For their part, the Newcastle Magpies, with the Paraguayan Miguel Almirón as the starter, achieved an agonizing 2-2 draw against Tottenham Hotspur yesterday, thus missing a good chance of reaching Chelsea in fourth place, the last place it gives access to the next UEFA Champions League.
The Blues, who lost 5-2 to West Bromwich on Saturday, are now two points ahead of Spurs, Liverpool (they beat Arsenal 3-0 on Saturday) and West Ham United (playing today).
* The Paraguayans: Miguel Almirón (Newcastle) was booked at 85 and completed the minutes of play. Fabián Balbuena is among those called up in West Ham, who if he wins today at Wolverhampton will rise to fourth place, in the Champions League qualifying zone.
* Miguel Almirón has made the most recoveries (9), received the most fouls (4) and the third most successful dribbles (3/6) in the game against Tottenham, and only lost 23% of his touches of the ball (42). Source: @Marca_Zonal.
* Results: Sábado: Chelsea 2- West Bromwich 5; Leeds 2- Sheffield United 1; Leicester 0-Manchester City 2; Arsenal 0-Liverpool 3. Domingo: Southampton 3 -Burnley 2; Newcastle 2- Tottenham 2; Aston Villa 3 -Fulham 1; Manchester United 2- Brighton 1.
Hoy: 13:00 Everton- Crystal Palace (ESPN); 15:15 Wolverhampton- West Ham United.
-Goliers: Con 19: Harry Kane (Totttenham). Con 18: Mohamed Salah (Liverpool).
