The leadership at stake in a new edition of ‘boxing day’

Con leadership at stake y the return to normality of the Premier of the current championManchester City, with success in the Club World Cup under their belt, a new edition of what is known as ‘boxing day’ is taking place in United Kingdom football.

While the rest of the domestic competitions stop in the Old Continent, in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland The party takes place in the stadiums the day after Christmas.

Point out the story that December 26 is classified as ‘boxing day’ because in feudal times the nobles gave boxes to their workers with food. In any case, it is a gift for the fan even though the full day is no longer being played that day. The games are distributed as they happen throughout the season on weekends.

The last date of the first round is put on stage. Boxing Day will determine the honorific winter champion. And anything can happen. Recent matches have established enormous equality in the standings. None of the top three in the table managed to win, so the top three is only one point away. The leader, Arsenal, was unable to extend its lead while Liverpool and Aston Villa, second and third respectively, took advantage of the opportunity to attack first place.

Beneficiaries of the date were Tottenham, fourth, who won and closed the gap to three and four points, and Manchester City, fifth, who have the match pending that day due to their participation in the Club World Cup. Spanish Pep Guardiola’s team can get fully into the fight again as soon as he adjusts his calendar with the postponed game.

The clash at St. James Park between Newcastle and Nottingham Forest opens the boxing day that could end with Liverpool or Aston Villa at the top of the table. Both are one point behind Arsenal, which will close the session on Thursday.

Jurgen Klopp’s team visits the Burnley field, penultimate, which was reunited with the victory in London, against Fulham (0-2) and has three points of salvation. Liverpool, for their part, have drawn two in a row, both at Anfield: first against Manchester United and then against Arsenal.

The best goal difference keeps them in second place despite being tied with Aston Villa, the revelation of the campaign. The box of Unai Emery felt excess pressure in the clash against bottom team Sheffield, against whom they did not go beyond a tie. The Birmingham team that closes on Tuesday with the visit to Old Trafford, against Manchester United, was left without leadership. Two defeats and a draw summarize the reds’ slump, outside of Europe and with Erik Ten Hag, their coach, in question. Manchester United has no margin for error as it awaits the ‘villains’ in the most striking duel of this nineteenth day.

Also plagued by poor results is Newcastle, which hosts Nottingham Forest in a key face-to-face match for both. The Magpies have lost three in their last four games and are outside the European zone, they are seventh. The visiting team marks the salvation. A mistake and the victory of Luton or Burnley, second from last and second from last, can take them to the last positions.

Bournemouth’s growth also comes into play on Tuesday. Three games won in a row reflect the improvement of Andoni Iraola’s team, which awaits Fulham in their field, in an opposite situation, with defeats in their two recent games.

Two of the bottom three in the standings, two recently promoted, meet at Bramall Lane: Sheffield, bottom, and Luton, second to lastseparated by only three points in a dramatic duel.

The champion goes into action on Wednesday. Manchester City, successful in Saudi Arabia, where they brilliantly won the Club World Cup, visits Goodison Park to face Everton. Spanish Pep Guardiola’s team, which has only won one of its last five Premier League games, is six away from first place but with one game less.

With the possible return to activity of Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne, now out of the infirmary, he goes to Liverpool to face the Toffees. Everton has improved. They had four wins in a row before losing last Saturday against Tottenham but they are believing.

This is not the case of Chelsea, blushed on Sunday by Wolverhampton and with Mauricio Pochettino questioned. He stars at Stamford Bridge in a London derby against Crystal Palace. The Wolves, enlarged by their reunion with victory, visit Brentfordin crisis, with three defeats in a row and increasingly closer to the bottom of the standings.

The last day of the first round will close on Thursday. Tottenham, clearly improved, winner of its three recent games, visits the irregular Brighton, far from last year’s version and from the European zone. Italian Roberto De Zerbi’s team is halfway through the table, seven points behind Europe. Seventeen distance them from the Spurs, fourth in the Champions zone.

Arsenal complete the session, at the Emirates, with the visit of West Ham in another London derby. Arteta’s team, leader, contemplates entering the European zone. Sixth, they have two wins in a row, the last against Manchester United. The Gunners, threatened in the standings, have only won one of their last three games.

2023-12-26 19:54:13
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