Messi's new achievement, Ramos’s fifth goal in 22 days and Atalanta’s eighth victory in a row: events of the day in European football

Liverpool’s success and Zinchenko’s blunder

Liverpool won their first victory after winning the championship. On Thursday, Jurgen Klopp’s wards lost significantly to Manchester City, and on Sunday they beat one of the outsiders of the Aston Villa submarine - 2-0.

The reporting match was also difficult for the Merseysiders. They managed to open an account only in the 71st minute. Sadio Mane scored the 20th goal this season (16 of them in the Premier League). For the third year in a row, a Senegalese has chalked up 20 or more goals with Liverpool.

Shortly before the final whistle, the 19-year-old midfielder Curtis Jones marked his debut goal in the Premier League. An assist was given to him by Mohamed Salah.

For the Egyptian, this score for performance was the hundredth in the Premier League (73 goals + 27 assists). Moreover, in order to reach the mark, the striker took only 116 matches. Only Alan Shearer did it faster - for exactly 100 meetings.

Manchester City with a minimal margin sensationally lost to Southampton. The townspeople were defeated in three consecutive away matches of the Premier League. Before that, they lost to Manchester United (0: 2) and Chelsea (1: 2).

The fate of the reporting match was decided by a beautiful goal by Che Adams in the 16th minute. After the loss of the defender of the guests, Alexander Zinchenko in the center of the field and the transfer of the partner, the forward of 40 meters threw Ederson.

Having missed, the wards of Josep Guardiola created a lot of moments at the gates of the opponent, but failed to recoup. And Zinchenko after the match apologized to the fans of the team for his mistake.

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It is also worth noting the confrontation between “Burnley” and “Sheffield United” - the two teams fighting for getting into the Europa League. In the 33rd round, the rivals once upset each other and parted in peace. In the 43rd minute, James Tarkowski put Burnley ahead after being sent off the standard, and shortly before the final whistle, John Egan scored his first goal in the Premier League.

19th Suarez ball for Barcelona and a controversial penalty in Bilbao

Meanwhile, in Spain, the first-place Real Madrid scored a seventh consecutive victory in Example. As in the previous round, Madrid won with a minimum score thanks to a goal from Sergio Ramos from the penalty spot. This time, the wards of Zinedine Zidane defeated the Athletic from Bilbao.

The match was held with a slight advantage for the guests, but they did not succeed in hitting someone else's goal. Only in the first half, “creamy” missed some good points.

As a result, the fate of the confrontation was decided by the one-meter, appointed 20 minutes before the final whistle for a foul on Marcelo. Ramos realized it and scored the fifth goal after the resumption of the season. Moreover, the defender scored the 22nd penalty in a row in all tournaments. Thibault Courtois, in turn, became the first goalkeeperReal Madrid for 25 years, which managed to hold on to “zero” 17 matches for the season of the championship of Spain.

The victory was won by the main pursuer of Real Madrid - Barcelona. The Catalans on the road unexpectedly easily beat the “excellent” move after the resumption of the season “Villarreal” - 4: 1.

Blue garnet opened the score in the third minute thanks to Pau Torres own goal, but quickly missed the return ball. Gerard Moreno scored 16th goal of the season.

However, Lionel Messi even before the break forced his opponent to capitulate in two assists. First, he helped Luis Suarez score the 194th goal of Barca. Now in the list of top scorers of the club, a Uruguayan shares third place with Ladislao Kubala.

Then the Argentinean heel left the ball to Antoine Griezmann, and he marked the first goal since February in Example. The Frenchman from the penalty line along a beautiful trajectory gently threw a shell into the far nine with a rebound from the crossbar.

Messi has already given 19 assists in the current championship of Spain and has broken a personal record.

Finally, shortly before the end of the meeting, the point was replaced by Ansu Fati who replaced. For the 17-year-old striker, this goal was the sixth in the Example.

Sensational defeat of Inter and Incigne's incredible goal

In Italy, after Lazio, another Juventus rival, Inter, lost points. Going in third place, the “Nerazzurri” unexpectedly lost to the Bologna home - 1: 2.

And nothing portended trouble for the owners. In the middle of the first half, Romelu Lukaku scored the 20th goal of the Serie A season. After the break, the guests were in the minority, andInter earned a penalty. However, Lautaro Martinez did not manage to beat Lukas Skorupsky. Moreover, the Pole coped with the finishing touch from Roberto Galliardini.

After that, fortune turned away from the owners. At the 74th minute, a countless blow from the free kick line equalized Musu Juvar, who will be 19 years old in December, replaced. Next, the young midfielder earned a removal for Alessandro Bastoni.

And in the 80th minute, the Bologna victory was brought by another Gambian native Musa Barrow, who distinguished himself in the third match of the Italian championship in a row. So the gap between Inter and Juventus increased to 11 points.

In turn, “Atalanta” crept up to Milanese at a distance of one point. On Sunday, the club from Bergamo beat Cagliari away with a minimum score and won the eighth consecutive victory in Serie A.

In the middle of the first half, the defender of the hosts Andrea Carboni in his penalty kick pushed ex-Spartak midfielder Mario Pashalich, and the judge not only awarded a penalty, but also removed the Cagliari football player from the field. The eleven-meter was confidently sold by Louis Muriel, for whom this ball became 16th in the national championship.

In another match of the 30th round in Naples, two teams came together, claiming tickets to the Europa League - Napoli and Roma. The hosts in case of victory could catch up with an opponent who was placed in fifth place.

As a result, wards Gennaro Gattuso managed to score three points. In the first half, the teams failed to hit each other’s goal, but immediately after the break they exchanged goals. First, Jose Kalejon closed the backache of Mariu Rui from the left flank, and then the midfielder of “Roma” Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored a beautiful shot into the lower corner from outside the penalty area.

Even more memorable was Lorenzo Insigne's winning goal eight minutes before the final whistle. The attacker from the left corner of the penalty kicked the ball exactly under the far post.

So “Napoli” won the sixth victory in the last seven matches of Serie A and caught up with “Roma”. The Romans suffered a third defeat in a row.