Match 13 of 16: PSV Eindhoven vs Inter Milan

Result: 1 – 2

Goal Scorers:

  • PSV Eindhoven: Pablo Rosario 27′
  • Inter Milan: Radja Nainggolan 44′, Mauro Icardi 60′

Match Statistics:

PSV Eindhoven Team Stats Inter Milan
12 Shots 24
4 Shots On Target 8
41% Possession 59%
371 Passes 551
82% Pass Accuracy 88%
12 Fouls 12
0 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 1
5 Corners 6

Highlights:

Champions League

  • Entomb finished another Champions League rebound with Radja Nainggolan and Mauro Icardi to overcome PSV 2-1 in Eindhoven.
  • The Nerazzurri battled back for a sensational late triumph over Tottenham Hotspur, one of a run of 4 continuous wins in all opposition. Matteo Politano was picked instead of Antonio Candreva, while Danilo D’Ambrosio shook off a thump to begin.

  • PSV had been just 1-0 down at Barcelona until the last 20 minutes, when they gave in 4-0 to a Lionel Messi hattrick.
  • The hosts squandered a gigantic shot in the opening minutes, as Luuk de Jong thumped down a cross at the far post just for Steven Bergwijn to expand horrendously over from short proximity.
  • Viergever stood out an elbow to square Icardi running on to a through ball in a test at as far as possible, however Samir Handanovic had an alarm when just repelling Rosario’s long-extend redirected preview and there was a scramble to get it clear.

  • Mauro Icardi tried Jeroen Zoet on a Radja Nainggolan cross, at that point set up Matias Vecino to flame over from short proximity in an extremely encouraging circumstance.
  • It demonstrated exorbitant, in light of the fact that minutes after the fact PSV led the pack with a brutal Rosario right-foot strike into the best corner from 20 meters.
  • Inter Milan battled back and Icardi’s header shaved a layer of paint off the far post, at that point another header on a corner was pushed off the line by Zoet.

  • The guests were ruling ball possession and having more scoring chances, however PSV were incensed when Handanovic hurried off his line for a sliding tackle on Bergwijn, misinterpreted it and wound up dealing with. The goalkeeper was just demonstrated a yellow card as opposed to a red, as they had floated wide.
  • On the subsequent free kick, Handanovic pushed a Hirving Lozano exertion out from under the bar.
  • Inter got their equalizer, as first Zoet got down to beat away a long-extend Kwadwo Asamoah strike, at that point Icardi’s follow-up was pursued until in the end Nainggolan pounded in a half-volley from the edge of the 18-yard-box.

  • Straight after the restart, a terrible chance came to Gaston Pereiro, whose shot bobbed off the upright with Handanovic attached to the spot.
  • Rather, Inter turned it around totally when Icardi chested down a long ball, Zoet surged out to slam into his very own protector, leaving an unfilled net for Maurito to score.
  • Icardi nearly had another, his header stinging Zoet’s gloves, yet Handanovic required a tremendous one-touch response spare to keep out substitute Malen’s aerobatic bike kick on 78 minutes.

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Match 14 of 16: Dortmund vs Monaco

Result: 3 – 0

Goal Scorers:

  • Dortmund: Jacob Bruun Larsen 51′, Paco Alcacer 72′, Marco Reus 90+2′

Match Statistics:

Dortmund Team Stats Monaco
15 Shots 10
6 Shots On Target 5
59% Possession 41%
655 Passes 459
85% Pass Accuracy 79%
8 Fouls 8
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
4 Offsides 3
3 Corners 0

Highlights:

Champions League

  • Borussia Dortmund’s rankling begin to the season under manager Lucien Favre assembled force, as the Bundesliga pioneers transferred sickly Monaco to a 3-0 overcome in the Champions League.
  • Jacob Bruun Larsen, expedited at the break after an unremarkable first half from Favre’s unbeaten high-flyers, broke the stop inside 6 minutes previously strikes from Paco Alcacer and commander Marco Reus stored more wretchedness on Monaco.

  • Dortmund’s raging 2nd-half play kept them at the highest point of Group A close by Atletico Madrid, with the two sides on a greatest 6 points, however for Monaco, who have not won any of their last 9 matches, it was another low point in a poor season.
  • They are stuck futile at the foot of the group close by Club Brugge, who lost 3-1 at Atletico on Wednesday.
  • Larsen’s finish in the wake of being chosen by a wonderful through ball from Jadon Sancho empowered Dortmund to unwind and take control following a fizzling initial 45 minutes.

  • Alcacer hit the bar with his 69th-minute penalty after Reus had been brought around Kamil Glik, however he before long offered some kind of reparation by adjusting substitute manager Danijel Subasic to score Dortmund’s second.
  • Reus finished the agreeable win by scoring from a tight point in stoppage time as Dortmund commended a 9th match unbeaten under Favre.

  • Monaco began more brilliantly than Dortmund and came nearest to breaking the halt when a 30-meter shot from Youri Tielemans constrained a gymnastic save from Roman Burki.
  • Alcacer twisted a left-footer only wide for Dortmund, and Marius Wolf brought a spare from Diego Benaglio, who needed to totter off before the break because of damage.
  • Subasic went ahead for his first match since Croatia’s World Cup last appearance after damage cutback, however his arrival demonstrated an extreme one as Monaco made it 10 matches without a Champions League win.

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Match 15 of 16: Tottenham vs Barcelona

Result: 2 – 4

Goal Scorers:

  • Tottenham: Harry Kane 52′, Erik Lamela 66′
  • Barcelona: Phillipe Coutinho 2′, Ivan Rakitic 28′, Lionel Messi 56′, 90′

Match Statistics:

Tottenham Team Stats Barcelona
9 Shots 13
5 Shots On Target 8
38% Possession 62%
416 Passes 681
86% Pass Accuracy 88%
18 Fouls 9
5 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
7 Offsides 3
3 Corners 1

Highlights:

Champions League

  • Ivan Rakitic scored a magnificent volley and Lionel Messi struck twice to rouse Barcelona to an exciting 4-2 win at Tottenham in the Champions League.
  • Philippe Coutinho took just 92 seconds to give Barca the lead at Wembley on Wednesday, with Rakitic’s relentless 25-yarder multiplying the Catalan side’s first-half favorable position.

  • Harry Kane’s tenth Champions League goal gave Spurs some hope and, in spite of the fact that Messi before long put Barca 3-1 up, Erik Lamela struck to set up a show off wrap up.
  • Ernesto Valverde’s men had neglected to win their last 3 matches and looked cheeky in the end arranges, yet Messi benefited from poor safeguarding in the last moment to guarantee his group join Inter on points after 2 matches in Group B.
  • Hugo Lloris was playing out of the blue since August in the wake of recouping from thigh damage yet the Tottenham commander’s oversight added to Barca’s second-minute opener.

  • Messi delivered a ravishing ball to send Jordi Alba hurrying clear down the left channel and, with Lloris having hustled out and left his goal plain, the left-back squared for Coutinho to conceal his first Barcelona goal in the Champions League.
  • The guests, coming back to Wembley out of the blue since lifting the Champions League there in 2011, expanded their lead in dazzling design not long after Kane had Spurs’ originally shot.

  • Coutinho played out a minor wonder to keep the ball in play on the byline with Rakitic propelling himself into an electrifying 20-yard volley that cut the post on its way into Lloris’ net.
  • Marc-Andre ter Stegen made an extraordinary spare to keep out a Son Heung-min check that pointedly diverted off Gerard Pique, who was showing up, and Messi hit the post twice in five minutes after the restart before Kane gave Spurs an assist.
  • A long toss from Lloris set up a counter, with Lamela bolstering Kane to transform Nelson Semedo and twist a fine strike into Ter Stegen’s base left corner.

  • Messi would not miss once more, however, sending Alba clear down the left with a trademark twisting pass and timing his keep running into the case superbly to opening a first-time complete past Lloris to reestablish Barca’s two-goal lead 4 minutes after.
  • Lamela’s redirected strike wrongfooted Ter Stegen and guaranteed a phenomenal finale at the same time, with Spurs submitting men forward, Alba seized on a free leave to set behind Messi to clear home his second.

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Match 16 of 16: Atletico Madrid vs Club Brugge

Result: 3 – 1

Goal Scorers:

  • Atletico Madrid: Antoine Griezmann 28′, 67′, Koke 90+3′
  • Club Brugge: Arnaut Danjuma 39′

Match Statistics:

Atletico Madrid Team Stats Club Brugge
15 Shots 7
6 Shots On Target 1
61% Possession 39%
684 Passes 444
86% Pass Accuracy 80%
7 Fouls 7
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
4 Offsides 1
6 Corners 4

Highlights:

Champions League

  • Antoine Griezmann scored in either half to help Atletico Madrid to a 3-1 Champions League prevail upon Club Brugge at the Wanda Metropolitano.
  • After an opening win against Monaco two weeks prior, Griezmann’s brace– and Koke’s late strike – has given Diego Simeone’s side an ideal stage to advance from Group A.
  • The World Cup victor put his side ahead with a regularly guaranteed strike before Arnaut Groeneveld gave the Belgian heroes a far-fetched leveler with a dazzling exertion.

  • Griezmann at that point demonstrated precisely why he is Atletico’s charm in the 67th moment, delivering another clinical strike to set Los Rojiblancos on their approach to 3 more points, which were fixed by Koke.
  • Atletico once in a while undermined amid a lukewarm opening, with Saul Niguez’s wayward volley from short proximity their one clear sight of goal in the initial 25 minutes.

  • Just a magnificent last-dump handle from Stefano Denswil kept Thomas Lemar from completing a streaming move before Griezmann broke the halt in the 28th moment, sliding coolly past Karlo Letica from eight yards after Lemar’s cross had discovered him at the back post.
  • The guests bobbed back in style 6 minutes before the first half, however, Groeneveld releasing a wild exertion from 25 yards that effervesced past Jan Oblak to pull them level.

  • Saul flashed a header barely over not long after the restart, while Letica covered Griezmann’s exertion soon after the hour check.
  • The Frenchman netted his second goal of the night before long, stroking into Letica’s base left corner from Diego Costa’s magnanimous draw back.
  • Substitute Angel Correa bursted over with only Letica to beat late on and Atletico snatched a third profound into stoppage time when Koke cut home after Griezmann’s flooding run down the left.

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