In the early morning of January 3, Beijing time, the 21st round of the 2021-22 Premier League season will be played again for 4 games. After a lot of fighting, Chelsea drew 2-2 at home to Liverpool, Aston Villa lost 1-2 away to Brentford, Leeds United beat Burnley 3-1 at home and Brighton Hove won 3-2 away to Everton.
Manchester City fans are the happiest recently, their own teams continue to break the record of winning streaks this season, the two main rivals Chelsea and Liverpool continue to drop the chain, which is not today Chelsea Liverpool direct dialogue, but also the results that Manchester City fans most want to see. Chelsea and Liverpool attacked after the opening, and in the 7th minute Arnold made a mistake to give gifts, but Pulisic's one-handed knife was defused by Kelleher in time. In turn, Liverpool counterattacked, Chelsea's defense was also wrong, Mane did not waste the opportunity to break the ball single knife, he passed goalkeeper Mendy after the empty goal, Liverpool made a fantastic start 1:0. In the 25th minute, Alexander-Arnold sent a clever over-the-top cross from midfield, and Salah followed up on the right to unload the ball off the defense and push it with his left foot to give Liverpool a 2-0 lead.
Chelsea, who were 2 goals behind, then launched a fierce attack, in the 41st minute, Chelsea on the right side of the penalty area on the free kick opportunity, Alonso took the penalty around the wall, goalkeeper Kellech bravely saved the ball, Kovacic at the top of the arc of the penalty area, the ball was directly shot from the sky, the ball hung straight to the dead corner of the goal, Chelsea pulled back a goal 1:2. Chelsea returned just 4 minutes later, the midfielder intercepted the ball, Kante followed up on the left side and turned cleverly, Pulisic stepped in to get another one-handed opportunity, this time he did not waste another opportunity, and shot hard from close range, Chelsea pulled 2 goals in a row to tie the score 2:2. Yi Bian continued to attack the two sides, but they failed to seize the opportunity again, and finally the 2-2 match was a draw, Chelsea drew 2 consecutively, Liverpool did not win in 3 rounds, how can Manchester City not laugh.
Brighton & Hove has been in recent form, drawing with Chelsea in the last round, and today away to Everton, they knocked on the goal of victory just 2 minutes after the opening, Feltman's right bottom cross, Mopai unloaded the ball on the chest at the penalty spot, McAllister volleyed and Brighton made a fantastic start 1-0. In the 20th minute, Brighton's corner kick opportunity on the left side, Mwep nodded the hammer in front of the ferry, Bourne nodded the ball after the goal, Brighton led 2-0. Three minutes later, Everton won a penalty, but Lewin took the penalty and hit the plane directly. In the 52nd minute, Gordon received the ball in the corner of the right penalty area and cut inside the arc of the penalty area for a powerful low shot, the ball changed into the net, and Everton pulled a goal back 1-2. In the 70th minute, Brighton counter-attacked quickly, Trosar crossed from the edge of the penalty area on the left, Mwep turned his back to do it, McAllister fired a powerful shot at the top of the arc of the penalty area, and Brighton led by two goals again 3:1. Five minutes later, Kenny's inverted triangle pass from the right side was also scored twice, and Everton pulled back another goal 2-3. After that, Brighton did not make another mistake, laughing 3:2 to the end of the three consecutive rounds unbeaten.
In the standings, after Chelsea and Liverpool drew, Manchester City's lead was in 2 figures, and Liverpool had to win the make-up to chase the single-digit point difference. Brighton & Hove are unbeaten in their last three rounds with 2 wins and 1 draw, and they are also catching up again, surpassing Wolves to rise back to the top 8 and four points behind Seventh Place Manchester United.
In terms of top scorers, Salah continued to extend his lead with 16 goals after scoring, and the second was Jota's 10 goals. Vardy scored 9 goals for 3rd. Mane scored and chased Ronaldo and others with 7-man 8 goals and tied for 4th place. With Mane raising the threshold for the top ten, No one in Manchester City, who has the top 10 goals in total, is in the top ten of the top ten, and Liverpool are in the top ten of the trident.