MAKE LIVERPOOL A GREAT STATEMENT
Liverpool issued a cooling-off warning to the rest of the Premier League on Saturday, breaking seven goals past Crystal Palace as Manchester City climbed to fifth place in the table.
Champions Jurgen Klopp – despite being injured this season – are already six points clear at the top after a humiliating 7-0 defeat.
This is the first time the Reds have won an away game in England’s top flight with a seven-goal margin in their illustrious history.
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Manchester City, who were named as champions last season, went out inside Southampton 1-0 to keep Liverpool in sight, but the Merseysiders are going to catch some catches.
Klopp’s men on the move they finally won gasped in the groove at the top of the table with Tottenham in midweek.
Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah hit twice at Selhurst Park while Takumi Minamino, Sadio Mane and Jordan Henderson found the net.
Klopp has once again complained on the fixture table calling for teams to play kick-off Saturday after Wednesday night’s games, but his side did not suffer a stoppage from the games. their midweek efforts against Spurs.
Klopp renamed COTY
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“The boys can do that. It doesn’t happen every week but it can happen, ”said the German.
“Click it today. After a very hard time for the boys they should be proud of how they came through these results. ”
Victory ensured that Klopp ‘s side will be at the top of the league at Christmas for the third season in a row and, on this evidence, it is difficult to see how they will be deterred from winning a league title equivalent to the 20th league.
“We’re having a great Christmas,” said Klopp.
“The season is not over, unfortunately. There are a few more games to come. ”
Salah was given a rare respite from the start, but his Japanese player Minamino took just three minutes to open the scoring when Mane was teased for his first Premier League goal.
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Mane ended his longest thirst as a Liverpool player – nine games – with an excellent turn and a low finish from Firmino’s pass.
There was a clinical attack three before the break and this time Firmino went into Andy Robertson’s cross before quietly passing the ball past Vicente Guaita.
Klopp took the opportunity to rest Mane, but the Senegalese feared he had been taken off by Salah’s replacement.
The Egyptian played his part for the fifth with the pass into Firmino.
Salah then moved to the top of the Premier League goal-scoring charts with 13 goals in so many games with a late double.
He returned home from a corner before curling an incredible effort into the top corner.
Sterling the winner for City
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EVERTON AIR ARSENAL COURAGE
Everton gathered more pity on Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta as the Toffees moved into second place in the Premier League with a 2-1 win in front of 2,000 delighted fans at Goodison Park on Saturday.
At the other end of the table, the Gunners are still 15th after just one win in their last 10 league games to leave Arteta’s position under rising pressure just over four months after they won the FA Cup.
This is their worst record at this stage of a season from the 1974-1975 season.
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While Arteta doesn’t necessarily think Arsenal have been as bad as most think.
“We’ve been better than the opponent every week but we don’t win football matches, so we have to make that happen,” he told talkSPORT after the chall.
“The group is very disappointed with the way we lost the game because they have a real belief that we could come here and turn things around tonight and the effort, passion and commitment was unquestionable. ”
He also accused Everton of wasting time in the case.
“Well, it’s very difficult when you face a team that is always very low defensively and spends time playing their game,” he said.
After red cards outshipping Arsenal in their previous two games, much of the damage was recaptured by itself when Rob Holding ‘s own goal opened the scoring.
Nicolas Pepe’s penalty was soon shortened, but Yerry Mina’s header in stoppage time in the first half got the third consecutive win for Carlo Ancelotti’s men to move within five points from Merseyside rivals Liverpool at the top.
Arsenal were dealt a major blow before he started when captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang missed out due to a calf injury.
He had just renewed his scoring goal with a first goal from an open Premier League play since September in a 1-1 draw at home to Southampton on Wednesday.
That point briefly halted the recession of the Emirates, but Arsenal, who have been in the top flight of English football since 1919, find themselves in a reckless arena in the face of a relegation battle.
If results go against them on Sunday and Monday, Arteta’s men could be just two points above the drop zone with Chelsea to come on Boxing Day.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin was replaced by Mohamed Salah of Liverpool as Premier League top scorer earlier in the day and although the England international failed to make it to the third straight game, he had a big part to play in the opening goal. .
Calvert-Lewin went into the cross of former Arsenal winner Alex Iwobi towards goal, but his effort went off target until he was turned in by Holding’s thigh.
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Arsenal had played well in the opening half, but found their way back into the game when Ainsley Maitland-Niles was fouled by Tom Davies inside the area.
Without Aubameyang, Pepe took charge from the spot and sent Jordan Pickford the wrong way.
However, Everton ‘s power from set pieces caused problems all night for the visitors and it was from a corner that the winner arrived, as Mina handed the villain Gylfi Sigurdsson to the nearby post.
Arsenal responded with a good start in the second half and came close to a second equalizer when Pickford, who returned in goal after being converted for Wednesday’s 2-0 win at Leicester, allowed the cross. into the box and David Luiz’s bullet came back from the post.
After that, Everton were happy to let Arsenal get the ball without ever looking able to get into the game deep into stoppage time when Pickford corrected for his earlier error by saving from Bukayo Saka.
At the start of the campaign, Arsenal’s goal was to return to the Champions League next season.
Now they’re just hoping they won’t be in the Championship, and it’s the Blues who are competing for a four-point finish.
WIN CRUCIAL SCORE CITY
Manchester City have had an inconsistent start to the season but moved into a point inside Southampton in fourth place thanks to a first-half strike by Raheem Sterling.
The England international turned Kevin De Bruyne’s low cross into the back of the net in the 16th minute.
Southampton responded well, with Theo Walcott and Jannik Vestergaard getting the best of several chances in the first half, but they could not beat Ederson.
The guests were hit by the loss of main winner Danny Ings, who was ruled out injured late in the first half and, despite pressure in the second half, were unable to find a draw.
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City, now unbeaten in five league games, have collected just 19 goals this season – compared to 36 for Liverpool receiving a free-kick.
“We had the move in the second half, but we couldn’t score and we almost suffered,” Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola told the BBC.
“Defensively we were great,” he said. “Last season, we struggled a lot. Ruben (Dias) has helped us a lot. John (Clachan) the last few games have been outstanding.
“We continue to play more and more to create more opportunities.”
Guardiola says City are still well away from Liverpool leaders.
“We are [far] away. Take a look at the table. It’s a lot of points, ”he told Amazon Prime.
“[Liverpool] still momentum in goals, 0-7 at Crystal Palace away. I saw [Palace] he did so well against Tottenham. No doubt about how good Liverpool is. ”