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LiverpoolDec. 2 (BNA): Liverpool won the Merseyside derby with a 4-1 victory over its host Everton, Wednesday, while Chelsea fought the Premier League leaders to a 2-1 win over Watford and Manchester City won 2-1 over Aston Villa.
With fourth-placed West Ham tied 1-1 with hosts Brighton, they are now seven points behind third-placed Liverpool who, along with Chelsea and Manchester City, are eyeing a three-horse race for the title.
After 14 games, Chelsea with 33 points is ahead of City and Liverpool with 31 points.
Jurgen Klopp’s team scored four goals at their neighbors’ land for the first time since 1982, with Mohamed Salah scoring twice to maintain his strong form.
Jordan Henderson put Liverpool in front with a superb curling shot in the ninth minute before making Salah for the second.
Traffic was one-way, and Everton, led by former Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez, looked in real danger of an embarrassing outcome.
Demari Gray pulled the ball ahead before the first half to give the troubled home crowd some hope before a mistake by Seamus Coleman allowed Salah to score to make it 3-1 and then Diogo Jota made a fine turn before passing Jordan Pickford to finish the match. defeat.
“I loved what I saw and it was the best performance we had at Goodison,” Klopp said.
“We’ve taken a huge step in our development where we can take on this type of game, even though it’s really important to the opponent. We can put feelings to the side. It was definitely a nine out of 10 performance from both boys.”
After recent draws against Burnley and Manchester United, Chelsea could not afford to lose points at Watford, but coach Thomas Tuchel admitted they were lucky to collect the three points from Vicarage’s way.
The visitors took the lead when Mason Mount coolly turned after a fine move in the 29th minute.
Watford equalized deservedly before the break through Nigerian Emmanuel Denis only to substitute Hakim Ziyech to strike the winner after 12 minutes with the brilliant innovative Mount.
“We need a lot of points if we want to stay in the title race. We felt we lost two points against Burnley and Manchester United. We stole at least two and maybe three again today,” Tuchel said.
He added: “Overall we can do a lot better. There are some reasons – we have injured players and some of the key players due to overload were not on the field. I don’t want to be too critical. Watford deserved more.”
Two great goals in the first half, scored by Ruben Dias and Bernardo Silva, put Manchester City on their way to victory at Aston Villa led by Steven Gerrard.
Portugal’s central midfielder Dias netted from more than 20 meters after cutting Raheem Sterling across the penalty area.
Silva doubled his advantage with a lightning shot in the 43rd minute, as he shot brilliantly past Martinez from a distance of 15 meters after City moved away from his team’s penalty area, and Riyad Mahrez fired Gabriel Jesus on the right flank.
Ole Watkins put Villa back in the game but City took their fourth straight win.
“We came here against an amazing team with high quality and top players and the way we played in the first half until the second half was fantastic,” City coach Pep Guardiola said.
He said, “We conceded in the first minute of the second and that is very difficult, but we played with a huge personality, a really good match.”
And foiled a kick over the head in the 89th minute from Neil Maupai West Ham in Brighton after the London team took an early lead with the header of Czech midfielder Tomas Socic.
Leicester City had to come from behind twice to draw 2-2 with Southampton thanks to a James Madison goal in the 49th minute to give Brendan Rodgers’ side a point that puts his team in eighth place.
Sixth-placed Wolverhampton Wanderers were frustrated after a 0-0 draw at home with 18th-placed Burnley, who have drawn in five of their last seven games.