Coach Thomas Tuchel and French soccer champions Paris St. Germain lost the top of the table in the Ligue 1 game against Olympique Lyon. PSG lost 0: 1 (0: 1) and are only third with 28 points behind OSC Lille and Lyon (both 29).
Lyon professional Thiago Mendes saw in injury time after a rough foul on PSG attacker Neymar Rot (90 + 9). The Brazilian was injured in the attack and had to be taken off the field on a stretcher. Neymar apparently had a lot of pain in his left ankle. “We have to wait for the examinations tomorrow,” said Tuchel. But he was “worried”. Mendes apologized, “Mistakes happen, but I sincerely want to ask your forgiveness.”
Tino Kadewere scored the winning goal for the guests (35th). The German national player Thilo Kehrer came on as a substitute for Paris, which won the Champions League group victory over Istanbul Basaksehir (5-1) during the week. Lille took the lead on Sunday with a 2-1 (2-1) win over Girondins Bordeaux. PSG suffered their fourth defeat of the season, at the end of the (shortened) last season it had only been three.
ENGLAND
Team manager Jürgen Klopp and defending champion Liverpool FC could not use the mistake of leaders Tottenham Hotspur and missed the leap to the top of the English Premier League. The Reds only scored 1: 1 (0: 1) at the newly promoted Fulham FC and remained tied behind their competitors in second place. Striker Mohamed Salah (79th, hand penalty) saved the guests at least one point after Bobby De Cordova-Reid had given Fulham the lead (25th). Previously there had been another personal setback for Klopp: The most recently accurate Portuguese Diogo Jota is out for weeks due to a knee injury.
Tottenham also remained without a win. Team manager Jose Mourinho’s team only played 1: 1 (1: 0) in the London derby at Crystal Palace despite leading. National striker Harry Kane (23rd) initially scored for the guests before Jeffrey Schlupp (81st) equalized. Former Bundesliga coach Ralph Hasenhüttl continued his high flight with FC Southampton. His team prevailed 3-0 (1-0) against Sheffield United, who had not yet won, and are still on a Champions League place with 23 points. The goals were scored by Che Adams (34th), Stuart Armstrong (62nd) and Nathan Redmond (83rd).
National goalkeeper Bernd Leno has already suffered the seventh defeat of the season with Arsenal. The Gunners lost to Burnley after an own goal by the former Dortmund player Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (73rd) 0: 1 (0: 0). Granit Xhaka, who moved from Mönchengladbach to London in 2016, saw the red card for violent behavior (58th). Arsenal is table 15.
ITALY
Cristiano Ronaldo led Italy’s record champions Juventus Turin to a 3-1 away win at relegation candidate CFC Genoa with two penalty kicks. The team of coach Andrea Pirlo remains fourth in Serie A. Genoa continues to fight relegation as the penultimate.
SSC Napoli has won its first victory at the “Stadio Diego Armando Maradona”. A good and a half weeks after the city gave the arena the name of the club’s deceased hero, Napoli won against Sampdoria Genoa 2-1 (0-1). The SSC is third in the table with 23 points.
Robin Gosens scored his second goal of the season in Serie A in Atalanta Bergamo’s 3-0 (1-0) against AC Florence. The German international scored 1-0 (44th), Bergamo (17) is eighth. Inter Milan (24) won 3: 1 (1: 0) at Cagliari Calcio after losing the Champions League and are two points behind local rivals AC (26), who are at the top and only against Parma in the evening (8.45 p.m.) Calcio plays.
NETHERLANDS
PSV Eindhoven also took second place in the Dutch honor division thanks to an assist by ex-world champion Mario Götze. The team of coach Roger Schmidt prevailed on Sunday 2-1 against FC Utrecht. After the eighth win of the season against Utrecht, the team has 27 points and is three points behind Ajax Amsterdam.
At the front runner, striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar is thinking about the end of his career. “I’m considering quitting after this season,” said the 37-year-old Dutchman, who scored his 150th goal for Ajax in the 4-0 win against Zwolle, on Dutch television. Huntelaar returned to Ajax from FC Schalke 04 in 2017.
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