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Liverpool Held In Newcastle United Thriller, Arsenal Inflict Ruben Amorim’s First Defeat

ByRomeo Minalane

Dec 5, 2024
Liverpool Held In Newcastle United Thriller, Arsenal Inflict Ruben Amorim’s First Defeat

Liverpool yielded a 90th-minute equaliser in a thrilling 3-3 draw at Newcastle United. © AFP Liverpool’s Premier League lead was cut to 7 points by Arsenal and Chelsea after the Reds yielded a 90th-minute equaliser in a thrilling 3-3 draw at Newcastle on Wednesday. Chelsea whipped 10-man Southampton 5-1 to go 2nd on objective distinction ahead of Arsenal, who beat Manchester United 2-0. Manchester City snapped their seven-game winless run by beating Nottingham Forest 3-0 to go 4th. Mohamed Salah’s second-half double was inadequate to extend Liverpool’s seven-game winning run in all competitors as they stopped working to win for simply the 3rd time in 21 video games under Arne Slot. Two times the league leaders were required to come from behind at St James’ Park as Alexander Isak blasted Newcastle into a 1-0 half-time lead. Curtis Jones levelled before Anthony Gordon brought back Newcastle’s lead. Salah two times transformed Trent Alexander-Arnold helps to turn the video game around, taking his tally for the season to 15 objectives. There was a late sting in the tale as an unusual mistake from Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher enabled Fabian Schar to squeeze in a late equaliser for the Magpies. “He has actually done incredibly well for us and even today he was excellent. He misjudged the circumstance,” Liverpool manager Slot stated of Kelleher’s mistake. Toolbox capitalize Arsenal took complete benefit by causing Ruben Amorim’s very first defeat as Manchester United employer. As soon as once again the Gunners had the ability to depend on their expertise from set-pieces to do the job. Jurrien Timber broke the deadlock, heading in Declan Rice’s corner 9 minutes into the 2nd half. William Saliba did not understand much about the 2nd, as he diverted in Thomas Partey’s header from Bukayo Saka’s corner, however the Frenchman did not care as Arsenal had the breathing room they longed for. A 4th successive win in all competitors validated Arsenal’s recover and used a little pressure on Liverpool. “A wedding. It’s a pleasure to play in this arena with that energy, it’s something amazing,” Arteta stated. “We scored 2 set-pieces, however we might’ve scored from open play a lot more.” Amorim included: “The set-pieces eliminated the video game. They can put a great deal of gamers near the goalkeeper and it’s practically difficult to combat for the ball. “We currently understand we need to be much better.” Chelsea put bottom-of-the-table Southampton to the sword at St Mary’s even before the hosts were lowered to 10 guys when Jack Stephens pulled Marc Cucurella’s hair. Axel Disasi’s early opener for the Blues was counteracted by Joe Aribo. Christopher Nkunku struck on careless Southampton passing from the back to make it 2-1 before Noni Madueke included a 3rd. Stephens then saw red in an unusual occurrence as he scrambled with Cucurella from a Saints corner. Cole Palmer ensured he got in on the act with Chelsea’s 4th before Jadon Sancho’s very first objective considering that his loan relocation from Manchester United settled the scoring. (This story has actually not been modified by NDTV personnel and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.) Subjects discussed in this short article

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