Ribery makes Bundesliga history; Real and Barca compete for Jadon Sancho

Chelsea shocking defeat

At home, Chelsea hosted Leicester City. The Stamford Bridge team dominated the game against the visitors but were unable to score. Having been outplayed for most of the first half, Leicester City surprisingly started the second half with great enthusiasm.

Premier League Results

Arsenal 3-1 Burnley
Bournemouth 2-0 Brighton
Chelsea 0-1 Leicester
Huddersfield 1-3 Southampton
Man City 2-3 Crystal Palace
Newcastle 0-0 Fulham
West Ham 0-2 Watford
Cardiff 1-5 MU

After constant pressure on Chelsea's defense, Leicester finally got a goal in the 51st minute through Vardy. Chelsea tried to find an equalizer in the remaining time but were unable to. The match ended in a bitter 0-1 defeat for the home team, seriously threatening their position in the Top 4.

Chelsea are now level on 37 points with Arsenal, who beat Burnley 3-1 thanks to a brace from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and a goal from Alex Iwobi.

Mandzukic scores the only goal, Juventus defeats Roma

The 1-0 victory on the evening of December 22 helped the "Old Lady" re-establish an eight-point gap with second-place Napoli after round 17 of Serie A.

The only goal of the match belonged to Mario Mandzukic. The Croatian striker cleverly pressed to meet Mattia de Sciglio's cross before heading the ball into the Roma net.

Juventus had a completely dominant match and Roma barely had any dangerous shots on target. Apart from Mandzukic's goal, Juventus had two goals in the net that were disallowed.

Serie A Results
Juventus 1-0 Roma
Lazio 3-1 Cagliari
Empoli 2-4 Sampdoria
Genoa 3-1 Atalanta
AC Milan 0-1 Fiorentina
Napoli 1-0 SPAL
Sasuolo 1-1 Torino
Udinese 1-1 Frosinone
Chievo 1-1 Inter Milan
Parma 0-0 Bologna

Ronaldo had a great game but his efforts were not enough to stop the brilliance of Olsen. The Swede made at least three saves to deny the former Real Madrid striker. These included a dribble and curled effort into the far corner in the first half, a deflected header and a close-range tap-in in the second. Ronaldo also attempted a diving header but missed.

Lionel Messi "opens fire", Barca easily wins Celta Vigo

In round 17 of La Liga 2018/2019, Barca hosted Celta Vigo at Nou Camp, this match promises to be not easy for the home team Barca. As expected, in the 3rd minute, Celta Vigo made Barca fans in the stadium worried when Nestor Araujo had a dangerous close-range header, but luckily for the home team Nou Camp, the ball went wide of the post.

However, just 7 minutes later, Barca opened the scoring thanks to Ousmane Dembele. Starting from a tricky shot by Lionel Messi, the away team's goalkeeper Ruben Blanco had to push the ball out and Barca's number 11 striker was there at the right time, breaking the deadlock of the match, 1-0 in favor of coach Valverde and his team.

In the final minute of the first half, Lionel Messi increased the gap to 2-0 for Barca, after a delicate pass from Jordi Alba. The first half ended with a score of 2-0.

Liga Results
Barcelona 2-0 Celta Vigo
Real Betis 1-1 Eibar
Atletico Madrid 1-0 Espanyol
Athletic Bilbao 1-1 Real Valladolid

In the final minutes of the match, although the away team Celta Vigo tried to attack, they could not penetrate Barca's solid defense, thereby accepting defeat with a final score of 0-2.

Real Madrid won the FIFA Club World Cup for the fourth time

In fact, the match showed that Al Ain had no chance of causing a surprise against Real Madrid. The Spanish royal team completely controlled the match and did not give Al Ain any chance. Against an opponent inferior in every aspect, Real Madrid won 4-1 to be crowned the 4th time and the 3rd consecutive time at the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup. In the third place match, River Plate easily defeated the Asian representative, Kashima Antlers, with a score of 4-0.

Mbappe shines, PSG leaves the chasing team far behind

Ligue 1 Results

PSG 1-0 Nantes
Angers 1-1 Marseille
Lille 1-2 Toulouse
Monaco 0-2 Guingamp
Montpellier 1-1 Lyon
Reims 2-2 Caen
Rennes 4-0 Nimes
St Etienne 3-0 Dijon
Strasbourg 2-0 Nice

Kylian Mbappe celebrated his 20th birthday in midweek. And the French striker gave himself the perfect present on the occasion. He scored the only goal to help PSG beat Nantes in Ligue 1. This was Mbappe's 13th goal in 12 Ligue 1 matches this season. The victory helped PSG widen the gap with chasing team Lille to 13 points, having played 2 games less.

Ribery makes Bundesliga history

Midfielder Franck Ribery's brace helped Bayern players have a resounding 3-0 victory over host Eintracht Frankfurt, thereby surpassing M'gladbach to rise to 2nd place in the rankings. Ribery became the oldest player to score a brace.

At 35 years and 259 days, midfielder Franck Ribery has become the oldest player in Bundesliga history to score two goals in a match.

Match results

Dortmund 2-1 M'gladbach

Nurnberg 0-1 Freiburg

Leverkusen 3-1 Hertha Berlin

Hannover 0-1 Dusseldorf

RB Leipzig 3-2 Bremen

Stuttgart 1-3 Schalke

E.Frankfurt 1-3 Bayern

Elsewhere, Leverkusen enjoyed a resounding 3-1 home win over Hertha Berlin. RB Leipzig and Bremen gave fans a Christmas present with a thrilling 3-2 win for the home team. Schalke also triumphed away from Stuttgart with a 3-1 win.

Chelsea unexpectedly asked to buy Alexis Sanchez

Coach Maurizio Sarri is said to have informed Chelsea's board about signing Alexis Sanchez from MU.

Sanchez has struggled at MU since leaving Arsenal to move to Old Trafford in January 2017. PSG were interested in the Chilean striker, but in a surprising move, Chelsea appeared to "rescue" Sanchez. Not only that, according to Don Balon, the number that The Blues offered MU was a dream: 85 million pounds.

Despite his disappointment in the number 7 shirt at MU, Sanchez was considered one of the best strikers in the Premier League when he played for Arsenal. Therefore, he is considered to be able to revive if he meets the right coach and the right team.

Chelsea need to strengthen their attack when Morata and Giroud are not guaranteed roles and Sanchez can shine with coach Sarri's football philosophy.

Real and Barca compete for Jadon Sancho

According to Marca, Real is contacting Dortmund to buy "prodigy" Jadon Sancho. In addition to "Los Blancos", Barca is also the team that wants to have the 18-year-old English player.