Leeds, a team led by Marcelo Bielsa, won a valuable 3-2 away victory against West Ham, which is fourth in the Premier League and was their executioner in the FA Cup.
Midfielder Jack Harrison stood out with a triplet for Bielsa’s team’s important victory in London against one of the five best teams of the current season, which had Manuel Lanzini as starter.
Leeds went into the break 2-1 up (Jarrod Bowen temporarily equalized for West Ham), at the beginning of the second half Pablo Fornals (7m.) equalized again for the locals but a few minutes later Harrison (15m.) put the in advantage to the visitor with the definitive 3-2.
Bielsa’s team reached 22 points after ten disputed dates and took nine from Norwinch, the last team in the relegation zone.
The victory had more merit since West Ham is fourth with 37 units and a few days ago eliminated it from the FA Cup after winning 2-0, also in London, with a goal from Lanzini.
In addition, Leeds had gone seven games without a win on the road in the Premier League.
In the other game, Liverpool thrashed Brentford 3-0 at home, and became the new shooting guard after overcoming Chelsea’s line, eleven points behind the leader Manchester City
The London classic between Tottenham and Arsenal scheduled for Sunday had been postponed due to cases of Covid-19 in the “gunners”.
Summary of the 22a fecha: viernes: Brighton 1-Crystal Palace 1; sábado: Manchester City 1-Chelsea 0; Newcastle 1- Watford 1; Norwich City 2- Everton 1; Wolverhampton 3-Southampton 1; Aston Villa 2- Manchester United 2; hoy: Liverpool 3- Brentford 0; West Ham 2- Leeds United 3. Postergados: Burnley-Leicester City y Tottenham-Arsenal.
Positions: Manchester City, 56 puntos; Liverpool, 45; Chelsea, 43; ; West Ham, 37; Arsenal, 35; Tottenham, 33; Manchester United, 32; Wolverhampton, 31; Brighton & Hove, 28; Leicester City, 25; Crystal Palace y Southampton, 24; Aston Villa y Brentford, 23; Leeds, 22; Everton, 19; Watford, 14; Norwich City 13; Newcastle 12 y Burnley 11.
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