Summary: Liverpool - Atalanta 3:0/Sport1
The 33rd round in the Premier League continues today (Sunday) with three games. First, Liverpool will try to recover from the humiliation against Atalanta when they host Crystal Palace, trying to temporarily rise to the top. Arsenal will then try to secure another week in first place when they host Aston Villa.
Liverpool - Crystal Palace 1:0 (1st half)
After the humiliating 3:0 home defeat by Atalanta in the first of two legs in the quarter-finals of the Europa League, the Merseysiders will try to recover knowing that another defeat could greatly complicate their championship race. Jurgen Klopp made several changes to the lineup and returned to the 11, among others, Mohamed Salah, hoping to overcome a team that did not make life easy for the Reds and squeezed two draw results in the last four meetings between the teams, when the previous meeting was decided by Harvey Elliott who made it 1:2 in the 90th minute. Allison returned to the goalposts for the first time since the injury.
the progress of the game
8 min: A Liverpool break through down the left wing as Andy Robertson finds Darwin Nunes, but the Uruguayan's shot is saved from close range by Dean Henderson.
14th minute: Goal! 0:1 to Palace! Despite Liverpool's better start, Klopp's defense again messed up as a simple cross from Tyreek Mitchell found Aberchi Azza completely free, and the midfielder had only to kick into Alssion's net.
18th minute: A huge situation for Palace to double the advantage - Jean-Philippe Mattea took advantage of another hole in the Red defense, already subduing Alisson when he jumped over him, but Andy Robertson slid in at the last moment and saved from the line.
27th minute: Chaos in the away box from Robertson's corner gave Wataru Ando a chance to equalize, but his shot only found Henderson's crossbar.
29th minute: Robertson's lift from the left reached Luis Dias on the far side who flew and squeezed a great save from Henderson.
34th minute: Mohamed Salah finally managed to threaten the visitor's goal when he cut from the right side to the middle and kicked a ball that Henderson was able to receive and push aside.
Minute 42: Michael Olisa tried his luck when Matate dropped a pass to him on the edge of Alisson's box, the Brazilian collected the ball easily.
Arsenal - Aston Villa (Sunday, 18:30, Sport1)
The decisive moments of the season have arrived, and Mikel Arteta has a real dilemma: whether to bench some of his stars, three days before the Champions League quarter-final second leg against Bayern Munich, or whether to field his strongest squad to improve his chances of getting another week at the top of the table. The guest, who has been in a certain retreat in recent weeks, comes encouraged after the 1:2 against Lille in the Conference League and will try to surprise, just as they did in the 0:1 in the first round.
Arteta was asked about the level of pressure in his team and replied: "It's motivation, the guys are super excited and they want more of it. We recognize the challenge in front of us and we know how good we'll have to be to win. Unai Emery has had an incredible impact on Aston Villa, we know how much he is Dangerous. This is the most beautiful part of the season."
Another game (Sunday, 16:00, Sport2):
West Ham - Fulham
English league table 2023/24
Group
games
victories
draw
losses
gates
points
1
Manchester city
32
22
7
3
32-76
73
2
Arsenal
31
22
5
4
24-75
71
3
Liverpool
31
21
8
2
30-72
71
4
Aston Villa
32
18
6
8
49-66
60
5
Tottenham
32
18
6
8
49-65
60
6
Newcastle
32
15
5
12
52-69
50
7
Manchester United
32
15
5
12
48-47
50
8
West Ham United
32
13
9
10
56-52
48
9
Chelsea
30
12
8
10
52-55
44
10
Brighton
32
11
11
10
50-52
44
11
Wolves
32
12
7
13
51-46
43
12
Bournemouth
32
11
9
12
57-47
42
13
Fulham
32
11
6
15
51-47
39
14
Brentford
33
8
8
17
58-47
32
15
Crystal Palace
31
7
9
15
54-36
30
16
Everton
31
9
8
14
42-32
27
17
Nottingham Forest
33
7
9
17
58-42
26
18
Luton
33
6
7
20
70-46
25
19
Burnley
33
4
8
21
68-33
20
20
Sheffield United
32
3
7
22
84-30
16
The cycle will come to an end on Monday at 22:00, when Chelsea host Everton.