Tottenham failure

For London "Tottenham" the last three weeks can be safely called the most difficult period of the current season.

On the eve of the 14th round of the Premier League, they lost points in three games out of four, and this time at home they were defeated by a direct competitor - Leicester (0: 2).

Jose Mourinho's wards, although they surpassed their rivals in terms of ball possession, were rather passive in front, more than twice losing in the number of shots on goal - 8:17.

The most obvious chance to excel in the second half had the top scorer of Tottenham, Son Heung Min, but the South Korean lacked a little luck.

Thus, the striker was unable to properly celebrate his 250th appearance with Spurs.

Guests twice left out of work Hugo Lloris, and this is not counting the canceled due to offside goal by James Maddison.

Jamie Vardy was involved in both goals.

First, he converted a penalty for breaking the rules at Fofan's Oars, and then with his head closed the serve of Mark Albrighton.

True, the defender of the hosts Toby Alderweireld was on the way of the ball, and therefore the goal was scored by the Belgian.

Thus, the Leicester forward became the first player in Premier League history to score away from the same team at three different stadiums.

Prior to that, he upset Tottenham at White Hart Lane and Wembley.

Major win for Manchester United

The most productive meeting of the day in the top 5 national leagues of Europe took place at Old Trafford, where Manchester United hosted Leeds - 6: 2.

The Red Devils have scored six goals in a Premier League match for the first time since leaving Sir Alex Ferguson.

One of the main creators of success was the leader of the Mancunians, Bruno Fernandes.

The Portuguese scored a double and an assist, which made him fifth in the England championship by the goal + pass system.

He has 14 (9 + 5) points, and only Son Heung Min and Jamie Vardy (both - 15), Mohammed Salah (16) and Harry Kane (19) are above.

However, this time Fernandes had a serious competitor in the fight for the title of the main character of the meeting.

We are talking about 24-year-old midfielder Scott McTominay, who scored a similar number of points for performance.

At the same time, the Scot scored a double in just 104 seconds and became the first player in league history to score twice in the first three minutes of the game.

For his merits, he received praise from the mentor of the owners, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Leao's historic goal

In turn, Milan striker Rafael Leau scored the fastest goal in Serie A history. It took the Brazilian just six seconds to open the scoring against Sassuolo in the 13th round.

The Portuguese received a pass from Hakan Chalhanoglu, burst into the penalty area and “shot” Andrea Consigli.

The previous record was held by ex-Piacenza midfielder Paolo Poggi, who hit Fiorentina's goal eight seconds later in December 2001.

A few minutes later, Leau could assist Chalhanoglu himself and repay the Turk for his help in organizing the goal, but ended up in an offside position.

However, in the middle of the half, “Milan” still managed to strengthen its advantage.

Alexis Salemakers finished the breakthrough of Theo Hernandez on the flank with an accurate shot.

Roberto De Zerbi's charges fought desperately and struck 15 shots on goal of Gianluigi Donnarumma, but they were able to upset him only once.

At the end of the match, Domenico Berardi scored a free-kick.

Thanks to this success, Milan extended their unbeaten run in the Italian championship to 25 matches, and did so in the absence of Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

In Reggio nel Emilia, one of the youngest Rossoneri teams in the 21st century entered the field, with an average age of 22 years and 313 days.

Ilicic Benefit

To the disappointment of the Russian fans, Atalanta head coach Gian Piero Gasperini again decided not to release Alexei Miranchuk in the starting lineup and gave him only nine minutes in the match against Roma.

But even without his help, the Bergamaski had a shock in the second half and celebrated a major victory - 4: 1.

For the first time in a long time, Josip Ilicic took on the role of leader.

Before Sunday's match, the Slovenian had only two (1 + 1) points in ten games this season in all tournaments.

At the same time, in the Italian championship, he has not been marked with effective actions since March 1, when he helped Atalanta defeat Lecce (7: 2).

However, in the game against Roma, he reminded himself of the sample of the previous competitive year, having scored a goal and two assists.

First, he helped Duvan Zapata to excel, then performed a filigree serve on Robin Gosens, and five minutes before the end of regulation time he scored himself.

The only goal scored by the guests was Edin Dzeko, who struck Pierlugi Gollini's goal in the third minute.

Thanks to this, the Bosnian entered the elite group of five Roma footballers, who scored at least five goals during six Italian championship draws.

In addition to him, Francesco Totti, Vincenzo Montella, Agostino Di Bartolomei and Roberto Pruzzo can boast of similar ones.

Zero draw PSG

The French football grand and last Champions League finalist continues to struggle in the national championship.

On the eve of the match of the 16th round with Lille, the Parisians won only two out of five games, and in two cases lost - to Monaco and Lyon, which is why they lost their leadership and dropped to the third line in the standings.

The victory over the "Dogs" could correct the situation and once again bring them to the leaders of Ligue 1, but Thomas Tuchel's charges demonstrated one of the most ordinary-looking performances in recent years.

Once again, with the naked eye, the problems of Parisians with creation became noticeable.

Without the injured Neymar, they only once disturbed the rival goalkeeper Mike Menyan during the entire match, and even the appearance of Kilian Mbappe and Julian Draxler at the end of the meeting did not correct the situation.

Over the past ten seasons, PSG only in six meetings of the French championship inflicted no more than one shot on target of the opponent's goal, and three of them fell on the current championship.

As a result, a goalless draw, which became the first for Paris Saint-Germain under the leadership of Thomas Tuchel.

The last time such a result was recorded in the confrontation with Cannes in May 2018, when the team was led by Unai Emery.