This Sunday, Manchester City took the isolated lead of the English Football League by beating Fulham (2-1) by Marco Silva, while Manchester United beat Aston Villa (1-0) with a Bruno Fernandes goal.
At Craven Cottage, in London, the ‘citizens’, hounded by victory in the final game against so far league leaders Arsenal (4-1), added three more points, this time against Portuguese team Marco Silva.
Norway international Erling Haaland opened the scoring from the penalty spot on the 34th matchday, just after the third minute, in what was his 50th goal this season before ex-Benfica Carlos Vinicius replaced the equalizer on 15.
Even before the break, the Argentinian Julián Álvarez was the author of the 2-1 in the 36th minute, against a nice shot from outside the penalty area.
In the new leader of the Premier League, now with 76 points, to the 75 of second-placed Arsenal, who have played one game and will host Chelsea on Tuesday, Portuguese defender Rúben Dias lined up, while Bernardo Silva was launched every 83 minutes.
As for the ‘cottagers’, who remain in 10th place with 45, João Palhinha was among the starters and Cédric Soares did not leave the ‘bench’.
At the same time at Old Trafford, an effective rebound from Bruno Fernandes, after an incomplete save from goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez, proved to be enough for Manchester United to beat Aston Villa at home, who had not lost for 10 consecutive games.
With this victory, the ‘red devils’, who also had Diogo Dalot in the ‘eleven’ today, retain fourth place in the league, with 63 points and one game less, two behind Newcastle (third), who won today, with a turnaround , Southampton’s red lantern (3-1).
At St James’ Park, Stuart Armstrong (41 minutes) gave the Saints the advantage at half-time, but used substitute Callum Wilson proved to be the big figure of the game, scoring a ‘double’ (55 and 81), with Theo Walcott (79) in the middle, scoring in his own goal.
In addition, Bournemouth (13th) had no trouble beating Leeds United (4-1) in 16th at home, thanks to a ‘double’ from Lerma (20 and 24) and goals from Solanke (63) and Semenyo (90+1). . Patrick Bamford scored for the visitors (32).
Source: DN
