Liverpool opened up a 13-point lead within the Premier League with a 2-0 victory over Newcastle United as closest pursuers Arsenal performed out a 0-0 stalemate at Nottingham Forest on Wednesday (February 26, 2025).
If the weekend’s outcomes appeared to have given Liverpool one hand on the trophy, Arne Slot’s crew now appear unstoppable.
Goals in every half by Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister have been sufficient for Liverpool to see off Newcastle who slipped one place within the desk to sixth.
Szoboszlai struck within the eleventh minute when Luis Diaz reduce the ball again for the Hungarian whose shot beat Nick Pope.
Mac Allister doubled the house facet’s lead within the 63rd minute after Mohamed Salah picked him out.
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Liverpool have come by a testing run of fixtures with a draw away at Aston Villa adopted by wins in opposition to Manchester City and now Newcastle and solely a calamitous stoop can deny the membership a twentieth English league title.
“I think the desire to win trophies is driving us on,” Mac Allister mentioned. “We know that this season we maybe have the opportunity to win some, so we are really happy to work really hard and hopefully we can keep on going.”
Arsenal’s title hopes dim
Arsenal’s defeat by West Ham on the weekend knocked the stuffing out of the London membership and whereas supervisor Mikel Arteta vowed not to surrender the chase, a 0-0 draw at Forest was one other nail within the coffin of their title dream.
Liverpool have 67 factors from 28 video games with Arsenal on 54, albeit having one recreation in hand. Forest have 48 factors.
Man City again in Top 4
Manchester City climbed again into the highest 4 as Erling Haaland scored the one purpose at Tottenham Hotspur.
Haaland slotted in from shut vary within the twelfth minute to grow to be solely the second participant to attain no less than 20 targets in his first three Premier League campaigns.
The different participant to handle that feat was Ruud van Nistelrooy for Manchester United from 2001-02 to 2003-04.
United downs Ipswich
Manchester United have been concerned in a thriller in opposition to struggling Ipswich Town, finally successful 3-2 with a Harry Maguire purpose regardless of being right down to 10 males.
A dreadful defensive mix-up gifted Ipswich an early lead by Jaden Philogene.
United turned the match on its head although as an personal purpose by Ipswich captain Sam Morsy and Matthijs de Ligt’s close-range end put the hosts in entrance after 26 minutes.
Patrick Dorgu was despatched off two minutes earlier than the break for a late lunge on Omari Hutchinson and Philogene scored once more to ship third-from-bottom Ipswich in stage.
But United’s 10 males took the factors as Maguire popped as much as ship Ipswich deeper into relegation hassle.
“Today, I’m not frustrated,” United boss Ruben Amorim informed reporters. “We controlled the game and since the first minute I felt the players were trying to play and we managed to score two goals.”
United are 14th with 33 factors whereas Ipswich are 5 factors from the security zone after a sixth defeat in seven video games.
“There’s no doubt about it, this was a huge missed opportunity,” Ipswich coach Kieran McKenna mentioned.
Jake O’Brien scored his first purpose for Everton as the Merseyside membership got here from behind to attract 1-1 at Brentford and stretch their unbeaten run within the Premier League underneath returning supervisor David Moyes to seven video games.
Yoane Wissa had given the hosts the lead.
Published – February 27, 2025 10:36 am IST
