Liverpool extends lead: 2-0 against Newcastle and +13 on Arsenal. City and United win
Liverpool are fast approaching their 20th title in England. In the midweek round of the Premier League , the league leaders beat Newcastle with minimal effort (2-0) to take their lead over Arsenal to 13 (although with one game in hand), who failed to get past a 0-0 draw in Nottingham against Forest (Calafiori hit the post in the first half). The Reds broke the deadlock after just 11 minutes with Szoboszlai beating Pope with a precise left-footed shot from 12 meters after a cross from Luis Diaz. An important goal for Liverpool, considering it is their 100th goal of the season in all competitions. In the second half, Mac Allister sealed the deal in the 63rd minute with a right-footed cross from an assist (17th in the league) from the usual Salah.
In terms of the Champions League, Manchester City promptly responded to Chelsea , who won 4-0 in the advance match against Juric's Southampton, going 0-1 in London against Tottenham . Guardiola's men, despite suffering throughout the second half, immediately benefited from the return of Haaland who put his signature on the victory by scoring after just 12' with a left-footed touch from close range on a cross from Doku. In injury time, the Norwegian had doubled the score at the end of a fine individual action finished off with a triangle with Foden but the referee, on the signal of the VAR, disallowed it for a control with the arm of the same centre forward.
Manchester United return to winning waysAmong the other results, Manchester United 's hard-fought return to victory (3-2) stands out, having needed a header from Maguire at the start of the second half to win with 10 men against 11 against Ipswith. Previously, the Red Devils had gone behind after just 4 minutes, surprised by Philogene, and had turned the result around thanks to an own goal from Morsy (22') and a close-range shot from De Ligt (26'), but in the 43rd minute, after losing former Lecce player Dorgu, who was sent off for a bad late foul on Hutchinson, they were caught up in injury time once again by Philogene.
RESULTS MATCH 27 TUESDAY Brighton - Bournemouth 2-1 Crystal Palace - Aston Villa 4-1 Wolverhampton - Fulham 1-2 Chelsea - Southampton 4-0 WEDNESDAY Brentford - Everton 1-1 Nottingham Forest - Arsenal 0-0 Tottenham - Manchester City 0-1 Manchester United - Ipswich Town 3-2 Liverpool - Newcastle 2-0 THURSDAY West Ham - Leicester City hrs 21.10
RANKING : Liverpool 67 points; Arsenal 54; Nottingham Forest 48; Manchester City 47; Chelsea 46; Newcastle 44; Bournemouth, Brighton 43; Aston Villa, Fulham 42; Brentford 38; Crystal Palace 36; Manchester United, Tottenham 33; Everton 32; West Ham 30; Wolverhampton 22; Ipswich Town, Leicester 17; Southampton 9. NB: Liverpool and Aston Villa one game more.
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