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Liverpool are three wins away from the championship (Part 2)
Bournemouth are 18th and grappling with relegation. But after the opening goal, they made the homeowners confused clearly, and had two more chances to eat the table in the 13th and 14th minutes. Fraser hung the ball from the right to enter, but Stanislas headed the ball missed. Next, Bournemouth almost doubled the gap when Fraser corner kick, let Ake head stretch, but goalkeeper Adrian chose the right position to push the ball, save.
However, Liverpool quickly regained their spirit, almost equalizing in the 17th minute. Alexander-Arnold passed a long pass to Firmino to overcome Steve Cook’s block and then shot into the near corner. Only thanks to the timely reflex of goalkeeper Ramsdale, Bournemouth has not lost the advantage. But they also could not hold out long.
Center-back Cook was sore, and his replacement, Simpson, made a decisive mistake, leading to a goal in the 27th minute. Mane stole the ball from Simpson and passed it into the 16m50 area. Blocked by a guest defender, but Salah still managed to find a convenient position and the necessary space, to twist the shot into the near corner, defeating Ramsdale.
The atmosphere was blown back, Liverpool continued to bombard the visitors, and was rewarded with a goal to make the score 2-1 at 33 minutes. In a dispute in the middle of the pitch, Van Dijk had a ball and a long pass. up above, for Mane to open up the speed, beat goalkeeper Ramsdale in no tutoring position.
Bournemouth almost know how to stand after it. Liverpool regularly control the ball at over 70%, sometimes up to 80%. Opportunities also follow, but their strikers lack a bit of feeling to concretize, widen the gap. The most unfortunate phase of eating for the home team in the remaining time came in the 74th minute, when Mane shot the ball away from the touch point between the vertical column and the crossbar.
Win 2-1, Liverpool extended the unbeaten circuit at home in the Premier League to 55 games, including 45 victories and 10 draws. Calculated in the last 22 Premier League matches played at Anfield, Liverpool won, thereby setting a new record of the highest league in English football on the winning circuit at home.
Premier League is suffering because of Covid-19
The decision to postpone because Covid-19 of the Premier League is causing many problems. This is related to the contract of the players at the tournament.
According to the BTC decision, the Premier League will be postponed until April 3 when the Covid-19 pandemic is booming in Europe. However, this is only a temporary solution, the number 1 tournament in England may even take off until May or June. And this will cause the Euro 2020 finals to be postponed.
But if the above scenario happens, an irony situation will occur when many players will not be able to play for their club until the end of the season.
Willian & Matic are the players who are out of contract
Specifically, the Daily Mail said there are 69 players will be out of contract with the host club on June 30. Worth mentioning, there are dozens of stars playing for big teams like Nemanja Matic (MU), Willian, Pedro, Olivier Giroud (Chelsea), Vertonghen (Tottenham), David Silva (Man City), etc.
In the case when the season returns, an unprecedented prospect is that the aforementioned players may refuse to play for the club because they no longer have a binding contract. This season there are still 9 rounds to play and this is what can happen.
Director of sports law firm, Udo Onwere shared on Sportsmail. “The teams will try to wait, but after June 30, the player no longer has any obligations to play the game. The player has all the power in that scenario.”
Obviously, the raging of Covid-19 has brought to the football world many difficult problems. After the announcement of the postponement of the Premier League was officially announced, there were many questions. Even the possibility of canceling tournament results is taken into account.
In order to solve the contract maturity problem, a solution was put forward, that the players and the host club must come to a separate agreement.
For example, Nemanja Matic will continue to play in the final rounds of MU when receiving a one-time payment (payment). However, the Serbian midfielder will not be signing any contracts with other teams during this period.
In general, given the escalating situation of Covid-19, the Premier League must extend the compensatory time until July is entirely possible.
Liverpool are three wins away from the championship (Part 1)
Against Bournemouth 2-1 in the 29th round on March 7, Liverpool were one step closer to winning the Premier League.
Sadio Mane is the hero of Liverpool’s victory. He passed the ball to teammate Mo Salah equalizing 1-1, shortly after the home team conceded. The Senegal striker then scored the goal himself, with a forte acceleration, beating the Bournemouth keeper to set the result 2-1 when the clock just scored 33 minutes.
The ungainly Van Dijk, Salah, Firmino and even Mane made Liverpool unable to score more goals in the remaining time. A 2-1 score means Liverpool have conceded for the first time and scored less than three goals against Bournemouth, after firing 17 goals and keeping clean sheets during the last five encounters. Coach Klopp is also more or less not satisfied, considering the babbling of the home defense.
However, after all, Liverpool can still smile the way the players share the joy with the fans at Anfield after the game. After two consecutive defeats, 0-3 at Watford in the Premier League and 0-2 at Chelsea at the FA Cup, Klopp’s teachers and students have returned to winning.
Not only being a little closer to the first Premier League title in history, defeating Bournemouth is also the spiritual boost needed to give Liverpool more confidence to prepare for the big battle in the Champions League mid-next week. Thursday 12/3, they will host Atletico Madrid with the task of reversing the situation after losing 0-1 away away in the first round of 1/8.
The desire to win after losing three of the last four matches makes Liverpool enter the game as if to eat the opponent alive. After only about five minutes of play, they were in complete control of the situation and at times made up to 9 in 10 Bournemouth players – not counting the goalkeeper – to retreat to the backyard to support.
In the midst of that ebbiness, Liverpool was poured into a cold water right after ninth minute. After a cross by Mane’s cross, the visitors counterattacked quickly. Host midfielder Joe Gomez made a mistake during a dispute with Callum Wilson, allowing him to pass to the right. Bournemouth coordinated another two beats, before Lerma stretched for Wilson to close the ball. VAR intervened, but still recognized the opener for the away team.
Man City – West Ham kicked back on February 19
The Premier League round 26 between Man City and West Ham has been postponed due to Super Typhoon Ciara will replay on February 19.
Man City and West Ham will be competing at 19:30 on Wednesday 19/2, London time. According to the previous schedule, this match should have taken place from Sunday 9/2. But due to bad weather because of Typhoon Ciara, and concerns for the safety of fans and staff, the parties concerned decided to postpone.
The replay will cause Man City and West Ham to shorten the winter vacation. After coming back this weekend, Man City have to play six matches in just 19 days. The next rivals of the Guardiola teachers and students will be Leicester on February 22, Real Madrid (February 26), Aston Villa (1/3), Sheffield Wednesday (March 4) and Man Utd 8/3.
The match between Man City and West Ham is a rare time for an English Premier League to take place on the same day as the European Cup schedule. On February 19, Guardiola’s star orchestra will play 30 minutes earlier than the ball time for Tottenham – RB Leipzig and Atalanta – Valencia in the 1/8 Champions League round.
Previously, the European Football Federation (UEFA) did not allow member clubs clubs to reschedule on the same day as the matches in the European Cup. But since 2017, UEFA has abandoned this rule.
Man City is currently ranked second in the Premier League, 22 points behind Liverpool in 25 rounds. West Ham are struggling in the relegation battle, finishing third from the bottom with only 24 points.
Previously, postponed Man City – West Ham match
UK The Premier League match between Man City and West Ham on February 9 is one of many sporting events that have been postponed due to the influence of Super Typhoon Ciara.
Super Typhoon Ciara is considered the most feared storm from about seven years, hitting the UK today. The strongest wind in the center of the storm reached nearly 130 km / h, causing rain, flooding and even snowstorms across much of the UK.
The British Meteorological Agency forecasts the impact of Ciara will be spread across the country, disrupting air, rail and sea operations, sporting events and destruction of many properties. Many areas will have blackouts on a large scale, because snowstorms and 10cm thick snow cover in some places.
Defeating Man City, MU still had to leave League Cup
Manchester City beat Man City 1-0 in the second leg of the League Cup second leg at Etihad, but that was not enough for the “Red Devils” to reach the final when they lost 3-1.
As a team underestimated, Man Utd joined the defense of the majority. With De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, Man City still easily penetrated the multi-layer defense of the visitors. At least twice in the first half, Aguero was close to the goal but the Argentine striker could not beat De Gea.
Man City played overwhelmingly but suddenly let MU concede after a fixed situation in the 35th minute. Nemanja Matic hit the left foot volley accurately into the far corner that Bravo could only stand still. In the last minutes of the first half, the pressure was increased by the host but no goals were scored.
The initiative still belongs to Man City in the second half. De Gea’s goal was wide open, but the blue-footed strikers handled it so perfectionist that the opportunity passed unfortunately.
76 minutes, MU only played with 10 people when Matic received a second yellow card from the referee Kevin Friend. Man City with an advantage over people also can not take advantage to score goals. In the 84th minute, Aguero put the ball into the visitors’ net but like Sterling in the first half, the goal was not recognized for offside.
To lose 0-1 but Man City still won the right to the League Cup final against Aston Villa when the total score after 2 matches was 3-2.
Solskjaer coach believes MU can comeback against Man City
Coach Ole Solskjaer insists Man United can afford to overcome Man City, as they did before PSG in the Champions League in the 2018/19 season.
“The next game will be very difficult, we will have to score 2 goals against Man City away and it would be great if not to concede a goal first. The players will have to play with the same spirit as the game against PSG at Champions League. We have the strength to beat Man City, the way we beat them in the Premier League”, Daily Star quoted the Norwegian strategist.
Arsenal dropped to 10th in the Premier League
Arsenal lost 1-2 at home to Brighton, who had just three consecutive defeats, in the round of 15 Premier League on 5/12 evening.
The team of interim coach Freddie Ljungberg struggled in the first half, as Brighton increasingly played the beat. In the middle of the first half, Maupay and Davy Propper constantly had the opportunity to threaten goal keeper Bernd Leno.
Brighton took the lead after 36 minutes, when Arsenal failed to break a corner. Adam Webster took full advantage of the opportunity with a powerful shot to defeat Leno.
Arsenal played the best at the end of the first half and early second half. As injured after the first goal, the home team swept in an overwhelming attack. After goalkeeper Matt Ryan twice brilliantly blocked Joe Willock’s header in the 40th minute, Arsenal got a goal from another Lacazette header early in the second half.
The equalizer helps lift the spirits, and they create at least two other opportunities but do not take advantage of success. In particular, the referee refused to recognize David Luiz’s goal after consulting VAR.
Not knowing how to find their way into Brighton’s goal, their defense was indecisive. In the 80th minute, Maupay headed down Leno to bring a 2-1 victory to Brighton.
This result raised Arsenal’s unbeaten streak to 9 – something that never happened to them in 1977. The Emirates Stadium team also dropped to 10th, with 19 points – 10 points less than the Top 4 and just more at risk of relegation five points.
Squad
Arsenal (4-3-3): Leno; Bellerin, Sokratis, Luiz, Kolasinac (Tierney 72); Xhaka; Torreira, Willock (Pepe 46); Ozil, Aubameyang, Lacazette (Martinelli 77)
Brighton (4-1-2-1-2): Ryan; Alzate (Duffy 88), Webster, Dunk, Burn; Propper, Stephens, Mooy; Gross (Trossard 80); Connolly (Montoya 76), Maupay
Other teams
Man City are 14 points behind Liverpool, after 16 rounds of the Premier League. Never hope for the third consecutive championship of teachers and Guardiola narrow today. In that situation, the Champions League is said to be the option for City to put more strength.
In Group C Champions League, they soon won the right to the eighth round and the leading position. The last match, as a guest on Dinamo Zagreb on 11/12, is only meaningful procedure for the English champions.
Pulisic set a record in the Champions League
Participating in the Chelsea 4-4 draw, midfielder Christian Pulisic became the most played American in the Champions League.
The night of 5/11 was Pulisic’s 24th match in the Champions League. The 21-year-old midfielder has 22 times to play in Europe’s most prestigious arena in Dortmund colors. He left the German club in the summer of 2019 to join Chelsea for a fee of $ 75 million.
The second match in the Champions League for Chelsea helped Pulisic break the record of compatriot Jermaine Jones, who played 23 games in this arena for Schalke and Leverkusen. DaMarcus Beasley ranked third in the list of Americans playing in the Champions League, with 22 appearances for PSV and Rangers.
The more Pulisic plays, the more effective he is in Chelsea colors
In the match against Ajax, Pulisic made a mark when he brought in a penalty in the fifth minute, helping Jorginho equalize 1-1 for Chelsea. The home side were then 4-1 down by Ajax, but kicked off in the last 30 minutes to equalize 4-4. Chelsea, Ajax and Valencia all got seven points after four matches in Group H, while Lille got one.
Pulisic has scored twice in the Champions League, both in Dortmund. The US midfielder scored four goals in Chelsea’s last two Premier League matches, including the perfect hat-trick against Burnley. In that match, Pulisic scored with his left foot, his right leg and his head. He was the youngest Chelsea player to set up a hat-trick in an official match. This football striker is said to be full of energy, plays quite well and supposed to get further in his career.
After the Ajax draw, Chelsea will stay at Stamford Bridge at home on 9/11, Frank Lampard’s teachers and students are currently ranked fourth in the Premier League, equaling the points of the third team Leicester and two points behind Manchester City. Let’s wait to see the result of this competitive match!
Man Utd won despite taking two penalties
Ruyford and Martial missed 11m, Man Utd still won Norwich 3-1 in round 10 of the Premier League.
The first away win in 232 days, against Partizan Belgrade in the Europa League, did not help Man Utd enter well on the trip to Carrow Road. Norwich City stand in the penultimate, losing three of the last four rounds, again the team with the most dangerous opportunity first. Right at the fourth minute, Emiliano Buendia ripped open the “Red Heart” defense and cleared the deck for Todd Cantwell at the edge of 16m50, but the left winger’s shot did not go into the goal.
After the personal efforts of Andreas Pereira and Marcus Rashford, it was not until the 19th minute that the visitors’ line found each other in combination. Anthony Martial takes the ball in the right corner, then pokes it down for Rashford to shoot diagonally from the narrow corner. However, Tim Krul closed the corner and pushed the ball all the way.
Rashford’s chance sparked a 10-minute burst of Man Utd. In the corner right after that, Martial struck into the head of the city, but Tim Krul’s ecstatic reflex prevented the French striker from signing on the electronic board. However, before Scott McTominay’s quick and dangerous one-touch shot in the 21st minute, the Dutch goalkeeper had to go into the net to pick up the ball.
In the final 15 minutes, Norwich played with 10 people due to Buendia’s injury leaving the pitch but the home team was no longer entitled to a substitution. Man Utd not only did not take advantage of the opportunity to score a fourth goal but also let “Canaries” shorten the score to 1-3. 88 minutes, McTominay to lose the ball in the middle of the field. Substitute Onel Hernandez came straight into the middle of the visitors’ field, surpassing the three, before netting De Gea.
The match had six minutes of extra time but Norwich could not find De Gea netting a second time. With three points in full, Man Utd rose to seventh place, seven points behind the top four, but one point behind Tottenham – the team lost to Liverpool 1-2 in the match at the same time.
Lampard wary of the proposed Champions League expansion
Chelsea coach Frank Lampard fears players will be exhausted once the Champions League increases the number of football matches.
“I think the level is right now. The Champions League is very good, I like the current format. If you ask if we can play more in the European Cup, I don’t know whether the where is the plan to arrange those increased matches”.
European Club Association (ECA) president Andrea Agnelli is proposing to change the structure of the Champions League. Accordingly, the number of participating teams can be increased to 96, with the promotion and relegation mechanism introduced in the last month. Discussions are ongoing to agree on a change in the Champions League structure from 2024-2025 onwards.
But Lampard was worried about the changes. So, if we change the Champions League format, we will have to discuss very well. carefully on how the tournament actually works.
“As a coach, I feel the weight of the matches more clearly than when I was a player, although I am still running as a player. You are thinking about how to keep the team healthy, and that “The challenge is with every tournament we play in,” the Chelsea leader added.
In order to have time to play for the Champions League once the tournament is scaled up, there was an opinion on the death of the British League Cup. But Lampard rejected this option and considered the British League Cup to be a valuable tournament
“I have a lot of emotional memories with the English League Cup, because I have won several times for this Cup while I was playing for Chelsea. It was the first tournament I had a trophy. At home, this tournament gives The teams feel confident when playing in the Cup format at home. This is very important, “Lampard added.
Tottenham lost Lloris until early 2020
Goalkeeper Hugo Lloris needs more than two months off to treat his elbow injury.
The injury test showed that Lloris dislocated her elbow and injured her ligament. He needed about two and a half months off the competition.
Goalkeeper Lloris’s serious hand injury
Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris was suspected of breaking his arm when he landed in the wrong position in the 3-0 defeat of Brighton in the Premier League on October 5.
In the third minute, Lloris catches the ball from Pascal Gross’s kick. The ball was not dangerous but the French goalkeeper did not catch the ball, so striker Neal Maupay opened the scoring for Brighton. After dropping the ball, Lloris landed on the wrong technique and fell to the field. His left arm shows signs of breaking. The 32-year-old goalkeeper cried out in pain, requiring immediate medical attention.
The doctor must give Lloris breathing oxygen tanks. When he left the pitcher on the stretcher, he kept complaining of pain and forced the doctor to give him more morphine. Lloris was taken to the hospital shortly after.
Image of Lloris injury has a strong impact on goalkeeper David de Gea. He posted on Twitter the name of Lloris on Twitter, along with a prayer sign. Goalkeeper Michael Owen commented: “It was a serious mistake from Lloris. But his injury was really haunting. It looks like he dislocated his elbow.”
Paulo Gazzaniga – goalkeeper replaced Lloris – added two goals, leaving Tottenham in crisis
Lloris’s long-term prediction test results, but the level of his injury is not too serious is a lucky thing for Tottenham. Initially, there was concern about the risk of Lloris requiring surgery.
Lloris was injured when he landed badly in the middle of a game against Brighton. After dislocating his joint, he screamed in pain and was immediately taken to the hospital.
Due to the relatively long break, Lloris will miss many important matches of Tottenham, including the last four matches of the Champions League group stage. He will also be absent for the last four matches of the Euro qualifier for France.
Llris’ injury contributed to exacerbating the Tottenham crisis. In the last two matches, the runner-up team Champions League last season conceded 10 goals.
The London home team are currently ranked ninth, with 11 points after eight rounds of the Premier League. Because they are 13 points behind leaders Liverpool, they do not have much hope for the ability to compete for the championship.
