London. Liverpool won 1-0 this Saturday on their visit to Crystal Palace, a result that assures the Reds the leadership on this day seven of the Premier League, in which Manchester City (2nd) and Arsenal (3rd) had to come back from their games.
After having added 18 of the 21 possible points, Liverpool has a one-point advantage over Citizens y Gunnerstied with 17 points.
A goal from the Portuguese Diogo Jota, assisted by the Dutch Cody Gakpo (9), served to ensure the victory of the Redsin a match in which coach Arne Slot reserved the Uruguayan Darwin Núñez, while the Argentine Alexis Mac Allister was replaced at half-time due to discomfort.
But the most alarming decline for Reds It was that of goalkeeper Alisson Becker, who with a quarter of an hour remaining had to be substituted after suffering a puncture in the back of his left thigh.
“When a player walks like he did, it usually means that he will not be with Brazil and I do not expect him to return to the team for the first game after the break,” Slot declared after the match.
The Irishman Caoimhín Kelleher, his usual substitute between the sticks, was absent due to illness, so Slot had to bring on the 23-year-old Czech Viteslav Jaros.
Jiménez’s genius
Manchester City and Arsenal suffered more, winning 3-2 and 3-1 in their respective matches against Fulham (6th) and Southampton (19th) after starting behind on the scoreboard.
Pep Guardiola’s pupils were surprised by an impressive assist from the Mexican Raúl Jiménez, a backheel between two defenders that the Brazilian Andreas Pereira (26) took advantage of, but just six minutes later the Croatian Mateo Kovacic (32) returned the tie at the Etihad Stadium.
In the second half, Kovacic put the team ahead Citizens (47) and the Belgian Jeremy Doku thought he had sealed the match (82, 3-1) but the Brazilian Rodrigo Muniz (89, 3-2) tightened the rope again in Manchester.
In north London, the Saints They gave a scare to Arsenal, who could not find a way to resolve the match against a team in the relegation zone.
Martinelli enters and scores
Thus, taking advantage of the doubts of Mikel Arteta’s men, Cameron Archer (55) made the shadow of doubt loom over the Emirates Stadium, although just three minutes later (58) the German Kai Haverz restored the tie to the score.
Arteta activated the bench, bringing on three players (61), including the Brazilian Gabriel Martinelli, who advanced the Gunners assisted by Bukayo Saka, author of the third (88) already in the final minutes.
Saturday afternoon saw a game with eight goals in the duel between Brentford (9th) and Wolverhampton: the locals won 5-3 against some Wolves that, despite showing glimpses of good football, they continue to make too many mistakes and each day they are deeper in the last position.
West Ham (12th) added their second victory of the season with a 4-1 win over Ipswich (17th), while Leicester (15th) achieved their first by beating Bournemouth 1-0 (13th).
In the last game on Saturday, Everton (16th) will host Newcastle (7th).
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