The magnificent goal of Lacazette and the curious mistakes of the Leicester players

In the main match of the day's play in the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal came together. And without that, the principled derby of North London this time was especially important, since the losing team seriously complicated their lives in the struggle for trips to the Europa League. At the same time, the “gunners” had some advantage, because they had the previous meeting two days earlier than the opponent.

However, the hosts began the game more actively, who already in the first minutes created a couple of dangerous moments at the gates of Damian Martinez. But Arsenal managed to open an account. Alexander Lacazette from outside the penalty area struck a beautiful blow into the near nine.

“Tottenham Hotspur” recouped in a few minutes. A serious mistake was made by Zead Kolasinac, who gave an unsuccessful pass back. As a result, Song Heung Min was ahead of David Louis and sent the ball into the net.

In the first half, the game was equal, but after the break, Tottenham completely gave the opponent the initiative. In certain segments, the guests owned the ball 82%.

But they failed to score Mikel’s wards with Arteta. But the hosts nine minutes before the final whistle snatched victory thanks to the successful drawing of the standard. Toby Alderweireld, after giving a corner, just struck his head. The productive transfer was recorded by Song Heung Min.

The Korean with ten goals and ten assistants became the second player who in the current season of the Premier League managed to achieve double-digit values ​​for both indicators. The first is Kevin De Bruyne (11 + 18).

Tottenham won a major victory and extended their unbeaten home streak to the North London derby for up to six games as part of the national championship. Arsenal cannot prevail in away matches with rivals from the top 6 submarines for the past 27 meetings.

The victory was managed to get and another team leading the fight for getting into the Europa League - Wolves. After two consecutive defeats, the wards of Nun Eshpiritu Sant defeated Everton at home - 3-0. The goals scored were Raul Jimenez, Leander Dendonker and Diogo Jota. For the Mexican who realized the penalty, this goal was 16th in the current Premier League season. He is the eighth football player to overcome this mark.

But the fourth-place Leicester suffered a sensational defeat from an outsider of the Bournemouth tournament - 1: 4. Moreover, the first half did not portend any problems for the favorite. Brendan Rogers team led the account thanks to Jamie Vardi, who scored the 23rd goal in the Premier League 2019/20 and strengthened his leadership in the tournament scorers race.

However, the second half of the meeting turned for Leicester into a series of gross errors. First, Casper Schmeichel knocked the ball into the back of a partner from the goal and was forced to foul at the cost of a penalty. Literally a minute later, Caglar Soyunju lost their nerves after the second goal conceded and he pushed several times his opponent confused in the net, for which he received a direct red card.

Finally, towards the end of the meeting, Johnny Evans, after hitting an opponent with his heel, ferried the ball into his own goal. And before the defeat, the matter came after an unsuccessful rally by Leicester. So “Bournemouth” won the first victory in the Premier League since February 1.

Goalkeeper assist and Cheryshev replace

In Spain, Valencia was also defeated by an outsider. The team, whose colors are defended by Denis Cheryshev, on the road with a minimum score lost to Leganes. The most important victory for the hosts brought an exact hit by Ruben Perez from the 11-meter mark at the beginning of the match.

But “Valencia” did not realize their penalty after the break. Ivan Cuellar tightly took the ball after a shot by Dani Parejo and fended off the seventh penalty in his career in Example.

A few minutes before this episode, Leganes was in the minority, but the guests still could not win back. Replacing Cheryshev in the 64th minute did not help either.

Leganes won the second victory in the last three matches, reducing the gap with Alaves, who is in 17th place, to three points, and up to four from Celta Fedor Smolov.

“Valencia” this misfire may be worth getting into the Europa League. The team is separated from the sixth line by three points, but Getafe still has a match in reserve.

Sevilla managed to beat another outsider of the Mallorca tournament at home - 2-0. At the end of the first half, a penalty was awarded to the home team midfielder Lucas Ocampos, who scored the 14th goal in the current draw Examples. And shortly before the final whistle, Yussef En-Nesiri, who replaced, put a point. Moreover, the goalkeeper gave him goalkeeper Bono, who successfully delivered the ball from his goal.

Sevilla won their fourth consecutive victory in the Example and continues to fight for the bronze with Atlético. For two rounds before the finish, the assets of both teams are listed at 66 points.

The incredible comeback "Parma" and the successful series of Lasagni

In Italy, on Sunday, the duel between Napoli and Milan attracted attention. Both teams are steadily gaining points after the resumption of the season. Before the reporting match, the Neapolitans won four victories with one defeat from the Atalanta, which gained the turn, and the Milanese took 13 points out of 15 possible, having beaten Juventus in the previous round.

As a result, the confrontation of the rivals turned out to be eventful. Firstly, the teams scored four goals for two - 2: 2. Moreover, “Milan” had three shots on target.

Napoli, on the other hand, created many moments and upset the guests twice after the blunders of Gianluigi Donnarumma. In the first half, the goalkeeper repelled the ball exactly on Giovanni Di Lorenzo, and in the second half of the meeting missed the projectile between his legs after a hit by Dries Mertens. Neapolitan top scorer in history scored the 125th goal for the club.

At the end of the meeting, Milan remained in the minority. Substitute Alexis Salemakers received two yellow cards in three minutes.

A draw helped Napoli maintain its sixth place in the standings. “Milan” remained on the seventh line. Moreover, if the Neapolitans, who have already won the right to play in the Europa League due to the victory in the Cup of the country, remain in the European Cup zone, the ticket to LE will be awarded to the team that finished seventh in the season.

Of the other events of Serie A's game day, two comebacks in the time added by the referee attract attention.

Incredibly, Parma managed to escape defeat in the match with Bologna. By the 90th minute the team was losing - 0: 2, but managed to even the score to the final whistle. In the 93rd minute, Jasmine Kurtic scored after a corner, and in the 95th Roberto Inglese shot past the goalkeeper and restored equality on the scoreboard.

Fiorentina in the game against Verona left the defeat in the sixth added minute thanks to a goal by Patrick Cutrone.

It is also necessary to note the tenth goal of Udinese captain Kevin Lasagni in the current season of Serie A. The striker opened the scoring in the home match with Sampdoria and extended the series in the championship to five meetings. In them he scored six goals. True, the striker goal did not help his team score points. The meeting ended in favor of the guests - 3: 1.