Liverpool reached the top, at least temporarily, by beating Bournemouth at home by 3 to 0, within the framework of the fifth date of the Premier Leaguepartially contested this afternoon.
For its part, Aston Villa beat Wolverhampton 3-1, while Chelsea defeated West Ham 3-0 away, and Crystal Palace drew 0-0 with Manchester United.
The other matches played on Saturday had the following results: Fulham 3-Newcastle 1; Tottenham 3-Brentoford 1; Southampton 1-Ipswich Town 1 and Leicester 1-Everton 1.
At Anfield, Liverpool had little trouble beating modest Bournemouth 3-0, with a brace from Colombian Luis Díaz and the remaining goal from Uruguayan Darwin Nuñez. In addition, Alexis MacAllister He was a starter on the red team.
Thanks to this victory, Liverpool has now reached the top spot ahead of Manchester City, who will play Arsenal this Sunday.
Meanwhile, Aston Villa -with Emiliano ‘Draw’ Martinez as a holder and Emiliano Buendia who came off the bench – recovered from a poor start to beat Wolverhampton 3-1.
The visiting team took the lead with a goal from Brazilian Cunha, after a poor clearance by the rival defenders, but in the final stretch of the match Aston Villa turned it around with goals from Ollie Watkins, Ezri Ngoyo and Colombian Jhon Durán.
Chelsea, with Enzo Fernandezentered the fight for the top spot by beating West Ham 3-0 with goals from Nicolas Jackson, twice, and Cole Palmer.
Manchester United, with Lisandro Martinez and Alejandro Garnachowasted a good opportunity to get closer, after the goalless draw in their visit to Crystal Palace.
Newcastle were also unable to cope, losing 3-1 on their visit to Fulham: Mexican Raúl Jiménez, Emile Smith-Rowe and Reiss Nelson scored for the London team.
Tottenham, who had Christian Romero in his line-up, he beat Brentford at home by 3 to 1 with goals from Dominic Solanke, Brennan Johnson and James Maddison.
The matchday will continue on Sunday with Brighton-Nottingham Forest and Manchester City-Arsenal.
Source: Ambito
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