West Ham thrashed Aston Villa and ranks fourth in the Premier League, the last position to qualify for the Champions League | Football | sports

The Londoners had qualified for the quarter-finals of the English League Cup, eliminating Manchester City from the round of 16.

The West Ham consolidated its fourth position, the last one in the Premier League classifies the Champions League, thanks to his 4-1 win in the field of Aston Villa (15th), this Sunday on the 10th day.

Ben Johnson put the ‘Hammers’ ahead in the 7th minute, although the Birmingham equalized at 34 through Ollie Watkins.

Before the break, Declan Rice (38) gave West Ham an advantage again, which saw the way pave when Aston Villa was left with one man less in the 50th due to the expulsion of Ezri Konsa.

With that numerical superiority, the Spanish Pablo Fornals (80 minutes) and Jarrod Bowen (84 minutes) later sentenced in favor of the Londoners.

With this triumph, West Ham equals 20 points with the third place, the Manchester City, and was able to maintain a three-point advantage over the Manchester United (5th), who on Saturday had won 3-0 in his visit to Tottenham (8th), and on the Arsenal (6th), who had also won 2-0 on Saturday in Leicester (10º).

The week has been positive for West Ham, who on Wednesday qualified for the quarter-finals of the English League Cup, eliminating in the round of 16 penalties. Manchester City, the team that had won the last four editions of that competition.

In Sunday’s other match in the English first category, the Leeds United (17th) took air in his fight for permanence thanks to his 2-1 victory in the field of Norwich City, bottom and increasingly sunk.

All the goals of the game came within a margin of five minutes.

He overtook Leeds on brazilian raphinha in 56 with a shot with his left foot, the Irishman provisionally equalized for Norwich. Andrew Omobamidele (58 minutes) and in 60 the Spanish international born in Brazil got the victory goal Rodrigo Moreno, with a shot from outside the area after an assist from Kalvin Phillips.

Leeds are back with victory after their last bad results, in which they had added a point in the two previous days. Tuesday of this week it had also been eliminated in the round of 16 of the English League Cup against Arsenal.

The NorwichFor his part, he has just two points in the standings and has yet to win a game in this Premier League, where he now has the salvation zone, which is precisely marked by Leeds (17th), eight points behind.

The Leeds he was able to avoid falling into the relegation zone, which he had provisionally entered on Saturday with Burnley’s 3-1 win over Brentford.

Results of the 10th day

Leicester – Arsenal, 0 – 2

Liverpool – Brighton, 2 – 2

Manchester City – Crystal Palace, 0 – 2

Watford – Southampton, 0 – 1

Newcastle – Chelsea, 0 – 3

Burnley – Brentford, 3 – 1

Tottenham – Manchester United, 0 – 3

Norwich City – Leeds, 1 – 2

Aston Villa – West Ham, 1 – 4

For playing this monday

15:00, de Ecuador, Wolverhampton – Everton

Classification:

1. Chelsea, 25, plus 23 goals difference

2. Liverpool, 22, plus 21

3. Manchester City, 20, plus 14

4. West Ham, 20, other 9

5. Manchester United, 17, plus 4

6. Arsenal, 17, minus 1

7. Brighton, 16 and zero of GD

8. Tottenham, 15, minus 7

9. Everton, 14, plus 1

10. Leicester, 14, menos 2

11. Wolverhampton, 13, GD zero

12. Brentford, 12, and zero for GD

13. Crystal Palace, 12, menos 1

14. Southampton, 11, menos 3

15. Aston Villa, 10, minus 5

16. Watford, 10, menos 6

17. Leeds, 10, menos 7

18. Burnley, 7, menos 6

19. Newcastle, 4, menos 12

20. Norwich City, 2, menos 22

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