Another setback for Chelsea in the English Premier League. Billionaires are still at the bottom of football

On Tuesday, Premier League leaders Manchester City beat Leeds United 7-0 at home. And on Thursday, Liverpool and the teams chase the “citizens”. Chelsea They tried to keep the loss to the leader they had before the queue started. Both teams played at home – Liverpool with Newcastle Chelsea vs Everton – and they were clear favourites.

Liverpool did the job. Newcastle is still at the bottom

English Premier League runner-up Liverpool He came out victorious in his match. The Reds beat Anfield Newcastle 3-1, although the match started in an exciting fashion. In the seventh minute of the match, former Liverpool player Gongo Shelvey scored a beautiful goal for Newcastle.

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But the hosts, who between the 21st and 25th minutes managed to reverse the result of the match, hit the next blows. First, Diogo Jota equalized after a close-up, then took advantage of Shelvey’s nightmare blunder Mohamed Salah, who scored a goal from Sadio Mane in a one-on-one confrontation with the great Newcastle goalkeeper – Martin Dubravka. A point was placed over the “i” at the end with a superb long-range shot by Trent Alexander-Arnold.

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A knockout for Chelsea. Only a draw despite the big advantage

There was a surprise at Thursday’s second meeting. Chelsea Only at home in crisis Everton 1: 1. Both teams entered this match very weakly. At Chelsea, Romelu Lukaku, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Timo Werner and Mateo Kovacic missed COVID-19, Kai Havertz also reported a disorder. Besides Everton, there was, among others, Richarlison, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Lucas Digne, Demarai Gray and Andros Townsend.

Chelsea had a huge advantage in this match, but did not score until the second half. In the seventieth minute, the embarrassment”bluesMason Mount interrupted the opponent’s goal and took advantage of the situation alone with the goalkeeper. the team Thomas Tuchel However, he only enjoyed the lead for four minutes as 19-year-old Jarad Brantwaite equalized after a set match.

After 17 matches in the English Premier League, the table is on top Manchester (41 points), one point ahead of Liverpool (40) and four (Chelsea).

Other matches leggy English this weekend, although as many as five of them won’t be played by the crazy clubs Premier League Corona virus pandemic. For now, matches for the top three teams will be played as planned, although it is likely that the league authorities will decide to postpone the entire 18th round.