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Lviv vs. Desna - 1:3 Chernihiv confidently overcomes Lviv The word "confident" in the subtitle of our report refers to the overall impression of the first Sunday match. However, if we divide it into different periods... Just before the half-time break, the visitors were completely outplaying the home team - both in terms of the score and what was happening on the pitch. "Desna was free, confident - even easy. Not surprisingly, it was Oleksandr Riabokon's men who opened the scoring and then doubled it. Who knows, maybe the same scenario would have continued in the second half, but just before the half-time whistle, Chernihiv found themselves in the minority, meaning Lviv had a chance. To the credit of the home team, they took advantage of it almost to the full. Almost: they reduced the score, kept the visitors' goal in constant tension throughout the second half, but... Desna's counterattack made it 1-3. And almost immediately after that - a new attac

Manchester City, Guardiola: Success comes from hard work The Spanish coach reminded his players that no Champions League game is an easy victory. With five minutes of normal time remaining, City were level at 1-1 with Hoffenheim at the Rhein-Neckar-Arena, and Guardiola's men had to wait until the 87th minute to snatch victory. "It was important not to suffer another defeat in the first leg," he said after the Europa League group stage tie. - It is always difficult to win in Germany. We got the important three points and we fought for them during the game: the team is happy with the result. "Hoffenheim organised their defence well and were dangerous on the ball. It was difficult to find a weakness in their defence and score the decisive goal, but we did it and won the game. Read more Arsenal v Watford - Four conclusions after the game - Football News Arsenal vs. Watford. Four conclusions after the game. Arsenal made it five Premier League wins in a row on

Arsenal vs. Watford. Four conclusions after the game. Arsenal made it five Premier League wins in a row on Saturday, scoring twice in the space of two minutes against Watford. A blistering finish from Mesut Ozil and an automatic goal from Craig Cathcart secured all three points for the Canaries, but there were plenty of other points to be made in the match. Arsenal too tight Aaron Ramsey, Mesut Ozil, Alexandre Lacazette, Lucas Torreira and Granit Džaka were often packed too tightly together, especially in the first half, as Arsenal struggled to cope with a well-organised Watford back four. An average map of the players' positions for the first 45 minutes also shows that Aubameyang had to go deeper to keep himself out of the game. He had just 10 touches in the first half and was eventually replaced by Danny Welbeck. However, the introduction of Alex Iwobi in the 63rd minute helped spark Arsenal's attacking moves and the Nigerian himself had a hand in both goals, firstly