Premier League: England: Liverpool takes on Manchester City, Newcastle outclasses Chelsea

The runner-up Liverpool came to upset the all-powerful Manchester City (1-1) on Saturday, November 25, hanging in its stadium for the first time in more than a year, and whose first place is now threatened by Arsenal, on the move in Brentford.

Jürgen Klopp’s side failed to achieve the success that has eluded them at the Etihad Stadium since November 2015, but they locked City’s winning streak at their fortress to 23, a small victory in itself .

The three-time reigning English champion had in fact not given up a single point, in all competitions, since December 31, 2022 and the arrival of Everton (1-1), the other Liverpool team.

The Reds, second with 28 points, are hot on the heels of the Skyblues (29 pts) who they aim to dethrone at the end of the season, which they are the only ones to have managed to do, in 2020, during the last six seasons.

“It’s no coincidence that they win so many home games”so Liverpool must “take this point as a success”Klopp commented on Sky Sports. “We had good times, I wish we had more”he however qualified.

Pep Guardiola praised him “an excellent performance” facing a “incredible team” who has “very well defended”. “Conceding only two shots on target (the league counted three, editor’s note) against Liverpool is a great compliment for the way we work”.

The visitors equalized through all-round defender Trent Alexander-Arnold (80th), although he was busy containing the threat Jérémy Doku, a reward for the efforts made after the early opening score from the inevitable Erling Haaland (27th, 1st). -0).

The Norwegian became, at 23 and in his second season in England, the fastest player to reach the 50-goal mark in the Premier League. It took him just 48 matches to achieve this, compared to 65 matches for previous record holder Andy Cole.

Chelsea betrayed by their defense

In the other poster of Saturday, Newcastle took advantage of the defensive generosity of Chelsea (4-1) to keep in touch with the top-5 and gain momentum before the crucial trip in the Champions League on Tuesday to Paris Saint -Germain.

The Magpies, weakened by numerous absences, were able to count on the return of the formerly injured Alexander Isak, author of his seventh goal of the season (13th, 1-0), but above all on the sometimes gross errors of Chelsea.

On the last two goals, for example, Joelinton took advantage of a guilty hesitation from Thiago Silva and Anthony Gordon, and the wait-and-see attitude of Benoît Badiashile. The Blues, at ten after the expulsion of their captain Reece James (73rd), stagnated in tenth place.

Behind Newcastle (23 pts), Brighton (7th, 22 pts) struggled to win against Nottingham Forest (3-2). West Ham (9th, 20 pts) also reversed the course of the match on the lawn of promoted Burnley (2-1), the red lantern overwhelmed by a sixth defeat in a row.

Vincent Kompany’s team has four points, one unit less than Sheffield United (18th), beaten 3-1 by Bournemouth, and above all five less than the first non-relegation place, Luton (17th).

The Little Thumb of the Premier League gave himself some fresh air with a precious victory against Crystal Palace (2-1), his first in two months, and the first in his old Kenilworth Road stadium.

On Sunday, the fourth Tottenham hosts the fifth Aston Villa, before Manchester United travel to Everton, which will be the first match since the withdrawal of ten points inflicted for financial infractions.