The fiery day of European football delighted fans around the world. Goal frenzy in Germany, Manchester City lost points in England, Sevilla’s comeback in Spain and the failure of the reigning champions of France. It’s been a hot football day in Europe, and we’ve put together the highlights for January 22 especially for you.
England: Manchester United scratched out victory with 5 seconds left
West Ham had a bad visit to Old Trafford. “Hammers” desperately defended their positions throughout the main time of the match. The outcome was decided by only one episode, which happened five seconds before the final whistle. Edinson Cavani crossed at the last moment to Marcus Rashford, who stuck the ball into the net and saved the “devils” from another loss of points. By the way, Rashford for the fourth time in his career plunged the winning goal into stoppage time. At least twice as many as any other Manchester United player. Moreover, no player in the history of the English Premier League has scored more in the last minutes than Rashford.
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Marcus Rashford, Manchester United
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Manchester City approached the confrontation with Southampton with good statistics. The fact is that the “citizens” did not lose in 29 games out of 30 played in the GMT time zone. Only once did Pep Guardiola’s guys lose in such confrontations – Manchester United last year. However, “Southampton” already in the seventh minute opened the gates of “City”. Walker-Peters with an accurate one-touch blow from the Swede upset Ederson. By the way, this goal was Walker-Peters’ debut in the Premier League in 68 matches.
They will also talk about this meeting because of the controversial decision of the arbitrator – Simon Hooper did not remove Armstrong after he flew open spikes into Laporte’s thigh. In the second half, the guests equalized: after a chic serve by De Bruyne, Laporte put the ball right into the net. The Belgian has an interesting achievement – De Bruyne has given as many assists in the Premier League as David Beckham (80). Moreover, it took Kevin 68 matches less.
Kevin De Bröjne, Manchester City
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Spain: Sevilla and Atlético comebacks
“Seville” barely swept away from the visiting Celta. In the first half of the confrontation, the home team simply burned out to the opponent. Servi and Aspas, at the close of the first half, were thrown into the gates of Sevilla once. Iago Aspas has chosen a new victim in La Liga – now the Andalusians have become the team that the striker scored the most (10 times). Previously, Aspas’ favorite was Barcelona. Only the second time Sevilla have conceded two goals in the last 10 minutes of a match, the first from Cristiano Ronaldo in 2015. In the second half, Sevilla pulled themselves together and turned the game around. On the 71st, Papa Gomez scored from a long distance. By the way, Gomez scored 66.7% of all goals in the Example from afar (4/6). And on the 74th draw for his team, Oliver Torres pulled out. The last time Sevilla staged such a comeback was in 2019 against Eibar.
Pope Gomez and Iago Aspas
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Atlético met at home with Valencia. In the first half, the guests unexpectedly took the lead. Yunus Musa shook the defender and powerfully plunged the ball into the near bottom corner. And at the end of the half, Hugo Duro also scored – he flew to the gate and easily outplayed Clouds, breaking through the goalkeeper exactly under the supporting leg.
Oblak has conceded 26 goals this season, although his expected goals ratio is 18.4. His difference between missed and expected missed was -7.6. This is the fifth result among the top 5 European leagues. But Hugo Duro scored 6 goals in the Example and 3 of them against Atlético Madrid. In the second half, Madrid turned the game around – Matheus Cunha returned the intrigue, jumping out from behind the opponents and sending the ball into the goal. Correa equalized in the last minutes, and Hermoso scored the winning goal a couple of minutes later. Strong-willed victory “Atletico” – 3:2.
Italy: Dzeko saved Inter, Atalanta and Lazio dried up the game
For all of Italian football today has become unique. For the first time in the history of Serie A, the home stadium of Milan and Inter hosts games on two consecutive days. Today, the Nerazzurri met with Venice. In the 19th minute scored guest forward Tom Henry. At the end of the first half, Nicolo Barella equalized the score. The victory for the hosts was brought by an accurate shot by Edin Dzeko in the 90th minute. Inter scored 53 points and kept the lead in the standings.
Edin Dzeko, Inter
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Also in Italy:
- “Atalanta” on the road opposed “Lazio”. In the first half, the game did not match the loud sign at all. For the entire first half of the match, the players delivered only four shots on goal. Less this season was only in the match “Cagliari” – “Genoa” (2 hits). As a result, the teams did not score with effective actions and painted a goalless draw.
Germany: goal madness from Bayer, a strong-willed victory for Borussia
In the Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund and Hoffenheim staged an effective shootout. Already in the fifth minute, Erling Haaland opened the scoring, but at the end of the half, Andrey Kramaric equalized. For the Croatian, the goal was Hoffenheim’s 100th in all competitions, twice as many as the team’s last top scorer, Sejad Salihovich. In the second half, Reus put the team from Dortmund ahead. And ten minutes after Royce’s ball, the hosts for some reason began to shoot at their own goal and gave the opponent another ball. Rutter on the 77th brought Hoffenheim’s comeback closer, but this was not enough to return to the game. Borussia Dortmund are second on the table with 43 points, while Hoffenheim are sixth with 31 points.
Erling Haaland, Borussia Dortmund
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Also in Germany:
- In Leverkusen, Augsburg stumbled upon a completely inhospitable Bayer. The hosts beat the opponent thanks to a hat-trick by Moussa Diaby. Also on a goal added Karim Bellarabi and Lucas Alario. Arne Meyer scored a prestige goal for the guests. As for the interesting statistics, Bayer Leverkusen have won four Bundesliga games this season by four goals or more. This is twice as many as in the previous two seasons combined.
France: the current champion flew to Brest
Lille scored a good move following the results of previous matches, but stumbled again. The champions looked sharper than Brest, but still lost. Already in the third minute, the guests began to have serious problems. Tiago Djalo was the author of a ridiculous own goal after a cannon strike in the top nine of his own goal instead of a simple interception of the ball. Lille players tried to save the situation, but luck was not on their side. At the end of the match, Brest got the right to kick from the penalty spot, and Steve Munier converted it in cold blood. By the way, Hatem Ben Arfa also came out to save Lille, this game was his 88th without a goal after the substitution.
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