Premier League leaders Liverpool come again to attract at Nottingham Forest however Man Metropolis let lead slip at Brentford.
Nottingham Forest demonstrated their unlikely Premier League title credentials by holding Liverpool to a 1-1 draw, backing up their win over the leaders earlier within the season.
It took a header by Diogo Jota from a nook within the 66th minute to earn Liverpool some extent that maintained their six-point cushion over Forest, which moved into second place of their unbelievable bid to qualify for the Champions League — and perhaps extra.
Forest stays the one workforce to beat Liverpool within the league this season — at Anfield in September — and had been on the right track to file an unlikely home-and-away double over Arne Slot’s workforce after prime scorer Chris Wooden scored within the eighth minute.
Liverpool piled on the strain in a while however once more did not defeat Forest, which began the season extra more likely to be in a relegation battle than competing for the title.
Extra woes for Premier League champions Man Metropolis
Manchester Metropolis confirmed extra late-game fallibility in squandering a two-goal lead to attract 2-2 at Brentford.
Metropolis conceded within the 82nd minute and once more two minutes into stoppage time after Phil Foden scored twice for the struggling champions, who’re battling to easily qualify for the Champions League this season.
Previous to profitable its final two league video games in opposition to Leicester and West Ham, Metropolis had received only one in 9 to drop out of the Champions League qualification positions. Throughout that poor run, Metropolis conceded two late objectives to lose to Manchester United whereas additionally throwing away a three-goal lead late in a 3-3 draw in opposition to Feyenoord within the Champions League.
Yoane Wissa and Christian Norgaard had been the scorers for Brentford to depart Metropolis in sixth place.
Chelsea scramble for house draw with Bournemouth
Chelsea salvaged a 2-2 draw at house to Bournemouth because of Reece James’s free kick within the fifth minute of stoppage time however noticed their winless run within the league prolong to 5 video games.
Cole Palmer put Chelsea forward with a cheeky end within the thirteenth minute for his 14th objective of the season, just for Bournemouth to reply as Antoine Semenyo received a penalty — transformed by Justin Kluivert — and smashed house a rising end within the 68th.
Chelsea stayed in fourth place — at the least till fifth-place Newcastle performs on Wednesday. Graham Potter secured his first win as West Ham supervisor as his new workforce beat Fulham 3-2.
Carlos Soler and Tomas Soucek scored first-half objectives earlier than Lucas Paqueta grabbed the essential third for West Ham, which introduced in Potter final week as a substitute for the fired Julen Lopetegui.
Potter’s first match in cost was a defeat at Aston Villa within the FA Cup on Friday. Alex Iwobi scored Fulham’s objectives to make it 2-1 after which 3-2. West Ham moved 10 factors away from the relegation zone with the victory.
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