The defeats this Wednesday of Leicester (3rd) and Chelsea (4th), before Everton (11th) and West Ham (16th), respectively, tightened the fight for qualification for the Champions League in the Premier League. From the third place to the sixth there are only three points away.
After the results of the 32nd day, Manchester United (5th) and Wolverhampton (6th), who won their matches this day, are both three points behind the Leicester and two of Chelsea, with six games for the end of the championship (18 points).
He Leicester fell on Everton’s court, in which the Brazilian scored Richarlison (10 ‘) and Icelandic Gylfi Sigurdsson (16 ‘, penalty kick), while the Nigerian Thank You Iheanacho narrowed the gap for the Foxes at the start of the second half (51), but the visitors could no longer even force the tie.
That defeat gave the opportunity to Chelsea to get on the podium, but the men of Frank Lampard They also lost in their visit to a West Ham that struggles not to descend.
The Brazilian Willian He was the author of both goals for the Blues (42 ‘, penalty kick and 72’, direct free kick), while for the locals they scored the Czech defender Tomas Soucek (45′), Michail Antonio (51 ‘) and, in a quick counter in the final breath of the game, the Ukrainian Andriy yarmolenko (89′).
He West ham He even scored another goal, through Soucek when the score was 0-0, but the referee canceled it for offside.
Arsenal and Newcastle thrashed
In that fight for Champions you can put the Arsenal (7th), who thrashed 4-0 on the bottom court Norwich City, and is placed eight points from Chelsea.
The Gunner star was Gabonese Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, author of a double with which he overcomes the barrier of 50 goals (51) faster than any other player before in the history of the London club (79 games). Frenchman Thierry Henry scored 50 goals in 83 games.
He also thrashed the Newcastle (13th), 4-1 on the court of Bournemouth (19th), a direct rival in the fight for permanence. One of the goals, that of 3-0, was scored by Paraguayan Miguel Almirón almost at game time (57).
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