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MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Champions Liverpool are five points clear at the top of the Premier League after a 7-0 away beating of Crystal Palace, while Arsenal’s woes continued with a 2-1 loss to runner-up Everton on Saturday.
Manchester City got back on track with a 1-0 win at Southampton in good form, while Newcastle United drew 1-1 at home to struggling Fulham.
Liverpool have 31 points from 14 games with Everton five points behind and Tottenham Hotspur, who host Leicester City on Sunday, one point behind.
Juergen Klopp’s team hadn’t won away from home in the league since September, but they broke that dry spell in spectacular fashion, recording their biggest away win in the top flight with Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah scoring twice each. .
Japan’s Takumi Minamino rewarded Juergen Klopp’s decision to start him ahead of Salah by scoring after just over two minutes and Sadio Mane then made two when he spun and shot home from the edge of the area at 35.
Firmino added a third just before the break, firing a shot home to top off a magnificent Liverpool counterattack that swept the length of the field, and Jordan Henderson added a fourth at seven minutes into the second half as Palace, led by the former coach. Liverpool’s Roy Hodgson. , collapsed.
Firmino got his second with a brilliant chip effort at 68 and Salah came in to score with a header before shooting brilliantly into the top corner with five minutes remaining.
“Everything is nice, everything is good in this game,” Klopp said.
“It was really difficult to play against us today I would say. And then obviously everyone wore their spike boots and when you have that it’s really tough,” added the German.
UNDER PRESSURE
Arsenal’s worst start to the season in 46 years shows no signs of ending after another poor result for their coach Mikel Arteta.
Colombian Yerry Mina caught the winner with a header from a corner at halftime after a Nicolás Pepe penalty tied the Gunners after Everton’s first goal with an own goal from Rob Holding.
“It is not good enough, it is not good enough by the standards of this football club and this is the challenge,” said Arteta.
Everton, with three consecutive victories, remember their excellent form at the start of the season after an unstable period.
“I think we are doing very well this season. We are in a good position in the table, “said coach Carlo Ancelotti.
“We have shown a lot of consistency and a lot of spirit in the last three games, so you have to be satisfied with what we are doing now,” he said.
Raheem Sterling scored the decisive goal for Manchester City in the 16th minute, converting a low cross from Kevin De Bruyne while injury-prone forward Danny Ings left before the break with a hamstring problem.
City, who had been held back at home by humble West Bromwich Albion on Tuesday, again struggled in front of goal, but continue to look solid at the back.
“Defensively we were excellent. Last season we fought a lot. Rubén (Dias) has helped us a lot. John (Stones) in the last games has been exceptional,” said coach Pep Guardiola.
A Callum Wilson penalty for Newcastle disallowed Matt Ritchie’s own goal that had put Fulham ahead at St James’ Park.
The result pushed Fulham out of the relegation zone as they moved up one spot to 17th with 10 points from 14 games with more goal difference than 18th-ranked Burnley who has two games in hand.
(Reporting by Simon Evans; Editing by Toby Davis)
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