Manchester Metropolis thrashed West Ham United 4-1 within the Premier League on Saturday for his or her first back-to-back wins since October thanks to 2 objectives from Erling Haaland and one in every of their finest all-around performances in weeks.
The reigning champions are sixth within the desk on 34 factors, 11 behind leaders Liverpool who’ve two video games in hand. The Hammers, who had been coming off a 5-0 rout by Liverpool six days earlier, are thirteenth with 23 factors.
Metropolis bought on the scoresheet within the tenth minute when West Ham defender Vladimir Coufal deflected Savinho’s angled shot into the far nook. Haaland bagged his first within the forty second minute when Savinho whipped in an extended cross that the massive Norwegian leapt sideways to move in.
Haaland notched his second shortly after the break when Savinho despatched a by means of ball that the 24-year-old nonchalantly chipped over goalkeeper Alphonse Areola. Phil Foden padded Metropolis’s lead within the 58th minute earlier than Niclas Fullkrug pulled a late objective again for the Hammers, however the recreation was already effectively out of attain.
Crystal Palace in the meantime scored a late equaliser to depart Chelsea winless in 4 Premier League video games as Jean-Philippe Mateta struck within the 82nd minute to cancel out Cole Palmer’s first-half opener.Chelsea had possibilities to seal the win earlier than Mateta picked up a ball from Eberechi Eze and blasted residence from shut vary to ease Palace’s relegation worries.
Palmer had given the guests a deserved lead within the 14th minute when he fired in an angled shot after nice work on the left by winger Jadon Sancho who dummied his marker on the midway line to dash free and arrange the England ahead.The draw left Chelsea in fourth place, one level forward of in-form Newcastle who sit simply exterior the Champions League spots in fifth.Crystal Palace are fifteenth, six factors forward of Ipswich City who’re within the highest of the three relegation positions and journey to Fulham on Sunday.
Leon Bailey scored the winner in Aston Villa’s 2-1 victory over Leicester Metropolis, after Stephy Mavididi’s equaliser had cancelled out Ross Barkley’s strike in an action-packed second half.Villa discovered the breakthrough within the 58th minute when Barkley hammered residence from exterior the field, however the guests struck again 5 minutes later when Emiliano Martinez’s save to disclaim Jamie Vardy fell to Mavididi who made no mistake from shut vary.Bailey secured the three factors for the hosts with a neat end from Ian Maatsen’s quick cross within the 76th minute.
Elsewhere, substitute David Brooks’s excellent volley secured a deserved victory for hosts Bournemouth as they defeated a poor Everton 1-0 on the Vitality Stadium, whereas Brentford thrashed relegation favourites Southampton 5-0 to chalk up a long-overdue first away win of the Premier League season, helped by a Bryan Mbeumo double.
