Juventus Thriller, Liverpool Lost Record and 93 Atalanta Goals: European Football Day Highlights

Guardiola's achievement and Kane's first take of the year

Arsenal and Liverpool met in the main match of the Premier League game day at the Emirates-Ashburton Grove stadium. If the guests were no longer too motivated for this game, since they had long guaranteed their championship, the hosts needed to win so as not to lose the chances of getting into European competitions.

However, the advantage over the entire 90 minutes was owned by the Merseysiders. They practically did not give the opponent a ball and delivered 24 shots on goal of Emiliano Martinez, eight of which were on target. But two errors in the defense in the first half crossed out all the efforts of the team.

Liverpool opened an account in the 20th minute of the meeting. Sadio Mane from the goalkeeper's line closed the cross of Andrew Robertson and scored the 17th goal in the current Premier League season. 

However, Arsenal recouped after a pause at the watering hole, taking advantage of Virgil van Dyck's crude blot. Netherlands defender gave the goalkeeper an unsuccessful pass, and Alexander Lacazett intercepted the ball, beat the goalkeeper and evened the score. 

Moreover, shortly before the break, the Londoners stepped forward. This time, the guests forgot in their own penalty 20-year-old Reiss Nelson, and he scored the first goal in the current draw of the championship of England.

In the second half of the game, the hosts only defended themselves and practically did not threaten the gates of others. However, Klopp's wards did not succeed in breaking Martinez a second time. Thus, Arsenal won a largely illogical victory over the champion. Mikel Arteta's team delivered just two shots on target, and both became assists. 

Merseysides suffered a third defeat in the championship and lost the opportunity to break the Manchester City record for the number of points scored for the Premier League season (100). For two rounds to the finish, Liverpool has 93 points. 

Meanwhile, Manchester City's runner-up on Wednesday won a third consecutive victory. Wards Josep Guardiola at home were stronger than the outsider “Bournemouth” - 2: 1. The coach himself set the record for the Premier League. In the first 150 matches in the Premier League, he achieved 111 victories. According to this indicator, the Spaniard ahead of Jose Mourinho with 105 wins in 150 games.

111 - Pep Guardiola has won 111 of his first 150 Premier League games, six more than any other coach at this stage of their career in the competition. Master pic.twitter.com/TJ3OWsZf8X

The main character of the reporting meeting was another representative of Spain - David Silva. At the very beginning of the fight, the midfielder implemented a free kick, and closer to the break he performed an assist for Gabriel Jesus. The Brazilian scored a goal in the third match in a row.

Achieved success and Tottenham, leading the fight for trips to the Europa League. Londoners away were stronger than Newcastle and won a third victory in the last four rounds - 3: 1.

The Jose Mourinho team came forward in the middle of the first half thanks to the accurate hit of Song Heung Min in the near corner. The Korean scored the 11th goal in the championship of England. However, the opponent recouped immediately after the break.

As a result, Harry Kane brought three points to Tottenham Hotspur. The attacker hit his opponent’s goal twice with his head and scored the first take in 2020. He also became the 11th footballer to reach 15 goals this season.

In the hands of the Londoners was a draw in the match of competitors - “Burnley” and “Wolves.” Shortly before the final whistle, the Nun Eshpiritu Santo team was led by Raul Jimenez, who scored the 17th goal in the current Premier League draw. However, the opponent managed to escape from the defeat in the sixth minute added. Chris Wood earned a controversial penalty for a hand game and sold it himself.  

Finally, on Tuesday, the third-place Chelsea won a tough victory with a minimum score over the Norwich ending the standings. The only goal in the end of the first half was scored by Olivier Giraud, who, after the resumption of the season, scored four times already.  

Hat-trick of the former Spartak and comeback "Atalanta"

And in Italy, the leading Juventus extended the unbeaten run in the national championship to three matches. In previous rounds, the current trophy holders lost to Milan and parted ways with Atalanta. This time, Turinians in a spectacular and productive match shared points with the Sassuolo, who gained the move - 3: 3.

Moreover, the start of the match did not portend Maurizio Sarri wards any problems. By the 12th minute they scored twice. Miralem Pyanich performed two excellent assists on Danilo and Gonzalo Higuain. 

However, the hosts did not give up and pressed the opponent to the goal. In the middle of the first half, they managed to reduce the backlog to a minimum thanks to a strike by Philip Dzhurichich.

And at the beginning of the second half of the meeting, “Sassuolo” completely pulled ahead. Dominico Berardi first struck a magnificent free-kick, and then assisted Francesco Capuato, who scored the 17th goal in the national championship. 

But ten minutes later, Juventus recouped after a corner. Alex Sandro just struck his head and marked the first goal in the current Serie A draw.

In the end, “Sassuolo” could have pulled out a victory, but in a couple of episodes Wojciech Szczensny reliably played.   

Lazio, who occupied the second place after 32 rounds, failed to take advantage of the leader’s misfire. The Romans parted peace with the outsider Udinese - 0-0. The team of Simone Inzaghi inflicted 16 shots on goal of the opponent, but could not break Juan Musso. Thus, “Lazio” extended the unbeaten run to four meetings. 

But “Atalanta”, which in the previous round tied with “Juventus” and interrupted a series of nine consecutive victories in the national championship, on Tuesday beat the outsider “Brescia” - 6: 2.

As part of the Bergamask, the first hat-trick in his career was designed by the former Spartak midfielder Mario Pashalich. Three points for performance and scored Ukrainian Ruslan Malinovsky, who scored a goal and two assists to the Croat. The most productive defender of the league Robin Gozens also gave two assists.

Now “Atalanta” has 93 goals in the current Serie A. This is the second indicator in the top 5 European championships. Only Bayern in the Bundesliga scored more - 100 goals. But in Germany, the season has already ended, while the wards of Gian Piero Gasperini have five more matches to exceed this achievement. 

Another important event of Serie A's game day was the strong-willed victory of Milan over Parma (3: 1), which allowed the Rossoneri to catch up with the sixth place in the Napoli standings.

Goal Yasmina Kurtich at the very end of the first half, the red-black did not bother. After the break, they answered him with three of their own. Frank Cessier equalized in the third duel in a row. Then the captain of the team Alessio Romagnoli closed the serve of Hakan Chalkhanoglu with a free kick. Finally, the Turk himself set a shot from the penalty line.

The Neapolitans, by contrast, opened an account in a meeting with Bologna already in the seventh minute after a corner. However, shortly before the final whistle, the opponent recouped thanks to the exact blow of Musa Barrow. The Gambian striker scored the fifth goal in his last six meetings. “Napoli” in the second round in a row played a draw.

But Milan failed to get closer to the fifth-ranking Roma. The Romans beat Verona (2: 1) at home and won a third victory in three matches.