Niclas Füllkrug’s goal took advantage West Ham United nothing: The English football champions Manchester City celebrated their second league win in a row. The FC arsenal and the FC Chelsea left points behind.
Man Citythe team of Team manager Pep Guardiola easily beat the team from London 4-1 (2-0) with national striker Füllkrug, who scored only his second goal for the hopeless guests.
City is in sixth place, behind leaders FC Liverpool but is already eleven points. In addition, they have “Reds” played two fewer games.
In Manchester, an own goal from Vladimir Coufal (10th) put the home team on the road to victory early on. The Norwegian goal guarantor Erling Haaland increased the score with a brace (42nd/55th), Phil Foden (58th) made it 4-0. In the 71st minute Füllkrug shortened the gap, it was his first goal for West Ham since the beginning of December.
Again no win for Chelsea, Arsenal only drew
However, Man City has caught up in the fight for the Champions League places. Because Arsenal FC failed in the title race. Liverpool’s first pursuer played in the evening Brighton & Hove Albion only 1:1 (1:0). Without the sick Kai Havertz, the guests in Brighton took the lead through Ethan Nwaneri (16th), Joao Pedro (61st) equalized for team manager Fabian Hürzeler’s team with his converted penalty kick. Arsenal are now five points behind the top of the table and have already played two games more.
Also the FC Chelsea took part in the duel between the London clubs Crystal Palace didn’t go beyond 1:1 (1:0) and remained without a win in the fourth league game in a row. Cole Palmer (14th) took the lead for Chelsea. In the final phase, however, former Mainz player Jean-Philippe Mateta (82′) exacerbated the visitors’ result crisis with his goal to make it 1-1.
Newcastle also wins in Tottenham
Newcastle United has at Tottenham Hotspur won and thus the fifth game in a row in the Premier League. The “Magpies” won 2-1 in north London and thus stayed in close contact with the places that qualify for the Champions League mean. The weakened substitutes “Spurs” However, they lost the tenth of 20 games this season.
After just six minutes it was 1:1. Dominic Solanke had headed Tottenham, where Timo Werner was in the starting line-up, into the lead (4th), Anthony Gordon equalized two minutes later.
Tuchel tours England’s stadiums
Among the 60,000 spectators was Thomas Tuchel, who took up his job as England national coach at the beginning of the year. Even before the break, Tuchel saw how Alexander Isak, who he once spurned at Borussia Dortmund, put the guests in the lead with his twelfth goal of the season (38th) and ensured the final score. Tuchel later watched the draw between Brighton and Arsenal from the stands,
Liverpool against Manchester United in the sports show
Although both clubs have rivals in the city and therefore explosive derbies, Liverpool FC and Manchester United the direct duel is still the hottest the league has to offer. The league leader from the Merseyside On Sunday at 5:30 p.m. we will face a team that is in crisis after four defeats in a row, but also with a sense of success Anfield could end quickly.
Portuguese coach Rúben Amorim can reinstate his compatriot Bruno Fernandes, who was missing from the 2-0 defeat against Newcastle United due to a yellow card suspension. Liverpool coach Arne Slot will have to make changes to his starting XI from the 5-0 win at West Ham United as Joe Gomez injured his Achilles tendon and will be out for a few weeks.
Ibrahima Konaté, another central defender, returned to team training on Friday after a long injury break. If Slot doesn’t want to put him back on immediately, Jarell Quansah should defend centrally alongside Virgil van Dijk.
Excerpts from the game between Liverpool FC and Manchester United will be shown in the sports show on Sunday, which will take place on January 5th. starts at 7:15 p.m.