LIVERPOOL._ In a full domain sample, Liverpool rolled over Southampton 4-0 on Saturday and was one point behind leaders Chelsea in the English Premier League.
Diogo Jota twice, Thiago Alcantara and Virgil van Dijk scored the goals.
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Jürgen Klopp’s relentless side is the league’s top scorer with 39 goals – no team comes close to less than eight – and with this victory they came close to leaders Chelsea, who face Manchester United on Sunday.
Newcastle, which have not won a single game since the start of the Premier League season, extended their winless streak to 13 matches by losing 2-0 to Arsenal on Saturday.
Bukayo Saka and the player who replaced him as a substitute, Gabriel Martinelli, scored in the second half. Colero Newcastle, recently acquired by the Saudis, suffered its seventh defeat.
Arsenal retained fifth place in standings, but tied in points with West Ham who is fourth.
Saka opened the scoring in the 56th minute with a cross shot after a skillful pass from Nuno Tavares.
Apparently injured in his left leg after his goal, Saka came out and was replaced by Martinelli at 64 ‘. Two minutes later, the 20-year-old Brazilian extended the score by volleying off a pass from Takehiro Tomiyasu.
The great Steven Garrard’s debut as manager in the Premier League couldn’t be better: his Aston Villa beat Crystal Palace 2-1, their second consecutive win.
Norwich City and Wolverhampton drew goalless, with Brighton hosting Leeds later
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