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Premier League: Chelsea crack at home, City and Liverpool OK

2022-04-02T18:01:24.425Z


The Blues collapsed against Brentford this Saturday (1-4), at Stamford Bridge, while leaders Manchester City responded to Liverpool.


Briefly at the top of the standings after beating Watford (2-0), Liverpool saw Manchester City come back in front by winning at Burnley (2-0) on Saturday for the 31st day of the Premier League, while Brentford, with a goal of Christian Eriksen, heavily tripped up Chelsea (4-1).

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Liverpool take the lead...

Eight days before the clash at the Etihad, Liverpool issued a warning to City by temporarily removing their seat at the top of the table, to launch a crucial month of April for them.

Between the quarter-final of the Champions League and the two direct clashes with their Mancunian rival, in the league, then in the semi-final of the FA Cup, the dreams of a quadruple of the Reds are largely played out over the weeks to come. .

Jürgen Klopp's men will present themselves a small point behind - 72 against 73 - among those of Pep Guardiola thanks to this success against the 18th and first relegated, Watford.

Short on legs and looking like they were running out of juice, not too surprising after an international break, the Reds struggled to destabilize Watford and prove to be genuinely dangerous.

The match changed at the heart of the first period, when midfielder Juraj Kucka lost his face-to-face with Alisson (22nd).

Thirty-four seconds later, at the other end of the field, Diogo Jota cut off a cross from Joe Gomez, replacing Trent Alexander-Arnold on the right, with his head to open the scoring (1-0, 22nd ).

Kucka was the unfortunate hero of the match since he caused, at the very end of the match, the 2-0 penalty, converted by Fabinho, by literally tackling Jota on the ground from a corner (89th).

...but City react immediately

Under pressure, the defending champion, Manchester City was quick to regain his property.

At the 19th, Burnley, the Citizens recorded a 10th success in a row against this opponent, on an aggregate score of 34 to 1, without getting too tired before receiving Atlético Madrid, Tuesday, in C1.

From the 5th minute, with a superb strike, Kevin de Bruyne put his team in control of the match (1-0) and 20 minutes later, after a one-two between de Bruyne and Sterling, the latter crossed for Ilkay Gündogan who easily doubled the bet (2-0, 25th).

A largely sufficient advantage against an opponent to whom they left less than 25% possession of the ball and only 3 shots on goal.

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Chelsea collapse

Chelsea's return to routine did not go to plan, with the Blues surprised by a revitalized Brentford by Christian Eriksen, who scored with Denmark during the break and again at Stamford Bridge.

This setback (1-4) leaves Chelsea (3rd) 13 points behind the leading duo and Arsenal (4th), who have 5 points less but still have to play Crystal Palace on Monday, could threaten their place on the podium, while the two teams will face off on April 20.

Still waiting for his future as the sale process drags on, Thomas Tuchel's men never really seemed to get into their game.

After a first period where Brentford had already been superior, Antonio Rüdiger with a cannon shot from 30 meters had nevertheless managed to give the advantage to his team (1-0, 47th).

But the Blues then collapsed, conceding a double from Vitaly Janelt (1-1, 50th and 1-3, 60th), a goal from Eriksen (1-2, 54th) and a final one, at the very end of the match by Yoanne Wissa (1-4, 87th).

A very bad omen before receiving, on Wednesday, Real Madrid in the quarter-final first leg of the Champions League of which they are the defending champions.

Source: lefigaro

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