In the shadow of a sharp outbreak of the Omicron variant, which did not miss many footballers who were found to be positive for the virus, in England at least continue to try to broadcast business as usual. Tonight (Thursday), in the 17th round of the Premier League, Liverpool continued to dance on the pitch as they beat Newcastle 1: 3, while in a parallel match at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea were hugely disappointed with a 1-1 draw at home to the injured and injured Everton, who arrived Patchwork. Something bad is happening to Thomas Tuchel’s blues.
Liverpool – Newcastle 1: 3
2,000 wins in the Premier League – this is the number of wins Liverpool have reached, a number that no other club has reached. And she did it as she knows it, with a lot of character, an unusual pace and wonderful goals, which establish the place of Jurgen Klopp’s team in second place in the table, just a point below Manchester City. Given Chelsea’s ability recently, the championship battle, which we thought would be a triangle, looks like there will once again be a head-to-head battle between the champions and the Mighty Reds, who just look great.
The opening of the game did not herald the following. Junjo Shelby, he and no other, scored a wonderful goal against the ex and stunned the Anfield stands after just seven minutes, but the sequel? He was all about the hostess, who washed the field as she knows how. In the 21st minute Diego Jote equalized when four minutes later, Muhammad Salah, who if not he, scored his 15th goal of the season, widening the gap a bit more at the top of the Premier League scorers and on the way equaling Jamie Vardy’s record – 15 consecutive games in which either lamb or cooked.
In the second half the Reds were content with just one goal, but what a wonderful goal it was from Trent Alexander Arnold, who signed that the three points would remain at Merseyside. Newcastle, who overall can be quite pleased at least with their ability and fighting game, return home with nothing and are deep below the red line in the penultimate place in the table, with just 10 points on the balance sheet.
Eighth minute, Liverpool went up to 0: 1: What a wonderful gate of Jonjo Shelby. Ex-Liverpool took control of a ball that came back from the defense and with the second touch fired a huge missile that could not allow Allison to respond. Anfield in shock.
21 minutes, Liverpool equalized to 1: 1: After a corner kick, Haydn allegedly hit his head but the referee did not stop the game, the host continued to play, the ball went to Sadio Mana on the right, the Senegalese raised wide in the direction of Diego Jote who hit, missed, and scored from the rebound.
25 minutes, Liverpool went up to 1: 2: The red revolution is complete. Shelby became the tragic hero when he sent a very bad message back, the ball was taken over by Sadio Mana who missed one-on-one against Martin Dubrabka, but the ball was deflected straight to Muhammad Salah who scored his 15th goal of the season.
87 minutes, Liverpool went up to 1: 3: What a huge gate of Trent Alexander Arnold! The right-back got the ball about 20 yards from goal, swung his leg and fired a huge missile that left Dubrava with no chance. What a goal!
Chelsea – Everton 1: 1
Unlike the season opener, nothing goes easily for Thomas Tuchel’s team. If in the last round even an unconvincing ability was enough for a close victory over Leeds, then this time the Blues were greatly disappointed, when they did not take advantage of the severe injury blow that befell the Magpies. It has to be said that it was a game under the complete control of Chelsea, who also suffered from the absence of Romulo Lukaku, Callum Hudson Odoi and Ben Chillwell who were found positive for Corona before the game, as well as Kai Haberz whose test results have yet to come.
But that does not give discounts to Tuchel’s group. Although she suffered from Jordan Pickford’s bad luck and great ability between the visitors’ beams, she eventually managed to find the net when after 70 minutes, Mason Mount became the first player to score four consecutive league goals for Chelsea since Eden Hazard five years ago. Here the Blues seemed on the road to victory, but that advantage lasted only four minutes, when in the 74th minute 19-year-old Jarad Brantwhite subdued Edward Mandy and scored in his Premier League debut. Amazing.
Following the loss of points, its third in the last five games, it can be said that Chelsea are losing significant height in the triangle between them and Liverpool and Manchester City, as the gap between them and the summit has already grown to four points. As the Mighty Reds and Citizens look, Tuchel certainly does not have too many reasons for optimism. Everton, on the other hand, with a heroic performance for them, in 14th place in the table with a relaxing distance of eight points from the red line.
70 minutes, Chelsea went up to 0: 1: It finally got into Thomas Tuchel’s gang. Reese James got the ball near the field, found Mason Mount with an excellent delivery and the Englishman scored with a powerful kick to the near corner and lowered the pressure level at Stamford Bridge.
74 minutes, Everton equalized to 1: 1: Unbelievable. The Blues’ advantage lasted just four minutes, before Anthony Gordon spun a wonderful free-kick into the box, which was closely pushed by 19-year-old Jarad Brantwhite, who pushed close to the net and stunned Stamford Bridge.
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