In the early morning of April 26, Beijing time, the English Premier League, Serie A, and U23 Asian Cup fought fiercely all night, Manchester City defeated Brighton 4-0, Roma beat Udinese 2-1, Japan defeated Qatar 4-2, and South Korea lost to Indonesia 12-13.
Premier League: Manchester City 4-0 Brighton
Recently, Manchester City has had a good and a bad luck on the way to the title, Arsenal leads by four points in the first game, and Liverpool has lost two of the last three rounds.
The game kicked up, and Manchester City gradually turned it into no suspense. In the 17th minute, Walker's cross to the goal assisted De Bruyne to head home and give Manchester City a 1-0 lead. In the 26th minute, Foden took a free kick directly to the goal, and the ball was refracted into the net, and Manchester City scored 2-0. In the 33rd minute, Brighton made a mistake in the backfield pass, and Foden took advantage of the situation to complete the brace and help Manchester City expand the score 3-0.
Alvarez added the icing on the cake in the second half to give City a 4-0 win to move up to second with 76 points, while leaving leaders Arsenal just one point away from having a game in hand.
Forden Foden scored twice in the game to bring his tally to 51 Premier League goals, 16 Premier League goals so far this season, as well as 24 goals and 10 assists in 48 appearances in all competitions.
Serie A: Roma 2-1 Udinese
Earlier, Roma defender Endi was rushed to the hospital due to sudden physical discomfort, and the game was interrupted, and then postponed to resume from the interrupted 71 minutes and 30 seconds, and the score was still 1-1 when it was interrupted.
Now the clock starts in the 72nd minute, and the referee crashes the ball to resume play. Roma were in control of the game and in the 81st minute, Luca's shot from a tight angle was saved. In the 85th minute, Azmoun completed a scramble after a steal in front of the court and was also saved. In the 95th minute, Roma took a corner kick, and Cristante's header flew into the far end of the goal, helping Roma beat Udinese 2-1.
After the win, Roma remain in fifth place with 58 points, while four points clear of sixth-placed Atalanta with a game in hand.
U23 Asian Cup: Japan 4-2 Qatar, South Korea 12-13 Indonesia
The Olympic preliminaries entered the knockout stage, taking the lead in ushering in two 1/4 final matchups, with three strong teams from Japan, South Korea and Qatar playing, as well as Indonesia, which participated for the first time.
Japan and Qatar were the first to start. Japan got off to a dream start just one minute into the game, and then Qatar equalised 1-1 in the 24th minute. In the 39th minute, Qatari goalkeeper Al Balid kicked on the stomach of Madai Hosoya, and then was sent off with a red card, and Japan gained the advantage of playing one more. In the 49th minute, Qatar achieved a 2-1 overtake. In the 67th minute, Japan equalized 2-2. In the final extra time, Japan scored two goals in a row to complete the overtake, and finally eliminated Qatar 4-2 to advance to the semifinals.
South Korea, which played later, fell behind twice in the face of Indonesia, and two were sent off with red cards in the second half. The two sides fought hard for 120 minutes to draw 2-2, and finally lost 10-11 in the penalty shootout, South Korea missed the Paris Olympics in advance, and watched Indonesia advance to the semi-finals.