In the early morning of December 12, Beijing time, the 16th round of the Premier League ended a number of matches, Manchester City won 1-0 at home to Wolves, Liverpool won 1-0 at home to Aston Villa, and Chelsea reversed Leeds United 3-2 at home. After this round, there has been no change in the ranking of the top 3 standings.
This season's Premier League title race pattern shows a 3-for-1, Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea you chase me, far ahead of the team behind. In the last round of the league, Chelsea lost, Liverpool and Manchester City won, the top three of the table changed, Manchester City rose to first, Liverpool rose to second, Chelsea fell to third, the biggest point difference between the three teams was 2 points.
In this round of the league, all three teams play on the same matchday. Manchester City played at home against Wolves, and Manchester City's double-win away to Wolves last season included a 4-1 home win.
In the end, Manchester City relied on Sterling's penalty in the 64th minute of the second half to beat Wolves 1-0 to achieve a six-game winning streak in the league and reach 38 points to continue to be the first place in the table. Sterling, who scored, scored his 100th career Premier League goal, including 18 goals in His Liverpool career and 82 goals in his Manchester City career.
Liverpool play at home against Aston Villa. Liverpool have recently won four consecutive league games and have risen to second place in the table after the last round, just one point away from the leader Manchester City.
In this round against Gerrard's Aston Villa, Liverpool did not break the deadlock until the 66th minute of the second half, Salah made a point, and then personally took the penalty, liverpool relied on this penalty to win. As a legendary star of Liverpool, Gerrard led the team back to Anfield Stadium to fight against the old owner.
Chelsea play Leeds United at home. After Chelsea's upset defeat to West Ham United in the last round, they fell from first to third in the table, two points behind the top of the table.
In the 27th minute of the first half, Rafinha hit a penalty and Leeds United took a 1-0 lead. In the 42nd minute, Alonso assisted Mount's goal and Chelsea equalised 1-1. In the 58th minute of the second half, Rudiger made a point and Jorginho scored to help Chelsea come back 2-1. In the 83rd minute, Gerhardt wrapped up a low shot to help Leeds United equalise 2-2. In the 93rd minute, Jorginho scored a penalty to help Cher win 3-2.
After this round, Manchester City scored 38 points and continued to rank first, Liverpool scored 37 points and continued to rank second, and Chelsea scored 36 points to continue to rank third. The biggest point difference in the top 3 is only 2 points, less than a ball gap, so which team loses, it is either overtaken or thrown away.