winner against the new England champion Liverpool, Chelsea took a big step towards the Champions League (3-1).
Chelsea took advantage of the decompression of all costs champion of England, Liverpool (3-1), Sunday in London, and kept fifth qualifying place for the Champions League. The Blues, with 63 points, pick up in Newcastle (4th, 63 pts) which drew earlier in Brighton, and they stay in the wheel of Manchester City (3rd, 64 pts), winner on Friday of Wolverhampton. Three points separate them from their closest pursuing, Nottingham Forest (6th, 60 pts) which plays Monday at Crystal Palace, and Aston Villa (7th).
Sacred last weekend, Liverpool underwent his third defeat of the Premier League season, with a team remained half at kick-off, but which still counted in its ranks Virgil Van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Mohamed Salah or Alisson Becker. The Brazilian goalkeeper lost after only two minutes and forty-seven seconds on an Enzo Fernandez shot, found at the penalty spot by Pedro Neto (3rd, 1-0).
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Overall, Liverpool had possession of the ball and Chelsea, the best opportunities, like this Caicedo monthly center pushed from the top of the crossbar (32nd), or this Cole Palmer shot on a post (81st). THE “Blues “pushed their advantage with a bit of luck on a clearance of Van Dijk which was countered by his partner of the Central Defense, Jarell Quansah (56th, 2-0).
The Dutch captain caught up by reducing the gap of the head on a corner (85th, 2-1), before a penalty of Palmer (90th+6, 3-1) gives air to the blues. Indifferent to the result, Liverpool supporters celebrated the title continuously, with songs dedicated to each of the replacements who came to greet them, and “champions, champions” sound at regular intervals.
