Premier League, Liverpool win under the sign of Nuñez and return to +6 on Arsenal

Rome, 19 January 2025 – After two draws in a row, the Liverpool returns to +6 onArsenal thanks to Darwin Nuñez, who scored a brace in injury time in the match against Brentford and gets Liverpool back on track towards title victory. Gunners stumble at home againstAston Villa, who recover from a 2-0 deficit and take home a point, also favoring the Nottingham Forest, which reconnects the team of Arts in second position. Tricky Trees struggle more than expected at the City Ground against Southampton, but they win three important points that allow them both to join Arsenal in the second highest step of the podium, and to maintain a safe distance with fourth place, now occupied by Newcastle e Manchester City. If the black and whites fall sensationally within their own walls against the Bournemouth, the citizens annihilate the ipswich Town away, finding victory after the draw of the last matchday against Brentford. Defeats for Manchester United e Tottenham: the former always remain in thirteenth place, while the latter even drop to fifteenth. 

Matches of the twenty-second day of the Premier League

The twenty-second day of the Premier League opens with a sensational victory for Bournemouth at St. James' Park against the Newcastle, with the ex Rome Kluivert who takes the whole scene. The Dutch player, in fact, scores a hat-trick between 6', 44' and 92' with the Magpies finding the temporary 1-1 in the 25th minute with Bruno Guimaraes. The Rossoneri were not satisfied with the 3-1, and in the 96th minute they even scored the fourth goal with Kerkez, their second goal in the Premier League. With this result, Newcastle are joined by Manchester City in fourth place, while Bournemouth temporarily catch up with Chelsea in sixth place. West Ham falls at home against the Crystal Palace, which, in the sign of Math, wins 2-0 and scores the second consecutive victory. The French striker scores in the 48th and 89th minutes, with the latter goal from the penalty spot, with the Hammers finishing with ten men after the expulsion of Mavropanos at 80'. Finds success again Slot, which chases away the pareggitis at the first symptoms and moves away again from theArsenal in second place: at the Community Stadium the double of Darwin Nunez scored in injury time (91' and 93'), fundamental to chase away the ghosts from Liverpool after the two consecutive draws against Manchester United e Nottingham Forest. The Brentford, instead, remains in eleventh place, but the points gap with the Fulham tenth becomes five. The Cottagers, in fact, find victory after four days: the victim is the Leicester di van Nistelrooy, who in front of their home crowd suffer their seventh consecutive defeat in the championship. The goals are scored by Smith Rowe at 48' and from Adama Traoré at 68'. At the Emirates Stadium Arsenal wastes the 2-0 gained in 55 minutes with Martinelli e havertz and concedes two goals in just eight minutes from theAston Villa, that with tielemans al 60' e Watkins in the 68th minute they avoid defeat and get their fourth consecutive useful result. The Gunners see Liverpool move away, while they are once again caught up by Nottingham Forest in second place. Espirito Santo and his people do their work against the Southampton, albeit with a few too many difficulties. In front of their home crowd, Tricky Trees closed the first half 3-0 thanks to goals from Anderson (11'), Hudson-Wait (28') e Wood (41'), but the guests shorten the distance with Bednarek at the 60th minute and risk reopening the challenge sensationally at the 91st minute, when onuachu scores the 3-2 goal. At the referee's final whistle, however, it is Nottingham Forest who celebrate. Another KO for the Tottenham, which falls to fifteenth place: in the challenge against Everton, Spurs went down 3-0 at the end of the first half after goals from Calvert-Lewin e Ndiaye and the own goal of Gray. In the second half there is a reaction from the team Postecoglou, but the goals of Kulusevsky e Richarlison are not enough to avoid defeat. KO also for the Manchester United at home against Brighton: for the red devils he scores Bruno Fernandes on penalty, while the guests score Minteh, Mythoma e Rutter. The Manchester City leaves no escape for theIpswich Town: Foden (double), Kovacic, documentary, Haaland e McAtee give the victory to Guardiola, which hooks the Newcastle in fourth place. Chelsea – Wolverhampton, scheduled for Monday 20 January at 21pm, will close the day.

Premier League matchday 22 results

Newcastle – Bournemouth 1-4 6', 44', 92' Kluivert (Bou), 25' Bruno Guimaraes (New), 96' Kerkez (Bou) West Ham – Crystal Palace 0-2 48', 89' Mateta (Cry) pen. Brentford – Liverpool 0-2 91', 93' Nuñez (Liv) Leicester City – Fulham 0-2 48' Smith Rowe (Ful), 68' Traoré (Ful) Arsenal – Aston Villa 2-2 35' Martinelli (Ars), 55' Havertz (Ars), 60' Tielemans (Ast), 68' Watkins (Ast) Nottingham Forest – Southampton 3-2 11' Anderson (Not), 28' Hudson-Odoi (Not), 41' Wood (Not), 60' Bednarek (Sou), 91' Onuachu (Sou) Everton – Tottenham 3-2 13' Calvert-Lewin (Eve), 30' Ndiaye (Eve), 45+7' aut. Gray (Eve), 77' Kulusevski (Tot), 92' Richarlison (Tot) Manchester United – Brighton 1-3 5' Minteh (Bri), 23' pen. Bruno Fernandes (Mun), 60' Mitoma (Bri), 76' Rutter (Bri) Ipswich Town 0-6 Manchester City 27', 42' Foden (MCI), 30' Kovacic (MCI), 49' Doku (MCI), 57' Haaland (MCI), McAtee (MCI)

Premier League Standings

Liverpool 50, Arsenal 44, Nottingham Forest 44, Manchester City 38, Newcastle 38, Chelsea 37, Bournemouth 37, Aston Villa 36, ​​Brighton 34, Fulham 33, Brentford 28, Crystal Palace 27, Manchester United 26, West Ham 26, Tottenham 24 , Everton 20, Wolverhampton 16, Ipswich Town 16, Leicester City 14, Southampton 6