Round up of European matches Liverpool beat a resilient Watford to pile more pressure in Manchester City

Emmanuel Alfred

It was the lunchtime match up at Anfield as Liverpool FC hosted relegation-threatened Watford. Diego Jota scored in the first half to put Liverpool ahead before Fabinho scored from the spot kick to give the reds their 10th staright win at Anfield and hand Jurgen Klopp his 160th win from 250 Premier League matches.

City cruise at Turf Moor
After seeing Liverpool go top of the league after their game Manchester City knew that only a win would do for them. Kevin De Bruyne scored first before Ilkay Gundogan doubled their advantage to see the Cityzens go back to the zenith of the league. This was their 10th straight win against Burnley with a 34-1 aggregate makin the next match up a tantalizing fixture with Liverpool.

Brentford gives Chelsea the blues
No one saw this result coming, not even the best punter. Chelsea were at Stamford Bridge and a fixture against a Brentford side who weren’t consistent should have been three points in the bag for the Blues. Bit it didn’t go according to plan.
Rudiger finally scored from long range but Brentford responded with a brace from Janelt, Christian Ericsson and Yoane Wissa to give the bees a 4-1 victory at the bridge.

Manchester risk not qualifying for Champions League
It was a game they needed to win in order to secure a place in Europe’s elite competition but against the foxes, the Red Devils were flat at Old Trafford.
Kelechi Iheanacho scored again at Old Trafford before Fred equalized, Leicester City had a goal ruled out for offside when James Madison thought he had given them three points before the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) chalked it off for a foul by Iheanacho on Rafael Varane.
Arsenal play Crystal Palace tonight and see them get back to fourth spot with two games in hand.

La Liga: Barcelona edge Sevilla in a cagey affair
Barca required a late goal by Pedri to earn a narrow win over a stubborn Sevilla side.
In a match where chances were few and far between, it was a moment of sheer genius by the 19 year old who evaded two defenders to release an absolute beauty to give Barca a sixth straight win in the League and take them to second position.

Benzema scored a brace to assert his return
Karim Benzema was not in the Real Madrid squad that was humiliated by Barcelona before the international week and he made a goal scoring return by scoring a brace from the spot kick then missing a third penalty.
Carlo Ancelotti was absent from the touchline due to COVID-19 positive test but Madrid got the win at Balaidos to continue their quest to a second La Liga title in three years.

Ligue 1: MSN all score in rout
It’s not everytime you see the attacking trio of Messi, Neymar and Mbappe score in a match for Paris St German but they can to the party against Lorient.
Kylian Mbappe scored a brace and had a hat trick of assists as he was responsible for the other goals he didn’t score. The results saw them go 12 points clear of Marseille.

Bundesliga: Bayern ghosts past Freiburg as Dortmund falter
Leon Goretzka, Kingsley Coman, Christopher Nkunku and Marcel Sanitizer all scored to give Bayern Munich a 4-1 win against Freiburg on the road to give them a huge nine point gap with second placed Borrusia Dortmund who were thrashed at the Signal Iduna Park by RB Leipzig.
Serie A: thrilling end to the season
Napoli put three past Atalanta at Bergamo as Insigne, Politano and Elmas all scored to take them level on points with Ac Milan who play Bologna tonight.
Inter required a penalty from Calhanoglu to give them a much needed win in their quest to defend the scudetto against Juventus at Allianz Stadium.
Milan has 66 points, same as Napoli while Inter are third and Juve occupy the 4th position in the league.