Liverpool continues to stalk Arsenal and City lose and fall to fourth place – International Football – ABC Color

In Sheffield, Liverpool added their second victory in a row with goals from Van Dijk and Szoboszlai and a new assist from Alexander-Arnold to remain on the lookout for Arsenal, which on Tuesday had beaten Luton 4-3 with a goal in stoppage time.

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Manchester City added their fourth game without being able to win (they came from three draws in a row) and suffered their third defeat of the season against Aston Villa, who knew how to stop the scorer Erling Haaland with great saves from the Argentine goalkeeper Dibu Martínez.

Manchester United recovered from the defeat suffered last night against Newcastle and beat Chelsea 2-1 at home with a double from the Scotsman McTominay.

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* Manchester City attempted only two shots yesterday; the fewest ever taken by a Pep Guardiola team in a match within Europe’s big five leagues, while Aston Villa’s 22 shots were the most against a Guardiola team in the same period (yesterday was their number 535).

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*Trent Alexander-Arnold now has 75 assists in all competitions with Liverpool; Since making his club debut in October 2016, only Kevin De Bruyne (129) and Mo Salah (80) have more for Premier League clubs.

Results and scorers:

* Fulham 5-Nottingham Forest 0. Goals: 30′, 74′ Alex Iwobi. 34′, 54′ Raúl Jiménez, 86′ Tom Cairney (F). Ast: 24,105.

* Brighton 2-Brentford 1. Goles: 27′ Bryan Mbeumo (Bre); 31′ Pascal Gross, 52′ Jack Hinshelwood (Bri).

* Sheffield United 0-Liverpool 2. Goals: 37′ Virgil van Dijk, 90+4′ Dominik Szoboszlai (L). Ast: 31.406.

* Crystal Palace 0-Bournemouth 2. Goles: 25′ Marcos Senesi, 90+1′ Kieffer Moore (B).

* Aston Villa 1-Manchester City 0. Goal: 74′ León Bailey (AV).

* Manchester United 2- Chelsea 1. Goals: Scott McTominay (MU); 45′ Cole Palmer (Ch). Incident: 8′ Robert Sanchez (Ch) fouled Bruno Fernandes (MU). Ast: 73,607.

* Wolverhampton 1-Burnley 0. Gol: 42′ Hwang Hee-chan (W). Ast: 30.439.

* Luton 3-Arsenal 4. Goals: 20′ Gabriel Martinelli, 45′ Gabriel Jesús, 60′ Kai Havertz, 90+7′ Declan Rice (A); 25′ Gabriel Osho, 49′ Elijah Adebayo, 57′ Ross Barkley (L). Ast: 11,112.

-Hoy: 16:30 Everton-Newcastle (ESPN2); 17:15 Tottenham -West Ham (ESPN).

-Scorers: Con 14: Erling Haaland (Manchester City). Con 10: Mohamed Salah (Liverpool).