Surprise defeat for Chelsea Enzo Maresca. Fulham took Stamford Bridge despite yet another goal from Cole Palmer: “It's a shame, especially with the way we lost the game in the last minute,” said the Italian manager.
“It happened and now it's about recovering our energy and being ready to start again in a couple of days. We could have managed the match better, controlled it better, but we can learn something. We have said several times that we are a very, very young team , but the most important thing is to see the players grow and improve. From Saturday we will prepare for Monday's match. It is important to recover our energy.”
Objectives: “I have said many times that it doesn't matter whether we win matches or not, for many reasons we are not ready to win the title. The most important thing is to see the team improve.”
PREMIER LEAGUE, 18TH MATCH
Thursday 26 December
Manchester City – Everton 1-1
Bournemouth – Crystal Palace 0-0
Chelsea – Fulham 1-2
Newcastle – Aston Villa 3-0
Nottingham Forest – Tottenham 1-0
Southampton – West Ham 0-1
Wolverhampton – Manchester United
Liverpool – Leicester
Friday 27 December
20:30 Brighton – Brentford
21:15 Arsenal – Ipswich
THE RANKING
Liverpool 39 (16 games played)
Chelsea 35 (18)
Nottingham Forest 34 (18)
Arsenal 33 (17)
Newcastle 29 (18)
Bournemouth 29 (18)
Aston Villa 28 (18)
Fulham 28 (18)
Manchester City 28 (18)
Brighton 25 (17)
Tottenham 23 (18)
Brentford 23 (17)
West Ham 23 (18)
Manchester Utd 22 (18)
Everton 17 (17)
Crystal Palace 17 (18)
Leicester 14 (17)
Wolverhampton 12 (18)
Ipswich 12 (17)
Southampton 6 (18)
