West Ham toppled Liverpool’s 25-game undefeated

The London team won 3-2 and is the revelation of the season in European football.

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West Ham gave the surprise on Sunday by defeating Liverpool 3-2 at the close of the eleventh day of the Premier League, cutting the streak of Jurgen Klop’s boys of 25 unbeatable matches in all competitions.

With this victory, the Londoners surpassed their rivals in the standings by placing themselves in third position, one point more than the Reds (fourth).

West Ham equal points with Manchester City, but Pep Guardiola’s team retains second place thanks to goal difference, placing three behind leaders Chelsea.

West Ham struck first in the 4th minute, thanks to an own goal from Liverpool’s Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson Becker, but defender Trent Alexander-Arnold leveled for the visitors before the break (41).

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Spanish midfielder Pablo Fornals (67) and French defender Kurt Zouma (74) again overtook West Ham (3-1), a gap that was reduced after a late goal by Belgian striker Divock Origi (83).

A few hours earlier, Arsenal (5th) beat Watford (17th) 1-0, while Tottenham (9th), led for the first time by the Italian Antonio Conte, could not go from a draw to zero against Everton ( 11th).

With eight wins and two draws between all competitions played, in their last ten games, Arsenal rejoined the leading group, led by Chelsea.

For the ‘Hornets’ it is the third defeat in four games since the arrival of Italian coach Claudio Ranieri to the bench.

Better organized and more involved than in the defeat against Manchester United (3-0), which cost the Portuguese coach Nuno Espiritu the dismissal, Tottenham showed the gaps that Conte will have to correct if he wants to fight for the top positions that the go to the Champions League.

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On Saturday, Manchester City, which sank an inoperative Manchester United (6th) 2-0 at Old Trafford, took advantage of Chelsea’s misstep, which drew 1-1 against Burnley (18th), to move closer to the lead, three points from the ‘Blues’.

– Results of the matches of the 11th day of the English football championship, and classification table:

– Friday:

Southampton – Aston Villa 1 – 0

– Saturday:

Manchester United – Manchester City 0 – 2

Chelsea – Burnley 1 – 1

Brentford – Norwich City 1 – 2

Crystal Palace – Wolverhampton 2 – 0

Brighton – Newcastle 1 – 1

– Sunday:

Leeds – Leicester 1 – 1

Arsenal – Watford 1 – 0

Everton – Tottenham 0 – 0

West Ham – Liverpool 3 – 2

Classification: Pts JGEP GF GC Diff

1. Chelsea 26 11 8 2 1 27 4 23

2. Manchester City 23 11 7 2 2 22 6 16

3. West Ham 23 11 7 2 2 23 13 10

4. Liverpool 22 11 6 4 1 31 11 20

5. Arsenal 20 11 6 2 3 13 13 0

6. Manchester United 17 11 5 2 4 19 17 2

7. Brighton 17 11 4 5 2 12 12 0

8. Wolverhampton 16 11 5 1 5 11 12 -1

9. Tottenham 16 11 5 1 5 9 16 -7

10. Crystal Palace 15 11 3 6 2 15 14 1

11. Everton 15 11 4 3 4 16 16 0

12. Leicester 15 11 4 3 4 16 18 -2

13. Southampton 14 11 3 5 3 10 12 -2

14. Brentford 12 11 3 3 5 13 14 -1

15. Leeds 11 11 2 5 4 11 18 -7

16. Aston Villa 10 11 3 1 7 14 20 -6

17. Watford 10 11 3 1 7 12 19 -7

18. Burnley 8 11 1 5 5 11 17 -6

19. Newcastle 5 11 0 5 6 12 24 -12

20. Norwich City 5 11 1 2 8 5 26 -21

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