The 20th round of the English league opened today (Tuesday) with four games after two games were postponed due to the Corona (Arsenal – Wolves, Leeds – Aston Villa). In the games that will take place, Liverpool will host Leicester, a few days after the big drama at Anfield at the end of which they reached the semi-finals of the League Cup (22:00, Sport1). Tottenham were disappointed with a 1-1 draw against ten Southampton players away. West Ham defeated Watford 1: 4.
Leicester – Liverpool 0: 0 (half)
Less than a week ago, the Mighty Reds arrived in a very lackluster lineup for the League Cup quarterfinal game against the Foxes, and found themselves 3: 1 behind. Takumi Minamino cooked for Juta the shrinking goal and equalized himself in the 95th minute, on the way to a big penalty shootout victory over the stunned Leicester. Brendan Rogers’ side were part of a crazy game against champions and leaders Manchester City, which included nine goals – but they conceded six of them. With no less than nine missing due to injuries. On the other hand, the dismissed Andy Robertson and the sick Tiago will not be available to Klopp, who does not want to let City escape.
Virgil Van Dyke, who has been absent from recent games, returned after falling ill in Corona and he got straight into the squad. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is also in the guest lineup.
Minute 16: Missing a penalty! Wilfred Andidi tripped Muhammad Salah wide. The Egyptian kicked himself from the penalty spot not well enough, Caspar Schmeichel top and the ball went back to Salah, but was a little high and he hit the crossbar
Southampton – Tottenham 1-1
The Roosters with a second draw in the three rounds even though the opponent was left with ten players left in the first half. The host took the lead in the 25th minute from a great goal by James Ward-Pruss, who scored a third consecutive round, which happened to him for the last time in March 2019 and even then the third goal was against Tottenham. Muhammad Salisu left Southampton with ten players and caused a penalty after a wide offense. Harry Kane took advantage of this and kicked in from the penalty spot to equalize to make it 1-1 in the 41st minute. Kane scored another goal, but he was disqualified for a dissent and another goal was disqualified for a foul on the goalkeeper.
Watford – West Ham 4: 1
The Hammers came into the game after losing four games from their last five. Today they finally managed to win and did it in a small derby. Emanuel Dennis again scored for the hosts and did it in the fourth minute, Tomasz Suczek (27) and Said Benharma (29) completed a makeover in the first half and Mark Noble completed from the penalty spot (58). Nikola Velasic nailed another goal in the 92nd minute with a comfortable kick from the center of the box.
Another game:
Crystal Palace – Norwich 0: 3
For Palace: Odson Edouard (8, Pendel), Jean-Philippe Mattata (38), Jeffrey Schlup (42)
Wednesday games in England:
Chelsea – Brighton (21:30, Sport1)
Brentford – Manchester City (22:15, Sport2)