In the early hours of this morning Beijing time, the Premier League play-offs continued, Chelsea 2-4 Arsenal, Manchester City 3-0 Brighton, Everton 1-1 Leicester City, Newcastle 1-0 Crystal Palace.
Chelsea 2-4 Arsenal
In the first half Nketia opened the scoring, Werner equalized, Smith Ronaldo scored, Azpilicueta equalized, and in the second half Nketiah scored twice, and Saka sealed the victory with a penalty shot in stoppage time.
In the 13th minute, Christensen made a mistake in a back pass, and Nketiah broke the ball and single-handedly faced Mendy's low shot to break the goal, 0-1!
In the 17th minute, Cheek made a steal and Werner's shot from the left hit Xhaka in the near corner, 1-1!
Since joining Chelsea in 2020/21, Werner is the team's top scorer (23 goals) in the same period.
In the 27th minute, Arsenal counter-attacked quickly, Saka crossed from the right, Ode scored high, Smith Rowe followed up with a push to break the goal, 1-2!
In the 32nd minute, Mount crossed from the left and Azpilicueta rushed to push the ball to make it 2-2!
In the 57th minute, Tavares crossed from the left and Nketiah stopped the ball and turned around to be destroyed by Thiago Silva, but the ball touched Sal and bounced back into Nketiah, who stabbed left foot into the goal, 2-3!
Nketija scored twice in a single game in the top flight for the first time. He was the first Arsenal player to score at least two goals against Chelsea since Van Persie in October 2011, when the Dutchman scored a hat-trick.
In the 90th minute, Azpilicueta brought down Saka in the penalty area, yellow card + penalty, Saka himself took the shot, 2-4!
In the end, Chelsea lost 4-2 to Arsenal. Chelsea conceded at least four goals in two consecutive home league games since December 1989, when the Blues lost 2-5 in a row to Wimbledon and Liverpool.
For the first time since November 1993, Chelsea suffered a three-game losing streak at home in all competitions, when Chelsea's third match was also against Arsenal.
Manchester City 3-0 Brighton
Mahrez broke the deadlock, Foden extended the scoreline and B-seat sealed the win.
In the 53rd minute, De Bruyne counter-attacked with the ball, Dunk made a mistake and Mahrez picked up a left-footed shot into the net, 1-0! City took the lead.
Mahrez scored his 23rd goal in all competitions for Manchester City this season, behind Only Salah (30 goals) among Premier League players.
In the 65th minute, Foden's left-footed long-range shot from outside the penalty area was refracted and then into the net, 2-0!
In the 82nd minute, Manchester City made a steal in front of the field, De Bruyne made the ball, and B's left-footed shot from inside the box broke the goal, 3-0!
In the end, Manchester City beat Brighton 3-0 to overtake Liverpool by one point and regain the top spot.
Since their first promotion to the Premier League in 2017/18, Brighton have lost the most games against Manchester City in the Premier League (nine).
Foden, who played at 21 years and 327 days, made his 50th Premier League start for City, becoming the youngest player to start 50 Premier League games for City since Joe Hart (21 years and 287 days) in January 2009 and the youngest player to start 50 top flight games under Guardiola, surpassing Barcelona player Busquets in November 2010 (22 years and 120 days).
Everton 1-1 Leicester City
In the 4th minute, Madison's cross from the right side of the penalty area was blocked by Isinacho's shot and Harvey Barnes pushed the shot to make it 0-1!
Barnes scored his 20th Premier League goal and since the start of the 2018/19 season, there have been only six Premier League players with 20+ goals and assists, three of whom play for Leicester City (Barnes, Vardy and Madison).
In the 92nd minute, Rondon made the ball on his heel inside the penalty area and Richarlison scored a stunning draw, 1-1!
In the end, Everton drew 1-1 with Leicester City. Leicester City have conceded 19 points in the Premier League this season, with only Newcastle (24) and Southampton (23) giving up more.
Leicester city manager Rodgers won only 14% (2/14) against Everton in the Premier League and even less against Chelsea (7%).
Newcastle 1-0 Crystal Palace
In the 31st minute, Almiron cut inside on the right side of the penalty area and fired a left-footed shot into the far corner to make it 1-0!
In the end, Newcastle beat Crystal Palace 1-0. Newcastle have won six consecutive Premier League home games for the first time since Sir Bobby Robson took charge in April 2004.
Newcastle have won nine Premier League wins in 2022, surpassing the number of wins in all of 2021 (8). Since 2022, Newcastle's Premier League points (29) are second only to Liverpool (35).
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