Original title: 6am! Liverpool suffer back-to-back defeats, 2 chasers all win as defending Premier League champions slip to 6th and out of Champions League zone
6am! Liverpool suffer back-to-back defeats, 2 chasers all win as defending Premier League champions slip to 6th
Beijing time on February 16 at about 6:00 a.m., Jurgen Klopp coached Liverpool was hit by a series of heavy blows, 2020-2021 season, the 24th round of the English Premier League's last two matches ended one after another, was ranked in the back of Liverpool's two major chasing Chelsea and West Ham United all won, completed to the defending Premier League champions beyond the red Liverpool has slipped to the sixth place of the English Premier League standings.
Blues Chelsea hosted Magpies Newcastle United at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea's better strength and form had 66% possession, 18-10 shots on goal, 5-4 shots on target, and 10 corners, twice as many as their opponents. In the 14th minute, Abraham broke into the penalty area when encountered the opposing players behind the shovel was put down, but the referee did not indicate that in the 19th minute, could not hold on to Abraham was replaced by French veteran Giroud, this passive replacement instead of letting the Chelsea blessed by the misfortune.
In the 31st minute, Werner left with the ball into the penalty area after the left-footed pass, the opposing goalkeeper struggled to pounce, the middle of the penalty area, Giroud swung his left foot shot into the net, breaking the deadlock on the field, Chelsea's home 1-0 lead. In the 38th minute, Chelsea's right corner caused a melee in the penalty area, ambushed at the back point of the Werner get rid of the defense small angle of the right-footed shot, extending the score to 2-0, after the two teams have nothing to do, the score held to the end of the game.
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Chelsea won 4 consecutive victories, this is the new manager Tuchel took over the manager Lampard commanded the 5th game of the Premier League, Tuchel achieved 4 wins and 1 draw, coaching the Blues first five games of the record is only second to the 5 wins of the AC Milan celebrity Carlo Ancelotti and Maurizio Sarri, the fans jokingly referred to as: the general general, the Blues third! With this wave of consecutive victories, once slipped to the middle of the Premier League table Chelsea rankings climbed all the way up, pressed the same 42-point West Ham United, rose to fourth, into the Champions League zone.
In the previous match, Hammers West Ham United beat vice-champion Sheffield United 3-0 at home. West Ham United had only 46% possession, but their offense was very efficient, with a 13-8 lead in shots on goal and a 9-5 advantage in shots on target. Rice broke the deadlock with a penalty kick in the 42nd minute, Diop extended the lead to 2-0 in the 58th minute, and Fredericks made it 3-0 in the 6th minute of full-time added time. 3 rounds of undefeated West Ham United moved up one place to fifth in the Premier League table.
Liverpool, with fewer defensive players such as Van Dyke and Matip, suffered 3 consecutive defeats in the Premier League with a 1-3 defeat against civilian team Leicester City on the road, and the points stayed at 40 points, slipping two places to rank sixth in the Premier League table, and being squeezed out of the Europa League zone. Tomorrow morning, Liverpool will play the first round of the Champions League quarter-finals, traveling to challenge the Bundesliga newcomers Red Bull Leipzig, can Liverpool stop the decline with a victory? Let's wait and see!
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