Real Madrid achieved a convincing victory over its host Valencia 3-0, on Saturday, in the 12th round of the Spanish League.
Real Madrid raised its score to 30 points in second place, equal in score with leaders Barcelona, which will face Atletico Madrid, who is in third place with 28 points, on Sunday in the top matches of the round.
On the other hand, Valencia's balance froze at nine points in nineteenth place (penultimate), four points behind Malaga, which is in last place.
Real Madrid took the lead in the 28th minute through Federico Valverde, then his teammate Arda Guler added the second goal in the 36th minute.
In the 75th minute, Real Madrid added the third goal through Kylian Embappé.
The match witnessed Valencia's Jose Luis Gaya being sent off in the 79th minute, leaving his team to complete the match with ten players.
Paris Saint-Germain continued its winning streak with a narrow victory over Troyes, 1-0, on Saturday evening, in the tenth round of the French League.
Ukrainian defender Ilya Zabarny scored the only goal in the 39th minute of the match, which was held at the Princes Park Stadium.
Thus, Saint-Germain, led by its Spanish coach Luis Enrique, achieved its 11th consecutive victory in all local and continental competitions.
The Parisian giant also sits at the top of the standings with 23 points, only three points ahead of its neighbor Paris FC.
As for Troyes, he was not happy with his awakening after he collected 4 points in the last two rounds, and suffered his sixth loss in his league championship career, leaving his score frozen at 8 points in sixteenth place.
After the international break, Paris Saint-Germain, the defending champion for the last five seasons, will undergo a difficult test away from home when it visits Nice on November 21.
A day before that, Troyes will play at home against Le Havre in the opening of the eleventh round.
Manchester City coach Enzo Maresca said that the lack of ferocity was behind his team's loss to Nottingham Forest, 3-1, stressing at the same time that he was worried but not disturbed after three consecutive defeats in the English Premier League.
Maresca said on the BBC after the match, which was held on Saturday evening: “The reasons for the loss are very clear. In the first half, we did not perform with the required ferocity and intensity, and we did not win the bilateral battles, which is important in such matches.”
The Italian coach added: “We tried to come back in the result after we were two goals behind, but it was too late. Then we scored a goal and could have scored more, but we conceded another goal from a counterattack by the opponent.”
When asked about the reason for his team’s lack of ferocity, he replied: “I must study the reasons for this. It is the first match in which we appear like this in the first 45 minutes, but our level improved in the second half, but what happened in the first half is unprecedented, and we must work to avoid repeating it.”
He pointed out: “We received the first goal because of our way of playing, which relies on building attacks from the back, so it is possible for that to happen, while we received the second and third goals with a repeated scenario of counterattacks after losing a bilateral battle with one of the opponent’s players.”
Maresca stressed: “We concede a lot of goals, which is something that must be improved, and we must take advantage of the international break to understand the reasons and try to avoid repeating them in the future.”
The Manchester City coach concluded: “I am certainly worried about the defeats, but we need balance. We have achieved 7 consecutive victories and then 3 consecutive defeats. It is worrying but not annoying. There is no need to be upset, and we must understand what happened.”
After three consecutive defeats, Manchester City's balance froze at 21 points in second place, ahead of defending champion Arsenal in the lead with 27 points.
