Spain: Atlético reverse Alavés
Trailing 1-0 from the seventh minute on its Metropolitano pitch, Antoine Griezmann's Atlético de Madrid overthrew Alavés (2-1) at the end of the match on Saturday during the fourteenth day of La Liga and temporarily doubled its rival Real Madrid in the ranking.
THE Colchonerosnow second with 29 points, are four points behind FC Barcelona (1st, 33 points), which faces Celta Vigo this evening (9 p.m.), and take two points ahead of Real (3rd, 27 points with two matches late) before his short trip to his neighbor in Leganés on Sunday (6:30 p.m.).
Trapped at the start of the game on a penalty from Guridi (7th, 1-0), Diego Simeone's men, for whom it was the 700th match on the bench red and whiteturned the match around in the space of ten minutes thanks to another penalty from Antoine Griezmann (75th, 1-1) obtained by the Norwegian Alexander Sorloth, then author of the winning goal with a strong right foot (86th, 2 -1).
England: Manchester City sinks 4-0 at home against Tottenham
Manchester City fell 4-0 to Tottenham on Saturday at home, a third defeat in three Premier League matches which benefits leader Liverpool.
The first setback for the “Citizens” (2nd, 23 points) since November 2022 in the championship at the Etihad delights the “Reds” (28 pts), consolidated in their leadership chair even before going to the bottom of Southampton , Sunday.
Arsenal smile again
After four matches without a win in the Premier League, the Gunners had to win against Nottingham Forest. And Mikel Arteta's men did it well with a clear score: 3-0. First it’s Bukayo Saka (1-0, 15th). who opened the scoring with a nice shot from the left before Thomas Partey made the break after returning from the locker room (2-0, 53rd). Ethan Nwaneri completed the success of his team, for his first professional goal (3-0, 86th). The Gunners return to 4th place, tied on points with Chelsea.
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Germany: Leipzig falls away against Hoffenheim
After leading three times, RB Leipzig ended up losing away to Hoffenheim 4-3, a new setback which allowed Bayern to take the lead in the German championship.
Beaten in Dortmund (2-1) and forced into a draw against Borussia Mönchengladbach (0-0) before the international window, Marco Rose's men have only taken one point out of nine possible in the last three meetings. On the evening of the 11th day, they are now 8 points behind Bayern (21 against 29), solid Bundesliga leader and impeccable during the same period (three wins).
Italy: Thuram propels Inter Milan temporarily into the lead
Inter Milan temporarily took control of the Italian Championship thanks to a double and an assist from Marcus Thuram on the Verona field, outclassed 5-0 at the opening of the 13th day on Saturday.
Despite the absences of its captain Lautaro Martinez, ill, and its leader Hakan Calhanoglu, spared, Inter taught a lesson to Hellas who had already conceded three goals after only 25 minutes of play.
Remaining silent with the French team against Israel and Italy in the League of Nations, Thuram was the great architect of this eighth victory in Serie A for the reigning Italian champions.
The center forward first ideally launched Joaquin Correa, established in the absence of Martinez, who scored, by lobbing Verona goalkeeper Lorenzo Montipo, his first league goal in more than two years (17th).
The Argentine striker, loaned last season to Marseille, finished the 2023-24 financial year without scoring a single goal.
Thuram doubled the lead four minutes later when he took advantage of a Verona marking error to dribble past Montipo and score his first league goal since his hat-trick against Torino on October 5.
His second goal of the afternoon, his ninth of the season in the league, resembles the first: starting on the edge of offside, he brought the score to 3-0 by getting the better of Montipo.
