London: Liverpool have let it go for a first Premier League victory this year, with Trent Alexander-Arnold’s excellent strike with Aston Villa 2-1 at Anfield.
Kai Havertz scored his first Premier League goal since October when Chelsea got their top four pressure back on track with a comfortable 4-1 win at Crystal Palace, reports DPA.
Earlier, Manchester City’s leaders suffered a shock defeat when their seemingly inevitable march to the Premier League title hit a bump with a final 2-1 loss to Leeds United, who were ten men.
The Reds have managed from a goal to score three important points in the top-four battle, while the result is also a timely boost with a second match in the Champions League against Real Madrid coming midweek.
Ollie Watkins – who scored a hat-trick in a stunning 7-2 win for Liverpool when visiting Villa Park early in the season – gave the visitors a break at Merseyside.
Roberto Firmino had a potential equalizer that preceded the video assistant referee (VAR) ahead of time, but Mohamed Salah scored the Reds’ first home goal of open play in the league in 765 minutes to equalize early in the second half. make.
Liverpool got a chance when Trezeguet hit the post, but with English boss Gareth Southgate, Alexander-Arnold collected a loose ball on the edge of the penalty area and curled up a late winner.
Pep Guardiola rocked his suit with this game squeezed between both legs in their Champions League quarter-final against Borussia Dortmund, and his much-changed team fell behind late in the first half with Stuart Dallas’ starting batsman.
A red card for Leeds captain Liam Cooper apparently tipped the game in City’s favor and eventually their subversive opponents broke down when Ferran Torres equalized 14 minutes ahead of time. But Marcelo Bielsa’s men caught City on the counter as they pressed for the winner, while Dallas held on by Ezgjan Alioski and slid his second through Ederson’s legs to secure a remarkable victory for Leeds.
Chelsea responded to their stunning 5-2 home loss to West Brom by beating Porto 2-0 in the Champions League and they went on to continue the performance.
Havertz struggled to regain his Bayer Leverkusen form at Chelsea, but was keen to lure the Blues back to Liverpool, 2-1 wins over Aston Villa, earlier in Saturday and into the Champions League places.
The International German ended his drought in the eighth minute and Christian Pulisic then built up a minute and 42 seconds later to give Chelsea the order, which was advanced by Kurt Zouma’s header.
Christian Benteke reduced the deficit in the second half before Pulisic had the final say with his second twelve minutes ahead of time.
Source: Telangana Today