Liverpool FC has advanced in the Premier League title race and consolidated first place. Manchester City made a mistake against Chelsea FC. Arsenal won comfortably.
League leaders FC Liverpool presented in the English Premier League and successfully defended their top spot. German coach Jürgen Klopp’s team won 4-1 (1-0) at Brentford FC and consolidated top spot. Champions Manchester City dropped points in the evening with a 1-1 (0-1) draw in the top game against Chelsea FC and gave away their advantage from playing one game less.
Coach Pep Guardiola’s Skyblues fell back to third place due to the draw. Former City player Raheem Sterling took the lead for Chelsea after a counterattack (42nd), Rodri (83rd) scored a well-deserved equalizer. Despite their overwhelming superiority, City couldn’t turn the game around.
Striker Darwin Núñez (35th) with a remarkable lifter, Alexis Mac Allister (55th) and the jokers Mohamed Salah (68th) and Cody Gakpo (86th) scored the goals for the “Reds”. In the meantime, Ivan Toney shortened the score for Brentford (75′).
Arsenal again with a show of force
Arsenal set the next exclamation mark in the away game at Burnley FC. A week after the show of force against West Ham United (6-0), the “Gunners” defeated Burnley 5-0 (2-0). German international Kai Havertz played from the start and showed a strong performance.
He set up Leandro Trossard to make it 4-0 (66′), before scoring the final goal himself (78′). The other goals were scored by Martin Odegaard (4th) and double packer Bukayo Saka (41st, penalty kick, 47th).