The Argentinian Julian Alvarez scored, from a penalty, one of the goals with which the Manchester City won today as a visitor to Everton by 3 to 1, with which the team climbed to fourth place in the general table on the second day of the traditional “Boxing Day” of the Premier League.
At the Goodison Park stadium in the city of Liverpool, local Everton took the lead in the first half with a goal from midfielder Jack Harrison, but as soon as the second began Phil Foden equalized for the Citizens.
A few minutes later an Everton player touched the ball with his hand, the referee awarded a penalty and in the preview the goalkeeper Jordan Pickford tried to intimidate the Argentine National Team forward, who did not give up and defined the middle and a drag, very calmly. , to give victory to his team.
But with a few minutes left, “the Spider” pressed at the start, stole it and gave it to the Portuguese Bernardo Silva who put it in with a bang to seal the result in a 3 to 1 for those led by the Catalan Pep Guardiola.
A while before, at the Stamford Bridge stadium in London, Chelsea, directed by the Argentine Mauricio Pochettinobeat Crystal Palace at home by 2 to 1, to place themselves in the middle of the table.
The Blues won with goals from Ukrainian forward Mykhailo Mudryk and Noni Madueke from a penalty, while French midfielder Michael Olise scored a goal for the Cristaleros. Enzo Fernández was not called up for Chelsea due to pubalgia
At the “Community Stadium”, another of the fields located in London, Wolverhampton scored three goals in the first half against the local Brentford, whom they defeated 4 to 1, to move away from the relegation positions and position themselves in the middle of the table, close to qualifying for European cups.
The “Wolves” won with a goal from their Gabonese midfielder Mario Lemina, two goals from South Korean forward Hee-Chan Hwang and the remaining goal from French midfielder Jean-Ricner Bellegarde. While the discount for the Bees was the work of Congolese striker Yoane Wissa.
This date is the so-called “Boxing Day” (the “second day of Christmas”), very traditional for English football, and refers to the feudal era when the nobles gave boxes of food to their workers on the day after December 25 .
The Premier League, then, offers as a gift to its fans the programming of part of a date that this year will be the last of the first round and will be played until Thursday the 28th.
Premier League – Date 19
–Thursday:
. At 4:30 p.m.: Brighton-Tottenham Hotspur (ESPN and Star+).
. At 5:15 p.m.: Arsenal-West Ham United (ESPN and Star+).
Positions: Liverpool 42 points; Arsenal 40; Aston Villa 39; Manchester City 37; Tottenham Hotspur 36; Manchester United 31; West Ham United 30; Newcastle United 29; Brigthon And Hove 27; Bornemouth, Chelsea and Wolverhampton 25; Fulham 21; Brentford 19; Crystal Palace 18; Nottingham Forest 17; Everton 16 (x); Luton Town 15; Burnley 11; Sheffield United 9.
(x) 10 points were deducted for failing to comply with financial fair play.
Source: Ambito
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