London, UK | Chelsea beat Liverpool 1-0 at the Anfield stadium in a prestigious duel this Thursday in the Premier League, with which they were able to return to fourth place in the standings and with it to the Champions League zone.
With 47 points, Chelsea beats Everton (5th, 46 points), who also played this Thursday, with a 1-0 win at West Bromwich (19th).
The surprising West Ham (45 points) falls from fourth to sixth place for these two results, while Liverpool (7th, 43 points) are now four points behind Chelsea and the ‘Champions zone’, which complicates the outlook for team of Jürgen Klopp, the reigning champion of England, who is having a lot of problems this course in his national championship.
“This is a huge blow. If you lose so many games you don’t have the right to go to the Champions League,” German Klopp lamented.
Chelsea’s victory goal was signed by Mason Mount (42), assisted by the Frenchman N’Golo Kanté and who starred in a quick counterattack that culminated successfully against the Brazilian Alisson Becker.
In 24, Chelsea had been annulled somewhat, the work of the German Timo Werner.
“It was almost like a game that was worth six points, since in addition to winning the other team loses”, stressed the Chelsea coach, also German Thomas Tuchel, on the importance of beating a direct rival from the top.
Anfield has ceased to be an impregnable fortress and has become in recent weeks the opposite.
Burnley ended in January with a streak of 68 games in which Liverpool had not lost in their legendary stadium.
But since then there have been five consecutive defeats suffered by the ‘Reds’ at home.
In their last six league games, Liverpool have lost five, all except for last weekend’s 2-0 win at bottom-row Sheffield United.
In the Champions League, yes, Liverpool beat German RB Leipzig 2-0 as a visitor in the first leg of the round of 16 and is in a favorable position to reach the quarterfinals, in a competition that can bring them the joys that the Premier League is denying him this season.
– Everton and Tottenham, in the race –
For its part, the victory of Everton (5th) over West Bromwich (19th) by 1 to 0 came by a goal from Brazilian Richarlison (66), head to center from Icelandic Gylfi Sigurdsson.
It is Everton’s third successive win in the English league, which has given them momentum in this career.
In another game this Thursday, Tottenham (8th) also fulfilled in the fight for European places by also winning 1 to 0 as a visitor, in their case in the field of Fulham (18th), another team that occupies relegation places.
The goal in that match came with a goal against Tosin Adarabioyo in the 19th.
The French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris made several stops of great merit so that the ‘Spurs’ could be victorious in this London derby.
This week other advanced matches were played in the English league and Manchester City, which beat Wolverhampton 4-1 (12th) on Tuesday, further strengthened its leadership.
They now have 14 points more than the second, Manchester United (2nd), who drew 0-0 at Crystal Palace (13th) on Wednesday, and 15 on the margin over Leicester (3rd), who drew 1-1 in Burnley (15th).
All the matches from Tuesday to Thursday in the Premier League, except Fulham-Tottenham, correspond to matchday 29 and were advanced to these days to facilitate the dispute of the England Cup matches scheduled for the weekend of 20 and March 21st.
The clash between Fulham and Tottenham corresponds to the 33rd day (April 24 and 25), because that weekend at the end of next month Tottenham will play against Manchester City in the final of the English League Cup.
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