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Bellerin’s stoppage-time strike dents Real Madrid’s fading title bid

Bellerin’s stoppage-time strike dents Real Madrid’s fading title bid

SEVILLE, April 24 : Hector Bellerin struck deep into stoppage time to earn Real Betis a 1-1 draw against Real Madrid on Friday, dealing another blow to Alvaro Arbeloa’s side’s slender LaLiga title hopes with five games remaining. With a game in hand, Barcelona lead the standings on 82 points, eight clear of second-placed Real Madrid. Barca face Getafe on Saturday and could stretch their advantage to 11 points. Real appeared on course for a narrow win after taking the lead in the 17th minute. Federico Valverde let fly from outside the box and Betis goalkeeper Alvaro Valles could only parry the ball into the path of Vinicius Jr, who reacted swiftly to guide a neat finish just inside the right post. Jude Bellingham nearly made it 2-0 soon after, but Betis gradually grew into the contest and began to threaten. Andriy Lunin kept the visitors ahead before halftime with three sharp saves to deny Cedric Bakambu and two more to thwart Antony. Real resumed control after the break but were wasteful. Kylian Mbappe endured …

Virgil van Dijk stuns Everton with stoppage-time winner for Liverpool

Virgil van Dijk stuns Everton with stoppage-time winner for Liverpool

Here is a reminder of how the two sides line up this afternoon: Everton: Pickford; O’Brien, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko; Gueye, Garner, Dewsbury-Hall; McNeil, Ndiaye, Beto.Substitutes: Travers, Patterson, Keane, Barry, George, Dibling, Alcaraz, Rohl, Iroegbunam. Liverpool: Mamardashvili; Szoboszlai, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Gravenberch, Jones; Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo; Isak.Substitutes: Woodman, Pesci, Kerkez, Mac Allister, Chiesa, Frimpong, Nyoni, Ngumoha. Source link

Mac Allister snatches stoppage-time winner for Liverpool at Forest after VAR chaos

Mac Allister snatches stoppage-time winner for Liverpool at Forest after VAR chaos

Nottingham Forest are on their fourth manager of a season as much defined by their owner’s trigger-happy ways as much as any failings on the pitch. But Evangelos Marinakis will doubtless be praying for a third ‘new manager bounce’ of a campaign in which the sole aim is to avoid relegation. A campaign that started full of optimism that the club had made relegation battles a thing of the past has descended, at times, into a farce with the owner taking centre stage. But the fact that victory today over Liverpool would take Forest five points clear of West Ham in 18th place perhaps hints (only a hint, however) that there may be method in Marinakis’s madness. Vitor Pereira is the new man in the dugout, and fresh off the back of an impressive 3-0 win over Fenerbahce in the Europa League on Thursday, the Portuguese has told his players to forget about their precarious predicament and simply go out and enjoy themselves. “Everyone must be ‌ready to ​help the team. ⁠This is what I …