While PSG took place in the French Cup against Saint-Brieuc, winning its quarter-final on the 7-0 score, its opponent in the knockout stages of the Champions League is also on a cloud. Liverpool, who is playing a much more competitive championship than Ligue 1, accentuated his lead at the top of the Premier League, dominating Newcastle in Anfield (2-0), Wednesday evening on behalf of the 27th day. The gap is now 13 points!
The Reds left their opponents no chance, first opening the scoring by Dominik Szoboszlai on a center of Luis Diaz (11th) and doubling the time of play by Alexis Mac Allister after a small chain of Mohamed Salah in the surface (63rd). The 7th goal of the season all competitions for the number 10 Hungarian, the 5th for the Argentinian mid -2022 world.
Arsenal abandoned
At the same time, Arsenal was unable to tear the three points from Nottingham (0-0), facing the surprise team of the season, four days after a home loss against West Ham. Mikel Arteta again tried Mikel Merino in false 9, in vain, and Leandro Trossard, Ethan Nwaneri or Declan Rice tried their luck without really worrying Matz Sels. The Gunners are 13 points behind Liverpool but with a match less, eleven days before a shock against Manchester United in Old Trafford.
Forest is a third in the feverish ranking after three games without victory and sees Manchester City and Chelsea in the rear view mirror now, respectively one and two points. The Cityzens relaunched themselves by winning in the lair of Tottenham (0-1) on a goal from Erling Haaland at the start of the match (12th). The training of Pep Guardiola can even put the points on the I by winning in Nottingham next week. Chelsea won Tuesday evening against the last Southampton (4-0), one last PL who is the next opponent of Liverpool…
