Premier League, Liverpool slows down at home against Fulham. City in deep crisis

Rome, 16 December 2024 – At Anfield a Liverpool in ten men is stopped at home by the Fulham: it is the second consecutive for the team of Slot who, with one game in hand, are only two points behind Chelsea, which occupies second place. Maresca and his team, in fact, took home a difficult match against the Brentford, finishing with one man less following Marc's expulsion cucurella in the 98st minute. The Manchester City can no longer recover: after having taken the lead in the 36th minute with Guardiol, the Citizens they are caught up and then overtaken within two minutes, first with Bruno Fernandes at 88' and then with Diallo in the 90th minute, suffering their eighth defeat in their last eleven games and slipping to fifth place in the standings. Arsenal does not go beyond 0-0 at the Emirates Stadium against Everton, moving away from Chelsea and allowing the Nottingham Forest to get closer in the standings, following the latter's victory overAston Villa, the second in a row. Goleada of the Tottenham, who defeated the St. Mary's Stadium Southampton for 5-0.

Matches of the sixteenth day of the Premier League

Arsenal ed Everton they share the spoils: one point each which is certainly satisfying for the Toffees, who follow up their success against Wolverhampton and remain outside the red zone of the standings. For the Gunners, however, this is the second consecutive draw, which puts the Chelsea and brings it closer Nottingham Forest. The success returnsIpswich Town, that in the salvation clash against the Wolverhampton wins with a result of 2-1: the match is unlocked by an own goal by Doherty in the 15th minute, Matheus equalizes the score Cunha Jack finds the decisive goal in the 72nd and 94th minutes Taylor, which allows his team to dream, since now salvation is no longer just a mirage. Great performance by Newcastle against Leicester: 4-0 for the men of Howe in the sign of Murphy (author of a double), Bruno Guimaraes e Isaac, who in 50 minutes knocked out the Foxes and found victory again after a difficult period. Second draw in a row, however, for the Liverpool, who at Anfield was forced to play almost the entire match with ten men following the expulsion of Robertson in the 17th minute. The Reds fell behind in the 11th minute following Andreas' goal Pereira, recover with gakpo in the 47th minute but they are overtaken again by Fulham in the 76th minute with Rodrigo Muniz Carvalho. In the 86th minute, however, Diogo Jota finds the net for 2-2, giving Slot a point and avoiding the second defeat of the Reds in the championship. The victory of the Nottingham Forest against the Aston Villa, the second consecutive for the team of Spirit Holy, it all develops towards the end: the Villans take the lead with Duran in the 63rd minute, but the home team recovers first with Milenkovic at 87' and then they go ahead with elang in the 93rd minute, managing to take home the full loot and climbing up to fourth place in the standings. Between Brighton e Crystal Palace The latter are the ones who triumph: 3-1 the final result, with goals from Chalobah and the brace of Sarr for the team of Glasner and the own goal of Guéhi for seagulls. The extremely negative moment of the Manchester City, which after the initial advantage of Guardiol is reassembled by Malsoster united thanks to Bruno Fernandes e Diallo: Citizens in fifth place, Red Devils in thirteenth but only three points away from sixth position. Tottenham is spreading against a Southampton increasingly last in the sign of Maddison (double), Its, Kulusevsky e Sarr, while the Chelsea against Brentford initially takes the lead to 2-0 thanks to cucurella e Jackson, then suffers the 2-1 goal by Mbeumo in the 90th minute, but still manages to bring home three fundamental points to get closer to Liverpool at the top. The postponed match between Bournemouth e West Ham, scheduled for this evening at 21pm at the Vitality Stadium.

Premier League matchday 16 results

Arsenal – Everton 0-0

Wolverhampton – Ipswich Town 1-2 15' author. Doherty (Ips), 72' Cunha (Wol), 94' Taylor (Ips)

Newcastle – Leicester City 4-0 30', 60' Murphy (New), 47' Bruno Guimaraes (New), 50' Isak (New)

Liverpool – Fulham 2-2 11' Andreas Pereira (Ful), 47' Gakpo (Liv), 76' Rodrigo Muniz Carvalho (Ful), 86' Diogo Jota (Liv)

Nottingham Forest – Aston Villa 2-1 63' Duran (Avl), 87' Milenkovic (Not), 93' Elanga (Not)

Brighton & Hove Albion – Crystal Palace 1-3 27' Chalobah (Cry), 33', 82' Sarr (Cry), 87' aut. Guéhi (Bri)

Manchester City – Manchester United 1-2 36' Gvardiol (MCI), 88' pen. Bruno Fernandes (Mun), 90' Diallo (Mun)

Southampton – Tottenham 0-5 1', 45+5' Maddison (Tot), 12' Son (Tot), 14' Kulusevski (Tot), 25' Sarr (Tot)

Chelsea – Brentford 2-1 43' Cucurella (Che), 80' Jackson (Che), 90' Mbeumo (Bre)

Premier League Standings

Liverpool* 36, Chelsea 34, Arsenal 30, Nottingham Forest 28, Manchester City 27, Aston Villa 25, Bournemouth* 24, Fulham 24, Brighton 24, Tottenham 23, Brentford 23, Newcastle 23, Manchester United 22, West Ham* 18, Crystal Palace 16, Everton* 15, Leicester 14, Ipswich Town 12, Wolverhampton 9, Southampton 5 *one game in hand