Belgians abroad: Amadou Onana snatches a draw against Liverpool, the Belgians of Wolfsburg beaten by Cologne, Courtois winner

ENGLAND:

Everton and Liverpool split 0-0 on Saturday in the Mersey derby, played as part of the 6th day of the Premier League. Amadou Onana played the entire match in the ranks of the Toffees. Warned in the first half (38th), the Red Devil had to be treated in the 77th minute following a faulty tackle from the Dutchman Virgil van Dijk. More fear than harm for the 21-year-old midfielder who immediately returned to the field. The Reds had several chances to open the scoring: Coady had his goal ruled out for offside by VAR in the 69th minute and Nunez, Diaz and Salah saw their sending off hit the target, as did Davis from the side from Everton.

With this fourth draw in six games, Everton ranks 17th with 4 points out of 18. Liverpool is 6th with 8 points.

Nottingham were beaten 2-3 by Bournemouth on Matchday 6. Injured, Orel Mangala was not on the score sheet. Forest led 2-0 at half-time, thanks in particular to a goal from Kouyate, but were knocked down in the second act.

Without Roméo Lavia, injured in the hamstrings, Southampton was also beaten, at Wolves, 1-0 after a goal from Daniel Podence. In the standings, Southampton is 12th (7 pts), Nottingham Forest 18th (4 pts).

GERMANY:

Wolfsburg, with Koen Casteels in the cages and Sebastiaan Bornauw in defense, lost 2-4 against FC Cologne on Saturday during the fifth day of the Bundesliga. The first period was lively with a goal for Wolves from German Lukas Nmecha (1-0, 2nd) and a quick response from Austrian striker Dejan Ljubicic (1-1, 22nd). Cologne took over after an own goal from Brazilian Paulo Otavio (1-2, 31st) and a penalty converted into a goal by Florian Kainz (1-3, 45 + 3rd).

At the end of the second half, former Anderlecht player Lukas Nmecha scored with a shot from halfway (2-3, 79th). But the Goats did not wait long to retaliate with a goal from the Armenian Sargis Adamyan (2-4, 81st).

SPAIN:

In Spain, Thibaut Courtois’ Real Madrid beat Betis 2-1 on La Liga matchday four at the Santiago Bernabéu. After a lob from the Brazilian striker Vinicius Junior (1-0, 9th) and a low shot from the Spaniard Sergio Canales (1-1, 17th), it was finally the Brazilian Rodrygo who scored the goal of the victory (2-1, 65th) for Real Madrid. Eden Hazard remained on the bench. The people of Madrid remain at the top of the standings with 12 points out of 12 just ahead of Betis who precede them with 9 points.

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