2023-11-13 09:42:15
Those Chelsea fans who suffer from heart problems have had to go through a difficult week. On Monday his team played a crazy game against Tottenham that they ended up winning 1-4 and on Sunday the Blues once again gave us an inexplicable match, full of goals and emotion, that ended in a 4-4 draw. Manchester City visited Stamford Bridge with the option of distancing themselves from their pursuers and the game started well for Guardiola’s team, who took the lead after twenty-five minutes with a penalty goal from Erling Haaland.
Their joy did not last long, as Thiago Silva equalized with a header from a corner. A former citizen, Sterling put his team ahead before the break, but City still had time to tie in stoppage time with a header from Akanji. If the first part had been entertaining, the second was even more so. With both teams more tired, the match became a constant back and forth. As soon as he left the locker room, Haaland put City ahead again, but Jackson managed to equalize.
No one could break the tie for twenty minutes until Rodri scored the goal that seemed definitive shortly before the end. However, Chelsea knew how to get up, Pochettino took risks with a very offensive eleven and the Blues won a penalty. Palmer, a City youth player who changed Manchester for London this summer, converted the penalty to close one of the most exciting games we have had this season in England.
The day had begun on Saturday with Tottenham’s defeat against Wolves. Postecoglou’s team suffered from the losses, due to suspensions and injuries, of several of their best players, and despite the fact that they took the lead very early, they had to row against the current for the rest of the game. Just when it seemed that the London team had three points secured, Pablo Sarabia appeared, first with a great goal and then with a magnificent assist, confirming the Wolves’ comeback.
Then it was the turn of Arsenal, who beat Burnley 3-1, and United, who overcame the humiliating defeat in the Champions League against Copenhagen with a narrow victory against Luton.
On Sunday Emery’s Aston Villa played, which continues to get closer to the Champions League positions after its 3-1 victory against Fulham, and also Liverpool, which beat Brentford (3-0), with a double from Mo Salah.
A league
Lazio and Roma left us one of the dullest Rome derbies in memory (0-0). Both teams, which have had a difficult start to the season, showed excessive fear of defeat, which led to little risk and few opportunities. The tie leaves both teams in the top half of the table, although the distance to the Champions zone remains short. The reason is the defeat of Napoli, at home against Empoli (0-1), which leaves Rudi García affected, whose dismissal seems close to becoming official. His team was superior and deserved to win the game, but they failed to convert their chances and found themselves with a goal from Kovalenko in the 90th minute that silenced Diego Armando Maradona.
Atalanta also could not win on their visit to Udine, in fact, they added a point in extremis with a goal from Ederson in added time. With the same points, Fiorentina is in sixth position, having won again after three consecutive defeats. They did it at home against Thiago Motta’s Bologna, who had a magnificent streak of eleven games without losing.
In the fight for the league, Milan falls slightly behind after their draw against Lecce. Pioli’s men led 0-2 at half-time, relaxed in the second half and were on the verge of losing the game, but the VAR invalidated what would have been Lecce’s third goal in stoppage time. Juventus became the provisional leader after their victory against Cagliari. Allegri’s men were, once again, very solid, and with goals from their centre-backs, Bremer and Rugani, they beat the Sardinian team.
Inter closed the Sunday matchday against Frosinone and regained the lead with their 2-0 victory. Di Marco put the Neroazzuros ahead with a great goal from 56 meters, and Çalhanoglu, with a penalty, sealed the match.
Bundesliga
The Bundesliga 23-24 is being a battle between Bayer Leverkusen and Harry Kane. The English striker scored a double against Heidenheim in Bayern’s 4-2 victory and already has 21 goals this season, 17 of them in domestic competition. The victory of the Bavarian team gave them the lead provisionally, but on Sunday Leverkusen regained it. Xabi Alonso’s men beat Unión Berlin (4-0) with another goal from Grimaldo, who is having a spectacular moment.
Unión, for its part, had broken its streak of twelve consecutive defeats with the draw against Naples in the Champions League, but the match against the aspirin team leaves what was the revelation team of the last Bundesliga, which now occupies same the last position of the table.
Dortmund dropped out of the fight for the title after losing to Stuttgart (2-1). Those from Baden-Württemberg recovered their great scorer Serhou Guirassy and returned to winning ways after two consecutive defeats. Leipizg closed the day with a victory against Freiburg (3-1) and overtook Dortmund to move into fourth position.
Ligue 1
The twelfth time was the charm for Olympique Lyon. Fabio Grosso’s team visited Stade Rennes looking for a victory to put an end to their terrible streak and they achieved it thanks to a goal from Irishman Jake O’Brien after the hour mark. The Lyonnais played, however, with one more man practically the entire game, since a harsh tackle by Doué led to his expulsion in the fifth minute of the game. The victory allows Grosso to breathe, although his team remains bottom of the league.
PSG beat Stade Reims away with a hat-trick from Mbappé. Despite his goals, Luis Enrique left a message for his player in the subsequent press conference, when he stated that he should be more involved in his team’s game. The victory places the Parisians in the lead since Nice did not go beyond a 0-0 draw on their visit to Montpellier. Monaco obtained the same result against Le Havre, which leaves the team from the Principality in third position. Lens and Marseille faced each other in the last match of the day and Gattusso’s men lost with a goal in the last minute, which puts Lens in European positions while at the same time distancing the Marseilles.
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