Midweek football around Europe: Inter Milan wins another title. Manchester City leads the way in the Premier League. Levante is relegated in La Liga. Tottenham wins the North London derby.
ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
There were no positional changes in the top four but Chelsea doubled the gap in points between themselves and Arsenal, while Tottenham closed in by moving a point away from Arsenal.
Arsenal remains in fourth place but they lost their comfort after a 3-0 defeat to Tottenham.
Leicester City replacing Crystal Palace at 10th place was the only positional change in the top half of the league standings.
A goalless draw at Watford did not do enough to help Everton’s ambitions to skip relegation.
A 3-0 defeat at home to Chelsea did not help Leeds United’s target to get out of the relegation zone.
May 10.
Aston Villa 1-2 Liverpool
May 11.
Leeds 0-3 Chelsea
Leicester 3-0 Norwich
Watford 0-0 Everton
Wolves 1-5 Manchester City
May 12.
Tottenham 3-0 Arsenal
KEVIN DE BRUYNE’s MANCHESTER CITY KEEP THE THREE-POINT LEAD ON LIVERPOOL.
Liverpool escaped with a win yesterday so Kevin De Bruyne and Manchester City ensured no mistakes were made against Wolves.
Kevin De Bruyne scored 4 goals in a 5-1 win.
TOTTENHAM WINS THE NORTH LONDON DERBY
Harry Kane’s first-half brace and Heung-Min Son’s second-half opening goal led Tottenham to the three points through a victory in the North London derby.
The 3-0 win heats up the race for Champions League football in the final two rounds. Only a point separates Arsenal and Tottenham.
LEAGUE STANDINGS
1| Manchester City (36) – 89 points
2| Liverpool (36) – 86 points
3| Chelsea (36) – 70 points
4| Arsenal (36) – 66 points
5| Tottenham Hotspur (36) – 65 points
6| Manchester United (37) – 58 points
7| West Ham United (36) – 55 points
8| Wolves (36) – 50 points
9| Brighton (36) – 47 points
10| Leicester City (35) – 45 points
11| Crystal Palace (35) – 44 points
12| Aston Villa (35) – 43 points
13| Brentford (36) – 43 points
14| Newcastle United (36) – 43 points
15| Southampton (36) – 40 points
16| Everton (35) – 36 points
17| Burnley (35) – 34 points
18| Leeds United (36) – 34 points
19| Watford (36) – 23 points
20| Norwich City (36) – 21 points
THE SPANISH LA LIGA AFTER THE 36th ROUND
LEVANTE BECOME THE FIRST OF THREE TO BE RELEGATED.
Vinicius Junior’s hat-trick helped Real Madrid relegate Levante with a 6-0 win.
There are two more rounds to go, and the traditional top three clubs have secured their place in next season’s UEFA Champions League group stage. Sevilla is one win away from completing the list.
Sevilla was the only ‘top four’ side to not pick up a win after their third straight draw. Fortunately for them, Barcelona kept Real Betis from closing in.
Levante was relegated by Real Madrid in the final match of the round.
May 10.
Valencia 0-3 Real Betis
Granada 1-0 Athletic Club
Barcelona 3-1 Celta Vigo
May 11.
Alaves 2-1 Espanyol
Osasuna 1-1 Getafe
Sevilla 0-0 Mallorca
Elche 0-2 Atletico Madrid
May 12.
Real Sociedad 3-0 Cadiz
Rayo Vallecano 1-5 Villarreal
Real Madrid 6-0 Levante
Alaves helped their relegation battle with a win against Espanyol.
Mallorca could only pick up a point.
Granada’s win against Athletic Club moved them up a spot to 16th, while Cadiz moved down to 17th with a defeat to Real Sociedad.
Cadiz and Granada switched positions.
LEAGUE STANDINGS
1| Real Madrid – 84 points
2| Barcelona – 72 points
3| Atlético Madrid – 67 points
4| Sevilla – 66 points
5| Real Betis – 61 points
6| Real Sociedad – 59 points
7| Villarreal – 56 points
8| Athletic Club – 52 points
9| Osasuna – 47 points
10| Valencia – 44 points
11| Celta Vigo – 43 points
12| Rayo Vallecano – 42 points
13| Espanyol – 40 points
14| Elche – 39 points
15| Getafe – 38 points
16| Granada – 37 points
17| Cádiz – 35 points
18| Mallorca – 33 points
19| Alavés – 31 points
20| Levante – 29 points
May 11.
AJAX – 2021/22 DUTCH EREDIVISIE CHAMPIONS
Title #36 – Ajax confirmed their Eredivisie title with a 5-0 win at home over Heerenveen.
ROUND 33 RESULTS
Ajax 5-0 Heerenveen
Cambur 1-1 Willem II
Twente 3-0 Groningen
Utrecht 2-2 AZ Alkmaar
Fortuna Sittard 1-2 Vitesse
Go Ahead Eagle 0-1 Feyenoord
PSV Eindhoven 3-2 NEC Nijmegen
RKC Waalwijk 2-0 Heracles
Sparta Rotterdam 2-0 PEC Zwolle
May 11.
2022 COPPA ITALIA FINAL
JUVENTUS 2- 4 INTER MILAN [aet]
We had a Derby d’Italia for the final of the 2022 Supercoppa Italiana and for the 2022 Coppa Italia, and Inter Milan won both in extra time.
Inter Milan win the 8th Coppa Italia after over a decade since winning their 7th.
Ivan Perisic’s extra-time brace sealed a win for Inter Milan to win their first Coppa Italia since 2011.
Juventus came from a goal down to take a 2-1 lead but penalty calls allowed Inter Milan to regain the lead.
