After Liverpool’s victory at Crystal Palace, Arsenal and Manchester City also picked up points this Saturday afternoon.
It is undoubtedly not this Saturday that the race for the Premier League title will be decided.
After Liverpool’s victory at Crystal Palace (0-1)Arsenal and Manchester City did not make any missteps this Saturday during the 4 p.m. meetings. By beating Southampton (3-1) and Fulham (3-2) respectively, the two runners-up of the Reds remain within striking distance of the leader in the standings.
Facing the 19th in the standings, the Gunners fell behind following Cameron Archer’s (55th) counter-attack goal, but they quickly reacted thanks to Kai Havertz (58th). Gabriel Martinelli (68th) and Bukayo Saka (88th) then offered victory to the Londoners, authors of a very good week after their victory against PSG (2-0) on Tuesday evening.
Double for Kovacic
At the same time, Manchester City was also led by Fulham, with Andreas Pereira’s goal on a brilliant backheel from Raul Jimenez (26th). Without Rodri and Kevin De Bruyne, the Skyblues responded with a double from Mateo Kovacic (32nd, 47th), before being sheltered by Jérémy Doku (82nd). Rodrigo Muniz reduced the gap at the end of the match (89th).
In the other matches, Brentford defeated Wolverhampton (5-3), West Ham outclassed Ipswich (4-1), and Leicester got the better of Bournemouth (1-0).
