Liverpool’s lead on the prime of the Premier League was minimize to seven factors after an exhilarating 3-3 draw with Newcastle on Wednesday.
Arsenal’s Leandro Trossard, Thomas Partey and Bukayo Saka have fun after the match(Motion Pictures by way of Reuters)
Chelsea moved as much as second by thrashing last-place Southampton 5-1, whereas Arsenal is third after a 2-0 win over Manchester United.
Fourth-place Manchester Metropolis ended its seven-game winless run with a 3-0 victory over Nottingham Forest.
Liverpool’s consequence will give hope to its title rivals after Fabian Schar’s Ninetieth-minute equalizer at St James’ Park.
Arne Slot’s workforce had twice come again from a objective all the way down to take the lead within the 83rd by way of Mohamed Salah’s second objective of the match. However the Merseyside membership was denied an eighth-straight win in all competitions when Newcastle produced a fightback of its personal.
“I’ve blended emotions, we have been excellent within the second half, however we weren’t ok within the first half,” Slot said. “Maybe 3-3 is what the game deserved.”
Chelsea and Arsenal took advantage. Chelsea’s third league win in a row puts it ahead of Arsenal on goal difference.
City also reduced the gap and is nine points behind Liverpool after finally ending the worst run of results of Pep Guardiola’s managerial career.
“We needed it. The club, the players, everyone needed to win,” Guardiola said.
Thrilling clash
After wins over Real Madrid and City last week, Liverpool’s title credentials were given a stern test by Newcastle, which led at halftime through Alexander Isak and again in the second half through Anthony Gordon.
Goals from Curtis Jones and Salah twice leveled the game before Salah looked to have sealed the win late on.
Schar equalized after Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher misjudged a late free kick. It meant Liverpool dropped points for only the third time this season after drawing against Arsenal and losing to Forest.
Chelsea challenge
Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca said this week that his team was not in the title race, but the standings tell a different story.
The London club is Liverpool’s closest challenger after its latest win against 10-man Southampton.
Axel Disasi, Christopher Nkunku, Noni Madueke, Cole Palmer and Jadon Sancho were all on target in the rout at St Mary’s Stadium.
Southampton had briefly leveled the game through Joe Aribo, but Chelsea was already 3-1 up and in control when Jack Stephens was sent off before the break.
Arteta vs. Amorim
Arsenal inflicted a first loss on new United head coach Ruben Amorim with a 2-0 win at the Emirates Stadium.
Two goals from second-half corners made the difference, with Jurrien Timber and William Saliba finding the back of the net, but Arsenal still slipped to third, despite edging closer to Liverpool.
Mikel Arteta’s team finished runner-up in each of the last two seasons and looks primed to challenge again after making an unconvincing start to the campaign.
“You get written off but we stuck together as a group,” Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice mentioned. “You stick collectively and we’re beginning to reap the rewards of that.”
De Bruyne is again
Making his first begin since September, Kevin De Bruyne confirmed Metropolis precisely what it has been lacking by scoring a objective and creating one other because the four-time defending champion acquired again to successful methods.
The Belgium playmaker offered the cross for Bernardo Silva to present Metropolis an eighth-minute lead towards Forest on the Etihad Stadium. He produced a trademark end to comb the ball previous goalkeeper Matz Sels within the thirty first to place Metropolis heading in the right direction for a primary win in eight video games.
Jeremy Doku made it 3-0 within the 57th, however it was De Bruyne’s efficiency that stood out after seeing a lot of his season disrupted by a groin harm. He left the sphere within the 74th to an ovation from the house crowd.
“It’s been a tough time but you have to accept the challenge and I think we did well today,” De Bruyne said. “The Premier League is getting harder and harder. We have to improve as a team first and we’ll see in a couple of months where we are. Hopefully, we would have improved a bit and are a lot closer.”
Metropolis accidents
However victory may have come at a price with considerations over the health of Manuel Akanji and Nathan Ake, who each went off.
“Nathan doesn’t look good. We (will) see tomorrow,” Guardiola mentioned. “Manu is making the last two months struggle a lot.”
Successful once more
A primary win in six video games for Everton moved Sean Dyche’s workforce additional away from the relegation zone, whereas back-to-back losses for Wolverhampton left the membership second from backside of the standings.
Ashley Younger and Orel Mangala put Everton in management earlier than two second-half personal targets from Craig Dawson sealed a 4-0 win for the Merseyside membership, which is 5 factors away from the underside three.
Aston Villa ended a fair longer winless run by beating Brentford 3-1 to safe a primary victory in 9 video games in all competitions. Morgan Rogers, Ollie Watkins from the penalty spot and Matty Money have been heading in the right direction.