Emery, the giant-killer of the Premier League: removes Arsenal from the top

He Liverpool has won 1-2 against Crystal Palace, with an extreme comeback included, and is positioned as the new leader of the Premier League thanks to the defeat of the Arsenal 1-0 against Aston Villa, in a sixteenth matchday in which Bournemouth made a big splash by beating the Manchester United (0-3) a Old Trafford.

The Saturday round was opened by Liverpool’s match at Selhurst Park, where the referee corrected a penalty awarded in favor of the locals at half an hour, due to a previous foul on Wataru Endo when the ball was kicked out. However, another maximum penalty was ordered in the 56th minute and Jean-Philippe Mateta scored 1-0. tied Mohamed Salah in the 76th minute, with a shot inside the area that tripped over a rival defender, and Harvey Elliott The comeback culminated in stoppage time, with a left-footed shot from the edge of the area that hit hard. In the last play, Alisson Becker made a save to seal the victory for the redswho now have 37 points at the top of the league.

To place themselves up there, Jürgen Klopp’s pupils benefited hours later from the Arsenal defeat at Villa Park. In his first shot on goal, made by John McGinn After a turn on itself at the penalty spot, Aston Villa took the lead in the 7th minute. gunners in the 90th minute, with a joint shot between Kai Havertz and Eddie Nketiah after colliding with goalkeeper Dibu Martínez in a Martin Odegaard cross from the right. But the action was canceled due to a slight touch by the German with his hand while controlling. This poor harvest leaves Arsenal with 36 points and places Unai Emery’s team in third place, now with 35.

In that high area of ​​the classification, the Manchester United (27 points), following the 0-3 loss at home against Bournemouth (19). Dominic Solanke scored the first after five minutes, Philip Billing made it 0-2 midway through the second half and Marcos Senesi He scored the third visitor goal at Old Trafford when the 73rd minute ran.

In addition, Sheffield United beat Brentford by the minimum; Brighton & Hove Albion, without the injured Ansu Fati, drew at home (1-1) against Burnley; and Wolverhampton Wanderers, thanks to a goal from the former colchonero Matheus Cunha taking advantage of a pass Pablo Sarabiaalso drew in their stadium (1-1) against Nottingham Forest.