Liverpool, who just won the World Club Cup, returned to the Premier League on the 26th and was still invincible. The Leicester City team, which ranked second in the 4:0 away game, continued to be proud of the group with a 17-win and 1-ping record.
Xinhua News Agency, London, December 26 (Reporter Zhang Wei) Liverpool, who just won the World Club Cup, returned to the Premier League on the 26th and was still invincible. Leicester City, which ranked second in the 4:0 away game, with a record of 17 wins and 1 Ping, we will continue to be proud of the group. Tottenham lost a goal at home first, but scored two goals in the second half to reverse the victory over Brighton.
In the face of the opponents who have the smallest gap with their points in the Premier League standings, the soldiers of the “Red Army” played almost perfectly. In the 31st minute, filmino, who played the role of scoring hero in the Club World Cup, broke the door header to help Liverpool take the lead. Although Liverpool’s subsequent three goals had to wait for the last 20 minutes of the match, in fact, they performed extraordinary throughout the match, creating opportunities with smooth attacks, on the other hand, the opponent’s shooting was restrained to only 3 times.
In the 71st minute, Liverpool’s corner entered the penalty area, causing the opponent’s player to handball. Milner, who just appeared on the bench, hit the penalty kick and changed the score to 2:0. Three minutes later, Arnold helped filmino score again, and he succeeded in the quick counterattack in the 78th minute, setting the score at 4:0.
Liverpool has been 13 points ahead of Leicester City in the case of less than one round, and Manchester City, the defending champion with 1 point less than “fox”, will be on the 27th for The Wolf Warriors. “Red Army” coach Klopp said bluntly after the game, “This is an important day for us”, “I didn’t expect that we could play so smoothly, because the opponent’s strength was not bad, their performance since this season also reflects their strength”.
The Tottenham Hotspur, who lost to Chelsea at home in the last round, made people pinch the sweat again. At home against Brighton, which ranked downstream, the slow-paced Tottenham Hotspur was first broken by the opponent’s player Webster in the 37th minute. Easy to fight again, Hotspur speed up. In the 53rd minute, Brighton made a mistake in defense. England striker Kane made up his own shot in the first shot, and the score was 1:1 level. In the 72th minute, Ali started to hit, and Tottenham scored 3 points at 2:1.
Due to Chelsea’s “capsizing” at home, 0:2 lost to Southampton, the gap between Tottenham Hotspur and the fourth-ranked “Blues” has narrowed to 3 points.
In addition, Italian coach Ancelotti coached Everton’s first game, “toffee” home 1:0 victory over Burnley. After Watford beat Manchester United in the last round, he beat Sheffield United at 1:1 in this round, thus transferring the bottom position to Norwich City with a 1-point advantage. Norwich City lost to Aston Villa at 0:1 on that day.
In other matches in this round, Manchester United beat Newcastle United 4:1; Crystal Palace 2:1 win West Ham United.