Liverpool visit Tottenham to try to close their crisis

Six points behind the leader Manchester United, against whom they also lost on Sunday (3-2) in the English Cup, Liverpool (4th) will try to close their crisis by achieving a good result in their trip to Tottenham (5th) , on Thursday in the 20th English day.

The Reds, reigning Premier League champions, have not seen a championship win in five games and haven’t scored in the last three.

This slump has left him six points behind the Red Devils and four off the podium. Tottenham have one less unit.

On December 16, in the last meeting between the two teams, Liverpool saved the victory (2-1) with a goal from Roberto Firmino in the last minute.

This duel already showed the offensive difficulties of the Reds against a low block, in addition to the defensive fragility in the contras, as also evidenced by their defeat on Sunday against United.

Liverpool’s fourth place is also threatened by Everton – which has two games behind – and West Ham, sixth and seventh, both two points behind.

The first receives a solid Leicester on Wednesday, who closes the podium and has won 22 of the 27 points he has played outside his stadium, and the second opens the dance on Tuesday against Crystal Palace (13th).

Ahead, leaders Manchester United welcome bottom Sheffield United to their stadium, while Manchester City, second to two points but with one game less, visit the penultimate West Bromwich Albion.

On Saturday in the Cup, City coach Pep Guardiola opted for rotations and was about to say goodbye to a competition that his club has won six times, the last one in 2019. It was losing 1-0 to Chesterham, of the fourth division , until the 81st minute, when Phil Foden tied. Finally he won 3-1.

– Program of the 20th day of the Premier League (in GMT hours):

– Tuesday:

(18h00) Crystal Palace – West Ham

Newcastle – Leeds

(20h15) Southampton – Arsenal

West Bromwich Albion – Manchester City

– Wednesday:

(18h00) Burnley – Aston Villa

Chelsea – Wolverhampton

(19h30) Brighton – Fulham

(20h15) Everton – Leicester

Manchester United – Sheffield United

– Thursday:

(20h00) Tottenham – Liverpool

Classification: Pts JGEP gf gc diff

1. Manchester United 40 19 12 4 3 36 25 11

2. Manchester City 38 18 11 5 2 31 13 18

3. Leicester 38 19 12 2 5 35 21 14

4. Liverpool 34 19 9 7 3 37 22 15

5. Tottenham 33 18 9 6 3 33 17 16

6. Everton 32 17 10 2 5 28 21 7

7. West Ham 32 19 9 5 5 27 22 5

8. Aston Villa 29 17 9 2 6 31 18 13

9. Chelsea 29 19 8 5 6 33 23 10

10. Southampton 29 18 8 5 5 26 21 5

11. Arsenal 27 19 8 3 8 23 19 4

12. Leeds United 23 18 7 2 9 30 34 -4

13. Crystal Palace 23 19 6 5 8 22 33 -11

14. Wolverhampton 22 19 6 4 9 21 29 -8

15. Burnley 19 18 5 4 9 10 22 -12

16. Newcastle 19 19 5 4 10 18 32 -14

17. Brighton 17 19 3 8 8 22 29 -7

18. Fulham 12 18 2 6 10 15 27 -12

19. West Brom 11 19 2 5 12 15 43 -28

20. Sheffield United 5 19 1 2 16 10 32 -22

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