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| Liverpool suffered a shocking defeat in round 31 of the Premier League. |
Liverpool confidently marched to Craven Cottage with the aim of defeating Fulham to move closer to the Premier League title this season.
With that determination, "The Kop" started well with a beautiful goal by Alexis Mac Allister in the 14th minute.
However, after that goal, coach Arne Slot's team lost control of the game, and then had to receive three consecutive goals in the first half.
Ryan Sessegnon, Alex Iwobi and Rodrigo Muniz took turns making Caoimhin Kelleher's net shake, helping Fulham make an impressive comeback.
In the second half, Liverpool played offensively and created great pressure but only had another goal from Luis Diaz, thereby sadly leaving Craven Cottage with a final defeat of 2-3.
This is a big shock for Liverpool's ambitions as they are rated higher than their opponents. In fact, they have never lost to Fulham in the past 4 years (won 4, drew 3 out of 7 times the two teams have met).
This draw caused “The Kop” to miss the opportunity to increase the gap with their competitor Arsenal, who were also surprisingly held to a 1-1 draw by Everton at Goodison Park.
Despite the loss, "The Kop" still has a big advantage in the race to the Premier League championship this season when they have 73 points, 11 points more than Arsenal in the context of only 7 more rounds left in the season.
The highlight match of round 31 between MU and Man City ended with a dull 0-0 draw.
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| Manchester derby ends in a draw. Source: Getty Images |
During the 90 minutes at Old Trafford, the “Red Devils” had more chances, but failed to capitalize. While Man City also created notable chances, the shots of Foden, De Bruyne and Gundogan did not bring results.
This result certainly left both teams unsatisfied, but it somewhat reflected what happened on the pitch.
MU is currently in 13th place on the rankings with 38 points after 31 rounds. Meanwhile, Man City missed the chance to enter the top 4 with only 52 points, close to the day of officially becoming the former champion of the Premier League.
Also in this series of matches, two other top 4 teams, Nottingham Forest and Chelsea, could not win.
Nottingham Forest lost 1-2 away to Aston Villa while Chelsea drew 0-0 with Brentford.
With this result, Nottingham Forest continues to stand in 3rd place with 57 points, while Chelsea is right behind with 5 points less.
This makes the race for the top 4 very unpredictable when there are 5 teams competing: Nottingham Forest, Chelsea, Man City, Aston Villa and Newcastle United.
Notably, Newcastle United is ranked 7th with 50 points but this team has played 2 fewer matches than its opponents.
Meanwhile, Southampton officially became the first team to be relegated after a 1-3 defeat to Tottenham.
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| Southampton sadly said goodbye to the Premier League. Source: Getty Images |
After 31 rounds, Southampton has only won 10 points, 22 points behind the safe position held by Wolves while there are only 7 rounds left in the season.
Source: https://baophuyen.vn/the-thao/202504/premier-league-liverpool-thua-soc-xac-dinh-doi-dau-tien-xuong-hang-bbb1671/
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