goal by Mikel Merino, but this did not prevent the favorite from winning a major victory. 

A little earlier, “Celta”, which did not win and did not score in the Example from February 22, left no chance for “Alaves” at home. The team of Fedor Smolov was marked by six unanswered goals. This is the largest victory for the team from Vigo in the national championship over the past 65 years. At the same time, the guests spent almost an hour in the minority after the removal of Martin of Agirregabiria for a foul in midfield.

Smolov again entered the field in the starting lineup, but he failed to distinguish himself. Thus, the striker's goalless series stretched to six meetings. He delivered three shots on goal, one of which hit the target, and also performed 19 assists with an accuracy of 89%.

It is noteworthy that the rest of the owners of the hosts who took part in the game, struck the gates of others, including Nolito who returned to the team a few days ago. The veteran came on as a substitute, realized a penalty and gave the assist to Santi Mina.

The main character in the “Celta” was the midfielder Rafinha, who scored two goals in just over a minute at the end of the first half. First, he hit the opponent’s goal with a beautiful circling blow, and then he turned out to be quickest in selection and struck into the far corner from the summer.   

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Interrupted by a win-win series, which lasted from February, and Valencia by Denis Cheryshev. “Bats” could not win in the Example for three rounds. Successful for them was a home meeting with Osasuna.

In the first minutes, Rodrigo managed to hit someone else's goal with a shot from close range, but the judge after watching the replay canceled the goal because of a barely visible offside. But five minutes later, “Valencia” still opened an account. Gonzalo Gedesh made an impressive slalom pass. The Portuguese beat four opponents on the way to the penalty area and, almost losing his balance, just struck into the far corner.

And in the middle of the first half, Rodrigo managed to distinguish himself by all the rules. Gedesh brought forward almost one on one with the goalkeeper, and he realized his moment.

As for Cheryshev, he did not get into the starting lineup and came on as a substitute in the 67th minute. Already in stoppage time, Denis could bring the score to a major one. After the defender made a mistake, he ended up with the ball right in front of the goalkeeper, but failed to break through the goalkeeper.  

18th goal of Lukaku and 70 Atalanta goals

Inter took third place in the Italian Championship and resumed the season with a victory over outsider Sampdoria - 2: 1. Even in the first half, two of the best scorers of the Nerazzurri Romelu Lukaku and Lautaro Martinez scored goals.

The Belgian opened an account already in the tenth minute after the transfer of Christian Eriksen and became the author of the 18th goal in Serie A. In the tournament scorers of the tournament, he is second only to Ciro Immobile (27) and Cristiano Ronaldo (21).

And after half an hour of the game, Lukaku took part in the productive combination of Inter, culminating in an accurate hit by Martinez. After transferring Romel from the right flank into the penalty area, Antonio Kandreva put the ball into touch on an empty corner to the Argentine and he scored the 12th goal of the season. 

At the beginning of the second half, Sampdoria managed to reduce the backlog. Morten Thorsby after filing a corner literally pushed a shell into the net. But the guests did not have enough strength.

The victory in the first match after the resumption of the season was won by Atalanta, which took fourth place. Bergamaski defeated “Sassuolo” - 4: 1. At the same time, they demonstrated an incredible realization of the moments: all of the homework shots on target were successful. Four goals scored allowed the wards of Gian Piero Gasperini to strengthen their leadership in the list of the most productive teams of the tournament. The team has 74 goals, while the main pursuer, Lazio, has 60.

Once again, Duvan Zapata did not leave the field without a goal. The Colombian scored twice and brought the number of accurate shots in the current season of Serie A to 13. He became the eighth championship footballer who managed to reach this mark. Veteran Alejandro Gomez also scored a point for performance, having given the 11th assist in the season. In the list of the best assistants of the tournament, the Argentinean is in second place, second only to Luis Alberto from Lazio (12).

In the composition of “Sassuolo”, Mehdi Murabya scored a goal both in his own and in other people's gates. In the first half, a shell flew into the net from his hand, and at the very end of the meeting, the Moroccan performed a perfect free kick. 

Torn victories in the last minutes and the return of Tataev 

In the Czech Republic, the playoffs for the right to play in the Europa League started, in which four teams took part, taking places from sixth to tenth in the national championship. Among them are Bohemians 1905 by Vladislav Levin and Mlada Boleslav by Alexei Tataev.

Both started the tournament with a victory with the same score - 2: 1. Bohemians 1905 away were stronger than Slovak. The guests opened an account already in the 14th minute, but the opponent recouped in time added to the first half. However, shortly before the final whistle, the Russian squad still snatched victory thanks to the accurate blow of Peter Gronek. Levin spent all 90 minutes on the field and earned a yellow card. 

“Mlada Boleslav” in the match against “Dynamo” also snatched victory in the last minutes. Moreover, the wards of Joseph Weber had to recoup after a goal conceded in the opening. After an hour of play, Tomasz Ladra equalized the score, and a minute before the end of normal time, Dominic Mashek brought Mlade a victory. Tataev returned to the squad after an injury and played the entire match.