Overthrew the fighting Luton and City breathed a sigh of relief – Fulham and Everton continue to be “hot”, Chelsea sinks

Back to the wins for the Manchester City. His team Pep Guardiolain the context of the 16th “turn” of the Premier League, prevailed 2-1 with a reversal at its headquarters Lutonwho proved her mettle in yet another game.

It was the first “three points” for the “citizens” after four matches with only three points from draws. A result which, given Arsenal’s defeat on Saturday (9/12, 1-0) by Aston Villa, has brought them to -4 from the top, where Liverpool is now.

In a match where the visitors struggled without Haaland, with Guardiola not making it clear when the Norwegian top scorer will return.

In the “Kenilworth Road”therefore, the City took the initiative of the movements from the beginning. He was moving the ball around, getting outside the Luton area, but… it stopped somewhere. And that’s because the hosts closed the spaces well.

Essentially, from Foden’s chance in the 2nd minute, 25 minutes had to pass for the visitors to score an important phase, again with the English ace. At the same time, Alvarez – who had been extremely limited by his opponents – appeared in the 29th minute, when he tried unsuccessfully (from a difficult angle, of course) to beat Kaminski.

Thus, in the delays of the first part (45’+2′), the… law of football came to “speak” for Luton: Terrible individual energy from Barkley, passed to Townsend, who in turn headed in a cross from the right, finding Antebayowith the 25-year-old forward beating Ederson with a header from the height of the box.

In fact, the “citizens” were behind for the third game in a row in the Premier League with a score of 1-0 (after the match with Tottenham and Sean’s goal and the defeat by Aston Villa with Bailey’s goal), which happens for the first time since the year they lost the title to Liverpool!

Nevertheless, in the second half they started to step on the gas little by little. For a “hot” five minutes to come which also brought the total upheaval. After, therefore, he first warned Rodri in the 60′with his shot ending up at beamThe Bernardo Silva tied at 62′ with a nice place. Almost at the “caps” (65′) it was his turn Gryllis to find a goal, after a steal and an assist by Alvarez, to turn the game around.

At the same time, at Goodison Parkthe Everton it testified to the extraordinary period it is in, sinking it even more Chelsea.

The “sweets” prevailed 1-0 and so they marked her their fourth win in the last five games, having as the only bracket the defeat (0-3) by United. A series of results that brought Sean Dice’s team, which has the punishment of -10 on its back, to +4 from the danger zone. On the other hand, the “blues” were left with just one victory in the same period of games and now in the second half of the scoreboard (11th place). In the competitive leg, both goals were scored in the second half. THE Ducouret he was the one who opened the scoring in 54′ with a diagonal shot, to come in stoppage time (90’+2′) The Dobbin to make the final 2-0.

In the other game at 16:00, Fulham threw “five” (5-0) for the second matchday in a row, with West Ham to take over… from Nottingham Forest. Five different scorers, three in the first and two in the second (22′ Jimenez, 31′ Guilian, 40′ Andarabioyo, 60′ Wilson, 89′ Carlos Vinicius), with his team Marco Silva to appear in… demonic form!

The rating:

In detail, the program of the 16th matchday:

Saturday (9/12)

Crystal Palace-Liverpool 1-2

(57′ pen. Mateta – 76′ Salah, 90′ Elliott)

Wolves-Nottingham Forest 1-1

(32′ Swing – 14′ Tofolo)

Manchester United-Bournemouth 0-3

(5′ Solanke, 68′ Billings, 73′ Senesi)

Brighton-Burnley 1-1

(77′ Antigra – 45′ Otobert)

Sheffield United-Bradford 1-0

(45’+1′ McAtee)

Aston Villa-Arsenal 1-0

(7′ McGinn)

Sunday (10/12)

Everton-Chelsea 2-0

(54′ Doucouret, 90’+2′ Dobbin)

Luton-Manchester City 1-2

(45’+2′ Antebayo – 62′ Bernardo Silva, 65′ Grillis)

Fulham-West Ham 5-0

(22′ Jimenez, 31′ Willian, 40′ Antarabioyo, 60′ Wilson, 89′ Carlos Vinicius)

Tottenham-Newcastle (18:30)

The schedule for the next (17th) matchday:

Friday (15/12)

Nottingham Forest-Tottenham (22:00)

Saturday (16/12)

Manchester City-Crystal Palace (17:00)

Bournemouth-Luton (17:00)

Newcastle-Fulham (17:00)

Chelsea-Sheffield United (17:00)

Burnley-Everton (19:30)

Sunday (17/12)

Arsenal-Brighton (16:00)

West Ham-Wolves (16:00)

Brentford-Aston Villa (16:00)

Liverpool-Manchester United (18:30)