Tien Linh scores on his birthday; Long An Club stops early in National Cup

Tien Linh scored on his birthday, Binh Duong won the penalty shootout against Binh Dinh

It was thought that Tien Linh and his teammates would surely have a ticket to the round of 16.National CupThe home team at Quy Nhon Stadium exploded in the final minutes to score two goals in a row. Thanh Tung narrowed the gap in the 89th minute, before Vu Minh Tuan successfully kicked a penalty in the last minute of extra time (90+3).

After a 2-2 draw, the two teams were forced to decide the winner in a nerve-wracking penalty shootout. Here, coach Hoang Anh Tuan's team won 4-3 to advance to the next round.

In other matches, Hai Phong defeated host Quang Nam with a score of 4-2. Manh Dung was the only domestic player to score for the port city team, the remaining 3 goals belonged to foreign players.

Long An Club stops early in National Cup

Losing 1-4 when hosting Ha Tinh at home on October 20, Long An Club said goodbye to the 2024-2025 National Cup after the qualifying round.

Easily launching attacks like in a training match, Ha Tinh scored 4 goals against goalkeeper Hoang Minh Tien. Long An's efforts helped them score an honorary goal in the 65th minute, by young player Tran Huu Dang.

Passing the qualifying round is quite simple, but Ha Tinh must face a strong opponent, Hanoi Police, in the 1/8 round of the National Cup. Meanwhile, Long An was eliminated early, which will reduce the pressure, as they only need to focus on competing in the 2024-2025 First Division.

Two defenders score, Man City wins 3 controversial points

Despite controlling the ball up to 79%, Man City still could not impose their style of play or find a way into the home team's goal which was protected by many yellow-shirted players.

Pep Guardiola's substitutions in the final 15 minutes delivered what was expected. In the 90+5 minute, substitute Phil Foden took a corner kick and centre-back John Stones headed the ball into Jose Sa's net. Referee Chris Kavanagh had to check VAR to confirm that Bernardo Silva did not obstruct Jose Sa's vision and awarded the goal to Man City.

Winning all 3 points in the last seconds with both goals scored by the central defenders, Man City temporarily took the lead in the table with 20 points before Liverpool took the field in the Super Sunday match of round 8.

Defeating Chelsea, Liverpool reclaimed the top spot from Man City

In the early morning of October 21, Liverpool defeated Chelsea 2-1 at home in the highlight match of round 8 of the English Premier League.

The match was played with an open front, but just 3 minutes after the equalizer, Chelsea's net shook for the second time. Mohamed Salah shone with an assist from the right wing for Curtis Jones to finish close to the goal, re-establishing the lead.

For the rest of the match, Chelsea tried to push forward to find an equalizer. The visitors did well in possession but lacked sharpness in decisive moments. The only notable chance "The Blues" had came in the final minutes. However, Renato Veiga's header went over the bar.

3 points at home helped Liverpool reclaim the top spot from Man City with 1 more point (21 compared to 20). As for Chelsea, they had their 10th consecutive match without a win against Liverpool, in all competitions. Coach Maresca's team remained in 6th place with 14 points.