Unai Emery’s Aston Villa achieves a hard-fought victory against Southampton
MADRID, 21 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Liverpool and Chelsea failed to get past a goalless draw at Anfield this Saturday after a watered-down match that kept both teams away from the European positions, while Newcastle could not add three after drawing (0-0) on their visit to Crystal Palace and Unai Emery’s Aston Villa achieved (1-0) a hard-fought victory against Southampton.
Distanced 18 points from Arsenal, the leader, and ten points from fourth place, Chelsea and Liverpool continued to offer doubts in an irregular season that also endorsed this Saturday’s game on matchday 21 of the Premier. The lack of intensity and effectiveness of the two teams left a game without great chances.
Chelsea pushed harder in the first half and VAR disallowed a Kai Havertz goal for offside. Meanwhile, the only local threat came from the boots of the recently incorporated Cody Gakpo, but without too much danger. The colorful note to the match was provided by another signing, in this case ‘blue’, Mykhailo Mudryk, who entered before the game hour was up and was even able to score the winning goal, but his shot crashed into the side of network.
On the other hand, Newcastle was unable to get past the tie at Selhurst Park Stadium against a Palace that defended itself tooth and nail against the siege of the ‘magpies’. Eddie Howe’s men, who have gone 15 games without losing in the Premier League, did not take the opportunity to continue stalking Arsenal and Manchester City at the top of the table, although they will continue to maintain their champions place.
For their part, Unai Emery’s Aston Villa successfully managed (0-1) their visit to Southampton and added their fourth consecutive game without losing in the league. Watkins’ solitary goal in the second half was enough to settle the ‘villains’ in the middle of the table and put land in the middle with the relegation places.
In addition, Brighton achieved a valuable draw (2-2) against Leicester to stay in the fight for European places, while West Ham managed to get out of relegation after their victory (2-0) against Everton and Bournemouth left escape (1-1) the three points at the end against Nottingham Forest.
–RESULTS AND PROGRAM OF DAY 21.
-Saturday.
Liverpool – Chelsea 0-0.
Bournemouth – Nottingham Forest 1-1.
Leicester – Brighton 2-2.
Southampton – Aston Villa 0-1.
West Ham – Everton 2-0.
Crystal Palace – Newcastle 0-0.
-Domingo.
Leeds – Brentford.
Manchester City – Wolves.
Arsenal – Manchester United.
-Monday.
Fulham – Tottenham.
