You can find out about the main events that took place in English football on Saturday evening, the goals in the matches and the situation in the tournament table by reading this article.
"Nottingham Forest" - "Manchester City" - 1:0
Goal: Hudson-Odoi, 83.
«Nottingham Forest» : Zels, Aina, Milenkovic, Murilo, Williams, Dominguez (Yates, 69), Anderson, Elanga (Sangare, 80), Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi (Morato, 87), Wood (Awoniyi, 87)
Manchester City: Ederson, Nunes (Lewis, 61), Husanov, Diaz, Guardiol, Gonzalez (Kovačić, 62), Silva, Savino (Marmush, 69), Foden (De Bruyne, 69), Doku, Holland.
The scenario of the first match of the day was predictable, against Manchester City, Nuno Espirito Santo would play as the second number at home and rely on counterattacks. This season, the Foresters have shown many times that they can take advantage of even the smallest opportunities. The team knows how to be patient and can wait for their moment for a long time. The whole Premier League knows this, but practically no one has any recipes against the Nottingham model. The leaders of the tournament, Liverpool, lost at home in the first round (0:1), and in the second round they failed to score a goal in the away game (0:0).
Against this team, it will be necessary to score first as much as possible. In the first round, Arsenal and City managed to do this in their home games and eventually won with a big score (3:0). However, in the second half, Nottingham prevented Arsenal from opening the score (0:0), and the reigning champions gradually adjusted the game to their own style, as they failed to score a quick goal. In the second half, the hosts became more active, and Ederson eliminated a dangerous situation. After a shot from the ground, the Brazilian goalkeeper made a great save and headed the ball towards the post, but soon he missed a goal from the near corner.
This goal cannot be blamed solely on the goalkeeper, as the counterattack was also due to Marmush passing the ball to Aina on the right wing and then the players responsible for the left wing defense were not ready for the diagonal pass from Gibbs-White.
Hudson-Odoi's shot was also difficult for the goalkeeper as it went through Guardiola's legs, and the shot was fired from close range. The win saw Nottingham extend their lead over City to four points, keeping them in third place. Sunday's games could see City overtake Chelsea in the top four.
City's Abdukadir Khusanov was once again a force to be reckoned with, saving his team from goal-scoring opportunities on several occasions and ultimately becoming one of the two players to score the most points. In his post-match press conference, Pep Guardiola praised the Uzbek defender's performance, saying he was "happy with his performance".
"Liverpool" - "Southampton" 3:1
Goals: Nunes, 52, Salah, 53 (pen), 88 (pen) – Smallbone, 45+1
Liverpool: Becker, Alexander-Arnold (Kwansa, 90), Konate, van Dijk, Tsimikas (Robertson, 46), Soboslai (Elliott, 46), Gravenberh (Endo, 81), Jones (Mack Allister, 46), Salah, Nunes (Jota, 68), Diaz.
Southampton: Ramsdale, Walker-Peters, Garwood-Bellis, Bednarek (Bella-Kochap, 18), Manning (Onuachu, 85), Ugochukwu (Aribo, 84), Smallbone (Lallana, 71), Fernandes, Dibbling (Archer, 64), Greenbeck Erlückke (Sugawara, 64), Sulemana.
The first and last teams of the tournament met at Anfield, and everything ended as expected. However, Southampton opened the scoring in the added minutes of the first half and went into the break with the lead. Liverpool, however, put everything back in place in the second half thanks to the efforts of Nunes.
Slot's reaction to the missed goal, who was forced to watch the match from the stands due to suspension
The Uruguayan striker, who made a big contribution to the victory against PSG in midweek, first scored the equalizer this time, and a few minutes later he earned a penalty for Salah. Towards the end of the game, after the visitors' defender handled the ball in the penalty area, the Egyptian striker scored a second time from the spot. Now he has increased his number of scoring points this season to 44 (27 goals and 17 assists). This is the best result in the history of the Premier League in a tournament consisting of 38 rounds (previously, Henry and Haaland also scored the same number of points). By 1995, when the league had 22 teams (42 games), Andy Cole (1992/93) and Alan Shearer (1994/95) had managed to earn 47 points each. But it was not long before their record was broken.
Darwin could have been sent off in the game, for a tackle in midfield where he tackled an opponent and brought him down. But the referee spared him, and the Merseyside coaching staff immediately substituted him for Jota. If he had remained on the field, he would have been in danger of missing the League Cup final a week later.
With the win, Liverpool have taken another step towards the title, taking their tally to 70 points, and can now focus on Tuesday's clash with PSG.
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