National Day Giant Rollover Night! Manchester City, Liverpool have lost, Manchester United 34 years of humiliation, Lautaro big four happy
On October 1, Beijing time, the Mid-Autumn Festival National Day holiday kicked off, and European football is still in full swing. This night can be described as a night of overturning for the giants, including Manchester City, Manchester United and Liverpool, all three giants lost, Bayern and Paris also failed to win, but Real Madrid and Lautaro got the planned three points.
Wolves 2:1 Manchester City
In the Carabao Cup in midweek, Guardiola dropped the competition with a rotational squad, facing Wolves, who have not won the season this round, while Manchester City, who are all the main players, overturned on the road. Blue Moon firmly controlled the initiative throughout the game, but the offensive efficiency was not high, and the stalemate was delayed. Instead, it was Wolves, who counter-attacked in the 13th minute with a pass from Kovacic, Neto used his speed on the right to pass Ake's defence and crossed, and Dias accidentally swung an own goal in front of goal. In the 57th minute of the second half, Alvarez's direct free-kick equalised for Manchester City.
However, only 6 minutes later, Kilman backfield long pass, Semedo quickly cut forward on the right side to the penalty area, Huang Xican pushed and blocked, Kunha got the ball in front of the goal and passed again, Huang Xican close range volley to overtake the score again, 2:1! The rest of the game Manchester City offensive still did not improve, so far Manchester City was also defeated by Wolves, counting the League Cup out, Manchester City rarely suffered 2 consecutive defeats, the only good thing is that Liverpool also lost this round, and the Blue Moon retained the top position.
Manchester United 0:1 Crystal Palace
Manchester City lost, followed by arch-rivals Manchester United, and faced Crystal Palace, who were beaten by themselves in midweek, and the Red Devils suffered their fourth defeat in the league of the season. United had 77 per cent possession and more than twice as many shots on goal as they took 18-8, yet only four shots on target once again reflected the weakness of the Red Devils' attack. In the first half, Hoylen wasted points in the 12th and 18th minutes, and in the 25th minute, Aizer sent a set-piece into the box, Hoylen wanted to clear the ball but accidentally sent an own goal, and Anderson scored the only goal of the game with a volley.
In the second half, even though Ten Hag continuously deployed troops to strengthen the attack, it was still fruitless. The 76-year-old Hodgson easily defeated Ten Hag with the most direct defensive counterattack. And Hodgson is unbeaten in his last five Premier League visits to Old Trafford, and United have scored only two goals in these five games, and Hodgson's side have kept three clean sheets. The opening seven games were 3-4, which also refreshed Manchester United's worst start in 34 years.
Tottenham 2:1 Liverpool
This is the most focused match in this round of the Premier League, Liverpool could have scored one point with nine players, but fell short in the final moments. Liverpool were the dominant side in the first half of the first half, with Vicario blocking Gakpo and Robertson's shots for a short time. However, in the 25th minute, Jones stepped on Bissuma in the scramble and the referee showed him a red card to send him off the field. In the 33rd minute, Salah assisted Diaz to score a goal, but was blown offside, but after a slow-motion replay, the ball was not offside and VAR did not intervene. The Premier League referee company issued a statement after the match saying it was a major miscalculation.
In the 36th minute, Maddison's precise lethal straight shot pierced through the Liverpool defence, Rishalison swept offside from the left to the centre, and Son Heung-min opened the scoring with an outflanked shot. In the 42nd minute, Risarisson's volley hit the upright again. Just before half-time, Van Dijk received a long pass from Sobosloy to steer the ball in front of goal, and Gakpo turned and volleyed hard to equalise for Liverpool. In the second half, Liverpool regained the initiative thanks to the previous one. Maddison and Son Heung-min's 50-minute shots were both saved by Alisson in the 48th minute, and in the 58th minute, Son Heung-min scored again, only to pass him offside. In the 68th minute, Liverpool were even worse, Jota received two consecutive yellow cards in 2 minutes, and was also sent off the field with a red card, leaving Liverpool with only nine men left.
In desperation, Klopp removed all attacking players, including Salah, and replaced them with Konate, Endo Hang and other defenders who changed to five defenders. However, in the final moments of the game, Polo's cross from the right flank and Matip reached out to hit the ball into his own goal, and Liverpool suffered their first defeat of the season by Tottenham at the end of the game. Tottenham were unbeaten and moved to second place in the table. As for Arsenal, this round was a 4-0 win away at Bournemouth, with Kai Havertz scoring the first goal of his Gunners career on penalties.
Clermont 0:0 Grand Paris
Paris, who are far away in Ligue 1, also failed to win this round, facing Clermont, who finished bottom in the league, Mbappe's luxurious attacking line blasted 18 shots, eight of which were within the goal frame. However, Clermont goalkeeper Dior was like a divine help, he made 10 saves in the whole game, whether it was Mbappe or Muani in front of him. In the end, Grand Paris was forced to draw by the vice-captain on the road, failing to beat Clermont away for two consecutive years, while Paris was one point behind leaders Brest in the first round of the competition.
RB Leipzig 2:2 Bayern
Facing Bayern, who beat him at the start of the season, Nandai almost capsized in the gutter again. In the 20th minute of the first half, Bayern's midfielder was hit back by a broken ball, and Obonda relied on his speed advantage to throw off Kim Minya's defense and push to break the deadlock. Six minutes later, RB Leipzig had a corner kick and Obonda stopped the ball in front of the goal and Lukeba extended the lead with a close-range volley. Trailing by two goals, Kane was also shown a yellow card in this passive situation.
In the 53rd minute of the second half, Sane created a penalty from a free-kick and Kane pulled a penalty back. In the 70th minute, Bayern treated his people with his own way, Nanda queen steal and quick counterattack, Musiala passed straight to find Sane, Sane on the right side of the front single knife push to tie the score, 2:2! In the end, Bayern scored one point, plus Bayer Leverkusen and Stuttgart both scored three points in this round, Bayern not only lost the top spot, but also dropped to third place.
Girona 0:3 Real Madrid
The two teams were one point ahead of Real Madrid at the top of the table before the match, which can be said to be a key battle for the top of the table, although Girona performed well, but still lost in the old and spicy Real Madrid. In the 16th minute, Bellingham broke the deadlock with a knock-out kick against Joselu. In the 21st minute, Real Madrid continued their efforts, Kroos took a corner kick, and Chuameni scored his first goal in front of goal, which also helped Real Madrid extend their advantage to two goals.
In the second half, Girona took advantage of the home momentum to threaten Kepa several times, but unfortunately it only blossomed. Instead, it was played by Real Madrid in the 71st minute with a quick counterattack, Chuameni split the ball to the right, Joselu's volley was saved by the goalkeeper, Bellingham added a shot for Real Madrid to freeze the score at 3:0! Bellingham joined Real Madrid with 7 goals and 2 assists in 8 games, almost single-handedly carrying Real Madrid forward.
Salernitana 0:4 Inter
After breaking their unbeaten league run, Inter continued to lead the Serie A table with a big win this round. Inter had a lot of shots on goal in the first half, but the conversion rate was too low, and only 1 in 10 shots on target was no threat at all. In the second half, Inzaghi Junior did not hesitate to replace Lautaro, and the Inter captain also opened his performance moment. In the 63rd minute, Lautaro pulled back to receive the ball, Thuram Jr. cut the ball forward on the left and Lautaro broke the deadlock with a shot in front of the attacking Ochoa. In the 77th minute, Dumfries broke the ball after an aggressive scramble in front, Lautaro passed the ball to the right, Barrera knocked it back to Lautaro, who fired a direct volley without stopping.
In the 83rd minute, Thuram Jr. created another penalty for Inter in the box, and Lautaro hit a successful hat-trick; However, Lautaro was not satisfied with his hat-trick, and in the 89th minute, Mkhitaryan moved forward and Augusto knocked back from the left side, and Lautaro fired a low shot to freeze the score at 4-0 while completing his big four.