In the early morning of April 29, Beijing time, the English Premier League and Serie A fought fiercely overnight, and the three giants of Manchester City, Arsenal and Inter Milan appeared one after another. In the end, Manchester City beat Nottingham Forest 2-0, Arsenal narrowly beat Tottenham Hotspur 3-2, and Inter beat Torino 2-0 in a crazy night.
Premier League: Manchester City 2-0 Nottingham Forest
Due to the early exit of the Champions League, Manchester City can concentrate on the domestic league title, and Nottingham Forest is in urgent need of points to complete relegation.
In the first half, Nottingham Forest created a number of threatening attacks, Neco Williams and Wood failed to capitalise on their chances, Manchester City relied on Gvardiol's header to temporarily lead 1-0, and De Bruyne sent a corner to assist.
In the second half, Manchester City continued to defend well while sending on Erling Haaland, who was the Norwegian striker's first appearance in the last three league games. In the 71st minute, Kevin De Bruyne sent a through assist, and Haaland forced a shot into the net to help Manchester City extend the score 2-0.
After the victory, Manchester City are unbeaten in 31 consecutive games in all competitions (penalty shootouts are not counted), including 19 games unbeaten in the Premier League, and currently have 79 points to continue to sit second with a game in hand.
Premier League: Arsenal 3-2 Tottenham
This is a civil war between BIG6 teams, Arsenal is fighting for the title, Tottenham is fighting for the fourth, and the result of the game directly affects the two major patterns.
In the first half, Arsenal turned the game one-sided, and the whole Tottenham team was out of shape. In the 13th minute, Bukayo Saka's corner kick caused Hojbjerg to own the goal and Arsenal led 1-0. In the 20th minute, Romero's header bounced off the post, and then Van der Ven volleyed home a goal that was disallowed for offside. In the 26th minute, Havertz made a long diagonal pass from the backfield, and Saka scored with a low shot, and Arsenal scored 2-0. In the 37th minute, Rice took a corner kick and Havertz headed home to help Arsenal extend the score 3-0.
In the second half, Arsenal gave gifts one after another, first goalkeeper Raya passed the ball directly to Romero, and then Rice fouled in the penalty area to send points, Tottenham Hotspur chased 2 goals in a row, and finally lost 2-3 to Arsenal, who continued to rank first with 80 points.
After the win over Tottenham, Arsenal continued their unbeaten run this season with five wins and four draws against BigSix teams, while manager Mikel Arteta also claimed his 100th Premier League victory in charge of Arsenal.
Serie A: Inter 2-0 Torino
After the win over Milan in the previous round, Inter have already secured the league title five rounds ahead of schedule, and the rest of the games are just a formality, although Torino still needs to fight for six.
In the first half, Inter failed to knock on the Torino goal despite being in the upper hand. Shortly after the start of the second half, Mkhitaryan was brought down by Tameze, who was sent off by the referee after confirming it through VAR. Playing one more man gave Inter the control of the game. In the 56th minute, Mkhitaryan played the ball and Calhanoglu volleyed it to help Inter break the deadlock 1-0. In the 59th minute, Thuram Jr. burst into the penalty area and was tackled to create a point, and then Calhanoglu hit a penalty to help Inter extend the score 2-0 and finally maintain it until the end of the game.
After the victory, Inter are unbeaten in 28 consecutive league games, while facing Torino in the last 10 games with nine wins and one draw. In addition, Inter Milan won 28 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss in 34 rounds of the league and scored 89 points, setting a record for the highest number of points in Serie A in team history for the same period.