Chelsea and Newcastle hold their, not City, match abandoned at Bournemouth after Luton captain’s discomfort

2023-12-16 19:07:31

The Eagles snatched a draw against Manchester City this Saturday. CARL RECINE / REUTERS

Three home victories for the three big names on track this Saturday, during the 17th day of the championship, and a match stopped after a scare for a Bournemouth player.

Bournemouth-Luton Town 1-1 [arrêté]
Bournemouth: D. Solanke (58th)
Luton Town : E. Adebayo (3e)

This is the bad news of the day. The meeting between Bournemouth and Luton Town could not be completed. At the hour mark, while the two teams neutralized each other (1-1), Thomas Lockyer collapsed not far from the central circle, probably the victim of illness. The match was logically stopped, first provisionally, then definitively. The Luton Town defender was taken off on a stretcher. And according to information revealed by Sky Sportsit would be “alert and responsive“. Rather reassuring.

Chelsea-Sheffield United 2-0
Chelsea : C. Palmer (54e), N. Jackson (61e)

Chelsea bounce back. After two losses in a row, the Blues won at home against bottom-place Sheffield United. Mauricio Pochettino’s men had to wait until the second act to make the difference. It was the promising young Cole Palmer who opened the scoring a few minutes after returning from the locker room. Shortly after, his teammate Nicolas Jackson also shook the nets to make the break. This success allows Chelsea to move up into the first part of the table (10th). Sheffield United remain last.

Manchester City-Crystal Palace 2-2
Manchester City : J. Grealish (34e), R. Lewis (54e)
Crystal Palace : J-P. Mateta (76e), M. Olise (90e+5, s.p.)

Manchester City can blame themselves. This Saturday afternoon, the Citizens let precious points slip away in the race for the title…and in the race for the podium. While they were leading the score by two goals, following Jack Grealish’s opener and Rico Lewis’ break, Pep Guardiola’s men were surprised by Jean-Philippe Mateta in the last quarter of an hour of play, on a long ball into space and a cross behind. However, they thought they were heading for victory…until Phil Foden committed a foul in his penalty area on Jean-Philippe Mateta. Michael Olise did not tremble and transformed the penalty to give the Eagles the point of the draw. With this result, Manchester City remains fourth and misses an opportunity to (provisionally) regain second place. Crystal Palace, for its part, takes a good point and remains fifteenth.

Newcastle-Fulham 3-0

Newcastle : L. Miley (57e), M. Almiron (64e), D. Burn (82e)

Almost without shaking. Newcastle United won at home this Saturday afternoon against Fulham. A success which took shape in the second half. Taking advantage of the exclusion of Raul Jimenez in the first act, the Magpies found the fault shortly before the hour mark thanks to the (very) young Lewis Miley. Then, a few minutes later, Miguel Almiron scored again. At the end of the match, Dan Burn sealed his team’s success. With this victory, Eddie Howe and his men move up to sixth place in the rankings; the Cottagers, for their part, go down to eleventh place.