With their victory at the red lantern, the Reds took advantage of the absence of Chelsea, crowned at the Club World Cup on Saturday, to consolidate their status as runner-up to the untouchable Manchester City.
With 54 points, Liverpool are 9 points behind the leader, with one game less, but above all they are 7 points ahead of the Blues, with the same number of games.
With the return to the starting XI of Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mané, opponents in the CAN final, which ended up turning to the advantage of the Senegalese, Liverpool escaped without damage from a short trip still delicate.
The three points were offered to him by his defensive midfielder Fabinho, shortly before the break, on a corner (1-0, 41st), scoring his 5th goal since the start of 2022.
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A somewhat narrow success but which frees the spirit of the gang to Jürgen Klopp before setting off to attack the Champions League, with a round of 16 first leg against Inter Milan on Wednesday.
The purchases of the winter transfer window seem to pay off for the Magpies who have just recorded two successes in two matches, as much as in their first 21 meetings of the season, dominating Aston Villa (1-0).
With 21 points in 23 matches played, they are now 4 lengths ahead of the red zone and Norwich, who played one game more than them.
The release came from a direct free kick from Kieran Trippier (1-0, 35th), already a scorer in the same exercise against Everton (3-1) and propelled captain after only a few weeks at the club.
Unfortunately for Newcastle,
But the teammates of Allan Saint-Maximin, once again very dynamic in his dribbling and his support, managed to maintain the ascendancy, with an equalizer refused for an infinitesimal offside by Ollie Watkins, at the hour of game. A little boost from the VAR which will allow coach Eddie Howe to work with a little more serenity and at Saint-James' Park to once again become a dreaded destination for many teams.
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Overthrown at home by Southampton on Wednesday (3-2), after having led twice, Tottenham was this time totally powerless at home against Wolverhampton who are relaunching in the race for Europe.
The late matches for Spurs, who have only played 22 when the teams ahead of them have 23 or 24, seemed like a nice nest egg, but as the points slip away, the Londoners' ambitions are visibly melting. .
Against Wolves, they found themselves behind after 6 minutes, on a goal from Raul Jimenez and 12 minutes later, the Midlands team had made the break by Leander Dendoncker (0-2, 18th), two goals on which Hugo Lloris is far from irreproachable.
A very complicated advantage to catch up with when we are dealing with Bruno Lage's team which exceeds its victims of the day for 7th place with 37 points, against 36 for Tottenham (8th).
4th place, qualifying for the Champions League, and currently occupied by West Ham, which has two more matches than Spurs and one more than Wolverhampton, remains in sight for both teams.
