The FC Chelsea is in the English football championship at one point Champions League-Place returned. The blues ended their month-long drought of five league games without a win with an initially hard-fought 3:1 (1:1) against relegation candidate Wolverhampton Wanderers.
With the success, Chelsea moved closer to defending champions Manchester City and Newcastle United over to fourth place. Tosin Adarabioyo (24th), Marc Cucurella (60th) and Chukwunonso Madueke (66th) scored only the fifth home win for the team of former Dortmund Bundesliga star Jadon Sancho. Matt Doherty had equalized for the guests shortly before the break in injury time (45’+5).
United lose again at Old Trafford
Shock for Manchester United: Brighton & Hove Albion with German coach Fabian Hürzeler won 3-1 (1-1) in the stadium on Sunday (January 19, 2025). Old Trafford. It was Man United’s sixth home defeat in the former fortress.
Minute’s silence for Denis Law
After a minute’s silence for the late United icon Denis Law, it wasn’t long before Brighton struck for the first time. Yankuba Minteh (5th) scored. Bruno Fernandes (23rd) initially equalized with a penalty kick. After half-time, however, Brighton upped the ante. Kaoru Mitoma (60th) and former Hoffenheim player Georginio Rutter (76th) scored after a serious mistake by United goalkeeper Andre Onana to give Brighton their third win in a row at the Theater of Dreams.
Man City gala before the Champions League cracker
If candidate for relegation Ipswich Town Manchester City won 6:0 (3:0). With this, the long-struggling team around ex-national team captain Ilkay Gündogan underlined the important one Champions League-Duel with Paris Saint Germain its upward trend.
Erling Haaland, who had extended his contract two days earlier, scored his 17th goal of the season to make it 5-0 (57th). The outstanding Phil Foden (27th/42nd), Mateo Kovacic (30th), Jérémy Doku (49th) and James McAtee (69th) were also for the “Citizens“Successful. Gündoğan was used for the entire season.
Nottingham Forest now level on points with Arsenal
Nottingham Forest took advantage of FC’s mistake arsenal (2:2 against Aston Villa) and drew on points (44) with the second-placed “Gunners” straight away. The surprise team led against bottom team FC Southampton quickly comfortable, but still had to shake. In the end it was 3:2 (3:0).
Still deep in crisis Tottenham Hotspur. The 2:3 (0:3) at relegation-threatened FC Everton was the fifth defeat from the last six league games (with a draw).
Núñez scores a brace in added time for Liverpool
The league leader had to tremble for a long time. Liverpool striker Darwin Núñez scored in the first minute of added time in Saturday’s away game at FC Brentford a low cross from Trent Alexander-Arnold to give Liverpool FC the long-awaited lead. The “Reds” had already missed a number of chances and were heading for their third draw in a row after the 2-2 draw against Manchester United and the 1-1 draw in Nottingham.
Darwin Núñez was the match winner for Liverpool FC with two goals.
Two minutes after his first goal, Núñez also completed a counterattack to make it 2-0, securing the win and putting a little more pressure on Arsenal in the evening game.
Arsenal give up their two-goal lead
The “Gunners” only managed a 2-2 draw against Aston Villa and are second in the table with 44 points, six less than Liverpool, who also played one game less.
Gabriel Martinelli (35th minute) and German national striker Kai Havertz (55th) ensured a supposedly comfortable 2-0 lead. But the “Gunners”, who had been completely superior until then, negligently allowed the guests to get back into the game, Youri Tielemans (60th) and Ollie Watkins (68th) equalized.
In the final phase, Arsenal pushed and were unlucky that Havertz’s supposed second goal was conceded by VAR: Havertz had decisively deflected Mikel Merino’s shot, but apparently touched the ball with his arm.
Bournemouth dupes Newcastle
Previously, the AFC Bournemouth the winning streak of Newcastle ended. The fourth-place team, which had previously been successful nine times in a row, conceded at home St James’ Park a 1:4 defeat. Man of the day was Justin Kluivert, who was the “Magpies” almost single-handedly with his hat trick (6th minute, 44th, 90+2).