While many had glued their eyes to Arsenals 5: 1 of Manchester City on Sunday, some other big games in Europe kept an eye on.
After a few big results in which Real Madrid continued their Bundesliga ranking in Laliga and Bayern Munich on Saturday, it was due to some other giants to use the results.
Barcelona organized Deportivo, who wanted to benefit from the rivals that dropped points on Espanyol.
While the two Milan Clubs met in San Siro to find the latest edition of their derby with a Kyle Walker debut.
Read on to see how both games took place.
Barcelona 1-0 Deportivo
🐍 full time! 🐍#Barçaala pic.twitter.com/t67quypza4
– FC Barcelona (@fcbarcelona) February 2, 2025
Barcelona secured a 1-0 win over Deportivo in Montjuic and closed the gap over Real Madrid, Real Madrid, to four points.
Despite an unsuspecting display, the Blaugrana managed to win the victory thanks to Robert Lewandowski’s strike in the middle of the second half.
The first half was a lukewarm matter in which Barcelona fought to find her rhythm.
Her only remarkable attempt came from Pedri, whose expensive shot was easily treated by Owono.
Deportivo now defended well, but was unable to threaten during the break and ended half without registering a single shot on the goal.
The breakthrough finally came in the 61st minute. Lamine Yamals Kreuz was distracted by Tenaglia and fell perfectly for Lewandowski, who set home up close.
Barcelona had earlier chances to break the Deadlock. In the 57th minute, the Yamal passport, who was put down by Lewandowski for a header, found the shortly drifted, which only drifted far, even though the offside flag was increased. Shortly afterwards, Yamal Owono tested with a powerful shot, but the Alaves goalkeeper made an excellent rescue to keep his side in the game.
AC Milan 1-1 Inter Milan
The #Derbyilano ends as a tie! #Forzainter #Derbyilano #Milan pic.twitter.com/c6fikixvmm
– Inter Pit (@inter_en) February 2, 2025
Inter and AC Milan played an exciting 1-1 draw in the latest edition of the Della Madonnina in San Siro.
Despite the dominated large parts of the game, Inter had to fall back down from one goal to secure a share of the prey.
Inter started the game brightly, with goals from Federico Dimarco and Lautaro Martinez both ended in the first half for the first half.
The Nerazzurri created numerous opportunities, but were disappointed by wasteful refinement and the woodwork, which they refused three times.
Milan took the lead against the run of the game shortly before half -time. Rafael Leao’s powerful drive was parried by Yann Sommer, but Tijjani Reijnders was the fastest to react and shot the rebound into the roof of the network to put the Rossoneri in the lead.
Inter reacted with intensity after the break, but was repeatedly frustrated by the post and the Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan.
The efforts of Yann Biseck, Marcus Thuram and Denzel Dumfries all hit the woodwork, while Maignan made several crucial parades.
When the clock followed, the pressure from Inters finally paid off. In the 93rd minute, Bisseck delivered a cross from the right that Nicola Zalewski had professionally padded for Stefan de Vrij to smash home for Stefan de Vrij, to smash home, and saved a deserved point for Inter.
