Liverpool FC remains on the heels of leaders Arsenal FC in the Premier League. Meanwhile, Manchester City is increasingly losing touch.
Virgil van Dijk took the lead in the 2-0 (1-0) win against Sheffield United with his goal in the 37th minute on Wednesday evening (December 6th, 2023), Dominik Szoboszlai made the final score in stoppage time. In the first twenty minutes, bottom team Sheffield had the better opportunities, after that almost only Liverpool played. The “Reds” are now two behind league leaders Arsenal with 34 points.
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Arsenal wins spectacularly
Declan Rice scored a goal in the seventh minute of added time for the London team to win 4:3 (2:1) at Luton Town on Tuesday. Gabriel Martinelli (20th), Gabriel Jesus (45th) and the German international Kai Havertz (60th) had previously scored for the guests. Gabriel Osho (25th), Elijah Adebayo (49th) and Ross Barkley (57th) scored the goals for Luton.
The new third is Aston Villa. The surprise team defeated Manchester City 1-0 (0-0) on Wednesday evening, with former Leverkusen player Leon Bailey scoring the decisive goal in the 74th minute. The defending champion and treble winner last season has been without a win for four league games and is already six points behind leaders Arsenal in fourth place.
Leon Bailey celebrates his goal against Manchester City with his teammates.
Man United makes the connection
Manchester United also took advantage of the local rivals’ renewed mistake. Thanks to a brace from Scott McTominay (19th/69th), the “Red Devils” defeated Chelsea FC 2-1 (1-1) and thus reduced the gap to the “Citizens” to three points.
Brighton Hove & Albion maintained their place in the extended top group with a 2-1 (1-1) win against Brentford FC and are eighth. The German national player Pascal Groß initiated the turnaround with his equalizer (31st) just four minutes after Bryan Mbeumo (27th) went behind. Jack Hinshelwood scored the winning goal (52nd).
Fulham FC also celebrated a 5-0 win against Nottingham Forest, Bournemouth FC won 2-0 at Crystal Palace and Wolverhampton Wanderers won 1-0 at home against Burnley FC.
