1. Arsenal: 22-5-7 (73 points)
2. Manchester City: 21-5-7 (70)
In Scotland, Heart of Midlothian won at Hibernian 2-1, Rangers lost at home to Motherwell, and Celtic defeated Falkirk 3-1. So with four games left in the season, the top of the Scottish Premier League looks like this:
1. Heart of Midlothian: 22-5-7 (73 points)
2. Celtic: 22-8-4 (70)
3. Rangers: 19-3-12 (69)
I can't remember another season where both countries had such exciting pennant races. Hearts will host Rangers on Monday, May 4 in the biggest game played in Edinburgh in many years.
The Scottish F.A. Cup Final will feature Celtic and Dunfermline Athletic. It will take place on Saturday, May 23.
Meanwhile, and most important of all, the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League start this week. The quarter-finals (played over two legs) went like this:
Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) 4 - 0 Liverpool (ENG)
Real Madrid (ESP) 4 - 6 Bayern Munich (GER)
Barcelona (ESP) 2 - 3 Atletico Madrid (ESP)
Sporting CP (POR) 0 - 1 Arsenal (ENG)
It's pretty rare to see both Real Madrid and Barcelona eliminated before the semi-finals. Anyway, here are the semi-finalists:
Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) v. Bayern Munich (GER)
Atletico Madrid (ESP) v. Arsenal (ENG)
After 72 minutes in the first leg of the first semi-final in Paris, PSG leads Bayern Munich 5 to 4. What a game!
ReplyDeleteThe away goals rule no longer applies, which is good news for PSG.
ReplyDeleteHarry Kane opened the scoring for Bayern after 17 minutes. Then a barrage of goals put PSG up 5-2 after 58 minutes. And since then Bayern has clawed back two of those goals, leaving the score 5-4.
ReplyDeleteI am very confident that whoever wins this semi-final will win the Champions' League.
ReplyDeletePSG wins 5-4. The second leg, next week in Munich, should be the Game of the Year in Europe.
ReplyDeleteAtletico Madrid 1 - 1 Arsenal (Final of the first leg)
ReplyDeleteIt will be all to play for next week in North London.