The matches of the 31st round of the Premier League were on the program today. Liverpool was better than Watford, City than Burnley, while Chelsea was defeated by Brentford!
The football players from Anfield celebrated at home with 2:0.
From the very beginning, the question of the winner was not questioned. Jurgen Klopp’s team played recognizable attacking, attractive football, while the guests defended themselves for most of the match.
However, the first to threaten was Watford, who had a great opportunity through Kucka in the 22nd minute of the game.
The home team did not leave this to chance and they retaliated in the next attack through Diogo Jota, who reacted in time after a great cross-shot and scored with his head for 1:0.
He did not lower the Liverpool guard, so he threatened again through the scorer of the first goal in the 38th minute, but this time the Portuguese was inaccurate.
The result at halftime was 1:0 for the “Reds”.
In the continuation of the game, the guests were the first to threaten again through Pedro, but his shot ended up next to the goalpost.
The mood for the game today was Jota, who on several occasions had a great chance to improve his goal-scoring performance in this match, but he was unlucky and the result remained unchanged.
In the 76th minute of the game, Firminio did not use his opportunity either, as he caught the ball very poorly inside the penalty area, and it ended up in the hands of the rival’s goalkeeper without any major problems.
Fabinho put an end to it in the 89th minute. The referee played a penalty for Liverpool, the Brazilian calmly approached the ball and routinely sent it into the net for the final 2-0.
With this victory, the players of Jurgen Klopp broke out of first place in the Premier League, at least for a short time, but their long stay there was ruined by City.
“Citizens” was too much for Burnley, who was defeated at home with a result of 0:2.
After only five minutes of the game, the scorer was De Bruyne, who showed what kind of projectile he has in his legs and from the edge of the penalty area sent the ball strongly into the floor for 1: 0.
He didn’t leave much space for City’s opponent to play and soon another goal arrived.
After a great action on the ball, Gundogan ran inside the penalty area and from the first passed the ball into the net for 2: 0 in favor of City.
There was not too much excitement in the continuation of the game and after the first 45 minutes, the result remained the same.
The City players completely controlled the tempo of the game and kept the ball in their possession.
The only real opportunity happened in the 69th minute, when Gabriel Jesus missed unmistakably and the result remained unchanged.
Pep Guardiola’s team managed to routinely maintain the advantage until the end of the match and return to the top of the Premier League with one point more than the accompanying Liverpool, with whom they will probably play the match that will decide the English champion in the next round, while Burnley remained in 19th place. on the table with 21 points.
Chelsea struggled at home against the always uncomfortable Brentford and was eventually defeated 1-4.
The better rival in the first part of the game was the team of Thomas Tuchel, but they did not succeed in their intention to shake the net of the opponent’s goalkeeper.
On two occasions, Raja intervened brilliantly and defended the shots of Loftus-Cheek and Ziyech, thus preventing the home team from gaining the advantage.
Brentford also had a chance to score, but Tony’s header ended up over the crossbar.
At halftime, the result was 0:0.
The continuation of the game brought us a much more exciting match.
After only five minutes of the game, Kante passed the ball to Rudiger, and he shook Brentford’s net with a powerful shot for 1: 0! However, an express response from the guests followed through Janelta after only two minutes and the result was tied 1:1!
Brentford did not stop there, and Eriksen showed that he is returning to a recognizable form.
After a great action, the Dane accepted the ball and with a masterful shot sent it under the crossbar for 1: 2 and a complete turn in the 54th minute of the match.
This obviously completely shook the current European champion, who seemed unrecognizable on the field.
This was not the end of this really great goal, so Janet reached his second goal in today’s game in the 60th minute by lobbying Mendi for a complete flood of “Blues” and 1:3!
As many times during the season, Haverz proved to be the most dangerous player of Chelsea, who first tried to score in the style of Maradona and “God’s hand”, but after only two minutes he missed the goal and the result remained unchanged.
Chelsea’s complete declassification was completed by Visa’s goal in the last minutes of the match for 1:4!
With this defeat, “Plavci” remained in third place in the table, but Arsenal has the opportunity to be only two points behind in the next match. Brentford is currently in 14th place with 33 points.
Here are other results from the Premier League:
Brighton & Hove Albion – Norwich City 0: 0
Leeds – Southampton 1: 1
Wolverhampton – Aston Villa 2:1
