The Liverpool footballers drew 2:2 at West Ham and after Wednesday’s loss to Everton (0:2) they hesitated again in the fight for the English league title.
If leaders Arsenal succeed in Sunday’s derby against Tottenham, they will already have a five-point lead over the “Reds”. Vladimír Coufal played the entire match for the home team, Tomáš Souček substituted in the 74th minute.
Bowen opened the scoring two minutes before the end of the first half with a header. The England striker scored his 16th league goal in his 200th game for West Ham. Robertson erased the home team’s lead two minutes after the break.
In the 65th minute, Liverpool took a corner kick, the rebound went to Gakpo, who volleyed home. His shot gradually bounced off Ogbonnna, Souček and goalkeeper Areola all the way to the goal line. The “Hammers” eventually won at least a point thanks to Antonio’s equalizing goal in the 77th minute.
Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp and striker Muhamad Salah clashed in the 82nd minute as the Egyptian star made his way onto the pitch. After the match, the German coach refused to reveal what was the reason for the tear.
“No, we already talked in the dressing room. It’s settled for me,” he said. Klopp will leave Anfield at the end of the season after almost nine years. Salah has scored in just one of his last six games and has started two of Liverpool’s last three games on the bench.
West Ham have not won for the third time in a row and are five points out of eighth place in the cup standings. Sixth placed Manchester United, who drew 1:1 at home with Burnley, played a game less.
Newcastle United beat Sheffield United 5-1 at home to seal the visitors’ relegation from the Premier League. Alexander Isak scored twice, Guimaraes and Wilson added one goal each, and Osborn scored an own goal. Sheffield only spent one season in the top flight.
Aston Villa squandered a two-goal lead at home and drew 2-2 with Chelsea. The visitors trailed by two goals at half-time after McGinn’s shot was tipped into his own net by Cucurella in the fourth minute and Rogers added a second just before the break.
At the break, home goalkeeper Martínez had to be replaced by Olsen due to an injured hamstring, who was unable to prevent Madueke’s goal in the 63rd minute or Gallagher’s wonderful equalizer in the 81st minute. Chelsea could even turn the game around in the set-up, but Disasi’s goal was ruled out as a foul by the video referee after review.
Fourth-placed Aston Villa are seven points ahead of fifth-placed Tottenham, but Hotspur have played three games less. Chelsea is ninth and six points behind in the cup standings.
In Manchester, the score did not change until the 79th minute, when Antony took advantage of a mistake in the visitors’ play and netted his first league goal of the season.
However, the “Red Devils” could not keep the lead. In the 86th minute, goalkeeper Onana, while trying to box out a high ball, hit striker Amdouni in the face, who subsequently converted the awarded penalty himself. United are one point ahead of seventh-placed Newcastle.
AC Milan secured second place
In the 34th round of the Italian league, the players of the third-placed Juventus drew at home with the second-placed AC Milan without goals. Milan did not lose for the fifth time in a row at the “Old Ladies” and there remains a difference of five points in the table between the two teams. Bologna can catch up with Juventus, who drew for the third time in a row, if they win over Udine on Sunday.
The visitors were without defenders Hernández and Calabria, who saw red cards in Monday’s derby in which Inter clinched the title. In the back rows of the “Rossoneri”, Tomori and Kalulu were missing due to yellow cards and Kjaer’s injury. That’s also why the youngsters Bartesaghi and Zeroli got into the game at the end, and they helped defend against Juventus’ pressure. Several shooting attempts by the home team were also blocked by goalkeeper Sportiello with good saves.
Leverkusen was saving a point
In the 31st round of the German league, thanks to Robert Andrich’s goal in the seventh minute, the soccer players of the championship Leverkusen drew 2:2 with Stuttgart and preserved their unbeaten streak, which they have already extended to 46 games in all competitions.
Bayern Munich beat Frankfurt 2-1 to set themselves up for Tuesday’s opening Champions League semi-final against Real Madrid. The Bavarian club secured second place in the table with its third win in a row and has a certain start in the next year of the millionaire competition.
Girona leapfrogged Barcelona
Girona won 2-0 at Las Palmas in the Spanish Football League to move into second place ahead of Barcelona, who can move back ahead of their Catalan rivals if they win over Valencia on Monday.
Ukraine striker Artyom Dovbyk scored his 19th goal of the competition and is two goals clear of Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham as the top scorer. Atlético Madrid defeated Bilbao 3-1 and kept ahead of their opponent today the fourth place guaranteeing participation in the Champions League.
English Football League – Round 35:
West Ham – Liverpool 2:2 (43. Bowen, 77. Antonio – 48. Robertson, 65. owned by Areola), Fulham – Crystal Palace 1:1 (53. Rodrigo Muniz – 87. sip), Manchester United – Burnley 1:1 (79. Antony – 88. Amdouni from pen.), Newcastle – Sheffield United 5:1 (26. and 61. from pen. Isak, 54. Guimaraes, 65. owned by Osborn, 72. Wilson – 5. Ahmedhodžič), Wolverhampton – Luton 2:1 (39. Hwang Hi-čchan, 50. Toti – 81. Morris),
Everton – Brentford 1:0 (60. Gueye), Aston Villa – Chelsea 2:2 (4. vlastní Cucurella, 42. Rogers – 62. Madueke, 81. Gallagher).
Table:
1.
Arsenal
34
24
5
5
82:26
77
2.
Manchester City
33
23
7
3
80:32
76
3.
Liverpool
35
22
9
4
77:36
75
4.
Aston Villa
35
20
7
8
73:52
67
5.
Tottenham
32
18
6
8
65:49
60
6.
Manchester United
34
16
6
12
52:51
54
7.
Newcastle
34
16
5
13
74:55
53
8.
West Ham
35
13
10
12
56:65
49
9.
Chelsea
33
13
9
11
63:59
48
10.
Wolverhampton
35
13
7
15
48:55
46
11.
Bournemouth
34
12
9
13
49:60
45
12.
Brighton
33
11
11
11
52:54
44
13.
Fulham
35
12
7
16
51:55
43
14.
Crystal Palace
35
10
10
15
45:57
40
15.
Everton
35
12
8
15
37:48
36
16.
Brentford
35
9
8
18
52:60
35
17.
Nottingham
34
7
9
18
42:60
26
18.
Luton
35
6
7
22
48:77
25
19.
Burnley
35
5
9
21
38:70
24
20.
Sheffield United
35
3
7
25
34:97
16
Note: Everton lost 8 points and Nottingham 4 points as a penalty for breaching financial rules.
Italian Football League – Round 34:
Lecce – Monza 1:1 (90.+2 Krstovic – 90.+6 Pessina from pen.), Juventus Turin – AC Milan 0:0, Lazio Rome – Hellas Verona 1:0 (72. Zaccagni).
Table:
1. Inter Milan 33 27 5 1 79:18 86 2. AC Milan 34 21 7 6 64:39 70 3. Juventus Turin 34 18 11 5 47:26 65 4. Bologna 33 17 11 5 48:26 62 5. AS Rome 33 17 7 9 59:39 58 6. Lazio Rome 34 17 4 13 43:35 55 7. Bergamo 32 16 6 10 59:37 54 8. Naples 33 13 10 10 50:41 49 9. Fiorentina 32 13 8 11 45:36 47 10. FC Turin 33 11 13 9 31:29 46 11. Monza 34 11 11 12 36:44 44 12. FC Genoa 33 9 12 12 35:40 39 13. Lecce 34 8 12 14 31:49 36 14. Cagliari 33 7 11 15 36:56 32 15. Hellas Verona 34 7 10 17 31:45 31 16. Frosinone 34 7 10 17 43:63 31 17. Empoli 33 8 7 18 26:48 31 18. Udine 33 4 16 13 31:50 28 19. Sassuolo 33 6 8 19 39:65 26 20. Salernitana 34 2 9 23 26:73 15
German Football League – Round 31:
Augsburg – Bremen 0:3 (52. Schmid, 61. Ducksch from pen., 90. Deman), Bayern Munich – Eintracht Frankfurt 2:1 (9. and 61. from pen. Kane – 23. Ekitike), Freiburg – Wolfsburg 1:2 (43rd own Bornauw – 82nd Arnold, 90th Wimmer), Leipzig – Dortmund 4:1 (24. Openda, 45.+2 Šeško, 47. Simakan, 80. Baumgartner – 20. Sancho), Leverkusen – Stuttgart 2:2 (62. Adli, 90.+7 Andrich – 47. Führich, 57. Undav).
Table:
1. Leverkusen 31 25 6 0 77:22 81 2. Bayern Munich 31 22 3 6 89:38 69 3. Stuttgart 31 20 4 7 70:38 64 4. Leipzig 31 19 5 7 73:35 62 5. Dortmund 31 16 9 6 59:39 57 6. Eintracht Frankfurt 31 11 12 8 47:42 45 7. Freiburg 31 11 7 13 43:55 40 8. Augsburg 31 10 9 12 48:52 39 9. Hoffenheim 31 11 6 14 55:63 39 10. Bremen 31 10 7 14 41:50 37 11. Heidenheim 30 8 10 12 43:52 34 12. Wolfsburg 31 9 7 15 37:51 34 13. Mönchengladbach 30 7 10 13 53:60 31 14. Bochum 31 6 12 13 37:62 30 15. Union Berlin 30 8 5 17 26:50 29 16. Mainz 30 5 12 13 31:48 27 17. Cologne 30 4 10 16 23:53 22 18. Darmstadt 30 3 8 19 30 :72 17
Spanish Football League – Round 33:
Las Palmas – Girona 0:2 (26. López, 57. Dovbyk z pen.), Almeria – Getafe 1:3 (41. Lozano – 27. a 48. Greenwood, 61. Mata), Alavés – Celta Vigo 3:0 (48. Simeone, 54. Guridi, 86. Benavídez), Atlético Madrid – Bilbao 3:1 (15. De Paul, 52. Correa, 80. vlastní Simón – 45. N. Williams).
Table:
1. Real Madrid 33 26 6 1 71:22 84 2. Girona 33 22 5 6 69:40 71 3. FC Barcelona 32 21 7 4 64:37 70 4. Atlético Madrid 33 20 4 9 62:39 64 5. Bilbao 33 16 10 7 53:33 58 6. San Sebastian 33 13 12 8 46:35 51 7. Betis Sevilla 32 12 12 8 40:38 48 8. Valencia 32 13 8 11 35:34 47 9. Getafe 33 10 13 10 41:45 43 10. Villarreal 32 11 9 12 51:55 42 11. Pamplona 32 11 6 15 37:46 39 12. Alavés 33 10 8 15 31:38 38 13. FC Sevilla 32 9 10 13 41:45 37 14 . Las Palmas 33 10 7 16 30:41 37 15. Vallecano 32 7 13 12 27:39 34 16. Mallorca 32 6 13 13 26:38 31 17. Celta Vigo 33 7 10 16 37:50 31 18. Cádiz 32 4 13 15 22:45 25 19. Granada 32 3 9 20 33:61 18 20. Almería 33 1 11 21 32:67 14
