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Chelsea and Liverpool will eliminate each other on matchday eight

Chelsea and Liverpool knocked out each other at Stamford Bridge (0-0) on Tuesday in a postponed eighth round match of the English Football League, in which Portugal’s João Félix and Diogo Jota were starters in the blues It is redrespectively.

In the English capital, in the first game after the departure of coach Graham Potter, Chelsea had the best chances to break the tie, but ultimately sinned at the point of finishing, with Félix being one of those who could have tasted the foot .


Us redthose, like the bluesWithout winning three games in a row, the Portuguese Fábio Carvalho was on the bench, but was not released by Jürgen Klopp.

With this result, Liverpool are eighth, with 43 points, the same as Brentford (ninth), and Chelsea are eleventh with 39, along with Fulham (10th), by Marco Silva.


With goals from Evan Ferguson (27 minutes) and Julio Enciso (90+1), Brighton went into the redoubt of third-last seeded Bournemouth to win 2-0, putting them close to the places that give access to European competitions.

At Elland Road, Leeds United (13th) saw struggling Nottingham Forest (17th) go 12 minutes into the game through Mangala, but even before the break the hosts turned it around (2-1), thanks to goals from Harrison (20 ) and Sinisterra (45+1).

Trying to get out of the relegation zone continues with Leicester, who sacked coach Brendan Rodgers on Sunday but remain penultimate in the standings with 25 points.

Today they were beaten 2-1 against Aston Villa (seventh, with 44), in a game where Watkins opened the scoring (24), Barnes (35) restored the tie, which lasted until the 87th minute, when used substitute Traoré (87) decided the challenge at King Power Stadium.

Portuguese defender Ricardo Pereira was an option for the hosts in the 85th minute, after teammate Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall was served an eviction notice.

The Premier League is led single-handedly by Arsenal, with 72 points, to 64 for runners-up Manchester City, who have one less game than the gunners.

Author: DN/Lusa

Source: DN

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