Chelsea may lastly be discovering its stride below Graham Potter whereas Liverpool’s up-and-down season took one other nosedive within the English Premier League on Saturday.
Chelsea made it three straight wins in all competitions for the primary time since October by beating Leicester 3-1 away, one other signal that the expensively assembled staff is beginning to gel below Potter.
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Liverpool, although, adopted its document 7-0 win over archrival Manchester United by dropping 1-0 at relegation-threatened Bournemouth — a staff it beat 9-0 at house in August.
That threw away a lot of the momentum Liverpool generated lately after a woeful first half of the season, and Jurgen Klopp’s staff is six factors behind fourth-placed Tottenham within the combat for the ultimate Champions League place, albeit with a recreation in hand.
Tottenham beat Nottingham Forest 3-1 at house after Harry Kane scored twice within the first half.
Bournemouth started the day in final place however climbed as much as seventeenth, with Everton additionally leaving the relegation zone after Dwight McNeil scored simply 35 seconds right into a 1-0 win over Brentford.
Leeds fell to nineteenth place regardless of rallying for a 2-2 house draw in opposition to Brighton.
The battle in opposition to the drop is exceedingly tight, although, with solely 4 factors separating Leeds from Twelfth-placed Crystal Palace.
Manchester City visited Palace within the late recreation making an attempt to maintain up the stress on chief Arsenal, which performs at Fulham on Sunday.
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After knocking out Borussia Dortmund from the Champions League to succeed in the quarterfinals, Chelsea adopted with a primary away win within the league since Oct. 16.
Kai Havertz netted among the finest objectives of the day to make it 2-1 simply earlier than halftime by volleying in a fragile lob over the goalkeeper after being teed up within the space by one other lofted ball from record-signing Enzo Fernandez.
Ben Chilwell put Chelsea forward within the eleventh minute after assembly a excessive cross into the realm with a low first-time shot from a tough angle. Patson Daka equalized within the thirty ninth. Mateo Kovacic added the third for Chelsea within the 78th.
Chelsea remained in tenth place however simply 5 factors behind fifth-placed Liverpool after Klopp’s facet confirmed their inconsistency as soon as once more.
Philip Billing scored the one purpose within the twenty eighth minute after being teed up within the field by Dango Ouattara and Bournemouth managed to comprise a Liverpool assault that was rampant in opposition to United final weekend.
Mohamed Salah summed up a irritating afternoon for the Reds when he missed a penalty within the seventieth by sending his effort huge, the primary time he has missed the goal from the spot within the Premier League.
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