England: Chelsea joined by Arsenal
Arsenal came from behind on Chelsea’s field (2-2) and preserved their invincibility in the league, retaining their place on the podium (2nd) tied on points with Manchester City, leader while awaiting the Tottenham match on Monday.
Amorphous in the first half, guilty of unusual defensive errors, the Gunners recovered from a two-goal deficit to cool Stamford Bridge in the last half hour.
Chelsea had nevertheless opened the doors to a third success in a row in the Premier League with a penalty from Cole Palmer (15th, 1-0) and a lob from Mykhailo Mudryk (48th, 2-0), well helped by the passivity of William Saliba, already guilty of a hand on the penalty.
But Chelsea’s defense was also generous, in turn, when goalkeeper Robert Sanchez made a clearance that was too soft and in the middle, an offering which Declan Rice grabbed from afar (77th, 2-1 ).
Six minutes after coming into play, Leandro Trossard equalized by throwing himself on a cross from Bukayo Saka at the far post (84th, 2-2), just in front of the visiting supporters, in a trance.
Mikel Arteta’s team proved once again that they had character, two weeks after their late 1-0 victory against Manchester City.
Arsenal are second with 21 points, like current leader Manchester City, one more than Liverpool and Tottenham, who could however regain control of the championship on Monday in the event of a home victory against Fulham.
Chelsea are ninth, eight points off the podium.
Germany: Leverkusen wins at Wolfsburg and regains the lead
Bayer Leverkusen regained first place in the German championship on Saturday by winning 2-1 on the Wolfsburg pitch.
Overtaken the day before by Dortmund, who won 1-0 at home against Werder Bremen, Xabi Alonso’s players opened the scoring thanks to Dutch defender Jeremie Frimpong (13th) before securing a fourth consecutive victory in the league with a goal from Alejandro Grimaldo (62nd).
French defender Maxence Lacroix equalized for Wolfsburg shortly before half-time (41st).
Leverkusen remain unbeaten in all competitions this season and have won seven of their eight Bundesliga matches.
With 22 points in the standings, Bayer is one point ahead of Stuttgart, who also won away, against Union Berlin 3-0.
Current top scorer in the championship with 14 goals, Serhou Guirassy opened the scoring after a quarter of an hour of play for the VFB, who then widened the gap at the end of the match thanks to Deniz Undav and Silas Katompa Mvumpa.
RB Leipzig won in Darmstadt (3-1) thanks to a double from Lois Openda.
Italy: Thuram releases Inter
Inter Milan’s French international Marcus Thuram broke the deadlock against Torino, beaten 3-0, and propelled his team to first place in the Italian Championship standings on Saturday during the 9th day.
Jostled by their host who could have opened the scoring in the first period without a save from Yann Sommer (35th), Inter had to wait until the hour mark to take the advantage when Thuram victoriously took Denzel’s back cross Dumfries (59th).
Thuram, who arrived in Serie A this summer from Mönchengladbach, now has three goals for Inter in the league.
He is still far from his partner in attack, the Argentinian Lautaro Martinez, who stunned Torino with his 11th goal in the league (67th).
Hakan Calhanoglu added a third goal from the penalty spot in added time (90+5th).
Thanks to this victory, Inter, held to a draw at home by Bologna (2-2) at the beginning of October before the international break, returns to the lead, at least temporarily.
Simone Inzaghi’s team, finalist in the 2023 Champions League and leader from the 3rd to the 7th day, now has 22 points, one more than its great rival, AC Milan, which hosts Juventus (3rd) on Sunday. .
Spain: minimum service for Real Sociedad, Betis hanging on
Three days before a trip to Lisbon to challenge Benfica in the Champions League, Real Sociedad resumed its march forward in La Liga by winning with the lowest score against Mallorca (1-0), Saturday at Anoeta .
Midfielder Brais Mendez scored the only goal of the match with a header (64th), from a cross from Japanese Takefusa Kubo, who came on four minutes earlier.
Thanks to this short and precious success, the Basques temporarily return to the top 5, just ahead of rival Athletic Bilbao, who will travel to FC Barcelona on Sunday evening.
For its part, Betis Sevilla was hung up on Getafe (1-1), missing the opportunity to get closer to the leading pack.
Despite Marc Roca’s opening score in the first minute of play, Manuel Pellegrini’s men were neutralized by the Azulones, who equalized through Borja Mayoral (17th).
2023-10-21 18:47:36
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