![]() The 21-year-old decided to take Granit Xhaka‘s lay-off first time, executing a superb left-foot floated finish over Bournemouth goalkeeper Mark Travers to seal a 3-0 win for the Gunners. – Marsden GoalsĪfter scoring an own goal against Leicester City last week, William Saliba netted at the right end for the first time in his Arsenal career on Saturday. ![]() It’s early days, but this win over Atletico, coupled with Sevilla‘s slow start, has Villarreal in a good place. The key, though, will be keeping goal scorer Moreno fit. Emery’s teams are usually well coaches and hard to break down, too. Pino’s an exciting winger who now has the benefit of his debut campaign behind him, while Jose Luis Morales adds depth to their attack. However, the top four should be within their reach this year. After reaching the semifinals of Europe’s elite competition last season, losing to Liverpool, they will only compete in the Europa Conference League this time round after finishing seventh in LaLiga. The win will fuel belief that Unai Emery’s side can return to the Champions League. Yeremy Pino opened the scoring in a tight encounter in the 73rd minute and Gerard Moreno sealed the points in stoppage time after summer signing Nahuel Molina was sent off on his home debut for Atletico. Villarreal laid down a marker for the season with an impressive 2-0 win at Atletico Madrid on Sunday to make it six points from six in LaLiga. Laurens All things are fine at PSG, at least for this week. If you add Neymar’s monster performance (two goals, three assists) and Messi’s brilliance (one goal, two assists), it was a perfect night for PSG. It put an end to all the tensions from the previous weekend and put a smile back on Mbappe’s face, who finished with a hat-trick. They almost over-celebrated because they worked on that play in training and were delighted to reproduce it in an actual match. The reaction from the PSG players was telling. Neymar to Marco Verratti, back to Neymar who laid the ball for Lionel Messi in the centre-circle to send a perfect through ball over the top for Mbappe, whose perfect run was matched by a perfect touch to lob Lille goalkeeper Leo Jardim. And it’s not just getting on the scoresheet so quickly which was the most impressive (nor the final score of 7-1) - it was exceptional was the goal itself, lifted from what you see on the training ground! On Sunday, we saw him beam once more after scoring nine seconds into Paris Saint-Germain‘s big win over Lille, one of the quickest goals in French football history. Last week, we saw a grumpy and discontent Kylian Mbappe in the middle of a controversy that was deemed “Penaltygate” due to his attitude against Montpellier. Julian Brandt‘s long range effort snuck in on the cusp of halftime before another low percentage shot, this time a worldie from Raphael Guerreiro, doubled the lead. It took Dortmund nearly 75 minutes to painstakingly build a 2-0 lead at home to a side that just got back into the Bundesliga this season after a year in the second division. Nico Schlotterbeck was a shrewd signing and Niklas Sule couldn’t be bad after winning so many trophies at Bayern Munich, could he?Īs it turns out, closing out games is the real mark of a champion and Saturday’s collapse against Werder Bremen shows just how far they have to go. So much for a resurgence this season, eh? Much had been made of Borussia Dortmund‘s smart summer acquisitions after the drawn-out farewell to Erling Haaland, in particular the moves made to fix the chaotic defense that had held them back from a proper title challenge in recent years. Gabriel Jesus has Arsenal fans actually thinking (hoping) of a title run? Alex Davidson/Getty Images
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