Football: Liverpool outclasses West Ham, Manchester City revives

Leader Liverpool has a date in 2024, based on the defeat of West Ham (0-5), in a Premier League which dominates the day and the seasons. Arne Slot’s team, with 45 points, took time to get ahead of their first team, Nottingham Forest (2nd, 37 points), and won a match in the morning.

It’s a big plus spectacle with Manchester City (5th, 31 points), who are the quadruple champions of England behind him, on Sunday, a series of four matches without a victory in the Premier League. “It’s not pleasant, it’s just relief. It’s the right word to express the feeling that we all have,” admitted Cityzens coach, Pep Guardiola, after the success at Leicester (0-2).

The final victory in four matches, two organized competitions, took place in the air with a multi-title manager, as well as a crisis in the second half of October. In this dark period, the availability of five points out of 27 possible in the Premier League, yet his favorite hunting ground, where he has won six titles in the last seven seasons.

All these things cannot be compared at the King Power Stadium: the defense – with Manuel Akanji – is not a problem and is blessed with a game that ended with inferior possession in a cell with modest adversity, an unusual statistic for the 2023 European champions.

They are the ones who provide the essentials, with Gagner’s skill, notably thanks to Savinho, scorer (21st, 1-0) and decisive passer for Erling Haaland (74th).

Manchester City are considering extending their appeal in the same way against a West Ham team also available to Liverpool.

The reds are strong in two parts, part outside, and appear like a diamond on the person of Mohamed Salah. Intelligent in the placement of his sons, lightning in his accelerations and dribbling, the winger scored again (44th, 3-0) and delivered two new assists, for Cody Gakpo (40th, 2-0) and Diogo Jota (84th, 5-0).

The Egyptian, whose contrast expires in June, displays exceptional statistics this season in the Premier League: he is both the top scorer (17 goals) and the best passer (13 offerings).

Chelsea (4th, 35 points) and Arsenal (3rd, 36 points) also played this 19th season, with Liverpool returning.

But in the meantime, the surprise invitation to the podium is Nottingham Forest. The Midlands Reds are all victorious against Everton (0-2) and have a consecutive victory in the Premier League, played in 19 days. This is an incredible achievement for Nuno Espirito Santo who, a year ago, recovered a team from the fight for survival.

The current class, “that doesn’t mean anything”, nevertheless tempered the Portuguese coach at the BBC microphone. “We haven’t accomplished anything yet.”

In the category, Everton (16th, 17 points) faced Crystal Palace (15th, 20 points), who lost 2-1 in the second half at Southampton, and Wolverhampton (17th, 16 points), who defeated Tottenham (2-2). .

Spurs once again wasted a great opportunity to recover, having suffered no less than four defeats in their previous five matches in the Premier League. There was a penalty for captain Heung-min Son (43rd) and he narrowly beat the half (45th+3, 2-1), before bringing the equalizer to the 89th. The pressure therefore remains strong on the shoulders of Ange Postecoglou, the Australian coach of Tottenham, who has a deadline of 2024 in the second part of the table.