In the early hours of this morning, two key matches in Europe's top five leagues, the 29th round of the English Premier League, Manchester City defeated Brighton 4-0 away, won four consecutive games, rose to second in the standings, and with one less game, it was 1 point behind Arsenal at the top of the table, and Liverpool dropped to third. In the 32nd round of Serie A, after nearly half an hour of make-up matches, in injury time, Roma defeated Udinese 2:1 away, and finally stabilized the fifth position in the standings, but then Roma ushered in the devil's schedule, and even played against Napoli, Juventus and Atalanta, whether it can retain the fifth place is still unknown.
Brighton 0:4 Manchester City
Although Liverpool are out, Arsenal have put enough pressure on Manchester City to take all three points in this game, Haaland continues to be injured, and Alvarez has replaced him in the starting line-up.
The game proved to be no pressure on City, and in the first half, Walker's low cross from the right was met by Kevin De Bruyne's header for his first Premier League goal. In the following game, Foden shone and scored two goals, first with a free kick directly refracted to break the goal, and then after his teammates broke the ball, he directly pushed the far corner to score his 50th Premier League goal, and at half-time, Manchester City sealed the victory 3:0.
In the second half, Walker burst into the penalty area and was easily saved by the goalkeeper for a low-quality shot, but Alvarez scored just in time to give Manchester City a 4-0 lead. In the following time, De Bruyne and Foden were both substituted and rested, and Pep Guardiola had to stay in the game against Nottingham Forest the day after tomorrow, and the relegation battle between Nottingham Forest and Luton Town was in a white-hot state, so Manchester City could not underestimate their fighting power.
Udinese 1:2 Rome
Roma just lost the battle for the top four with Bologna, and there is little hope of entering the top four, and Atalanta is chasing very tightly behind them, and keeping fifth is the primary goal, once overtaken by Atalanta, there may be no Champions League to play next season. Cannavaro's Udinese will need to fight for relegation and will not dare to let up any of them.
The rematch started in the 71st minute, the score was 1:1, in more than 20 minutes of the game, the Roma team still seized the opportunity, in the 90+5th minute, Dybala corner kick assist, Cristante scored with a header, and Roma scored 2:1.
After winning this game, Roma temporarily stabilized the fifth position in the standings, but Roma is about to usher in the devil's schedule, playing Napoli, Juventus and Atalanta in a row, which will determine the final ranking of the season.