Tottenham played a competitive game after two weeks, and the duel with Liverpool began in the best possible way. In the 13th minute, Kane ran with the ball into the lime and scored at the home stadium for the first time since May with an accurate shot.
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The equalizer was arranged by Jota, who scored the third goal of the season, which is the best balance in the league. In addition, the Portuguese scored ten goals for the first time in a single Premier League season. The left side created an opportunity for the visitors 70 minutes into the match, and Levy was booked for kicking the ball away.
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However, the Scottish national team also entered the statistics in a negative way. In just four minutes, after hesitating the otherwise great catching Alisson, the Korean Son Hung-min leveled, and then Robertson brutally kicked Emerson and received a red card.
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The “Roosters” did not use the power play, but at least they broke the eight-match winning streak of the “Reds” and became independent in seventh place in the incomplete table. For the first time in 16 matches, Muhammad Salah, the top scorer of the competition, did not score or score a goal.
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The “Citizens” set out behind the eighth league win in a row in the fifth minute, when he took advantage of a big misunderstanding of the home defense of the stopper Dias. Another Portuguese Cancelo, who then increased the lead with a cannonball from behind the lime in the 27th minute.
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Riyadh Mahriz also scored a goal and assisted, scoring a third goal after the break and sealing Sterling’s high victory in the end. The “Citizens” scored 105 league goals this calendar year and broke the club record of 1929.
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Newcastle coach Eddie Howe also lost the 11th game of his career against the City, which is the worst record in the history of the competition. The “Magpies” remain in the penultimate place ahead of Norwich.
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Chelsea officials said before the match with Wolves that they had asked for a postponement of the duel due to a coronavirus infection, but the Premier League did not comply. The “Blues” did not conquer the fourth best defense of the competition and lost points for the fourth time in the last six duels. Wolverhampton remains eighth.
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| English Football League – Round 18: |
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| Wolverhampton – Chelsea 0:0 |
| Newcastle – Manchester City 0:4 (5. Dias, 27. Cancelo, 65. Mahriz, 86. Sterling) |
| Tottenham – Liverpool 2: 2 (13th Kane, 74. Son Hung-min – 35th Jota, 70th Robertson) |
| The Everton-Leicester match has been postponed |
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| 1. | Manchester City | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 44:9 | 44 |
| 2. | Liverpool | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 50:15 | 41 |
| 3. | Chelsea | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 39:12 | 38 |
| 4. | Arsenal | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 27:23 | 32 |
| 5. | West Ham United | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 28:21 | 28 |
| 6. | Manchester United | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 26:24 | 27 |
| 7. | Tottenham | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 18:19 | 26 |
| 8. | Wolverhampton | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 13:14 | 25 |
| 9. | Leicester | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 27:27 | 22 |
| 10. | Aston Villa | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 23:25 | 22 |
| 11. | Crystal Palace | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 24:24 | 20 |
| 12. | Brentford | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21:22 | 20 |
| 13. | Brighton | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 14:17 | 20 |
| 14. | Everton | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21:29 | 19 |
| 15. | Southampton | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 16:26 | 17 |
| 16. | Leeds | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18:36 | 16 |
| 17. | Watford | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 21:31 | 13 |
| 18. | Burnley | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 14:21 | 11 |
| 19. | Newcastle | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18:41 | 10 |
| 20. | Norwich | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 8:34 | 10 |
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