Arsenal loses to Wolves – Napoli honors Maradona and beats Roma

Third consecutive home failure for Arsenal +++ Napoli honors Maradona and dismantles Roma

Bundesliga

Leverkusen – Hertha BSC 0: 0

Bayer Leverkusen and Hertha Berlin split in Sunday’s quiet first Bundesliga game goalless

Four days before the Europa League group match in Nice, Leverkusen were handicapped. Overall, coach Peter Bosz was missing nine potential starting candidates. As Lucas Alario, Karim Bellarabi and Nadiem Amiri were canceled at short notice, there are only four players left on the Leverkusen bench.

With a draw after five wins, Leverkusen missed the leap to second place but was one point ahead of Borussia Dortmund, who suffered their third defeat to Cologne on Saturday. The Berliners, who started the season with great ambitions, are still stuck in the bottom third of the table.

Mainz – Hoffenheim 1: 1

Sunday’s second Bundesliga match also ended without winners. Mainz, who scored their first win of the season in Freiburg last week, were denied a second full success, inter alia due to a shot from the post by Jean-Philippe Mateta with fifteen minutes to go .

Until Dennis Geiger was sent off after 80 minutes, Hoffenheim were mostly overwhelming in the second half. From a Swiss point of view, it was encouraging that Edimilson Fernandes was part of the starting line-up in Mainz for the second consecutive time after problems at the start of the season.

Mainz – Hoffenheim 1: 1 (1: 0)
Tore: 33. Quaison 1: 0. 62. Build 1: 1.
Remarks: Mainz with Edimilson Fernandes (up to 79th). 80. Red card against Geiger (Hoffenheim / Foul).

Premier League

Southampton – Manchester United 2: 3

Manchester United beat Southampton astonishing 3-2 thanks to an excellent second half in the Premier League. Edinson Cavani was the match winner with two goals and one assist.

The 33-year-old Uruguayan, who made the leap to England this season, has only played poorly so far. In Southampton, the veteran showed his worth after being substituted for the interval when the score was 2-0.

He assisted Bruno Fernandes’ next goal and scored the other header goals himself: the 3-2 winner in the 92nd minute. He scored Southampton’s first defeat in their last seven games with five wins and two draws.

Southampton – Manchester United 2: 3 (2: 0)
Tore: 23. Bednarek 1: 0. 33. Ward-Prowse 2: 0. 60. Fernandes 2: 1. 74. Cavani 2: 2. 92. Cavani 2: 3.

Chelsea – Tottenham 0: 0

In the top match between Chelsea and Tottenham there were no goals and therefore no winner. In the thousandth game of owner Roman Abramowitsch’s era, Chelsea struggled to create scoring chances. The best Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris in the final stage.

The coaching duel between Frank Lampard and José Mourinho – two of the most formative personalities under Abramowitsch – has led to a stalemate. Mourinho’s Tottenham remain two points behind Lampard’s Chelsea at the top of the table.

Arsenal – Wolverhampton 1: 2

Arsenal are eight points behind top Premier League teams after their third consecutive home defeat. In 1: 2 against Wolverhampton, Portuguese Daniel Podence scored the decisive goal before the break.

The match began with a moment of shock after a quarter of an hour: after a violent confrontation with David Luiz, Mexican Raul Jimenez had to be treated on the pitch for ten minutes and then transferred to hospital.

Arsenal – Wolverhampton 1: 2 (1: 2)
Tore: 27. Neto 0: 1. 30. Gabriel 1: 1. 42. Podence 1: 2.
Remarks: Arsenal mit Xhaka (bis. 80).

A league

Milan – Fiorentina 2: 0

Milan wins even without the injured top scorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The Serie A leader arrived in the 9th round by winning 2-0 at home against Fiorentina, thus increasing his advantage over his first rival to five points.

Since Sassuolo lost to Inter in Saturday’s duel, only Juventus and Milan are unbeaten in the current championship. But the Milanese have an even more impressive streak underway. Together with Atlético Madrid, they are the only team in the top 5 leagues to be unbeaten since the resumption following the lockout of the crown in March. Against Fiorentina, Milan scored in the first half hour with Alessio Romagnoli and Franck Kessie, who used a penalty and missed a second before the break.

Ibrahimovic, who has already scored ten goals this season, is expected to return to Sampdoria Genoa next weekend. So Milan can improve a club record of the 70s with a 30th match with at least one goal.

Milan – Fiorentina 2: 0 (2: 0)
Tore: 17. Romagnoli 1: 0. 28. Kessie 2: 0. –
Remarks: 40. Kessie (Milan) misses the penalty.

Naples – Rom 4: 0

On Sunday evening, Napoli honored the former attacking midfielder Diego Maradona with dignity. Before and during the Serie A match against Roma, the Argentine was remembered. The Neapolitans won the match 4-0.

Before the match, captain Lorenzo Insigne placed a commemorative wreath in the stadium in front of the Curva Nord, where warm-blooded fans usually sit. Subsequently, all the players wore a special shirt reminiscent of the Argentine national team and held a minute of mourning. The game was interrupted at 10 ‘to remember with applause the late Maradona, who had led the club to its greatest successes.

Thanks to goals from Insigne, Fabian Ruiz, Dries Mertens and Matteo Politano, Napoli celebrated a clear victory against the Romans, who will receive the Young Boys in the Europa League next Thursday. It was AS Roma’s first defeat since mid-September.

Naples – AS Roma 4: 0 (1: 0)
Tore: 31. Insigne 1: 0. 65. Ruiz 2: 0. 81. Mertens 3: 0. 86. Politano 4: 0.

First division

Barcelona – Osasuna 4: 0

Antoine Griezmann is doing better and better after difficult weeks at FC Barcelona. In the 4-0 home game against Osasuna, the French have scored their third goal in their last four games.

He scored just before half-time with a massive volley from the edge of the box for 2-0. He set Coutinho’s third goal with a winning of the ball and the decisive pass.

The 4-0 was achieved by superstar Lionel Messi, who dedicated his goal to his late idol Diego Armando Maradona. Messi took off his shirt to reveal an old Barça shirt with the number 10 underneath, one like the one Maradona wore during his time in Barcelona from 1982 to 1984.

Barcelona are ten points from the top of the table, which San Sebastian still has (1-1 against Villarreal).

Barcelona – Osasuna 4: 0 (2: 0)
Tore: 29. Braithwaite 1: 0. 42. Griezmann 2: 0. 57. Coutinho 3: 0. 73. Messi 4: 0.

League 1

Nice – Dijon 1: 3

In Nice the pressure on coach Patrick Vieira is growing. The former world and European champion suffered a 3-1 home defeat by the south of France against Dijon, the last winless in Ligue 1.

For OGC Nice, which like Lausanne-Sport belongs to the British chemical company INEOS, it was – including the Europa League – the fourth consecutive defeat. In the Champions Cup the team with the two Swiss Jordan Lotomba and Dan Ndoye is practically eliminated, in the league it is classified in the second half of the table despite the great ambitions.

Swiss Under-21 goalkeeper Anthony Racioppi contributed one or two saves to Dijon’s first second-half victory. Both Swiss were used in Nice. Lotomba eliminated the penalty that led to 1: 3.

Nice – Dijon 1: 3 (0: 2)
Tore: 21. Baldé 0: 1. 31. Ngonda 0: 2. 66. Baldé 0: 3. 80. Gouiri (Penalty) 1: 3.
Remarks: Nice with Lotomba (up to the 84th) and Ndoye (from the 70th). Dijon with Racioppi.

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