Manchester City beat West Ham in the Premier League
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The main events of Wednesday in European football.
England: Salah is like Suarez
Manchester City — West Ham United
In the first of two games in hand, Manchester City managed West Ham but failed to score before half time in De Bruyne’s absence. Something was missing at the end of Holannu, and when the Norwegian famously played on Rodri, who burst into the penalty area, the bar saved the guests. However, in the second half, the “citizens” squeezed the maximum out of the free kick, when Ake jumped over everyone when Mahrez served.
And there, another record of Holanna arrived in time. With a perfect opening to Grealish’s pass and flipping the keeper, the Norwegian surpassed Alan Shearer’s and Andy Cole’s in scoring in a single championship. Erling already has 35 goals, and his team leaves no chance for Arsenal and regained the lead. The advantage of “City” is one point, but the postponed match allows you to feel calm.
Liverpool have finally caught up with direct competitors in the number of matches played and are now five points ahead of Tottenham and Aston Villa. The fifth line seems to be reserved by the Reds, but it will be difficult to perform a miracle and get into the Champions League. Chances could be reduced to zero if Manchester United beat Brighton on Thursday.
On Wednesday, the penalty earned by Nunez and converted by Salah turned out to be decisive. The Egyptian has scored in his last eight matches at Anfield, the best streak since Luis Suarez scored a similar streak in 2014. Another curious figure is 100 strikes reflected in this championship by Alisson. It shows how unusual the season for Jurgen Klopp’s team is, because the Brazilian goalkeeper in the Premier League has never faced such a load before. And there are still a few more matches to go.
Italy: Lazio did not give a gift to Napoli
In the first block of matches on Wednesday, Juventus broke an unsuccessful streak that lasted four rounds (= 1-3). That is, even before the matches of competitors, Turintsy guaranteed themselves the preservation of third place. It all started with a cool free-kick Paredes, who had recently quarreled with Massimiliano Allegri and was dissatisfied with playing time.
But it was the Argentine who confirmed Juve’s reputation as the best team in the top 5 leagues in terms of goals with direct set-pieces. This success was the fourth in a row (with three productive performers), and Vlahovic managed to answer the penalty for Lecce. The Serb kicked into the corner so effectively and naturally that I wanted to ask: was this footballer unable to score for 773 minutes?!
Lazio prevented Napoli from becoming champions sitting on the couch, so on Thursday Luciano Spalletti’s team will need to not lose away to Udinese. As for the Romans, the winning goal for them was Felipe Anderson, who opened up great behind the backs of the defenders after a long pass from Marcos Antonio. Interestingly, the Brazilian has scored in three of the last four rounds. And every time his team won, and it was worth taking a break – there was a sensational home defeat from Torino.
Verona — Inter
Milan — Cremonese
Monza – Roma
By the mid-week tour, three contenders for getting into the Champions League had the same number of points at once. Moreover, by the beginning of the matches it was already known that Atalanta, which was ahead of them by one point, had risen to fourth place. However, the Bergamasks were expectedly forced out of the four.
True, only Inter managed to do this, destroying the defense of Verona in six minutes. The hosts clearly broke the own goal of the former CSKA player Gaych, who had the striker’s instinct in his own penalty area. And it turned out beautifully – in the fall exactly into the corner. Sorry, not in those gates. After that, the opponent was not allowed to raise his head, Hakan Chalkanoglu, who had brilliantly shot into the top corner, and Dzeko, who immediately distinguished himself. And it all ended with a uniform beating – for the first time in history, Verona conceded at home six times.
Milan failed with Cremonese in the penultimate place. Perhaps the Rossoneri would have been easier if VAR hadn’t found a small offside in Salemakers, who scored an early goal. But the goal was canceled, after which the guests rested on the defensive. It was difficult to break through them, as Stefano Pioli took up the rotation of the squad and let the leaders rest. They still had to enter the game, but neither Tonali, nor Giroud, nor Rafael Leau, who revived the attack, but missed from an excellent position, did not score. But this was done by mockingly pushing two Milanese defenders Okereke against their foreheads.
Salvation in the end, when Krunic disoriented the goalkeeper during a free kick performed by Junior Messias, is not at all what Milan was counting on. The same can be said about Roma, which did not maintain a minimal advantage away from Monza. She rebounded before the break, supporting her goalkeeper, who faltered under the pressure of Abraham, which led to a goal by El Shaarawy. Now the Romans, in the company with Milan, are inferior to Atalanta in additional indicators, and Inter remained fourth, but already with an advantage of two points.
Spain: great Atlético
The most stable and efficient team of the spring did not miss the opportunity to knock Real Madrid out of second place. While Barcelona is collecting 1-0 wins, and Carlo Ancelotti’s team is more interested in the Champions League and the Spanish Cup, Atlético is showing the brightest football, which is a pleasure to watch. The most interesting thing is that the “mattress” score mainly from the game, and today’s penalty by Ferreira-Carrasco is the first since May last year.
Point to any of Diego Simeone’s clips – and you will say about almost everyone that he is now in perfect order. Even defender Molina, who had no goals in this championship, scored in the second round in a row. What then to say about Morata and Griezmann? The Frenchman has a unique streak for the red-and-whites with three matches in a row, in which there were at least two effective actions. Two passes with Mallorca, an assistant hat-trick with Valladolid and now a double against Cadiz. With such openings, Atlético have scored five goals in two rounds in a row for the first time since 1948. Is this really Simeone’s team?!
Germany: expected final
Stuttgart, of course, came to life after the appointment of Sebastian Hoeness and even got out of the relegation zone. However, this was not enough to cope with Eintracht, who are desperately trying to get into European competition. The German Cup is the only chance for the Eagles, and they have bitten into it, reaching the final for the ninth time. Only Bayern Munich had more (23), and Kolo Muani’s goal turned out to be decisive. The Frenchman repeated the club record by scoring six times in one draw. Eintracht legends Bernd Holzenbein (1973/74) and Boom Kung Cha (1980/81) have shown the same performance in the Cup before. However, Kolo Muani will have a chance to beat them in the final against Leipzig.
Statistics of the day
3 scoring errors in the last four official matches were made by the goalkeeper of Nantes Lafont.
6th The African who scored 15 goals in one season of Serie A was the Salernitana striker Dia. Today’s hat-trick got him into the company of Eto’o, Salah, Osimhen, Keita Balde and Simi. But only the Senegalese managed to reach this mark in his debut season.
100 goals in the Italian championship were scored by Atalanta striker Muriel, who had not hit the gate since October 9.
1000 Goals in all competitions were scored by Manchester City in the era of Josep Guardiola.
2023-05-03 22:45:00
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