Liverpool won, jumped to the top of the Premier League and put pressure on Manchester City

Liverpool are keeping their chances of winning four titles intact this season. On this very complex path, the team led by Jürgen Klopp beat Newcastle 1-0 as visitors on Saturday in a match that matches the 35th date of the Premier League and climbed, at least a few hours, to the top of the tournament. .

Already English League Cup champions (defeated Manchester City in the final) and installed in the decisive FA Cup match (it will take place at Chelsea on May 14 at Wembley), Liverpool spends its time these days in the Premier and in the Champions League: on Wednesday they beat Villarreal 2-0 in the first leg of one of the semifinals and on Tuesday they will define that key in Spain.

That’s why Klopp, who on Thursday extended his contract until 2026, chose to reserve many of the players who started 72 hours earlier this Saturday. However, his team once again responded to an extremely difficult duel against a team having a great second round in the Premier League: they added 28 points in their last 13 games, allowing them to move away from the bottom. of the table after a very poor start to the campaign.

On his excursion to St. James’ Park, the networks a great goal from Guinean Naby Keita was enough for them, behind a wall with Portuguese Diogo Jota, 19 minutes into the first half, in a maneuver that was heavily questioned by Newcastle players for in an alleged offense by James Milner in Switzerland. Fabian Schär at the beginning of the action.

Liverpool wasted some chances to sort out the rivalry and in the final minutes had to survive pushing into its rival’s place, but 1-0 was enough to jump to the top of the Premier League: it had 82 points and beat Manchester by two. City, who will later visit Leeds United with a basic win to regain the top.

Newcastle, on the other hand, were left with 43 units, with no chance of accessing positions that qualify for next season’s continental competitions, but have also been saved from relegation.

Now Klopp’s team will focus on the duel that will take place next Tuesday at exactly 4:00 pm against Villarreal at La Cerámica Stadium. With the two -goal advantage he built in the first leg, he has a path paved to reach the final of the major club tournament in Europe for the tenth time.

In another game of the 35th date played on Saturday, Aston Villa, with Emiliano Martínez as starter and Emiliano Buendía on the field for the last 15 minutes of play, beat Norwich City 2-0 with goals. from Ollie Watkins and Danny Ings. This is the 11th time this season that the goalkeeper of the Argentine national team has left his goal at zero.

It was also a positive day for Alexis MacAllister, who scored the first of three goals as Brighton & Hove Albion beat Wolverhampton 3-0 away from the penalty spot (others from Yves Bissouma of Mali and Leandro Trossard of Belgium). In addition, Crystal Palace beat Southampton 2-1 and Burnley beat Watford 2-1.