Premier League, Chelsea to face Tottenham in big match. New draw for City

Rome, 9 December 2024 – The big match of the fifteenth day of Premier League between Tottenham e Chelsea The Blues win it, winning 4-3 and taking the lead Arsenal e City in the rankings. Now Maresca and his team are second alone at 4 points from Liverpool, who missed the Merseyside derby due to the bad weather that hit the city. He has not yet recovered Manchester City: against the Crystal Palace, in fact, the men of Guardiola they did not go beyond a draw, finishing the match with 10 men due to the expulsion of Rich Lewis in the 84th minute. The citizens fail to give continuity to the good victory against Nottingham Forest and remain in fourth place in the standings with 27 points. Arsenal also drew away to Fulham in a challenge that is anything but trivial: for Arts It's the first draw after 3 consecutive victories, while for Marco Silva It is the third consecutive useful result after the victory against Brighton and the draw with Tottenham. Still bad Manchester United, who lose at home to Nottingham Forest: the cure Amorim does not seem to have given the desired results, while the team of Espirito Santo remains in fifth place in the standings, with its sights set on Manchester City, who are now just two points behind.

Matches of the fifteenth day of the Premier League

Al Selhurst Park il Crystal Palace took the lead immediately with Daniel Muñoz, and he had to think about it as usual Haaland to bring the match back to parity, in the 30th minute. The hosts, however, returned to the lead in the 56th minute thanks to The cross, But the City found the equaliser in the 68th minute with Rich Lewis, who was then sent off in the 84th minute. Guardiola and his team avoided defeat, but this draw is proof that City are not yet fully recovered. They also only earn one point the Arsenal di Arts in the challenge against Fulham, in which the hosts took the lead with a goal from Raul Jimenez in the 11th minute. The Gunners brought the match back into balance with Saliba in the 52nd minute after a very long VAR check for possible offside, coming out unscathed from the Craven Cottage but with the regret of not having won another 2 points which would have allowed them to further distance themselves from City.

Second defeat in a row for the Manchester United di Amorim, who is unable to make the leap in quality that was thought to be achieved with the change on the bench: atOld Trafford against Nottingham Forest, Milenkovic He gives his team the lead in the 2nd minute, and in the 18th minute another former Serie A player equalises: Rasmus Hojlund, who scored his fifth goal of the season. In the 47th minute Forest took the lead again with Gibbs White, who in the 54th minute even took the lead to 3-1 thanks to WoodMan United close the gap with Bruno Fernandes in the 61st minute, but, at the end of the match, it is Espirito Santo's team that takes home the 3 points. Great performance by Chelsea, which conquers the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and takes second place alone: ​​after going down 2-0, the Blues equalise thanks to goals from Sancho (17') and Palmer (61', penalty), then turning the game around in the 73rd minute with Enzo Fernandez. In the 84th minute, the Blues made it 4-2 again thanks to Palmer, who, once again from the penalty spot, beat Forster with a very sweet spoon. The final goal comes from Its, but he can't avoid the defeat of his team: second consecutive victory for the Blues and second consecutive defeat for the Spurs.

Four goals also for the Brentford, which defeats the Newcastle with a resounding 4-2: Good morning, Warn, Collins e Damage the markers of the “Bees”, while Isaac e Barnes those of the black and whites. Thanks to this result, Frank's team reaches Fulham in ninth place, detaching themselves from the Magpies, who remain stuck at 20 points level with Tottenham.

All 'Aston Villa, instead, Jhon is enough Duran to overcome a Southampton increasingly last: ninth goal of the season for the twenty-year-old Colombian, who has half of Europe's attention on him. Leicester reach Brighton in the final minutes thanks to Bobby's goal Reid and gains a very important point in view of salvation: second useful result for the Foxes, who reach 14 points, while the Brighton recovers from the defeat against Fulham and holds firm in seventh place, level with Bournemouth, which beats 2-1 theIpswich Town. West Ham - Wolverhampton, scheduled for this evening at 21pm, will close the fifteenth round of the Premier League.

Premier League matchday 15 results

Brentford – Newcastle 4-2 8' Mbuemo (Bre), 11' Isak (New), 28' Wissa (Bre), 32' Barnes (New), 56' Collins (Bre), 90' Schade (Bre)

Aston Villa – Southampton 1-0 24' Duran

Crystal Palace – Manchester City 2-2 4' Muñoz (Cry), 30' Haaland (Mci), 56' Lacroix (Cry), 68' Lewis (Mci)

Manchester United – Nottingham Forest 2-3 2' Milenkovic (Not), 18' Højlund (Mun), 47' Gibbs-White (Not), 54' Wood (Not), 61' Bruno Fernandes (Mun)

Fulham – Arsenal 1-1 11' Jimenez (Ful), 52' Saliba (Ars) Leicester - Brighton 2-2 37' Lamptey (Bri), 79' Minteh (Bri), 86' Vardy (Lei), 91' Reid (Lei)

Ipswich Town – Bournemouth 1-2 21' Chaplin (Ips), 87' Unal (Bou), 95' Quattara (Bou)

Tottenham – Chelsea 3-4 5' Solanke (Tot), 11' Kulusevski (Tot), 17' Sancho (Che), 61' 84' pen. Palmer (Che), 73' Enzo Fernandez (Che), 96' Son (Tot)

Standings

Liverpool* 35

Chelsea 31

Arsenal 29

Manchester City 27

NottinghamForest 25

Aston Villa 25

Brighton 24

Bournemouth 24

Brentford 23

Fulham 23

Tottenham 20

Newcastle 20

Manchester United 19

West Ham* 15

Everton* 14

Leicester 14

Crystal Palace 13

Ipswich Town 9

Wolverhampton* 9

Southampton 5

*one race less