MADRID, 29 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Liverpool FC beat West Ham United 0-5 this Sunday, with another display from their Egyptian striker Mohamed Salah, during matchday 19 of the Premier League that helped Manchester City break their terrible record. and unprecedented negative streak, thanks to their 0-2 victory at Leicester City.
At the Olympic Stadium in London, the visitors took the lead after half an hour with a goal from Luis Díaz, taking advantage of the rebound of his unsuccessful pass, until scoring with his right foot. Cody Gakpo made it 0-2 in the 40th minute, clinching Mo Salah’s low assist from point-blank range after a virguería, and Salah himself scored the third before the break.
After receiving a pass from Curtis Jones in the rival area, Salah himself lined up to make it 0-3 with a left-footed shot at ground level that entered next to the post. At the beginning of the second half, Trent Alexander-Arnold increased the ‘red’ ride into ‘hammer’ territory with a right foot that tripped on Max Kilman’s head and deflected the ball.
The ‘little hand’, the work of Diogo Jota in the 84th minute with a powerful shot after a ride by Salah, established Liverpool in the lead; With a game postponed, Arne Slot’s men have 45 points, eight more than the second place currently occupied by Nottingham Forest after beating an Everton away team that is flirting with the relegation zone.
Chris Wood opened the scoring for Goodison Park in the 15th minute, with a great Vaseline goal, and gave the assist to Morgan Gibbs-White for the final 0-2 in the 61st minute. While waiting for Arsenal (3rd, 36 pts.) and Chelsea (4th, 35 pts.) to play on this last day of the first round, Forest is savoring its status as the tournament’s revelation team.
Meanwhile, the agony of Manchester City (5th, 31 pts.) found its end, for now, with the last match of 2024, in a long-suffering victory at the King Power Stadium. Pep Guardiola’s team, who was celebrating 500 games as a ‘Citizen’ coach, escaped due to the poor aim of a Leicester team that had chances to prolong the current champion’s crisis.
All in all, it was time for the Manchester team to smile, like Savinho who scored his first goal in the Premier in his umpteenth attempt this campaign. The former Girona player was attentive to send the rebound of Phil Foden’s shot into the net in the 20th minute, but City did not even reach the break comfortably, retreating little by little.
This is how the second half began, getting into his own field and reducing chances that Buonanotte, El Khannouss and Vardy forgave, one after another. Between the posts and the poor aim of some ‘foxes’ in the relegation zone, City escaped another disappointment, with peace of mind already in the 74th minute of Erling Haaland’s 0-2, from Savinho’s cross. The Norwegian also ended his particular bad streak and City won their second game in the last 14.
–RESULTS AND PROGRAM OF DAY 19 IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE.
-Domingo.
Leicester – Manchester City 0-2.
Crystal Palace – Southampton 2-1.
Everton – Nottingham Forest 0-2.
Fulham – Bournemouth 2-2.
Tottenham – Wolverhampton 2-2.
West Ham – Liverpool 0-5.
-Monday, December 30.
Aston Villa – Brighton.
Ipswich – Chelsea.
Manchester United – Newcastle.
-Wednesday, January 1.
Brentford – Arsenal.