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London (AFP)
Manchester United and Manchester City drew without goals, this Saturday on the twelfth date of the Premier League, at the end of a match that will not go down in history, and that slows the escalation that the two Manchester giants maintained.
‘Red Devils’ and ‘Citizens’ provisionally remain 7th and 8th with 20 and 19 points respectively, while Tottenham and Liverpool lead the table with 24 points.
Both teams showed more fear of losing than ambition to take the three points, and that United was more obliged to play at home and to be in debt to their fans after having said goodbye this week from the Champions League after losing to him Leipzig.
The Spanish David de Gea and the Brazilian Ederson lived, therefore, a quiet afternoon, although Pep Guardiola’s City, which had given eight of its starters a rest during the week in the Champions League, showed something more offensive bite.
The Catalan coach will be able to console himself with the fact that his team kept their goal unbeaten for the sixth consecutive game, among all competitions.
With an affordable schedule until New Years – West Bromwich Albion and Newcastle at home, Southampton and Everton away – City are confident of continuing to approach the top of the standings.
Earlier this Saturday, Newcastle (11th) returned to the competition after a two-week absence from several covid-positive players, winning 2-1 against West Bromwich (19th), with a goal from Paraguayan Miguel Almirón 20 seconds after the whistle initial.
On the first play of the game, with the visiting defense poorly positioned, Almirón received only inside the area and defined with his classy left foot to overcome goalkeeper Sam Johnstone.
Darnell Furlong equalized in the 50th minute, and Dwight Gayle (82) scored the winning goal for the Magpies with a header.
And Aston Villa took the three points from the Wolverhampton stadium (12th) thanks to a penalty in discount, a victory that places them in 9th place in the Premier League standings.
Dutch attacker Anwar El Ghazi (90 + 4) scored the penalty mark for the ‘villains’, so close to the final whistle that there was no time for an eventual reaction for Wolverhampton.
Leading Tottenham will visit Crystal Palace (13th) on Sunday (14:15 GMT) and Liverpool, second with the same points as Spurs, will go (16:30 GMT) to Fulham Stadium (17th).
– Results of the matches of the 12th day of the English football championship, and classification table:
– Friday:
Leeds – West Ham 1 – 2
– Saturday:
Wolverhampton – Aston Villa 0 – 1
Newcastle – West Bromwich 2 – 1
Manchester United – Manchester City 0 – 0
(20h00 GMT) Everton – Chelsea
– Sunday:
(12h00 GMT) Southampton – Sheffield United
(14h15 GMT) Crystal Palace – Tottenham
(16h30 GMT) Fulham – Liverpool
(19h15 GMT) Arsenal – Burnley
Leicester – Brighton
Classification: Pts JGEP GF GC Diff
1. Tottenham 24 11 7 3 1 23 9 14
2. Liverpool 24 11 7 3 1 26 17 9
3. Chelsea 22 11 6 4 1 25 11 14
4. Leicester 21 11 7 0 4 21 15 6
5. West Ham 20 12 6 2 4 20 15 5
6. Southampton 20 11 6 2 3 21 17 4
7. Manchester United 20 11 6 2 3 19 17 2
8. Manchester City 19 11 5 4 2 17 11 6
9. Aston Villa 18 10 6 0 4 21 13 8
10. Everton 17 11 5 2 4 20 18 2
11. Newcastle 17 11 5 2 4 14 16 -2
12. Wolverhampton 17 12 5 2 5 11 16 -5
13. Crystal Palace 16 11 5 1 5 17 16 1
14. Leeds 14 12 4 2 6 17 22 -5
15. Arsenal 13 11 4 1 6 10 14 -4
16. Brighton 10 11 2 4 5 15 18 -3
17. Fulham 7 11 2 1 8 11 21 -10
18. Burnley 6 10 1 3 6 5 18 -13
19. West Bromwich 6 12 1 3 8 9 25 -16
20. Sheffield United 1 11 0 1 10 5 18 -13
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