Liverpool used their luck to turn up the heat on leaders Manchester City with a 1-0 win over West Ham United in the Premier League on Saturday, who face a derby showdown on Sunday.
Sadio Mane’s 12th league goal of the season, which ended in the middle of the first half, proved to be enough to secure a win as Liverpool restricted City’s lead at the top to three points, with both teams having 11 games. were left to play.
Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp, asked if he would be interested in City’s game with fourth-placed Manchester United at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday, said: “Of course we are interested in it, but we have no influence on it.
He said, ‘The match we play has to be won. We have no hand in what we don’t play. We don’t think about it or talk about it, we just try to win our games.”
Earlier, Chelsea put aside their ownership issues to consolidate their hold on third place with a 4-0 win at Burnley.
Leeds United were in even more trouble with a 1–0 loss at Leicester City under new manager Jesse Marsh, but Newcastle United’s resurgence continued with a 2–1 home win against Brighton & Hove Albion and out of trouble. and went away.
Eddie Howe’s Newcastle side Ryan Fraser and Fabian Schaer scored in the space of two minutes, who dug deep in the 55th minute to extend their unbeaten run to eight games after being pulled back by Lewis Dunk for Brighton in the 55th minute. .
Brentford hit a hammer on down Norwich City’s hopes of escaping the drop zone and eased his own fears as Ivan Toney scored a hat-trick in a 3-1 win at Carrow Road.
Aston Villa’s Brazilian midfielder Philippe Coutinho scored one goal and scored another as they beat Southampton 4–0, while Crystal Palace’s Wilfried Zaha scored the opener and scored a penalty in a 2–0 win at Wolverhampton Wanderers.
hard earned victory
Liverpool’s seventh consecutive league win and 12th in all competitions was hard-earned.
Mane poked Trent Alexander-Arnold’s walled cross after 27 minutes and the hosts had plenty of opportunities to give themselves some breathing room.
But West Ham, who remained fifth, fumbled an attempted lob after playing through Pablo Fornals, who remained fifth, Manuel Lanzini sliced on the bar and Michael Antonio a clear chance to convert. I failed.
“At the end it was open, we needed a little bit of luck, but you can’t win as many consecutive games as we have without a little bit of luck, you just can’t do that when you’re flying,” Klopp said. .
Chelsea, whose Russian boss Roman Abramovich put the club up for sale this week amid calls for sanctions against him following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, scored four times after the break at Turf Moor.
Burnley squandered several chances in the first half but collapsed in the 47th minute after Reece James scored.
German forward Kai Havertz led a Christian Pulisic cross and then American Pulisic converted James Cross for his second before completing the scoring.
“It shows that people have what it takes to play for Chelsea, it clearly shows (they) have the environment to focus on football because we believe we need to play as much as possible The focus is allowed on football,” said manager Thomas Tuchel.
Chelsea are third on 53 points, 13 points behind Manchester City, while third-placed Burnley are on 21, one point away from Everton in the safety zone but have played two more games.
Basement side Norwich have 17 points after a very disappointing defeat by Brentford. Watford, who host sixth-placed Arsenal on Sunday, have 19 points.
Leeds, who sacked Marcelo Bilsa last week, suffered a fifth consecutive defeat as Harvey Barnes won the game for Leicester. They are 16th, two points above the relegation zone, but have played more games than all the teams below them except Norwich.
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