Man City regained the top spot in the English Premier League, after beating its host Burnley 2-0, Saturday, in the 31st stage of the competition.
And Liverpool had temporarily topped the Premier League standings, after winning earlier Saturday 2-0 at its guest Watford.
City advanced through Kevin De Bruyne (4), before Ilkay Gundogan added the second goal (25). Man City raised its score to
73 points at the top of the standings, one point behind Liverpool, the second-placed player, while Burnley’s balance froze at 21 points in 19th place (penultimate).
In another match in the same stage, Brentford blew up a resounding surprise by beating its host Chelsea 4-1, and Chelsea advanced with a goal scored by German defender Antonio Rudiger (48), but Brentford managed to adjust the result two minutes later through Vitaly Yanlet.
In the 54th minute, Christian Eriksen scored the second goal for Brentford, before Yanlet returned and scored the second and third goal for his team (60), and two minutes before the end of the original time of the second half, Wesa Yuan scored the fourth goal for Brentford.
Brentford raised its score to 33 points in 14th place, while Chelsea’s balance froze at 59 points in third place.
Wolverhampton beat its guest Aston Villa 2-1 in the competitions of the same stage, raising the winner’s score to 49 points in seventh place, while Aston Villa’s balance froze at 36 points in ninth place.
In another match, Southampton tied with its host Leeds United 1-1.
A goalless draw was held against Brighton and its guest, Norwich City.
This evening, the stage competitions continue, as Tottenham, led by Italian coach Antonio Conte, attacking duo Harry Kane and South Korean Son Heung-min, will support Swedish newcomer Dejan Koloshevsky to compete for the last fourth place in qualifying for the Champions League when they meet Newcastle, and West Ham will also play with Everton. .
Spain
The Camp Nou stadium opens its doors to host an important match between Barcelona and its difficult guest Seville today, Sunday, in the 30th stage of the Spanish Football League.
Coach Xavi Hernandez’s team is going through a wonderful period that erased the image of the first part of the season, led by Dutchman Ronald Koeman, when he was far from competing for a qualifying ticket to the Champions League, before things turned upside down after the arrival of his former midfielder.
“Barca” has not tasted defeat since December, and it has emerged victorious from its last five matches in the league, and has reached the quarter-finals of the “European League” competition, where it will be a guest of Eintracht Frankfurt on Thursday.
Real Betis is still at the heart of the struggle to participate in the Champions League next season, as it occupies fifth place, six points behind Atletico, the fourth, before hosting Osasuna.
Today, Athletic Bilbao meets Elche, Granada meets Rayo Vallecano, and Valencia meets Cadiz.