{"id":13697,"date":"2020-10-02T12:46:54","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T11:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/football\/?p=13697"},"modified":"2020-10-02T12:47:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T11:47:16","slug":"thursday-night-football-what-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/football\/thursday-night-football-what-happened\/uncategorized\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday Night Football: What Happened?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mid week games rarely bring the excitement weekend fixtures do, but there were a few shockers and twists in the tale last night.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Liverpool were unsuccessful in the EFL cup.<\/p><\/div>\n

Arsenal took on Liverpool again for the second time in the space of a week, and it was a pretty interesting game to say the least – despite it finishing 0-0. Those who watched it would agree that Liverpool were the more dominant side throughout the game. Despite this, they went on to lose from a penalty shootout, with Arsenal knocking them out of the EFL cup.<\/p>\n

If we travel further north we\u2019ll find Celtic and Rangers had a pretty successful night against foreign squads.<\/p>\n

Rangers went on to beat Turkish powerhouse Galatasaray whilst Celtic narrowly beat FK Sarajevo, despite having a few good chances on goal. Gerrard\u2019s rangers side thoroughly deserved the win as they were pressing hard even up until the final few minutes of the game.<\/p>\n

Across the sea you\u2019ll find that Barcelona beat Celta Vigo away from home 3-0, showing that even though they\u2019ve lost some valuable players, they are still in top form as a team.<\/p>\n

And finally, back in England, Stoke shocked the country as they beat favourites, and the very in form team Aston Villa 0-1 away from home, with a goal early in the first half. There were surprisingly no other goals in the game, despite both teams both scoring and conceding lots of goals recently.<\/p>\n

The action is set to continue again this weekend in the Premier League, with London teams Chelsea and Crystal Palace going head to head at 12:00 on Saturday to kick off the football weekend.<\/p>\n

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