• Liga: Atlético ensures, Barça regales
Insatiable, Atlético Madrid, however diminished by absences and injuries, maintained the pace at the top of La Liga by snatching, Saturday during the 23rd day of La Liga, a precious victory in Granada (2-1), and confirmed that he had the makings of a Spanish champion.
For his part, the French striker Karim Benzema allowed Real Madrid to win against Valencia FC (2-0), Sunday, and to stay in contact with his rival Madrid (who has two games less), with 5 points behind.
Thanks to this result, the Merengues returned to FC Barcelona (3rd), which atomized Alavés (5-1) the day before with a double from its Argentine star Lionel Messi, and recorded a 12th consecutive success in the league.
Sevilla FC (4th) has chained him a 5th straight victory in La Liga by winning by the smallest of margins against the red lantern, Huesca (1-0).
• Ligue 1: PSG is full, Lille stalls and Lyon stumbles
The Lille leader skated at home against Brest (0-0), Sunday during the 25th day of the French championship, allowing precious points to escape in the title race.
A misstep which benefits PSG who fell OGC Nice (2-1), and which is only one point behind the Northerners.
Three days before his trip to Barcelona in the Champions League, the capital club provided the essentials against an opponent within reach thanks to goals from Julian Draxler and Moise Kean.
Relief with this success in the last minutes! #PSGOGCN pic.twitter.com/mkca6mM0gv
- Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_inside) February 13, 2021
During a day during which none of the top ten won apart from PSG, the Lyonnais (3rd) were trapped at home by Montpellier (1-2), while the Monegasques (4th) had to than an equalization in extremis of their captain Wissam Ben Yeder (90th + 3) the fact of not living the same mishap.
Unable to win at Bordeaux in Ligue 1 since 1977, OM, still feverish, has still not broken the curse (0-0), but he at least avoided defeat in a meeting where he played nine against eleven after the red cards received by his Argentines Leonardo Balerdi (55th) and Dario Benedetto (59th).
• Serie A: Inter settles in the leader's chair
Inter Milan took control of the Italian championship on Sunday thanks to their clear victory over Lazio Rome (3-1), the day after AC Milan's surprise defeat against La Spezia (2-0) , during the 22nd day of Serie A. Faced with Laziale in confidence and who remained on a series of six victories, Inter mainly applied to defend and then punish their opponent against.
One week before the Milan derby, the new leader can thank his Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku, author of a double (300th career goal) and an assist which gives the Nerazzurri a point ahead of the Rossoneri, seven on AS Roma (3rd), easy winner of Udinese (3-0) and eight over Juventus Turin (4th), beaten on the lawn of Naples (1-0).
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Complimenti, @ RomeluLukaku9 🔥🔥🔥 # InterLazio ⚫️🔵 #FORZAINTER pic.twitter.com/p4K1f2ckYo
- Inter (@Inter) February 14, 2021
• Premier League: the Citizens widen the gap in the lead
The 24th day of the Premier League looked like a handover between defending champion Liverpool, sharply beaten away by Leicester City (3-1), and leader Manchester City, who soars to the top of the standings after his convincing victory over Tottenham (3-0).
Pep Guardiola's men are 7 points ahead of their runner-up Manchester United, held in check by WBA (1-1), while the Reds remain stuck in 4th place behind Leicester, 13 points from the Citizens who will play Wednesday a late match.
Note that after three games without a win, Arsenal has restarted the forward movement by beating Leeds United at home (4-2), thanks in particular to a hat-trick from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, his first in the Premier League.
• Bundesliga: Eintracht
Frankfurt seduces, Leverkusen disappoints
Frankfurt grabbed 3rd place in the Bundesliga on Sunday with a victory over Cologne (2-0), to the detriment of Wolfsburg held in check at home by Mönchengladbach (0-0).
With now ten matches without defeat, including eight victories, Eintracht finds itself after 21 days in the position of first pursuer of Bayern Munich (leader with 48 points and a match to be played on Monday) and its runner-up Leipzig, winner of Augsburg on Friday ( 2-1).
Bayer Leverkusen missed a golden opportunity on Saturday to climb onto the Bundesliga podium on Matchday 21.
While leading with two goals ahead of the penultimate Mainz in the 89th minute, he finally conceded an incredible draw in added time (2-2).
For its part, Borussia Dortmund was narrowly saved from a home defeat against Hoffenheim, by its Norwegian striker Erling Haaland, who equalized in the 81st minute (2-2).
With AFP and Reuters
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