Chelsea settled into 4th position in the Premier League this Saturday thanks to their victory by the minimum in West Ham’s field (5th) and also put land in between with Liverpool (6th) thanks to the tie in the last minute of the Newcastle (15th), in matches of the 33rd date.
In the London teams’ duel for fourth place, Chelsea won. Those of Thomas Tuchel opened fire shortly before the break through the German Timo Werner (43) and managed to keep their income.
The ‘Blues’ showed what they are capable of this Saturday. In the midst of the struggle to get a ticket to the next edition of the Champions League, and with the first leg of the semifinals of this ‘Champions’ against Real Madrid on Tuesday, Chelsea responded to the pressure and did their domestic duties .
The London team is fourth in the Premier League alone with 58 points, three more than West Ham, who lost a great opportunity to show that their Champions League aspirations are serious.
Waiting for what Leicester (3rd) to do, Chelsea is one point behind the ‘Foxes’ and as if that were not enough, they distanced Liverpool to four units.
The ‘Reds’ were virtually fourth in the table for many minutes. In the first meeting on Saturday, Liverpool got the score up early with a goal from Egypt’s Mohamed Salah in minute 3. The three points allowed them to overtake Chelsea and West Ham while waiting for what the London teams would do later.
But the local team did not manage to extend their lead on the scoreboard and Newcastle took advantage of it to scratch a point in the last gasp from Joe Willock (90 + 5).
The German coach Jürgen Klopp opted for a very offensive eleven, putting Salah, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mané and Diogo Jota in the starting team, a statement of intent.
Of course, the team created a lot of danger. The Portuguese Jota had two good chances (24, 28), the same as the Senegalese Mané (27, 40) and Salah (36), but they did not materialize in goals and, based on playing with fire, the table of Anfield ended up burning.
On Friday, Everton (8th) stormed Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium (9th), whom they defeated by the minimum, and they keep alive their aspirations to enter the next edition of the ‘Champions’, which is provisionally only three points away.
The leaders Manchester City and Tottenham (7th) have already played their respective matches on the 33rd date, with victories over Southampton and Fulham respectively, due to the fact that on Sunday they meet in the final of the League Cup.
Manchester United (2nd) will visit Leeds (10th) on Sunday in the second shift of the day (13h00 GMT) and for Monday (19h00 GMT) there will be the confrontation between Leicester (3rd) and Crystal Palace (13th).
– Results of the matches of the 33rd day of the English Premier League, and classification table:
– Thursday:
Fulham – Tottenham 0-1
– Wednesday:
Manchester City – Southampton 5 – 2
– Friday:
Arsenal – Everton 0 – 1
– Saturday:
Liverpool – Newcastle 1 – 1
West Ham – Chelsea 0 – 1
(19h00 GMT) Sheffield United – Brighton
– Sunday:
(11h00 GMT) Wolverhampton – Burnley
(13h00 GMT) Leeds – Manchester United
(18h00 GMT) Aston Villa – West Bromwich
– Monday:
(19h00 GMT) Leicester – Crystal Palace
Classification: Pts JGEP GF GC Diff
1. Manchester City 77 33 24 5 4 69 24 45
2. Manchester United 66 32 19 9 4 64 35 29
3. Leicester 59 32 18 5 9 58 37 21
4. Chelsea 58 33 16 10 7 51 31 20
5. West Ham 55 33 16 7 10 53 43 10
6. Liverpool 54 33 15 9 9 55 39 16
7. Tottenham 53 33 15 8 10 56 38 18
8. Everton 52 32 15 7 10 44 40 4
9. Arsenal 46 33 13 7 13 44 37 7
10. Leeds 46 32 14 4 14 50 50 0
11. Aston Villa 44 31 13 5 13 44 35 9
12. Wolverhampton 41 32 11 8 13 32 41 -9
13. Crystal Palace 38 31 10 8 13 33 52 -19
14. Southampton 36 32 10 6 16 40 58 -18
15. Newcastle 36 33 9 9 15 36 54 -18
16. Brighton 34 32 7 13 12 33 38 -5
17. Burnley 33 32 8 9 15 26 45 -19
18. Fulham 27 33 5 12 16 25 43 -18
19. West Bromwich 24 32 5 9 18 28 62 -34
20. Sheffield United 14 32 4 2 26 17 56 -39
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