With his third win in a week, Jürgen Klopp and Liverpool FC have raised hopes of a little excitement in the fight for the English football championship. The Reds won 3-1 (2-0) at Crystal Palace on Sunday and reduced the gap to leaders Manchester City to nine points.
The league leaders had surprisingly scored 1-1 (0-1) at FC Southampton on Saturday for the first time after twelve league wins in a row. Liverpool have played a game less.
Virgil van Dijk (8th), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (32nd) and Fabinho (89th, penalty kick) scored the goals for team manager Klopp’s team, who went 2-0 at Arsenal into the final of the League Cup on Thursday against Chelsea and Thomas Tuchel. A week ago, the 19-time champions ended their dry spell of four competitive games without a win with a 3-0 win against newly promoted FC Brentford.
Chelsea beat Spurs in the derby
Chelsea beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 (0-0) on Sunday and are one point behind Liverpool in third place. Hakimi Zyech (47th) and Thiago Silva (55th) ensured victory.
Man City surprisingly scored 1-1 (0-1) at FC Southampton on Saturday for the first time after twelve league wins in a row. Liverpool have played a game less.
After Kyle Walker-Peters’ early goal (7th), the league leaders even threatened their first defeat since October 30, 2021 (0-2 against Crystal Palace). Aymeric Laporte (65th) at least managed to equalize.
Team manager Ralf Rangnick had previously clinched an important last-minute win with Manchester United. A goal from substitute Marcus Rashford in the third minute of injury time saw the Red Devils win 1-0 (0-0) against West Ham United and jump to fourth place.