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Liverpool was placed again at the top of the ranking in the Premier league thanks to a hard-fought victory against West Ham (2-1), this Saturday on the 7th date, after Manchester city Y Chelsea achieve victories without forcing.
‘Citizens’ (8th) and ‘Blues’ (4th) beat Sheffield United (1-0) and Burnley (3-0) respectively away from home and provisionally approached the top positions, although later the ‘Reds’ they put land in the middle again.
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At Anfield, West Ham (13th), who had defeated Leicester 3-0 and tied with Tottenham and Manchester City, opened the scoring through Spaniard Pablo Fornals in the 10th minute, who took advantage of a poor clearance by Joe Gomez. and another jump in vain by Nathaniel Phillips, a regular player in the second team ‘Red’ and who played his first game in the elite. But the current champion equalized with a penalty scored by the Egyptian Mohamed Salah (42).
Portugal’s Diogo Jota, who had jumped off the bench, was decisive with his third goal in three games at Anfield since his arrival (85) in September. And he even sent the ball to the back of the net once again, but the VAR canceled the goal due to a previous foul by Senegalese Sadio Mané.
Liverpool is three points higher than its neighbors Everton (2nd), who travel to Newcastle on Sunday, and Wolverhampton (3rd), winner against Crystal Palace (2-0) on Friday. Everton will not have this weekend with the Colombian James Rodríguez.
With 15 goals against there is the paradox that the leader of the table is also the one who has received the most goals.
“Football is a complicated place and we are happy to be able to play football,” Klopp said about the confinement implemented by the English government, which will allow the Premier to continue its course.
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The City, for its part, were again five points behind Liverpool despite their victory hours earlier. In the field of Sheffield United, which remains in the third to last position with just one point scored in seven games, a strong low shot from side Kyle Walker in the 28th minute, more than 25 meters from the goal, was enough to tip a game that returned to highlight the difficulty for the City to add three at a time.
A goal with a special flavor for its author, unusual in that facet, achieved in the stadium of the club where it was formed, so it was not at all effusive in the celebration.
Next week, before the international truce, is crucial for City, who can set foot in the Champions League round of 16 if they defeat Olympiakos at home on Tuesday. He will then meet Liverpool at the Etihad, in a major duel in the title race.
At the moment, City seems to have left behind its faltering start to the course, weighed down by injuries, covid cases and its short preseason of just two weeks. And it seems that he will be able to continue counting on his coach, Pep Guardiola, at the head of the ‘citizen’ ship, after the Catalan coach was related to a possible return to FC Barcelona, something that he denied after the game.
“I’ve said it many times. My time as a coach in Barcelona is over”, Guardiola said, who maintained that his “wish” is to continue succeeding in England.
Chelsea also continued their winning momentum, chaining their fourth consecutive game without conceding against bottom Burnley, and again with Senegalese Edouard Mendy under sticks and Spanish international goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga on the bench.
The integration of the new signings continues at a rapid pace, and six of the reinforcements were starters this Saturday, among them the Brazilian Thiago Silva. Among the new ones, Hakim Ziyech stood out in his first game of the season as a starter.
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The Moroccan from Ajax opened the scoring (26) before offering the German Timo Werner the last goal 20 minutes from time. Between the two goals, Frenchman Kurt Zouma scored with a header in a corner at 2-0 in 63.
“It was a very complete performance on our part. It is a difficult place to come. We controlled most of the game, so I am very happy,” congratulated Chelsea manager Frank Lampard.
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With AFP
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