Wednesday , December 25 2024

Football: Everton beats Liverpool, Manchester United beats Sheffield Wednesday 4-2

Liverpool's hopes of winning the English Premier League football title have suffered a major blow with a 2-0 defeat against arch-rivals Everton on Merseyside. On the other hand, Manchester United defeated Sheffield Wednesday 4–2. Jarrad Brathwaite scored in the 27th minute to put Everton ahead 1-0. After this, Dominic Calvert-Lewin doubled the lead in the 58th minute and gave the team a 2-0 victory. Liverpool players passed the ball a total of 717 times in the match and despite having 23 shots on goal for Everton, they were unable to register a single goal. Everton's first derby win in 13 years moved Liverpool level on points with top-placed Arsenal. Jurgen Klopp's team Liverpool (77) is three points behind Arsenal.

For Manchester United, who are sixth in the league, Harry McGuire scored in the 42nd minute, Bruno Fernandes in the 61st and 81st minutes and Rasmus Hojland scored in the 85th minute. For Sheffield, Jayden Bogle scored in the 35th minute and Ben Brereton Diaz scored in the 50th minute. In other matches, Crystal Palace beat Newcastle 2–0 and Bournemouth beat Wolves FC 1–0.