City broke out with four and made a kick with the right – Chelsea fell into a trap

Reminded… Manchester City. Guardiola’s side showed their true potential after some time, beating West Ham 4-1 at the Etihad, while Chelsea left two points behind at Crystal Palace. Aston Villa beat Leicester 2-1, while Brentford beat Southampton away and Bournemouth “hurt” Everton (1-0).

The “Citizens” opened the scoring with an own goal in the 10th minute, with Savinho making the turn from the left, the ball finding the Chufal and ending up in the net, after changing course. The Brazilian was also in the champions’ 2-0, as he crossed from the left, with Haaland to catch the exit of Areolas and send the ball into the net with a header.

The Norwegian forward also made it 3-0, with Savino again to pass (with hole-balls) to the 24-year-old striker, who came face-to-face with the French goalkeeper, which he squared with an elaborate finish. With the lead Manchester City had taken, it comfortably reached 4-0, with De Bruyne providing an assist for Foden who executed the goalkeeper of the “hammers”.

OR Chelsea opened the scoring in the 14th minute, with Sancho making a superb effort from the left, which he set free for Richards, before laying on Palmer, who finished off Henderson. Maresca’s team was in control for most of the match, but in the end they stepped on… banana peels. The home team stole the ball in the 82nd minute, Eze came out from the left and turned for Mateta who slotted home to make it 1-1.

The “blue” in doing so they fell short of a win for a 3rd game in a row as they ended 2024 with two straight defeats (to Fulham and Ipswich), having previously drawn 0-0 with Everton.

All the money was the second part in the Aston Villa-Leicesterwith the hosts winning 2-1. Barkley opened the scoring in the 58th minute with a long-range shot for the Villans, but five minutes later Mavdidi equalized for the visitors. Bailey provided the solution in the 76th minute with a spot kick.

OR Everton it is slowly returning to… factory settings. After good performances against Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City, which were combined with draws, two defeats followed. The second today with 1-0 at home to Bournemouth with Brooks’ goal in the 77th minute.

It was impressive Bradfordwhich beat Southampton 5-0 away from home. Sante opened the scoring in the 7th minute. The visitors were leveling in the second half. Essentially everything was decided in the middle of the second half, with Ebouemos scoring twice (62′, 69′). The hosts threw in a clean sheet in the final and conceded two goals in stoppage time, with Lewis-Potter (90’+2′) and Wiesa (90’+6′) scoring.

The schedule for the 20th matchday:

Saturday 04/01

Tottenham-Newcastle 1-2

(2′ Solanke – 6′ Gordon, 38′ Isaac)

Bournemouth-Everton 1-0

(77′ Brooks)

Aston Villa-Leicester 2-1

(58′ Barkley, 76′ Bailey – 63′ Mavididi)

Crystal Palace-Chelsea 1-1

(14′ Palmer – 82′ Mateta)

Manchester City-West Ham 4-1

(10′ auto. Choufal, 42′, 55′ Haaland, 58′ Foden – 71′ Philkrug)

Southampton-Bradford 0-5

(6′ Sante, 62′, 69′ (pen.) Ebimo, 90+2′, 90+4′ Wisa)

Brighton-Arsenal (19:30)

Sunday 05/01

Fulham-Ipswich (16:00)

Liverpool-Manchester United (18:30)

Monday 06/01

Wolves-Nottingham Forest (22:00)

The next (21st) matchday:

Tuesday 14/01

Brentford-Manchester City (21:30)

West Ham-Fulham (21:30)

Chelsea-Bronmouth (21:30)

Nottingham Forest-Liverpool (22:00)

Wednesday 15/01

Everton-Aston Villa (21:30)

Leicester-Crystal Palace (21:30)

Newcastle-Wolves (21:30)

Arsenal-Tottenham (22:00)

Thursday 16/01

Ipswich-Brighton (21:30)

Banchester United-Southampton (22:00)