West Ham thrashed to overtake the ‘Spurs’ in the fight for the ‘Champions’
MADRID, 28 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Liverpool fell (1-0) unexpectedly on their visit to Leicester and West Ham thrashed Watford away (1-4) to overtake Tottenham, who drew 1-1 against Southampton, in the fight for qualify for the Champions League in the matches of this Tuesday of the twentieth day of the ‘Premier League’.
Those of Juerguen Klopp thus give way in the pulse with the Manchester City of Pep Guardiola, who distance themselves by 6 points from Liverpool, after wasting a penalty in the 16th minute taken by Mohamed Salah and falling in Leicester with the solitary goal of Ademola Lookman , in 59.
The Danish goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel was the hero of the Premier League champion in 2015-16, who, with this victory, climbed to ninth place, with 25 points, 3 behind the European zone marked by Cristiano Ronaldo’s Manchester United, that did not go beyond the tie (1-1) in Newcastle at the close of the Christmas ‘Boxing Day’ this Monday.
For its part, West Ham returned to the path of victory after tracing the opening goal of Emmanuel Dennis (min. 4) for Claudio Ranieri’s Watford and adding their first victory away from their stadium since October 31 and ending with a five-game winless streak in all competitions.
Scores by Tomas Soucek, Said Benrahma, Mark Noble and Nikola Vlasic defeated the Hornets, who returned to play after a 2-1 loss at Brentford on 10 December and a three-game postponement due to an outbreak of COVID-19 on your staff.
With this victory, West Ham accumulates 31 points and surpasses Tottenham, with 30 although with two games less, which drew (1-1) against a Southampton who played with 10 players from minute 39 due to the expulsion of Salisu in the St. Mary’s Stadium. James Ward-Prowse put the hosts ahead in the 25th minute and Harry Kane equalized from a penalty in the 41st.
However, Italian coach Antonio Conte became the first coach in Spurs history to remain undefeated in his first seven league games on the bench.
In the other match of the day, the goals in the first half of Odsonne Edouard, Jean-Philippe Mateta and Jeffrey Schlupp were enough to Crystal Palace to sentence (3-0) the bottom Norwich, who conceded their fifth defeat in a row and this without the technician Patrick Vieira, absent for positive in COVID-19.
– DAY 20.
-Tuesday.
Crystal Palace – Norwich 3-0.
Southampton – Tottenham1-1.
Watford – West Ham 1-4.
Leicester – Liverpool 1-0.
Arsenal – Wolves Postponed.
Leeds United – Aston VillaAplazado.
-Wednesday.
Chelsea – Brighton 20.30.
Brentford – Manchester City 21.15.
-Thursday.
Everton – Newcastle 20.30.
Manchester United – Burnley 21.15.