Liverpool extended their lead in the English Premier League football standings to nine points with a 2-0 win over four-time champions Manchester City. Cody Gakpo and Mohamed Salah scored to cement their team’s position above other teams in the league.
On the other hand, a situation has arisen where City has to struggle to retain its title. The defeat saw City slip to fifth place and 11 points behind Liverpool. In the second league match, Manchester United won 4–0 against Everton. For United, Marcus Rashford scored in the 35th and 46th minutes and Joshua Zirkzee scored in the 41st and 64th minutes. A total of five players were given yellow cards in this match. In other English Premier League matches, Chelsea won the match 3–0 against Aston Villa. In this match, Nicholas Jackson scored a goal for Chelsea in the seventh minute and gave the team a 1-0 lead. Then Enzo Fernandez scored in the 36th minute and Cole Palmer scored in the 83rd minute to ensure the team’s one-sided victory. The match between Tottenham and Fulham was a 1-1 draw. Brennan Johnson scored for Tottenham in the 54th minute. After this, Tom Cairney scored in the 67th minute to level Fulham’s score at 1-1 and made the match a draw. However, Tom Cairney had to leave the field after receiving a red card in the 83rd minute of the match and will not play in the next match.