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When the final whistle sounded on Elland Road, the two technicians were drenched from head to toe from the rain.
Marcelo bielsa approached Pep Guardiola and put his hands on her shoulders. It was as if the mentor wanted an instant evaluation of his disciple.
But surely the mind of Guardiola it was still a whirlwind of thoughts, after an exciting and offensive encounter from start to finish.
And he was probably not too happy that his multistellar Manchester city would have drawn 1-1 against a Leeds newly promoted by Bielsa. In fact, Leeds was ranked fifth and City in the eleventh.
“Maybe he’s a lot smarter than me,” he said. Guardiola, remembering his fleeting encounter with Bielsa next to the touch line. “I need time to process it.”
It will not be difficult to decipher why the City, Premier League champion in 2018 and 2019, received the equalizer in the 59th minute against a team that was playing only its fourth game in the top flight, after a 16-year exile.
The Brazilian goalkeeper of City, Ederson, timidly kicked off a Kalvin Phillips corner kick, which allowed Rodrigo control the ball and achieve his first goal with the Leeds. The Spaniard just joined, in a record signing for the club.
“We had to find an immense physical effort to be able to find parity or to be slightly better than the City for half a game, “said the Argentine Bielsa, whose relationship with Guardiola It began in 2006, before the Spaniard achieved greatness as a Barcelona strategist.
City had placed up at 16 minutes with a goal from Raheem Sterling, who fired near the post from the edge of the area.
Now, the mission of Guardiola is to claim the Premier League trophy that Liverpool snatched from him last year. However, it is eight points below the Everton, the early leader thanks to the awakening of James Rodriguez.
The Colombian scored twice and assisted his compatriot Yerry Mina in another, so that the Everton beat Brighton 4-2, their fourth consecutive victory at the start of the season in the Premier.
Along with his advancement in the League Cup, Everton he’s had his best start to the campaign since the 19th century, with seven wins in seven games. The Toffees, who last won the English championship in 1987, now top the table.
Everton It has the leading scorer in Europe’s five major leagues after Dominic Calvert-Lewin scored a header in the 16th minute to put the hosts ahead with his ninth goal of the season in all competitions.
Goalkeeper Jordan Pickford was to blame for Neal Maupay’s equalizer goal, when he missed a Leandro Trossard volley that bounced off the grass.
But the Colombians rescued him when the free kick of James He was headed by Mina in the extension of the first half.
James He increased his tally to three goals since arriving from Real Madrid with a pair of shots off the post in the second half after crosses from Alex Iwobi and Abdoulaye Doucoure.
Yves Bissouma scored the other for Brighton with an excellent volley.
Also on Saturday, Ben Chilwell scored a goal and passed for another, while Jorginho scored two penalties, in the victory that of Chelsea 4-0 over Crystal Palace.
Winger Chilwell scored the first of the match in the 50th minute on his debut with Chelsea in the league and his center was headed in by Kurt Zouma in the 66th for the second.
Jorginho added the third from penalty spot in the 78th after Tammy Abraham was knocked down by Tyrick Mitchell.
Abraham was hoping to put one on his account when Mamadou Sakho fouled Kai Havertz in the area minutes later. But captain César Azpilicueta intervened and gave the ball to Jorginho, who is designated to take penalties for the team and converted the fourth at 82.
Chelsea he has seven points from four games and Palace has six.
In another game, Newcastle beat Burnley 3-1, who started the season with three losses.
Originally it was planned that this weekend some fans would be allowed to return to the stands, as has already happened in Germany. But the doors in the Premier continued closed by orders of the government, before a rebound in infections of COVID-19.
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