M.anchester City ended the first half of the Premier League with a spectacular goal. The English soccer champions won against cup winners Leicester City 6: 3 (4: 0) on Sunday. With the 15th win of the season in the 19th game, Pep Guardiola’s team consolidated first place in the table with 47 points.
Kevin De Bruyne (5th minute) and the German international Ilkay Gündogan (21st) as well as Riyad Mahrez (14th) and Raheem Sterling (25th) each shot the superior champion in the front with a penalty kick. After the break, Leicester came through James Maddison (55th), Ademola Lookman (59th) and Kelechi Iheanacho (65th) on loan from RB Leipzig, before Aymeric Laporte (66th) and again Sterling (87th) won ensured.
Chelsea FC with coach Thomas Tuchel prevailed 3: 1 (1: 1) at Aston Villa on Sunday evening. Chelsea’s Reece James (28) gave the hosts, whose coach Steven Gerrard was missing due to a corona infection, in the lead with a curious header own goal. Jorginho (34th and 90th + 3 / penalty kick) and striker Romelu Lukaku (56th), who recently had to be quarantined because of a corona infection, scored for the Champions League winner. The Belgian brought about the turnaround after being substituted on. Tuchel had to do without the German national team Timo Werner (also suffering from Corona) and Kai Havertz (infection), while Antonio Rüdiger was in the starting line-up. Chelsea, which recently had only two draws, are third, level on points with Liverpool (one game less, see below), six points behind the leaders.
Harry Kane has meanwhile set a record. England’s selection striker scored his ninth goal on Boxing Day on Boxing Day on Boxing Day in 3-0 (2-0) against Crystal Palace with his goal in the 32nd minute, drawing level with Robbie Fowler. Lucas Moura (34th) and the former Leverkusen Heung-min Son (74th) scored the other goals.
Crystal Palace had to do without coach Patrick Vieira. The French soccer world champion from 1998 went into quarantine because of a positive corona test, as his club announced a few hours before the game. According to reports, Crystal Palace tried to cancel the match, the Premier League refused, it said.
Fourth in the table, Arsenal FC won 5-0 (2-0) at bottom group Norwich City. West Ham United lost their fifth place after a 2: 3 (0: 1) home defeat against FC Southampton from former RB coach Ralph Hasenhüttl.
A total of three games on the 19th match day had previously been canceled due to corona. In addition to Jürgen Klopps Liverpool FC’s game against Leeds United, Wolverhampton Wanderers versus Watford FC and Burnley FC versus Everton FC have also been postponed.
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