Young Cole Palmer (front) greeted by his teammates after giving Chelsea the equalizer against Manchester City at Stamford Bridge, November 12, 2023. Spectacular and galvanized by their supporters, Chelsea hung on on Sunday November 12 after a summit of madness the leader Manchester City (4-4), now under threat from Liverpool and Arsenal, back to within a small point.
A Chelsea, la palme d’or du spectacle
At the age of 21, the young Cole Palmer kept a cool head, in the fury of Stamford Bridge, to convert the equalizing penalty in the last seconds (90ᵉ+5) against City, the club he left this summer to gain more playing time. Chelsea are only tenth in the standings, but the «Blues» by Mauricio Pochettino, who came back three times to score, showed their value and unfailing determination, six days after inflicting their first defeat of the season on Tottenham (4-1).
“Only here can we experience moments like these every weekend, it was really fun, pleasant, I loved it!”, reacted Axel Disasi, French defender of Chelsea, to AFP. Manchester City thought they could make the difference with a Rodri shot deflected by Thiago Silva (86th, 3-4), but the reigning champion conceded a penalty in added time on a foul obtained by Armando Broja, returning from injury and entered two minutes earlier. The point brought back from London just allows the Citizens, with 28 points, to retain sole control of the Premier League with a single point ahead of Liverpool and Arsenal who complete the podium with 27 units each.
Salah porte Liverpool, encore
Mohamed Salah in Liverpool on November 12, 2023
Slowed down last weekend, Liverpool got back on track on Sunday against Brentford (3-0) to steal second place in the championship from Arsenal, thanks to superior offensive power. THE «Reds» regained their momentum and standing at Anfield, damaged by their draw at Luton (1-1) last week and the 3-2 defeat Thursday at Toulouse in the Europa League. As is often the case, the difference came from their handyman, Mohamed Salah, author of a double (39th, 62nd) which brought his total to ten goals in twelve league matches this season. The Egyptian controlled a perfect pass from Darwin Nunez with his right foot before striking with his left (39th, 1-0), then expanded his usual palette with a header calmly placed on a cross from Kostas Tsimikas (62nd, 2-0) . The third pawn scored by Diogo Jota (74th), with a long shot, is not anecdotal since it allows Jürgen Klopp’s team to move ahead of Arsenal in the standings by virtue of a better goal difference.
Aston Villa clings to top-4
Aston Villa manage to keep pace with the top group after their 3-1 victory against Fulham on Sunday, the thirteenth in a row at home in the Premier League. Unai Emery’s team is fifth (25 pts), just two points from the podium, and has a comfortable lead over their pursuers Manchester United (6th, 21 pts) and Newcastle (7th, 20 pts).
John McGinn scores for Aston Villa in Birmingham on November 12, 2023
THE «Villans» have recovered well from their third defeat of the season, conceded last weekend in Nottingham, thanks to the return to form of their attack, so powerful since the start of the current financial year. Moussa Diaby pushed defender Antonee Robinson to score against his side (27th), captain John McGinn scored from outside the area (42nd) and Ollie Watkins scored his sixth goal of the season in the Premier League, the eleventh in all competitions.
Brighton, momentum cut
The dynamic is much less positive on the Brighton side, in eighth place (19 pts), after having had another poor performance against Sheffield United (1-1), the former red lantern moved up to penultimate ahead of Burnley. THE «Seagulls», so high up at the start of the season, are stuck in a series of six matches without a victory. We have to go back to September 24 against Bournemouth to find any trace of their last success. West Ham (9th, 17 pts) is hot on the heels of Brighton after winning late 3-2 on Sunday against Nottingham Forest (15th, 13 pts). The first victory of «Hammers» since the end of September was enabled by a goal from midfielder Tomas Soucek in the 88th minute.
2023-11-13 15:48:19
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