While You Were Asleep: Liverpool preserve in hunt for Champions League spot, Empoli seal top-flight in Serie A, Marcelo Bielsa to coach Uruguay

A brace from Curtis Jones, a stunning free-kick from Trent Alexander-Arnold and hat-trick of assists from Mohamed Salah helped Liverpool to beat Leicester City 3-0 on the King Power Stadium on Monday.

For Liverpool, a seventh straight victory in a formidable end-of-season rally secured not lower than a spot throughout the Europa League and moved the fifth-placed workforce a level behind every Newcastle and Manchester United throughout the race for the last word two Champions League qualification positions, behind Manchester City and Arsenal.

“I don’t think it’s likely but if they slip, we have to be there,” Liverpool supervisor Jurgen Klopp acknowledged. “Will they slip? I don’t know. Will we win both games? I don’t know.”

Leicester are in next-to-last place and two elements from safety with two video video games remaining. They are at third-placed Newcastle, for one of many important daunting away video video games throughout the league, and at home to West Ham.

Leicester has gained merely one amongst its closing 14 league video video games and has conceded eight targets in its closing two, after the 5-3 loss at Fulham closing week.

Empoli preserve alive

Empoli scored late to draw at Sampdoria 1-1 in Serie A on Monday and practically seal one different season throughout the top-flight.

Substitute Roberto Piccoli found the objective three minutes into stoppage time.

Alessandro Zanoli put Sampdoria ahead throughout the thirty fourth after being prepare Fabio Quagliarella.

Empoli moved 9 elements above the drop zone with three matches to play.

Sampdoria, which was already assured of being relegated, remained in closing place.

Biesla to coach Uruguay

Marcelo Bielsa was confirmed because the model new Uruguay coach on Monday to the tip of the 2026 World Cup. Uruguay went out of the group stage on the World Cup in Qatar closing 12 months.

Bielsa’s first matches are in all probability in June, when Uruguay is scheduled to play friendlies in direction of Nicaragua and Cuba. South American World Cup qualifying will begin in September.

✍🏼 “𝐋𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐥 𝐟𝐮́𝐭𝐛𝐨𝐥”

Marcelo Bielsa escribirá un nuevo capítulo en su libro…#ElEquipoQueNosUne pic.twitter.com/E4I7B9hUQ6

— Selección Uruguaya (@Uruguay) May 16, 2023

Bielsa coached Argentina from 1998-2004. His workforce was eradicated on the group stage of the 2002 World Cup and gained the gold medal on the 2004 Athens Olympics. He left the job for personal causes.

Bielsa moreover coached Chile from 2007-11.

He’s moreover had spells at Españyol, Athletic Bilbao, Marseille and Lille. He has been out of a job since February 2022 when he was fired by Leeds.