England Roundup: City stymied by Forest; Brentford salvage draw
NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Nottingham Forest delivered one other twist within the English Premier League title race as Chris Wood’s late purpose earned a 1-1 draw in opposition to Manchester City on Saturday.
In response to Arsenal’s lunchtime win over Aston Villa, City hoped to return to the highest of the desk and went forward on Bernardo Silva’s first-half purpose.
But missed probabilities, together with two from Erling Haaland, proved pricey and Wood’s first purpose for Forest within the 84rd minute was sufficient to earn some extent.
The draw means the Gunners are in first place with a two-point lead over City and a recreation in hand. City had overwhelmed Arsenal 3-1 on Wednesday however handed the benefit proper again.
Jack Grealish had a shot blocked and Kevin De Bruyne despatched two tame efforts vast early on, whereas City had a greater probability within the thirty third minute as Rodri put a free header from De Bruyne’s cross inches vast.
The probabilities started to rack up and Silva curled an effort simply vast from the sting of the realm.
He then gave City the lead within the forty first, when Grealish arrange the Portuguese, who unleashed an unstoppable swerving drive from the sting of the realm that was too good for Keylor Navas.
City missed an enormous probability to make it 2-0 quickly after the restart when Phil Foden misplaced management as he tried to sq. to Haaland. Moments later, Aymeric Laporte headed straight at Navas.
City stored the stress on however Haaland missed two sitters.
Forest scored with seven minutes when Morgan Gibbs-White despatched a low cross for Wood to faucet in.
Liverpool 2, Newcastle 0
In Newcastle, Liverpool gained in opposition to the 10-man hosts 2-0 and boosted its push for a top-four end.
January signing Cody Gakpo scored for the second recreation in a row.
A rampant Liverpool was already two objectives up by the point Newcastle goalkeeper Nick Pope was despatched off within the twenty second minute for a straight purple card after dealing with the ball outdoors the realm. That made the remainder of the sport largely a matter of seeing issues out for the guests, who lower the hole to fourth-placed Newcastle to 6 factors and have a recreation in hand besides.
Darwin Nunez opened the scoring with an emphatic end within the tenth minute after Trent Alexander-Arnold despatched a ball excessive of the protection to the Uruguayan ahead, who managed to manage it with the assistance of his chest earlier than firing previous Pope.
Mohamed Salah then picked out Gakpo within the space with a fragile chip seven minutes later and the Netherlands worldwide completed clinically to double the lead. Gakpo, who joined from PSV Eindhoven in January, netted his first Liverpool purpose on Monday within the 2-0 win over Everton.
Matters solely bought worse for Newcastle when Pope rushed out to fulfill a kick up the sphere by Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker and tried a diving header to forestall Salah from coming clear on purpose. Pope made a complete mess of his try, although, after which grabbed the ball along with his hand in what appeared like an inadvertent reflex.
Going a person down appeared to provoke Newcastle and Allan Saint-Maximin managed to drive a superb save from Alisson within the thirty first.
Newcastle had its greatest probability to get again within the recreation when Anthony Gordon led a counterattack and fed Callum Wilson, whose low shot was saved by Alisson.
Pope’s purple card means he can be suspended for the League Cup last in opposition to Manchester United subsequent weekend, whereas Joelinton additionally went off with an obvious hamstring drawback.
Fulham 1, Brighton 0
In Brighton, substitute Manor Solomon got here again to hang-out former boss Roberto De Zerbi when Fulham snatched a dramatic 1-0 win over fellow high-flier Brighton within the English Premier League on Saturday.
Israel worldwide Solomon, who performed beneath De Zerbi at Shakhtar Donetsk, struck two minutes from time at Amex Stadium after Brighton dominated.
Solly March and Facundo Buonanotte had objectives disallowed for the Seagulls, who failed to attain within the top-flight for the primary time since October, regardless of registering 21 makes an attempt.
Fulham, with out star striker Aleksandar Mitrovic resulting from a minor harm, struggled for a foothold within the recreation for almost all of the afternoon earlier than the late twist boosted its hopes of European qualification on the expense of its host.
Solomon’s second purpose in as many matches moved Marco Silva’s group above Brighton into sixth spot, albeit having performed two video games extra.
Brentford 1, Crystal Palace 0
In London, Vitaly Janelt scored with a strong header within the 96th minute to assist Brentford salvage a 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace within the English Premier League on Saturday.
Palace appeared headed for its first league win of 2023 earlier than Bryan Mbeuno despatched a late cross to an unmarked Janelt, who slammed his header into the highest left nook.
Eberechi Eze put the guests forward within the 69th minute, shortly after approaching as an alternative, when he headed residence from shut vary on Michael Olise’s cross.
Brentford prolonged its unbeaten run to 11 league video games, whereas Palace’s winless streak now stands at seven. It’s Palace’s fourth attract its previous 5 video games.
Southampton 1, Chelsea 0
In London, Chelsea’s season sunk to a brand new low after the London membership misplaced at residence to last-placed Southampton 1-0 in a recreation that additionally noticed Cesar Azpilicueta carried off on a stretcher with a head harm.
James Ward-Prowse scored from a free kick on the stroke of halftime to make sure Graham Potter’s group went a fourth consecutive match with out a win within the league.
Five of Chelsea’s eight January signings have been within the beginning lineup and Potter noticed them wrestle to search out any invention in opposition to a Saints aspect arrange by interim boss Ruben Selles to frustrate the host’s costly ensemble.
Chelsea has scored simply as soon as at residence in 2023, and the shortage of a acknowledged striker was obvious but once more.
Southampton took the lead in a well-known vogue. Ward-Prowse’s free kick was the seventeenth he has scored from within the league, placing him one behind David Beckham on the all-time checklist. This one arced over Chelsea’s wall and dropped crisply into the underside nook past Kepa Arrizabalaga’s despairing dive.
Chelsea tried to reply after the break, however even the introduction of Kai Havertz and Mykhailo Mudryk failed to supply outcomes whereas Chelsea was camped in Southampton’s defensive half for the ultimate half-hour.
Raheem Sterling was denied on the again put up by a flying block from Romain Perraud, then once more on the rebound by Romeo Lavia. The pair celebrated as if top-flight security had already been secured.
There was a 10-minute stoppage in play after Azpilicueta wanted prolonged remedy after being hit within the head by an tried overhead kick by Sékou Mara within the 74th minute.
Azpilicueta was taken off on a stretcher sporting a neck brace and respiratory from an oxygen masks.
Everton 1, Leeds 0
In Liverpool, Seamus Coleman’s uncommon second-half purpose helped Everton safe a 1-0 win to maneuver out of the English Premier League’s relegation zone on Saturday.
The veteran Ireland defender ran onto Alex Iwobi’s cross down the appropriate aspect and from simply inside the realm went for purpose to beat Illan Meslier. The Leeds goalkeeper was off his line in anticipation of a cross and will solely watch Coleman’s volley sneak in behind him within the sixty fourth minute.
The victory at Goodison Park lifted Everton out of the relegation zone and plunged struggling Leeds to second from backside.
Under new supervisor Sean Dyche, Everton has gained two of its previous three video games.
Leeds’ winless run prolonged to 10 video games.
Leeds striker Patrick Bamford whiffed on a cross to his toes in entrance of Everton’s purpose within the 52nd. Weston McKennie cleared a header off the purpose line for Leeds within the first half.
It’s the second straight loss for Leeds beneath caretaker supervisor Michael Skubala, who has been in cost because the firing of Jesse Marsch.
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