MADRID, 22 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
A goal by Casemiro in the 94th minute saved a tie (1-1) for Manchester United in their visit to Chelsea on the twelfth day of the Premier, a direct duel for the Champions League zone, while Manchester City recovered this Saturday their chase for the lead and Liverpool was held back by Nottingham Forest.
Graham Potter’s team had all three points in their pocket thanks to a penalty converted by Jorginho in the 87th minute. The battle at Stamford Bridge was intense, on the pitch and on the benches. The local coach reacted after half an hour by removing Cucurella to put Kovacic in, seeing United’s superiority.
The Spanish goalkeeper Kepa was the best of the ‘blues’, but the locals began to appear at the rival goal with Aubameyang and Sterling. All in all, Antony had a very clear one for the visitors before the break. The second half was also fought in the center of the field but without much arrival. In the 60th minute, Varane was substituted between tears and looking like something serious.
Chalobah sent a ball to the crossbar of David de Gea and the Spanish goalkeeper could not do anything in the maximum penalty, protested by the visitors, signaled to McTominay. The Bridge went crazy with the 1-0, as did Casemiro on the opposite side with his first goal for the ‘red devil’, in minute 94′. The former Real Madrid player silenced the London stadium and held the foot of Chelsea and the ‘Top 4’ that the capital’s score with 21 points. United, in the week of the crisis with Cristiano Ronaldo, gets to 20.
In the fight for the lead, Pep Guardiola’s City crushed Arsenal again with a victory over Brighton (3-1). A double by Erling Haaland in the first half, from a penalty and unstoppably winning a pass from his goalkeeper, solved the task that De Bruyne finished in the second half, when the southern England team had gotten closer on the scoreboard through Trossard.
The Belgian left a great goal from the front to return the joy to the sky-blue fan, along with a Haaland who has 17 goals in 11 games. After the defeat against Liverpool, the defending champion returns to the fray with 26 points, one behind an Arsenal that plays this Sunday against Southampton.
For its part, the ‘red’ team starred in the surprise of the day with their defeat against Nottingham Forest (1-0), who signed an outstanding performance to leave the last place in the table. Taiwo Awoniyi, who left Liverpool in 2021 without making his debut, scored early in the second half after another warning earlier.
Forest’s City Ground had its best moment since returning to the elite this year after a 23-year absence. Trent Alexander-Arnold had the option of spoiling the party 10 minutes from the end, but the local goalkeeper took the header and prevented a weak Liverpool, who still have not won away from home and lose the rhythm of the European zone with 16 points, scratch nothing.
The day also left this Saturday a convincing victory for Everton over Crystal Palace (3-0), which Frank Lampard’s team needed. Calvert-Lewin, Gordon and McNeil scored the goals at Goodison Park as the hosts overtook their mid-table rival and reacted to three defeats in a row.
-Saturday 22.
Nottingham Forest – Liverpool 1-0.
Everton – Crystal Palace 3-0.
Manchester City – Brighton 3-1.
Chelsea – Manchester United 1-1.
-Sunday 23.
Aston Villa – Brentford 15.00.
Leeds United – Fulham 15.00.
Southampton – Arsenal 15.00.
Wolverhampton – Leicester 15.00.
Tottenham – Newcastle 17.30.
-Monday 24.
West Ham – Bournemouth 21.00.
