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Manchester United and Liverpool win in the day of the Premier
This Saturday the match for day 29 of the Premier League between Manchester United and Tottenham took place at Old Trafford. A great match that was defined by a Cristiano Ronaldo hat-trick that warned Atlético de Madrid for the second leg of the UEFA Champions League round of 16.
The duel was full of chances for both teams and from the beginning they disputed the ball to see who would start dominating the match, until at minute 12, Cristiano Ronaldo received a high-heeled pass from Fred at the edge of the area and then the Portuguese, with space, took a right hand that slipped into the left corner. Partial 1-0.
However, the 'spurs' would respond quickly with a play that would end in a goal. At 18', Son passes it to Davies, who is left alone one-on-one with De Gea and defines with category, but the goal was annulled for being offside.
The tie would come due to a penalty charged by Harry Kane at 35'. The action was caused by a handball in the area by Alex Telles, after an overflow by Kulusevski on the right wing.
The equality would not last for a long time, since at minute 38 a great attack by the 'red devils' would end with a pass in the area from Sancho to Cristiano and the latter only pushed it to beat Lloris. 2-1 partial and thus they would go to rest.
In the second half the dispute for the ball continued and there were some chances that could have ended in a draw or in extending the advantage of the home side. It wasn't until minute 72 that an attack by the visitors took place, which ended in a pass to the left for Reguilón and the Spanish winger crossed powerfully from below, but Maguire ended up deflecting it and scoring an own goal.
With the score tied 2-2, the last minutes were very exciting, anyone could win. At minute 81, Telles takes a corner that Cristiano got and he sent her head into the back of the net to score the final 3-2. Great victory for Manchester United and a hat-trick for Cristiano Ronaldo!
With this victory Manchester United is consolidated in fourth position with 50 points, two ahead of Arsenal who is fifth. For its part, Tottenham is seventh with 45 units.
It should be noted that Cristiano Ronaldo got his second hat-trick with United. The first of them was on January 12, 2008 against Newcastle and with the one achieved this Saturday, he already has 59 in his entire football career.
The Portuguese, with his third goal of this match, managed to add 806 goals in his personal account and surpassed Josef Bican as the top scorer in history, according to FIFA. For his part, Harry Kane, with his goal, equaled Frank Lampard's 177, as the fifth top scorer in the Premier.
Home win for the 'Reds'
In the same way, Brighton and Liverpool met at the Falmer Stadium, in a duel that the visitors ended up winning with a final score of 0-2.
From the first minutes, the shots on goal stood out, which could easily have turned into a goal. At minute 5, a clear chance for the home side with a mid-range shot by Maupay that passed very close to the left post defended by Alisson.
At minute 8, a great against Liverpool that starts from a pass from Alexander-Arnold and leaves Salah who entered from the right of the area to the bottom line and passes it to Mané to push it, but the shot ends up going out for very little.
But at minute 19, Joel Matip crosses diagonally from midfield and Luis Díaz anticipates goalkeeper Robert Sánchez and scores the first with a header. The play was fortuitous and the goalkeeper attacked the Colombian with his leg, who remained lying on the ground for a few minutes, but then recovered.
The visitors continued to dominate the game and create chances and towards the end, at minute 44, Salah received a pass from Robertson that cut off an attack by the locals and the Egyptian received in the middle of the field and escaped at speed, left hand to hand. hand with the goalkeeper, but the shot, uncomfortable by the defense, ends up being stopped by the goalkeeper with his feet.
So they would go to rest. In the second half, at 57', once again Salah, who entered through the middle of the area, takes a shot, whose deflection by the defense hits the crossbar.
At 61', another attack by the group led by Klopp ends in a rebound that falls to Keita and he shoots from outside the area and hits Yves Bissouma in the hand. The referee gives the maximum penalty and the Egyptian Salah converts from eleven steps. Final 0-2.
The locals were able to discount with a play at 88', which Welbeck finished off by receiving a cross into the area, but Alisson deflected the corner with his hand. At 89' Luis Díaz receives a pass and, escaping at speed, goes hand in hand with the goalkeeper, but he does not define well and loses the opportunity to extend the advantage.
With this victory, Klopp's men remain in second position with 66 points, just three points behind Manchester City, which is the leader, while Brighton is in 13th place with 33 units.
