April Football 2021

The new part of the blog continues as I rank the football matches I watched in April from least favourite to favourite. Based on nothing more than my opinion and enjoyment from watching each match.

Leeds 1-1 Liverpool, English Premier League, happening at the height of the European Super League nonsense and viewed through a seething angry lens.  

Chelsea 0-1 Porto, Champions League, two of the most cynical teams on the planet playing anti football - a Sam Allardyce wet dream.

Chelsea 1-0 Manchester City, FA Cup, Chelsea killed the game and scored on the break.

Paris St-Germain 0-1 Lille, Ligue 1, terrible game with so many fouls.

Leeds Utd 0-0 Manchester Utd, English Premier League, poor game with lots of wayward passing.

Arsenal 0-1 Everton, English Premier League, low quality affair with an own goal winner. 

Napoli 1-1 Inter Milan, Serie A, a game bogged down in midfield with Inter rescuing a point after a daft own goal.

RB Leipzig 0-0 Hoffenheim, Bundesliga, a tight game with Leipzig unable to break through a determined Hoffenheim.

Real Madrid 3-1 Liverpool, Champions League, Liverpool played awfully and Madrid were nothing special.

Atalanta 1-0 Juventus, Serie A, a proper one for fans as the teams slogged it out in a tense game that got a late winner via a corner. 

AC Milan 1-1 Sampdoria, Serie A, Sampdoria with a good disruptive away performance and unlucky not to get away with three points.  

Leicester City 0-2 Manchester City, English Premier League, standard Leicester trying to play on the break against a better team. City broke through and were comfortable.

West Ham Utd 0-1 Chelsea, English Premier League, good little attacking game with flowing football albeit with limited chances created. Let down by a late iffy red card but a lot of fun to be had. 

Southampton 1-1 Leicester City, English Premier League, a game disrupted by Saints losing a man but turned into a decent silly buggers game as Saints got a penalty and got away with a one all draw.

Liverpool 2-1 Aston Villa, English Premier League, a frustrating match as Liverpool threw everything at Villa only to go behind. It was a fantastic ending with a deep injury time winner.

Leicester City 2-1 Crystal Palace, English Premier League, lively game with Leicester coming from behind to win.

AC Milan 2-1 Genoa, Serie A, fairly even game with Milan winning with an OG, very unconvincing.

Paris St-Germain 1-2 Manchester City, Champions League, a good semi final and a classy looking accidental equaliser from Kevin De Bruyne.

Arsenal 1-1 Fulham, English Premier League, a good silly buggers game where Arsenal threw everything at Fulham who went ahead with a penalty and Arsenal finally equalising with a late goal.

Liverpool 1-1 Newcastle Utd, English Premier League, another silly buggers game as both teams played like they'd put money on a 4-3 score line. Neither could finish, Liverpool displayed all our season long weaknesses and Newcastle got a late equaliser.

Manchester City 1-0 Tottenham Hotspurs, League Cup, a typical all attack and not many goals City game but we had a crowd who created the highlight of the game with a rendition of "who let the fans out". 

Reading 2-2 Swansea City, Championship, Readings season combusted and Swansea clung on to the final playoff spot.

Crotone 1-2 Udinese, Serie A, fun attacking game with lots of chances.

Borussia Dortmund 4-1 Werder Bremen, Bundesliga, Dortmund went behind and then turned on the pressure scoring four goals and looking professional albeit disappointingly sane.

Norwich City 1-3 Bournemouth, Championship, Norwich were promoted before kick off and started like a steam engine, however they stoked the boiler to hot and a player saw red. Bournemouth then proceeded to fill their boots.  

Manchester Utd 3-1, English Premier League, all Man Utd but Burnley managed a quick equaliser and kept it level long enough to be a banter.

Everton 2-2 Tottenham Hotspurs, English Premier League, good fun game with loads of chances. 

Atletico Madrid 5-0 Eibar, La Liga, when did Atletico learn how to play attacking football? I know it was today but what time?

Paris St-Germain 0-1 Bayern Munich, Champions League, a very good second leg with tons of incident Munich had more of the play but PSG moved forward in the competition.

RB Leipzig 0-1 Bayern Munich, Bundesliga, a big feel match settled by one goal in an incident packed game.  

Newcastle 3-2 West Ham Utd, English Premier League, a game of four quarters as the first part of both halfs were dull but Newcastle went ahead and West Ham had a man sent off before half time. The final twenty minutes or so saw a West Ham comeback and Newcastle winner.

Borussia Dortmund 1-2 Eintracht Frankfurt, Bundesliga, end to end stuff and a fun match.

Mainz 05 2-1 Bayern Munich, Bundesliga, really fun game with a nifty goal to get things started and a real sense of the underdog having a lot of fun.

Wolfsburg 2-3 Bayern Munich, Bundesliga, one of the most free flowing games of the season. Bayern threatened to run away with it but the home team made a game of it.

Atalanta 3-2 Udinese, Serie A, very attacking game with Udineses first goal coming at a good moment for trading.

Torino 2-2 Juventus, Serie A, a fantastic derby as both teams went ahead at one point. Juventus had most of the play but Turin played out of their skin for a point.  

Arsenal 0-3 Liverpool, English Premier League, Liverpool dominated and finally clicked when Jota came on - he needs to start.

Bayern Munich 2-3 Paris St-Germain, Champions League, utter barnstormer of a game, it was all Bayern yet Paris got a two goal early lead Bayern came back only for PSG to score again. Bayern continued to batter the PSG goal but to no avail.  

Cagliari 4-3 Parma, Serie A, one of the games of the year! Parma went ahead on the 5th minute and at one point were 3-1 up, Cagliari didn't get level until the 91st minute eventually going ahead on the 94th. Sexy Football!