Nice pushes Saint-Etienne down, Manchester City brings down Chelsea, Manchester United gets caught, Maldini’s first winner, Atletico falls to the red lantern, Nkunku regales … Discover the highlights of Saturday’s matches in Ligue 1 and in Europe.
Gouiri opened the scoring for Nice Saint-Etienne
The results in Ligue 1 (click on the score to read the brief or the article on the match): ASSE 0-3 Nice.
The main results in Europe: Chelsea 0-1 Manchester City, Manchester United 0-1 Aston Villa, Leicester 2-2 Burnley (Premier League), Alavs 1-0 Atletico (Liga), La Spezia 1-2 Milan (Serie A), RB Leipzig 6-0 Hertha Berlin, Leverkusen 1-0 Mainz, Hoffenheim 3-1 Wolfsburg (Bundesliga).
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1. Nice pushes Saint-Etienne … Still no victory for Saint-Etienne. The Forzian club lost home against Nice (0-3), the occasion of the 8th day of Ligue 1. Surprised by a free kick from Gouiri deflected by their midfielder Camara (15th), the Greens then reacted rather well. But they paid for their offensive ineffectiveness, Stengs (54th) – author of his first goal under the colors of Nioise – then Delort (83rd) showing himself more skilful in front of goal to put the Gym away in this meeting. It did not work out for the Greens, 20th and last in the standings … On the other hand, the OGCN confirms its good start to the season and temporarily climbs to 3rd place.
2. Manchester City brings down Chelsea! On the occasion of the shock of the 6th day of the Premier League, Chelsea very logically bowed for the first time this season against Manchester City (0-1), who was never worried in this part. It is Gabriel Jesus, on a strike deviated by Jorginho, who delivered his back from the locker room (53rd). It took a superb rescue of Thiago Silva in front of his compatriot and two stoppages of Mendy in front of Grealish to prevent the Blues from sinking in this part. With this victory, City, which will find Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday in the Champions League, Chelsea come back to the top of the standings while waiting for the result of Liverpool, which has one game less.
3. Manchester United gets caught … Despite its very clear domination, Manchester United was surprised by Aston Villa (0-1). Completely ineffective (28 shots including 4 on target), the Red Devils of Cristiano Ronaldo were surprised at the end of the match on a realization of Hause (88th). The Ole Gunnar Solskjaer gang could have snatched the equalizer but Bruno Fernandes missed his penalty in added time by sending the ball into the clouds …
4. Maldini’s first winner! AC Milan remain unbeaten in the league this season and have dropped out a fifth victory in six days at La Spezia (2-1). This Saturday afternoon will remain an excellent memory for Daniel Maldini. For his first tenure in Serie A, the son of the legend Paolo Maldini scored his first goal and opened the scoring for Milan with a powerful head (48th). At the end of the match, Diaz (87th) responded to the equalization of Verde (80th) to offer the victory to the Rossoneri, who temporarily seize the head of the standings, one point in front of Naples and three in front of Inter Milan, who have a late game.
5. Atletico fall Alavs! The Madrid club conceded his first loss of the season on the lawn of the red lantern Alavs (0-1), the occasion of the 7th day of La Liga. Dominating but too imprecise (1 shot on 14 attempts), the Colchoneros of Griezmann and Suarez, both holders in attack, never managed to catch up after conceding a goal from Laguardia at the start of the meeting (4th) . Second in the standings, two points from Real Madrid, Atletico gives the opportunity to the Merengue, who face Villarreal this evening (9 p.m.), to take the lead.
6. Leipzig and Nkunku have fun! The awakening of RB Leipzig hurt Hertha Berlin! After two losses and a draw in the league, the team led by Jesse Marsch won 6-0 on the 6th day of the Bundesliga. Ten days after his hat-trick against Manchester City in the Champions League, the French Nkunku, trained at PSG, was one of the great men of this match with a double (16th, 70th), a decisive pass for Poulsen (23rd) and a penalty obtained, transformed by Forsberg (60th). Another Frenchman, Mukiele, also scored (45th + 3), while Haidara also took part in the festival (77th).
7. A contrasting afternoon for Cornet … For his second Premier League appearance with Burnley this Saturday, the former Lyonnais Maxwel Cornet enjoyed the joy of scoring his first goal in his new colors against Leicester, with a superb steal that gave his team back the advantage after Vardy’s equalization. But the rest was less beautiful. The Ivorian international relinquished his place at the break due to a thigh injury and his team finally drew a new goal from Vardy in the 85th minute (2-2).
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