Winner of Manchester City (2-0) this Sunday, Liverpool advanced this Wednesday evening as leader of the Premier League. The Reds wanted to consolidate their position on the St. James Park side against a Newcastle team on alternating current. Jacob Murphy and Anthony Gordon accompanied Alexander Isak for the Magpies while Curtis Jones and Jarell Quansah started for the Reds. It was the locals who stood out first with an early attempt from Sandro Tonali (2nd). If Liverpool reacted with two chances from Alexis Mac Allister in quick succession (14th and 15th), Jacob Murphy would hit the right post with a cross shot (22nd) before Bruno Guimarães found Caoimhín Kelleher in the trajectory of his shot (23rd). ). Better inspired, Newcastle would logically take the lead thanks to Alexander Isak who played Virgil van Dijk before finishing with a missile under the crossbar (1-0, 35th).
Eddie Howe’s gang also missed the break in the process, but Anthony Gordon impaled himself on Caoimhín Kelleher (38th). After the break, Liverpool would not doubt for long. Taking advantage of a cross from Cody Gakpo on the right, Curtis Jones cut at the near post to equalize (1-1, 50th). But while the Reds thought they had done the hardest part, Anthony Gordon put his team back in front after a great effort from Alexander Isak (2-1, 62nd). The Swede, who had a great night, even came close to the double, but his goal was refused for offside (66th). This match would finally turn into madness with a new equalizer for the Reds signed by Mohamed Salah, well served beforehand by Trent Alexander-Arnold (2-2, 68th). Sounding the revolt, the Egyptian would even transform himself once again into a hero. Served in the area by Trent Alexander-Arnold (again), Mohamed Salah chained oriented control, cross shot and celebration for his double (3-2, 83rd). But this match was not over and Fabian Schär would snatch the equalizer with a free kick after a missed exit from Caoimhín Kelleher (3-3, 90th). Bad operation for Liverpool who are seven points ahead of Chelsea and nine over Manchester City while awaiting the result of Arsenal-Manchester United.
Chelsea solid runner-up, Manchester City redoes the cherry
Runner-up to Liverpool, Chelsea had the opportunity to put pressure on the Reds and moved towards Southampton. The Blues were running against the red lantern since we saw new faces like Filip Jorgensen, Axel Disasi and Joao Félix. And you shouldn’t be late. In good form over the last few weeks, Enzo Fernandez allowed Axel Disasi to score quickly from a corner (1-0, 7th). Southampton responded quickly and Joe Aribo’s clear shot reset the scorers (1-1, 11th). However, Chelsea had not come to doubt and Christopher Nkunku was responsible for quickly giving the advantage back to the Blues (2-1, 17th) who would drive the point home with Noni Maduekke (3-1, 34th). Worse, the situation was going to get worse for Southampton when Jack Stephens was excluded for… having pulled the curly hair of Marc Cucurella (40th). In the second half, Chelsea slowed down, but would score a fourth goal at the end of the match after good work from Christopher Nkunku concluded by Cole Palmer (4-1, 77th). Jadon Sancho even played his part on a counter led by Malo Gusto (5-1, 87th). With this large 5-1 victory, Chelsea consolidates its place as runner-up to Liverpool and returns to seven points behind the Reds while Southampton remains last in the Premier League.
Following a dark streak of six defeats and one draw in their last seven matches, Manchester City (5th) wanted to return to success at the Etihad Stadium. On the road to Pep Guardiola’s flock, the astonishing Nottingham Forest (6th) wanted to continue their good momentum. And this was seen very quickly with a first strike from Erling Haaland (6th) and the goal from Bernardo Silva following a delivery from Kevin De Bruyne (1-0, 8th). Not completely healed yet, Manchester City was going to suffer like these strikes from Morgan Gibbs-White (17th) and Chris Wood (30th). However, Jeremy Doku served Kevin De Bruyne perfectly who gave his teammates some breathing space (2-0, 31st). Managing the game more afterwards, Manchester City gave itself some breathing space shortly before the hour mark with a goal from Jeremy Doku (3-0, 57th). With this advantage, Manchester City returns to the path of victory and climbs to third place, nine points behind leader Liverpool.
Finally, the last match of the evening pitted two bottom-of-the-table clubs against each other with Wolverhampton (18th) moving to Everton (17th). At home, the Toffees wanted to distance themselves from the red zone. It started perfectly with a well-placed free kick to the right of José Sà’s goal by Ashley Young (1-0, 10th). A few minutes later, James Tarkowski’s goal was refused for the Toffees (19th). Everton would even double the lead shortly after the half-hour mark. Taking advantage of a ball that floated in front of the Wolves surface, Orel Mangala managed to finish in a forest of legs (2-0, 33rd). And even when Wolverhampton reacted after the break, Dominic Calvert-Lewin pushed Craig Dawson to make a mistake from a corner (3-0, 49th). Iliman Ndiaye also thought he would take part in the party, but his goal was ultimately refused (65th). Dominic Calvert-Lewin (73rd) would also find the net at the end of the match (4-0, 73rd). With this 4-0 victory, Everton climbs to fifteenth place and relegates the red zone to 5 points. Wolverhampton slips to 19th place.
The results of the evening
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Everton 4-0 Wolverhampton: Ashley Young (10th), Orel Mangala (33rd), Craig Dawson (49th csc) and Dominic Calvert-Lewin (73rd) for the Toffees
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Newcastle 3-3 Liverpool: Alexander Isak (35th), Anthony Gordon (62nd) and Fabian Schär (90th) for the Magpies; Curtis Jones (50th) and Mohamed Salah (68th and 83rd) for the Reds
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Manchester City 3-0 Nottingham Forest: Bernardo Silva (8th), Kevin De Bruyne (32nd) and Jeremy Doku (57th) for the Sky Blues
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Southampton 1-5 Chelsea : Joe Aribo (11th) for the Saints, Axel Disasi (7th), Christopher Nkunku (17th), Noni Maduekke (34th), Cole Palmer (77th) and Jadon Sancho (87th) for the Blues
