The Manchester City footballers won after a turnaround on the field of the weakened Arsenal. The reigning champions won the Premier League for the first time in a row, leading by eleven points ahead of Chelsea, who has a good hit on Sunday with third Liverpool. In the next match of Saturday’s program, Tottenham succeeded after the Davinson Sánchez’s goal in the sixth minute setting on the ground of the newcomer from Watford 1: 0.
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West Ham scored all goals in the opening half against Crystal Palace. Antonio won first in the 22nd minute and Lanzini three minutes later, who scored from the penalty in the setting of the first act. In the end, Édouard and Olise reduced the home of Orly. The Hammers won the second round in a row. Another Czech representative, Alex Král, remained among the West Ham substitutes throughout the match.
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Tomáš Souček and Christian Benteke in the header duel.Photo: Peter Nicholls, Reuters
Arsenal lacked coach Mikel Arteta for coronavirus to work as an assistant coach to City Pep Guardiol before coming to the Gunners. The London team was led by Artet’s Dutch assistant Albert Stuivenberg. The home team opened the scoring in the 31st minute, when Saka pushed through with a quick ground shot from the penalty area. In the 57th minute, Mahriz equalized from the penalty. Arsenal almost got back in the lead when the visiting stopper Laporte threw his own goalkeeper Ederson, but Aké kicked the ball on the goal line.
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Bukayo Saka (left) of Arsenal fires, defending him by Nathan Aké of Manchester City.Photo: Ian Walton, Reuters
He immediately saw the second yellow card in a short sequence of home defender Gabriel. Citizens used a power play in the third minute of the setting thanks to Rodri’s shot from lime. Manchester defeated Arsenal for the second time in the league season, dominating the first match at home 5: 0. “Arsenal played a great match, but we showed the character of the champions,” Rodri’s club website quoted. “Arsenal has been better, but sometimes luck gets on your side. Winning 11 games in a row in this period is amazing. We have had a number of injuries and covid cases this season,” said Guardiola.
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The gunners lost in the league after four wins. “I feel disappointed and proud of the team’s performance at the same time. If you create chances against such a team, you have to turn them,” Stuivenberg said.
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Klopp loses the hit with Chelsea
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Liverpool coach Jürgen Klopp will lose a hit on the Chelsea field due to a positive coronavirus test. According to the Reds club website, the 54-year-old German has mild symptoms and is isolated. His team will be led by his assistant Pepijn Lijnders.
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Jürgen Klopp will miss our meeting with Chelsea on Sunday after returning a suspected positive COVID-19 test result.
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) January 1, 2022
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Klopp announced at a news conference on Friday that coronavirus tests revealed three infected players, whose names he did not name, and several members of the implementation team. Liverpool was absent during December due to infection by Virgil van Dijk, Fabinho and Curtis Jones. Suspicion of covid also prevailed at Thiag Alcantara.
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The Reds are third in the Premier League with a 12-point loss to Manchester City leader, but the defending champion has played two more matches. One point ahead of Liverpool is Chelsea, who played a duel more against him.
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Tottenham’s victory at Watford was arranged by Sánchez head after center at Son Hung-min. After the arrival of coach Antonio Conte, the Roosters did not find a winner even in the eighth round and approached the fourth Arsenal by a difference of two points, in addition, they have two good matches. Watford lost in the league for the sixth time in a row and is in first place.
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| Table: | |||||||
| 1. | Manchester City | 21 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 53:13 | 53 |
| 2. | Chelsea | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 43:14 | 42 |
| 3. | Liverpool | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 50:16 | 41 |
| 4. | Arsenal | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 33:25 | 35 |
| 5. | West Ham United | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 37:27 | 34 |
| 6. | Tottenham | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 23:20 | 33 |
| 7. | Manchester United | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 30:26 | 31 |
| 8. | Wolverhampton | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 13:14 | 25 |
| 9. | Leicester | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 31:33 | 25 |
| 10. | Brighton | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 17:18 | 24 |
| 11. | Crystal Palace | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 29:30 | 23 |
| 12. | Aston Villa | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 24:28 | 22 |
| 13. | Southampton | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 20:29 | 21 |
| 14. | Brentford | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 21:25 | 20 |
| 15. | Everton | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21:29 | 19 |
| 16. | Leeds | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18:36 | 16 |
| 17. | Watford | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 22:36 | 13 |
| 18. | Burnley | 16 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 15:24 | 11 |
| 19. | Newcastle | 19 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 19:42 | 11 |
| 20. | Norwich | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8:42 | 10 |
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