London, Nov 29, : Chelsea lost their lead at the top in the Premier League to Manchester City and Liverpool.Their two pursuers won their matches, while Chelsea was held to a 1-1 draw against Manchester United. United took a cautious approach to Sunday’s game with Cristiano Ronaldo as a sub coach.They didn’t even get near the Chelsea penalty box for more than 20 minutes.
This is likely to be the last game before Ralf Ragnick becomes interim coach.
Jadon Sancho scored his Premier League debut goal in the 50th minutes after Jorginho’s error.
However, Chelsea midfielder Alexis Sanchez made amends in the final minute of the 69th minute from the penalty box after Thiago Silva had fouled Aaron Wan Bissaka.Chelsea almost won all three points when Silva scored unmarked at the far end in the 97th.
Heavy snow caused the game between Tottenham and Burnley to be cancelled.Meanwhile, Manchester City’s 2-1 win against West Ham was delayed at halftime to allow ground personnel to clear snow from the pitch.
Fernandinho, who had just been substituted, scored the winning goal in the 33rd minute.Manuel Lanzini added a stunning late consolation goal for the visitors.
Claudio Ranieri’s disappointing return to Watford as coach at King Power Stadium is five years after leading Leicester City in the Premier League title.His former team beat him 4-2.
Jamie Vardy scored two goals, while James Maddison scored twice for Leicester.Amedola Seeman and James Maddison also scored for Leicester.
Josh King and Emmanuel Bonaventura scored respectively for Watford.
Brentford striker Ivan Tomey took revenge on Rafael Benitez who released him after he scored from the penalty spot to stop Brentford’s five-game streak without a win.Everton won 1-0.
The defeat puts more pressure on Benitez ahead the Merseyside derby at Liverpool on December 1.
With a 4-0 victory at Southampton, Liverpool moved within two points of Chelsea in the Premier League.After an Andrew Robertson cross, Diogo Jota scored the 97th second goal to put them in control.
Thiago Alcantara’s left-foot shot five minutes later gave the game a close finish.Only Virgil van Djik’s 52nd-minute goal was able to make the score 2-2.
Steven Gerrard’s winning start in the Premier League continued as Aston Villa beat Crystal Palace 2-1.Goals from Matt Targett (15 minutes) and John McGinn’s five-minute-later shot gave the victory to Aston Villa.
Arsenal beat bottom of the table Newcastle with second-half goals by Bakary Saka, Gabriel Martinelli and a 2-0 win.
With a 0-0 draw at Wolves, Norwich City extended their unbeaten streak to three games.However, they will be disappointed not to have taken a third consecutive victory after Jose Sa, Wolves’ keeper, denied Teemu Pukki (and Lukas Rupp) with late saves.
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