Strong at the top: Manchester City defeated Burnley 0: 2

English League 20-21

ONE System | 02/02/2021 21:51

Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus Celebrate (Reuters)

The 22nd round of the Premier League continued tonight (Wednesday) when Manchester City beat Burnley 0-2 in prey Moore and established themselves at the top just before the meeting against Liverpool. In addition, Leicester beat Fulham 0-2 at Craven Cottage, West Ham celebrated 1: 3 at Aston Villa and Everton beat Leeds Balland 1: 2.

Burnley – Manchester City 2: 0

Just before the heated encounter against Liverpool, Pep Guardiola’s Citizens continued their great run with a 13-game winning streak in all competitions and a 20-game unbeaten streak and established their position at the top of the Premier League with 3 points more than Manchester United II and a hand-to-hand game. Sean Deitch’s Clarets, on the other hand, suffered a second straight loss after a 2-0 draw with Chelsea in the previous round and are now just 8 points away from Fulham below the red line.

Already in the 3rd minute the Citizens took the lead when Nick Pop’s top was not good enough for a Bernardo Silva kick, when Gabriel Jesus jumped towards the rebound and hit from a distance of six meters to the right corner. In the 38th minute, City had already closed the matter when Ilkai Gonduan’s great wide ball from the right side found Rahim Sterling, who pushed hard into the net.

Fulham – Leicester 2: 0

Brendan Rogers’ foxes narrowed the gap from second-placed Manchester United to just 2 points and kept the lead from City leading by 5 points and returned to the winning track after a 1-1 draw with Everton and a 1-1 draw with Leeds in the previous round. On the other hand, the Scott Parkers’ Cottages remained below the red line and are 7 points away from Brighton above the red line after completing a consecutive 11th league game without a win.

Calci Ihanacho scored the first goal from a James Madison header when he subdued Alphonse Areola in the 17th minute, while Madison added another header, this time to James Justin, who closed out an interest in the 44th minute.

Aston Villa – West Ham 3: 1

David Moyes put the 3-1 to Liverpool, who broke a streak of six wins in all competitions, behind them and returned to the winning track in fifth place in the table, while on the other hand, Dean Smith’s team failed to leverage the 0-1 win over Southampton And continued to lose height and move away from the top.

After a zeroed first half, in the 51st minute Said Banharma found Tomasz Suczek, who subdued Emiliano Martinez and set up an advantage for West Ham, who doubled the lead in the 56th minute, when Mikhail Antonio found Jesse Lingard on loan from Manchester United, who scored Premiere gate in the hammer uniform. Watkins may have shrunk in the 81st minute when he subdued Lukasz Fabianski after Jack Grilish’s header, but in the 83rd minute Antonio once again found Lingard, who completed a wonderful double in his debut.

Leeds – Everton 2: 1

Carlo Ancelotti’s topies recovered after a 1-1 draw with Leicester and a 2-0 draw with Newcastle in the previous round and improved their positions at the top of the table while still holding two games missing. On the other hand, the whites of Marcelo Bailesa were stopped after two consecutive victories, 1: 2 over Newcastle and 1: 3 over Leicester and missed an opportunity to climb to the top of the table.

Gilpi Sigurdsson scored the first from Luca Dean’s header in the 9th minute, while Dominic Calbert Levin doubled the lead with a close-range shot that subdued Ilan Masliya for a second time after a Ben Godfrey cross. In the 48th minute Rafinha subdued Robin Olsen from Patrick Bumford’s cooking and shrank, but Leeds failed to find the equalizer until the end.