{"id":11741,"date":"2020-12-20T10:54:48","date_gmt":"2020-12-20T11:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=11741"},"modified":"2020-12-20T12:05:46","modified_gmt":"2020-12-20T12:05:46","slug":"liverpool-smash-seven-past-palace-arsenal-lose-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=11741","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool smash seven past Palace, Arsenal lose again"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Manchester:\u00a0Champions Liverpool are five points clear at the top of the Premier League after a 7-0 away hammering of Crystal Palace while Arsenal\u2019s troubles continued with a 2-1 defeat at second-placed Everton on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Manchester City got back to winning ways with a 1-0 victory at in-form Southampton while Newcastle United were held to a 1-1 draw at home to struggling Fulham.<\/p>\n

Liverpool have 31 points from 14 games with Everton five points behind and Tottenham Hotspur, who host Leicester City on Sunday, a further point back.<\/p>\n

Juergen Klopp\u2019s side had not won away from home in the league since September but broke that dry spell in spectacular fashion, recording their biggest-ever top flight away win with Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah each scoring twice.<\/p>\n

Japan\u2019s Takumi Minamino rewarded Juergen Klopp\u2019s decision to start him ahead of Salah by scoring after just over two minutes and Sadio Mane then made it two when he twisted and fired home form the edge of the box in the 35th<\/p>\n

Firmino added a third just before the break, flicking home to finish off a superb Liverpool counter-attack that swept the length of the field, and Jordan Henderson added a fourth seven minutes into the second half as Palace, managed by former Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson, collapsed.<\/p>\n

Firmino got his second with a brilliant chipped effort in the 68th and Salah came on to score with a header before brilliantly curling a shot into the top corner five minutes from the end.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything is pleasing; everything is good about this game,\u201d said Klopp.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was really difficult to play against us today, I would say. And then they obviously all wore their finishing boots and when you have that it is really tricky,\u201d added the German.<\/p>\n

UNDER-PRESSURE<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Arsenal\u2019s worst start to a season in 46 years shows no sign of ending after another poor result for their under-pressure manager Mikel Arteta.<\/p>\n

Colombian Yerry Mina grabbed the winner with a header from a corner on the stroke of halftime after a Nicolas Pepe penalty had brought the Gunners level following Everton\u2019s opener from a Rob Holding own goal.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not good enough, it\u2019s not good enough for the standards of this football club and this is the challenge,\u201d said Arteta.<\/p>\n

Everton, with three straight wins, look back to their excellent early season form after a shaky spell.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we\u2019re doing really well this season. We are in a good position in the table,\u201d said manager Carlo Ancelotti.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have shown in the past three games a lot of consistency and a lot of spirit, so you have to be pleased with what we are doing now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Raheem Sterling got the decisive goal for Manchester City in the 16th minute, converting a low cross from Kevin De Bruyne while Southampton\u2019s injury-prone striker Danny Ings went off before the break with a hamstring problem.<\/p>\n

City, who had been held at home by lowly West Bromwich Albion on Tuesday, again struggled in front of goal but continue to look solid at the back.<\/p>\n

\u201cDefensively we were excellent. Last season we struggled a lot. Ruben (Dias) has helped us a lot. John (Stones) in the last few games has been exceptional,\u201d said manager Pep Guardiola.<\/p>\n

A Callum Wilson penalty for Newcastle cancelled out Matt Ritchie\u2019s own goal which had put Fulham ahead at St James\u2019 Park.<\/p>\n

The result lifted Fulham out of the relegation zone as they moved one place up to 17th on 10 points from 14 games with a superior goal difference to 18th-placed Burnley who have two games in hand.<\/p>\n

Read:\u00a0Lewandowski beats Messi and Ronaldo to FIFA Best Player Award<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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