League leaders FC Liverpool presented in the English Premier League and successfully defended their top spot.
German team manager 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.
With 53 points, the defending champion is behind Liverpool (57) and Arsenal FC (55) and can only regain second place with a win in the catch-up game against Brentford on Tuesday (8.30 p.m./Sky).
Striker Darwin Nunez (35th) with a remarkable lob, Alexis Mac Allister (55th) and the jokers Mohamed Salah (68th) and Cody Gakpo (86th) scored the goals for Liverpool. In the meantime, Ivan Toney shortened the score for the hosts (75′).
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 Havertz himself scored the final point (78′). The other goals were scored by Martin Odegaard (4th) and double packer Bukayo Saka (41st, penalty kick, 47th).