Premier League: Liverpool's tennis result, Tottenham knocked out. City lose again

Rome, 23 December 2024 – The Liverpool returns to victory against the Tottenham: in the match at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, nine goals were scored, for the final 6-3 of the Reds, who extend their lead over Chelsea. Thanks to this victory and the draw of the Blues against Everton (0-0), the men of Slot rise again to +5 on the second position, with the possibility of extending further when the Merseyside derby is recovered, which was not played due to bad weather. Chelsea's draw is also good news for the Arsenal: the gunners, in fact, overcome the Crystal Palace with a resounding 5-1 and they move to within just two points of the Blues. Arts but his men also have to watch their backs, since the Nottingham Forest scores his third consecutive victory and remains only two points behind third place. The Manchester City, who at Villa Park find their ninth defeat in the last twelve seasonal games: the citizens are no longer able to get out of the crisis, and now they are in seventh place in the standings, overtaken by the Villans. Also bad is the Manchester United, who loses at home against the Bournemouth.

Matches of the seventeenth day of the Premier League

The seventeenth day of the Premier League opens with the defeat of Manchester City at Villa Park: he opens the dance in the 13pm match on Saturday Duran at 16' and Morgan doubles Rogers in the 65th minute. City woke up too late, finding the net only in the 93rd minute with Foden which cannot avoid defeat and overtaking in the standings by the Villans. West Ham e Brighton they share the spoils: at the London Stadium it ends 1-1 with Wieffer e Holy, who scored the only two goals of the match in the space of seven minutes, the first in the 51st minute and the second in the 58th minute. Second consecutive success for the Newcastle, which after the 4-0 defeat inflicted on Leicester in the last day he surpassed with the same result the ipswich Town and relaunches its European ambitions. Isaac (author of a hat-trick) and Murphy allow the Magpies to climb to eighth place in the table, -1 from Manchester City. The march of the Nottingham Forest, who thanks to the 2-0 against Brentford even climbs to fourth place in the standings, 2 points behind third place: the match is opened by the goal of the former Torino player Ola Aina at 38' and is closed by elang at 51'. It spreads the Arsenal against Crystal Palace in the sign of Gabriel Jesus: after a 326-day drought, the former Manchester City striker returns to scoring with a brace. The other goals of the match were scored by havertz (38'), Martinelli (80') and Rice (84'), while for Crystal Palace the only goal was scored by Sarr at 11. With this result, aided by Chelsea's 0-0 draw against Everton, the Gunners are significantly closer to second place, which is now only two points away. The victory in the derby against Manchester City does not relaunch the Man United di Amorim, who in front of his home crowd was defeated 3-0 by Bournemouth: Huijsen, Kluivert e Semenyo decide the match, allowing Iraola to climb to fifth place in the table, tied with Aston Villa. The match between Fulham e Southampton, while the Wolverhampton returns to victory: against the Leicester The Wolves win with a clear 3-0 Guedes, Rodrigo Gomes e Matheus Cunha, and are getting closer to the safety zone, which is now only two points away. In the postponed match, the Liverpool exceeds the Tottenham with a tennis-like result: at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, in fact, Slot beats Postecoglou 6-3 and extends his lead over second-placed Chelsea: doubles by Luis Diaz e Salah, MacAllister e His room for the Reds, while for the Spurs they score Maddison, Kulusevsky e Salt pans.

Premier League matchday 17 results

Aston Villa – Manchester City 2-1 16' Duran (AVL), 65' Rogers (AVL), 93' Foden (MCI)

West Ham – Brighton 1-1 51' Wieffer (Bri), 58' Kudus (Wha)

Ipswich Town – Newcastle 0-4 1', 45+2', 54' Isak (New), 32' Murphy (New)

Brentford – Nottingham Forest 0-2 38' Ola Aina (Not), 51' Elanga (Not)

Crystal Palace - Arsenal 1-5 6', 15' Gabriel Jesus (Ars), 11' Sarr (Cry), 38' Havertz (Ars), 60' Martinelli (Ars), 84' Rice (Ars)

Everton – Chelsea 0-0

Manchester United – AFC Bournemouth 0-3 29' Huijsen (Bou), 61' pen. Kluivert (Bou), 63' Semenyo (Bou)

Fulham – Southampton 0-0

Leicester City – Wolverhampton 0-3 19' Guedes (Wol), 36' Rodrigo Gomes (Wol), 44' Matheus Cunha (Wol)

Tottenham – Liverpool 3-6 23', 85' Luis Diaz (Liv), 36' Mac Allister (Liv), 41' Maddison (Tot), 45+1' Szoboszlai (Liv), 54', 61' Salah (Liv), 72' Kulusevski (Tot ), 83' Solanke (Tot)

Premier League Standings

Liverpool* 39, Chelsea 35, Arsenal 33, Nottingham Forest 31, AFC Bournemouth 28, Aston Villa 28, Manchester City 27, Newcastle 26, Fulham 25, Brighton 25, Tottenham 23, Brentford 23, Manchester United 22, West Ham 20, Everton * 16, Crystal Palace 16, Leicester City 14, Wolverhampton 12, Ipswich Town 12, Southampton 6.

*one race less