Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United suffered, but won

The English ‘Big Three’, the big three at the head of the table, Manchester City (1st), Liverpool (2nd) and Chelsea (3rd), They won by the minimum difference to Wolverhampton (1-0), Aston Villa (1-0) and Leeds (3-2) respectively, this Saturday on the 16th round of the Premier League, in games decided on penalties.

Manchester City, with just enough, won and consolidated its leadership in the Premier League

So did a Manchester United on the rise in the last game on Saturday., with his 1-0 victory in the bottom court of Norwich City (1-0) with a goal from eleven meters from the Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo (75).

Gerrard and Anfield

With 38 points and solo leaders, Pep Guardiola’s men feel the pressure of ‘Reds’ and ‘Blues’ on their necks, they did not fail either. Liverpool did not take pity on the return to Anfield of their former idol Steven Gerrard, now in charge of the Aston Villa bench (12th).

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“You have to understand that when you come to the Premier League there are going to be days like this,” said Gerrard, author of 186 goals in 710 games for Liverpool.. “There is a lot of excitement, but I tried to focus on Aston Villa,” added the man called according to some rumors to succeed Jurgen Klopp the day he leaves the club.

As for City, it was a penalty that decided the fate of the match, obtained and transformed by the Egyptian Mohamed Salah, his 21st goal of the season. After their perfect run in the Champions League group stage (6 games and 6 wins), Liverpool seem ready to fight for all possible titles.

And in London, the German Thomas Tuchel did not have them all with him for the duel against Leeds (15th) of his Argentine colleague Marcelo Bielsa, after Chelsea returned from Russia on Thursday, where they had let the leadership of their Champions group escape against Zenit at the last minute.

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Jorginho’s shots from penal

And the party was close to agreeing with their fears. With the Belgian Romelu Lukaku still on the bench and N’Golo Kanté leaving a difficult gap to fill in the midfield, Chelsea suffer almost in every game.

The Brazilian Rapinha put Leeds ahead of the penalty (28). Mason Mount put the equalizer in the 42nd minute, and the Italian Jorginho also advanced to the premises from the eleven meters (58). The 19-year-old Joel Gelhardt sent the ball to the back of the net as soon as he left the ‘Peacocks’ bench (83).

But a third penalty in the game, for a debatable foul on Rüdiger, was again taken advantage of by Jorginho to leave the three points in London (90 + 4). Chelsea, with 36 points, have at hand the two teams that precede them in the table.

Also by the minimum, Manchester United (5th) beat bottom Norwich City. And in an afternoon of penalties, the goal could not be missed through Cristiano Ronaldo’s maximum penalty.

Saved on this occasion by the Spanish goalkeeper David de Gea, the ‘Red Devils’ add 10 units in four dates, and they are already level on points with West Ham (4th), who play Sunday at Burnley (18th).

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