Schedule of postponed matches to be played this week

Six late Premier League games are played between Tuesday and Thursday, with very attractive duels, such as Liverpool vs. Manchester United and Chelsea vs. Arsenal.

On Tuesday, Manchester United (5th), which has relaunched itself in the race for the Champions League after its victory against Norwich, on Saturday (3-2), and the false steps of Arsenal and Tottenham, will go to the field of the second classified, Liverpool, who still dreams of overtaking Manchester City, leader with a point advantage, at the head of the championship.

The Citizens They will play on Wednesday against Brighton (10th), who have won two away wins in the fields of the Spurs and the Gunners.

Shortly before, the London derby between Chelsea (3rd) and Arsenal (6th) will be capital in the race to qualify for the next Champions League. The team led by Mikel Arteta cannot afford a fourth loss in a row in the final sprint, while Chelsea would almost definitely secure their place on the podium in case of victory.

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For Luis Díaz, the duel against the Red Devils It will have a special tint, as it will be the first time that he comes face to face with Cristiano Ronaldo in England, just after the Portuguese was the spearhead of his team to return to Champions positions for next season.

With that hat-trick on Saturday, CR7 made a leap in the Premier League scoring ranking, led by the Egyptian Mohamed Salah (20 goals). With 15 goals, the star overtook his compatriot Diogo Jota, Liverpool striker, for third place in the table and put the Senegalese Sadio Mané ahead (13 goals).

Los Reds They will come to this match with air in their shirts after qualifying for the FA Cup final against their main rival this season. Putting his impressive first half to good use, he withstood Manchester City’s backlash and went on to win 3-2 in their semi-final on Saturday.

A header from Ibrahima Konaté (minute 9) and a brace from Sadio Mané (17 and 45) put Liverpool’s overwhelming dominance on the scoreboard in the first half at Wembley. In the second, City improved and shortened through Jack Grealish (47) and Bernardo Silva (90+1), but could not prevent Liverpool from qualifying for the final on May 14 against Chelsea, the same as At the beginning of the year the League Cup was disputed until the definition from the penalty spot.

Apart from the good time they are having on all fronts, Liverpool has the recent memory of a win over Manchester United. On October 24, 2021 they visited Old Trafford and took a suitcase full of goals with a 5-0 that left the fans of the team then led by Ole Gunnar Solksjaer cold. Naby Keita, Diogo Jota and a hat-trick by Salah were the scorers of that night of terror for the Red Devils.

The ‘rematch’ will be this Tuesday -April 19- from 2:00 in the afternoon (Colombian time) at Anfield Road, with broadcast by ESPN and Star+ for Latin America.