England: Current City are no match for Slot's team (video)

This article will tell you about the main events that took place in English football on Sunday evening, the goals in the matches and the situation in the tournament table.

Manchester City - Liverpool 0:2
Goals: Salah (14), Soboslai (37).
Manchester City - Ederson, Lewis, Husanov, Ake (Diaz, 77), Guardiola, Nico (Kovačić, 78), De Bruyne (Makeiti, 66), Savinio, Doku, Foden, Marmus (Gundogan, 77).
Liverpool - Alisson, van Dijk, Konate, Alexander-Arnold (Kwansa, 90+2), Robertson (Tsimikas, 74), Gravenberh, McAllister, Soboslai, Dias (Gakpo, 79), Jones (Endo, 74), Salah (Elliott, 90+2).

Despite Haaland's injury, City entered the central match of the round with a fairly attacking lineup. Marmoush, Doku, Savinio, Foden and De Bruyne found a place in the front line at the same time. In this situation, Gonzalez seemed to be alone in the support zone. In Liverpool, Jones moved from the first minutes, becoming one of the two "tens" along with Soboslai. Nominal central forwards Gakpo and Nunes were left in reserve, and Dias, who was brought in to replace them, played more on the left.

The first 13 minutes were relatively even, but then the visitors were awarded a corner kick and executed a clever combination. Two passes were played in and Salah found himself in a good position in front of goal and fired home a low ricochet. Soboslai provided the assist while Konate and Van Dijk took the opposition defenders with them to create space for Salah. It was the Egyptian striker's 14th goal against City, equalling Steven Gerrard's record.

“City” had the ball for most of the game and had more shots (16:8 at the end of the game, 5:4 on shots on goal), but there were no clear-cut goal opportunities. Marmoush scored, but his goal was disallowed for offside. “Liverpool” defended deep and tried to punish the opponent on counterattacks. The only opposition for the visitors was between Doku and Trent, the Belgian winger dribbling 19 times during the game and successfully completing 13 of them, the highest figure for a single game this season. However, his and his teammates’ passes from the wings into the penalty area were ineffective.

In the 37th minute, City's pressure failed and Liverpool once again had free space in front. As usual, Trent played a long pass to Salah and the Merseysiders had a four-on-four situation in attack. Neither Guardiola nor Ake could resist Mo, who fed the ball to Szoboszlaini, who was open in the center of the penalty area, and the Hungarian midfielder had enough time to adjust the ball and shoot. Ederson did not even jump - 0:2.

City entered the second half with a big push and even surrounded the visitors' penalty area at some points. Shortly after the break, both goalkeepers were forced to make one save each. First, Alisson Doku once again tricked Trent and saved Marmus' shot. Then, after a shot from Diaz, Ederson showed himself.

In the 56th minute, Liverpool seemed to have decided the matter of the game - Jones scored a third goal. However, it was disallowed for offside by Soboslai. In this situation, Khusanov managed to catch the offside line in time. In general, the Uzbek defender was one of the brightest players in his team that day and saved his team from further goals on several occasions. According to Squawka, Abdukodyr Khusanov recorded the best result in the 26th round of the Premier League in terms of ball returns to his team: he managed to do this 12 times that day.

The Uzbek defender scored the highest number of points among City defenders for the second game in a row (the previous one was against Real Madrid in the Champions League):

The second half of the second half was dominated by City, with the hosts creating tension in the Liverpool penalty area almost every minute. Slott replaced Jones with Endo to strengthen the defense. The Japanese holding midfielder regularly played as the fifth man in the defensive line.

However, despite City having a large advantage in possession (66 to 34), they could not break through the defensive wall. Liverpool played to hold on and defended deep in the third half, with Salah helping out in some situations. Slot's team proved to be more tactically flexible - both compared to City and to Klopp's Liverpool. The two-goal advantage was maintained without much effort.

The Premier League leaders are now 11 points ahead of their closest rivals Arsenal. In practice, all that remains is to seal the title. City will have to work hard to secure a place in the Champions League.

Newcastle — Nottingham Forest 4:3
Goals: Miley (23), Murphy (25), Isak (33 penalty, 34) — Hudson-Odoi (6), Milenkovic (63), Yates (90).
Newcastle — Pope, Hall, Burn, Sher, Livramento, Willock (Tonali, 70), Bruno Guimaraes, Miley, Gordon, Murphy (Barnes, 70), Isak (Wilson, 87).
Nottingham Forest — Zeles, Williams, Murillo, Milenkovic, Aina, Anderson (Sangare, 77), Dominguez (Yates, 76), Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi, Elanga, Wood.
Cautions: Milenkovic (45+2), Anderson (52), Livramento (55), Dominguez (74), Yates (90+2).

The match between the two teams, who are contenders for a place in the Champions League, began in a favorite scenario for Nottingham — score a goal in the first half and play for the score. But this time Nuno Espiritu Santo's recipes did not work. Newcastle came to their senses at some point, and then tore apart the right wing of the Foresters' defense. But the main driving force in this was not Gordon, as usual, but defender Hall, who organized a ten-minute advantage.

At the beginning of this period, he assisted Miley, who equalized the score with a lateral pass. A little later, after his pass, the ball, having ricocheted and changed direction, reached Murphy, who was standing in front of an empty goal. Finally, after Hall's pass, the ball hit the hand of the visiting defender, and the referee, having seen the situation in front of the monitor, awarded a penalty.

Isak, having accurately executed a free kick from 11 meters, became the best Swedish scorer in the history of the Premier League. He improved Freddie Ljungberg's result, and then set a new bar - 50 goals. It took him 76 games in the Premier League to achieve this result. His goals ensured the victory of Newcastle, as Nottingham fought until the end and reduced the score to a minimum before the final whistle. The teams' positions in the tournament tables (third and fifth) remained unchanged, but Newcastle reduced the gap to three points.

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