The main game in England on Saturday will be the Cup semi-final at Wembley Stadium between Manchester City and Liverpool, but at the same time the 33rd round of the Premier League is taking place. In the early game Tottenham were surprised at home after a dramatic goal by Brighton in the 90th minute, now Southampton host Arsenal, Manchester United hope to avoid another embarrassing stumble against Norwich and Watford are looking for critical points against Brentford.
Tottenham – Brighton 1: 0
The host’s winning streak was cut short after four games, and Antonio Conte hopes he will not pay a heavy price in the battle for the top 4 for the three points lost. A week after beating Arsenal 1-2, the Seagulls from the south of England also stunned the North London rival with a dramatic goal in the 90th minute. Andrew Trussar, who also scored in last week’s win, found Hugo Loris ’far corner and stunned local fans.
Southampton – Arsenal 0: 0 (Half 1)
The Gunners were embarrassed at home in the last round against Brighton and thus slipped to fifth place, but Tottenham also lost to the Seagulls and arranged an opportunity to equalize. In any case, Mikel Arteta and his players can not afford to stumble against Southampton who have not won in the last five rounds and in between have also been knocked out of the cup in the quarter-finals by Manchester City. Striker Armando Broya returned to the host squad after not playing in the humiliating 6-0 draw against Chelsea on Saturday and the Saints will hope to take advantage of the fact that Arsenal have also scored just three points from the last 12 possible and scored just two goals in those four games. Alexander Lacassette was not included in Arsenal’s squad and the one who took the place at the helm is Eddie Anketia. Martin Edgor serves as captain and Nono Tavares returns to the left-back position.
Manchester United – Norwich 0: 2 (Half 1)
The Red Devils are very likely to announce brother Eric Tan as the team’s new coach, according to reports in England and the Netherlands, and the Dutchman will surely follow the Red Devils in the home game against the Canaries. United have won just one of the last seven games in all competitions and thus have no chance of winning any titles this season and the dream of qualifying for the Champions League seems far away in light of the drop to seventh place in the table. To Ralph Rangnick’s delight, at least on paper United faces the easiest game in the league, though Norwich will reach the Dream Theater after a very critical 0-2 draw at home to Burnley in the last round, a win that gave the locksmith hope to stay in the league almost against all odds. She is 31 games with just five wins this season and seven points away from a safe shore. Cristiano Ronaldo started in the host squad despite the incident of the mobile device that shattered a young fan after the loss to Everton last Saturday. Jesse Lingard at 11, overall for the second time this season in the league, and young Anthony Alenga also got a chance.
Minute 7: Goal! Alanga snatched a ball to Gibson and handed it wide to Ronaldo who scored an easy goal. A quick 0: 1 win over Manchester United.
Minute 32: Goal! Fernandez picked up a corner kick from the right and Ronaldo got ahead of his keeper and slammed in. His 14th in the league and it’s 0: 2 to Manchester United.
Another game:
Watford – Brentford (17:00)