Most teams today had to do without a few players who had a positive coronavirus test just before the match. Liverpool has lost its key tracker Van Dijk, and Fabinho and Jones are also infected. In addition, Newcastle took a surprising lead in the seventh minute, with former Reds Shelvey scoring behind the lime.
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The most productive attack of the competition, however, reversed the score in four minutes. In the 21st minute, Jota prevailed and the turn was completed by the top scorer of the Premier League Salah with the 15th league goal of the season. Liverpool scored in the 32nd competitive game in a row and broke the club record. In the end, Alexander-Arnold added insurance with a great shot from a distance.
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Hakim Ziyech from Chelsea.Photo: David Klein, Reuters
Chelsea also had problems with positive tests. According to coach Thomas Tuchel, the infected Werner, Lukaku, Hudson-Odoi and the currently injured Chilwell are, and for preventive reasons, Havertz did not play either. However, Everton, who lacked several stable members of the basic eleven, also had great difficulty with the composition of the team, and he did not even fill the bench of substitutes.
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Chelsea overshot the opponent 23: 5 and held the ball 80 percent of the playing time, but it was not enough for her victory. In the 70th minute, he took the lead after Mount’s end from an angle, but four minutes later, he equalized in the standard situation of Branthwaite. The 19-year-old stopper started for the first time this season and has so far played only four matches in the Premier League in the 2019/20 season.
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Although the Blues did not lose the 27th game in a row with Everton at home, they did not keep a clean sheet for the sixth time in a row. On the other hand, the caramels ended a four-match series of outdoor defeats, the table is fourteenth.
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The remaining Leicester-Tottenham duel on Thursday was postponed due to the coronavirus in the home team. Foxes will not play on Sunday either, as will other teams fighting the continuing spread of the disease – Brentford, Watford, Norwich and Manchester United. So far, the Premier League weekend program has lost five games, with a total of nine matches recently postponed due to covid-19.
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| English Football League – Round 17: |
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| Chelsea – Everton 1:1 (70. Mount – 74. Branthwaite) |
| Liverpool – Newcastle 3:1 (21. Jota, 25. Salah, 87. Alexander-Arnold – 7. Shelvey). |
| The Leicester-Tottenham match has been postponed. |
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| Table: | |||||||
| 1. | Manchester City | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 40:9 | 41 |
| 2. | Liverpool | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 48:13 | 40 |
| 3. | Chelsea | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 39:12 | 37 |
| 4. | Arsenal | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 23:22 | 29 |
| 5. | West Ham United | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 28:21 | 28 |
| 6. | Manchester United | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 26:24 | 27 |
| 7. | Tottenham | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 16:17 | 25 |
| 8. | Wolverhampton | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 13:14 | 24 |
| 9. | Leicester | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 27:27 | 22 |
| 10. | Aston Villa | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 23:25 | 22 |
| 11. | Crystal Palace | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 24:24 | 20 |
| 12. | Brentford | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21:22 | 20 |
| 13. | Brighton | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 14:17 | 20 |
| 14. | Everton | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21:29 | 19 |
| 15. | Southampton | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 16:26 | 17 |
| 16. | Leeds | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17:32 | 16 |
| 17. | Watford | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 21:31 | 13 |
| 18. | Burnley | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 14:21 | 11 |
| 19. | Newcastle | 17 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 18:37 | 10 |
| 20. | Norwich | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 8:34 | 10 |
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