PSG still undefeated, OM stunning against Monaco

Paris Saint-Germain perfectly ensured their last match before the break, crushing Auxerre (5-0) without damage for their globalists.

PSG are far ahead in Ligue 1, 11 points ahead of OM, after their outing against AJA, with a goal from Kylian Mbappé, the presence of Neymar and Lionel Messi, also incumbent and a short quarter of an hour for Presnel Kimpembe, back from injury.

An OM who snatched victory with a header from Sead Kolasinac on a free kick from Dimitri Payet, to finish in style before the break.

With this victory, Marseille (4th) remains one length behind the podium and Rennes (3rd), who had beaten Toulouse the day before (2-1).

Six minutes from the end, OM were trailing 2-1 at the Stade Louis II.

Jordan Veretout had equalized (83rd), celebrating his selection for the World Cup with the France team with a first Olympian goal.

Unfortunately for him, the Moroccan from Marseille Amine Harit will probably not see the World Cup, he went out on a stretcher at the hour mark, visibly seriously injured in his knee after a collision with Axel Disasi (58th).

In this last L1 match before the World Cup break, OM opened the scoring with a splendid direct free kick from Alexis Sanchez (35th), before ASM went ahead thanks to a penalty from Wissam Ben Yedder (45th), not selected with the Blues, and a goal from Kevin Volland (72nd), not selected with Germany.

Naples still dominant, AC Milan struggling against Fio

Behind Naples, dashing undefeated leader of Serie A after fifteen days, the competition is struggling to keep pace.

Like AC Milan, the dolphin who suffered on Sunday to dominate Fiorentina (2-1) while Juve continued their recovery against Lazio (3-0).

In this race behind Napoli, the good operation of the evening goes to Juventus, who outclassed Lazio Rome with a double from Moise Kean (43rd, 54th) and a goal from Arkadiusz Milik (89th) in the final clash of the year 2022 in Italy before nearly two months of break due to World Cup.

Second before this day, the club of the capital is now relegated to the foot of the podium.

As for AC Milan, it was in difficulty that we followed the rhythm imposed by Napoli.

The Rossoneri often made the difference with their never-extinguished "grinta" to snatch victory in added time against a good Fiorentina.

Olivier Giroud, passer on the opening of the rapid score of Rafael Leao (2nd), this time did not score.

Milan had to rely on the involuntary help of the Viola defense (own goal by Nikola Milenkovic after an error of judgment by goalkeeper Pietro Terracciano) to win the piece (90 + 2nd).

Atalanta (6th), which had long been the only one to resist Naples by remaining undefeated until the tenth day, marked time with four defeats in the last five matches.

Roma (7th) is no better: it was still hung at home, by Torino (1-1), despite the return of Paulo Dybala.

The Argentinian played 25 minutes, after more than a month of absence (thigh), before flying to Qatar.

He had the merit of waking up an amorphous and led Roma from the 55th minute.

He first obtained a penalty, missed by his teammate Andrea Belotti (90 + 2nd) before bringing the equalizer in extremis thanks to a shot on the bar taken victoriously by Nemanja Matic (90 + 4th).

Freiburg still second

Bayern Munich consolidated their lead at the top of the Bundesliga by winning 2-0 on Saturday in the fifteenth day on the lawn of Schalke 04. Leipzig for its part dominated Werder Bremen away 2-1.

The Bavarians, in great shape after a hesitant month of September, chained, without forcing their talent, their tenth consecutive victory, in all competitions.

Leipzig, which remains on eight matches without defeat, points to six lengths.

Between the two clubs, Freiburg and Frankfurt are interspersed.

The latter barely won a 1-1 draw at Mainz, clinching 4th place while Freiburg won at home against Union Berlin 4-1 allowing them to recover the runners-up spot.

Manchester City fall to Brentford, Newcastle sink Chelsea

Arsenal completed a perfect operation thanks to their victory at Wolverhampton (2-0) and the surprising defeat of Manchester City against Brentford, (2-1), which allowed them to consolidate their leading position with a five-point lead. , during the 16th day of the English championship.

On the ground of the red lantern, the Gunners have long been a shadow of themselves, and will have to be better to hope to achieve their dream in six months.

Initially unable to set up their game and bring danger into the opposing area, Mikel Arteta's players waited until the 54th minute to frame their first shot and score the liberating goal.

Entering the game at the start of the match in place of the Swiss Granit Xhaka, out on injury, Fabio Vieira did all the work with an overflow and a cross for Martin Odegaard who only had to push the ball into the empty goal .

The Norwegian midfielder doubled the score twenty minutes later following a poor clearance from the Wolves defense (75th, 2-0)

With ten of the starting 11 in line for the World Cup, Manchester City delivered one of their worst performances of the season, creating a very limited number of chances and resulting in their first home defeat this year. the second off-road confused.

"The best team won, recognized Pep Guardiola at the microphone of the BBC. Normally, we manage to press and recover the ball, but the opponent was able to make long passes forward, which we did not We couldn't intercept. We also faced some very good defenders."

The Magpies obtained their first reference victory of the season in front of their home crowd, at Saint James' Park, against Chelsea (1-0).

Eddie Howe's players imposed a physical challenge and an aggressiveness that the Blues could not resist, and logically scored in the second half thanks to good work from Miguel Almiron, who cut in the center to deposit the ball in the feet of Joe Willock.

The powerful strike from the English midfielder left no chance for Édouard Mendy (67th, 1-0).

Newcastle thus confirms its credibility for qualification for the next Champions League.

This fifth consecutive victory in the league allows them to regain their third place, with one point more than Tottenham, whom they beat on their ground three weeks ago (2-1).

Nothing is going well for Chelsea, eighth, which remains on three consecutive defeats in the league.

With AFP

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