European football: Naples crushes Liverpool, Bayern wins in Milan
Manchester City missed the opportunity to temporarily take the lead in the Premier League by being held in check by Aston Villa (1-1) on Saturday for the 6th day and sees Tottenham and Chelsea getting closer, while Liverpool stagnates.
A new goal, the 10th in 6 days, from Erling Haaland was not enough for City to temporarily take the lead. With 14 points, the Citizens are no longer ahead of Tottenham, winner of Fulham (2-1) and who they will face next Saturday, only on goal difference and they are one length behind Arsenal who will challenge Manchester United on Sunday.
Four days before the reception of Marseille in the Champions League, Tottenham have confirmed their status as solid candidates for the top 4 final.
The Spurs largely dominated against promoted Fulham even if they had to wait for a combination between Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Richarlison, for the Dane to open the scoring (1-0, 40th).
A quarter of an hour from the end, Harry Kane doubled the bet, his 188th but in the Premier League, which makes him the 3rd best director of all time behind Wayne Rooney and Alan Shearer.
After signing the biggest spending transfer window in the history of the Premier League, Chelsea had to work hard to dominate West Ham (2-1) and not drop in the standings.
Ten points in six days will not satisfy Thomas Tuchel, but the provisional 5th place saves appearances while waiting for the recruits, like Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, to integrate.
The Blues have yet come close to corrections after a goal from Michail Antonio on a corner on the hour mark (0-1, 62nd). Tuchel’s coaching proved to be very inspired, Ben Chilwell (1-1, 76th) and Kaï Havertz (2-1, 88th), both substitutes at kick-off, putting Chelsea in charge.