If its Globalists came back quickly, Tottenham restarted smoothly. Only eight days after the final lost on penalties against Argentina, Hugo Lloris was already sitting on the Spurs bench for the return of the Premier League. The porter of the Blues, who celebrated his 36th birthday on Monday, is visibly in a hurry to turn the Qatari page but his London team-mates had to cross out the first lines of the following paragraph. Led by two goals per hour on the Brentford lawn, the fourth in the English championship rested on the shoulders of Harry Kane to equalize.
The English striker chased away the memory of his penalty sent to the stands during the quarter-final against the Blues for a successful performance. Armband around the biceps, due to the non-tenure of Lloris, Kane beat the rough Ben Mee to revive Tottenham (65th) with a goal from the skull. Also back from Qatar after a disappointing World Cup with Denmark, Pierre-Emile Höjbjerg was responsible for equalizing (71st). Kane almost bought himself a comeback princely on English soil but he found the crossbar on a new deviation of the head.
Newcastle, nouveau riche and surprise guest
Spurs only limited the damage but their supporters can be relieved to find a conquering Kane. The London formation will need its centerpiece as it has just launched the traditional Boxing Day and its three championship days in ten days. Especially since a surprise guest has slipped into the shoes of the dolphin of Arsenal. Newly rich in the Premier League because bought by the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia last year, Newcastle shook Leicester (3-0). Author of the goal of the break in the 7th minute, Miguel Almiron guides the Magpies, who surely did not expect to breathe so early at this altitude.
The Paraguayan winger was well supported by the Brazilian Joelinton, third scorer of the game after causing the penalty for the opener. Only Manchester City can still threaten the second position of Newcastle on the occasion of this 17th day. The Citizens have an appointment in Leeds on Wednesday December 28, building on their League Cup victory against Liverpool (3-2) last week. The Mancunians still had a game behind Newcastle before this new episode of the English soap opera.
Liverpool, for its part, recorded a third success in a row. The club trained by Klopp won at Aston Villa (3-1) thanks in particular to a great Mohamed Salah, scorer at the start of the match then passer before half-time for Virgil van Dijk. The young Spanish midfielder Stefan Bajcetic, 18, scored the third goal.