Leicester 2-Manchester United 2 | Vardy and Tuanzebe, unwitting allies of leader Liverpool

Christmas of the Boxing day has arrived for Liverpool. His two great pursuers so far, Leicester and Manchester United, have teamed up to give him the best gift Klopp's men could hope for.. A tie that leaves the reds leaders four points behind the second, as the foxes They are three with one more game, and what is it for the current champions escape a little more in the Premier. On the green, both teams canceled each other, and it gave the feeling that only the absence of the opposite could end up deciding the match.

The red devils, who went from more to less in the match, went ahead in the first half thanks to Rashford, who took advantage of a touch of the ball by Bruno Fernandes to stay alone in front of Schmeichel and beat him at will. The news of Solskjaer's men, despite the latest results, are worrying at times, as it is becoming increasingly clear that there are players who are disconnected, like Martial, or who directly do not have enough level for this team, like Daniel James.

The one who is still not like a few years ago is David De Gea, who has long since lost the status of best goalkeeper in the Premier and now does not even have insurance to retain ownership. Henderson, who comes with the push of youth, has been making merit. Against Leicester, he couldn't stop Barnes's shot in the first half to tie the game., although it is also true that it was a difficult launch to tackle.

However, those who show that They are on another step with respect to their teammates, they are Bruno Fernandes and Edinson Cavani, who, surprisingly, again had to enter from the bench to solve the ballot. Just 5 minutes after he took to the field in 73, the Uruguayan filtered a wonderful pass for the Portuguese, who beat the goalkeeper of the foxes to become the first player from his country to score 10 Premier goals since Cristiano Ronaldo.

Vardy, who took advantage of a good play by Ayoze Pérez, sent a ball against Tuanzebe's leg that ended up becoming a definitive 2-2 that satisfies no one except Liverpool.

Aston Villa gets closer to Europe

Aston Villa prolonged their good moment with the victory against Crystal Palace in Birmingham (3-0) that places them at the gates of the European zone of the Premier that dominates Liverpool, on the fifteenth day of the competition.

Dean Smith's side, who played the second half with ten players due to the expulsion of Tyrone Mings on the brink of halftime, has three wins and a draw in their last four games. Sixth in the table, they are tied to fifth, Chelsea, who visit Arsenal.

The crash reaffirmed the bad moment of the visitors. Roy Hodgson's Crystal Palace, who has gone four games without winning and with this two consecutive defeats, is in the lower part although still far from relegation. EFE

Fulham and Southampton, in low hours

Fulham and Southampton drew goalless in the match at Craven Cottage, of the fifteenth day of the Premier, and extended their respective bad streaks, without victories for several weeks.

The visiting team, however, ran into the VAR. He scored twice. The first in the 75th minute by Irishman Shane Long and another ten later, by Theo Walcott. In both cases, the review of the video refereeing prevented the goal from going up to the scoreboard for offside.

Scott Parker's team could not get out of the descent. He has not scored three points for five games and his four recent games ended in a draw. It is the second to last and is one from Brighton and two from Burnley, the closest to the relegation zone.

Southampton, for its part, which was in the first places dates ago, is stagnant. Two draws and one loss in their three recent games have pushed Southampton out of the European zone. He is eighth, in the middle of the classification. EFE