ANGOL PREMIER LEAGUE
POSTPONED MATCH OF ROUND 34
Tottenham–Manchester Metropolis 0–2 (0–0)
London, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Led by: Kavanagh
Tottenham: Vicar – Leek, Rosemary, Dragusin, Van de Ven – Bentancur (Kulusevski, 55.), Höjbjerg (Skipp, 85.), PM Sarr (Lo Celso, 85.) – B. Johnson, Szon Hung Min, Maddison (M. Moore, 90+3.). Supervisor: Ange Postecoglou
Manchester Metropolis: Ederson (Ortega, 69.) – Walker, Akanji, R. Dias, Gvardiol – Kovacic, Rodri – B. Silva, De Bruyne (Doku, 69.), Foden – Haaland (J. Alvarez, 90+5.). Supervisor: Pep Guardiola
Scorer: Haaland (51st, ninetieth+1st – the second from 11)
A sport becoming for a championship “closing” was changed on Tuesday night time within the Premier League. Properly, it wasn’t Tottenham who drove for the gold medal, however their arch-rival, Arsenal, watching from dwelling, which had a one-point benefit earlier than the match, however having performed yet another sport, forward of Manchester Metropolis on the high of the desk. So Pep Guardiola’s crew needed to win, whereas the “gunners” needed Spurs to attain factors…
Earlier than the match, the statistic that Metropolis had by no means crushed Tottenham at their stadium within the Premier League underneath Guardiola had been circulating all over the place. Properly, the title defender didn’t connect a lot significance to this, however he was nonetheless rusty within the first half, and had just one shot till the final minute of the sport.
The 2 groups performed a complete of six xG of 0.67 in a single half, and most of this was offered by Metropolis’s “fireworks” firstly, when Spurs’ Romanian defender Radu Dragusin blocked the ball’s path.
Within the continuation, the ice was shortly damaged, within the 51st minute the visiting staff gained the benefit: Bernardo Silva handed at a great tempo to De Bruyne, who instantly positioned the ball flat within the heart Erling Haalandnak. The Norwegian striker didn’t have a tough job, he solely needed to move into the empty web from shut vary. 0–1
A great ten minutes later, Kulusevski, who entered the sphere instead, turned the ball dangerously in direction of the objective, however Ederson caught it. Romero was not notably excited by this, he attacked the Brazilian goalkeeper with nice vigor, who was changed by Guardiola a couple of minutes after the remedy. Ortega was not embarrassed, he was capable of defend Kulusevski’s makes an attempt a number of instances, however he confirmed his best feat within the 86th minute: after Akanji’s large mistake, Szon Hung Min was capable of go one-on-one, after which he was unable to shoot the ball previous the brilliantly transferring substitute goalkeeper.
We have been already in time beyond regulation when Pedro Porro introduced down Doku within the penalty space, the referee instantly pointed to the penalty spot. Erling Haaland stood on the penalty spot and viciously slotted the ball into the suitable aspect of the objective, establishing the 0–2closing consequence.
Earlier than the final spherical, Manchester Metropolis leads Arsenal by one level: the previous will play in opposition to West Ham and the latter in opposition to Everton at dwelling within the thirty eighth spherical.
Unplayed matches of the thirty fourth spherical
WEDNESDAY
20.45: Brighton & Hove Albion–Chelsea
21.00: Manchester United–Newcastle United (Television: Player1)
1. Manchester Metropolis
37
27
7
3
93–33
+60
88
2. Arsenal
37
27
5
5
89–28
+61
86
3. Liverpool
37
23
10
4
84–41
+43
79
4. Aston Villa
37
20
8
9
76–56
+20
68
5. Tottenham
37
19
6
12
71–61
+10
63
6. Newcastle
36
17
6
13
79–57
+22
57
7. Chelsea
36
16
9
11
73–61
+12
57
8. Manchester United
36
16
6
14
52–56
–4
54
9. West Ham United
37
14
10
13
59–71
–12
52
10. Brighton & Hove Albion
36
12
12
12
54–58
–4
48
11. AFC Bournemouth
37
13
9
15
53–65
–12
48
12. Crystal Palace
37
12
10
15
52–58
–6
46
13. Wolverhampton
37
13
7
17
50–63
–13
46
14. Fulham
37
12
8
17
51–59
–8
44
15. Everton
37
13
9
15
39–49
–10
40
16. Brentford
37
10
9
18
54–61
–7
39
17. Nottingham Forest
37
8
9
20
47–66
–19
29
18. Luton City
37
6
8
23
50–81
–31
26
19. Burnley
37
5
9
23
40–76
–36
24
20. Sheffield United
37
3
7
27
35–101
–66
16
Pontlevonások: Everton 8, Nottingham Forest 4
