Thursday, 31 January 2019

Europe Competition Review: Bad Luck for Duo Manchester and Piatek Scored Two Gaols

By news-admin

Manchester City

DBasia.news – The Premier League defending champion Manchester City failed to cut the gap with Liverpool in the title race of 2018-2019 Premier League. Visiting St James Park, Newcastle United home, Wednesday (30/1), Man City got defeated 1-2.

Manchester City created the quick goal when the match just went 25 seconds. Sergio Aguero wrote his name on the scoreboard by the passing of David Silva.

However, at 66′, the host’s fans were cheering after Salomon Rondon scored the goal. The bomber released the volley kick that couldn’t be anticipated by Ederson Moraes.

The bad luck for Manchester City happened at 78′. Fernandinho did a foul to Sean Longstaff who previously could steal the ball. Matt Ritchie as the executor did it well. That was the last goal.

Hence, Manchester City are still four points behind Liverpool. But, The Reds still have one more match remaining.

On another match, Manchester United almost experienced the same thing when they played against Burnley in the Premier League match at Old Trafford, Wednesday (30/1). The Red Devils got left behind.

Burnley won by two goals from Ashley Barnes (51′) and Chris Wood (81′). In fact, during that match, Manchester United dominated the ball possession 75%.

Manchester United cut the gap to be 2-1 after Paul Pogba scored the goal from the spot at 87′. Previously, Jesse Lingard was dropped by Jeff Hendrick in the box.

In the injury time, Victor Lindelof saved Manchester United from the failure. The Sweden player could utilize the complicated situation in front of Burnley’s goal. The 2-2 was the final result.

By that result, Manchester United stay in the sixth position with 45 points. The Red Devils are two points behind Chelsea in the last zone of the Champions League.

Meanwhile, from Italy, AC Milan defeated Napoli after winning 2-0 in the quarter-final of Coppa Italia at San Siro Stadium, Wednesday (30/1). Krzysztof Piatek was the hero by scoring two goals.

Piatek only needed 10 minutes to score the goal. Accepting the passing from Diego Laxalt, the new player deceived two contenders and netted the ball to Alex Maret’s goal.

Piatek scored the second goal at 27′. The former Genoa player accepted the passing from Lucas Paqueta before releasing the accurate kick to Napoli. The 2-0 score persisted until the final whistle.

The victory made AC Milan went to the semifinal round. The other three matches remaining are Atalanta Vs Juventus, Fiorentina Vs AS Roma, and Inter Milan Vs Lazio.