On Sunday evening, December 8, as part of the 15th round of the English Premier League, a match from the category of those that are called “top” took place.
Two London bands, famous far beyond Britain, met.
Tottenham hosted Chelsea at their home stadium. The game was a sight to behold – spectators and TV viewers saw seven goals scored.
Two penalties
And how many more missed chances, sharp attacks and counterattacks, beautiful combinations, unconventional actions there were...
This is the very case when you want the meeting not to end. But it did. The visitors won – 4:3.
Cole Palmer scored twice for the "aristocrats" - his goals came in the 61st and 84th minutes. Moreover, they were both converted penalties.
Chelsea also scored through Jadon Sancho (17th minute) and Enzo Fernandes (73).
Dominic Solanke (5), Dejan Kulusevski (11) and Son Heung-min (90+6) scored for Spurs.
How did the others play?
Among other matches of the Premier League round that took place last weekend, we note another failure of Manchester City, who failed to beat Crystal Palace. The score is 2:2.
Another Manchester club suffered a defeat on its home field – United lost to Nottingham Forest 2:3.
By the way, there was another derby in London – Fulham and Arsenal met in a merciless battle. No one won – 1:1.
Other games:
– Brentford – Newcastle – 4:2;
– Aston Villa – Southampton – 1:0;
– Leicester – Brighton – 2:2;
- Ipswich Town - Bournemouth - 1:2.
Today, December 9, the tour will end with the match West Ham - Wolverhampton.
TOP-6
It should be noted that another game – Everton – Liverpool – was postponed (it was supposed to take place on December 7) due to bad weather conditions.
When we will be able to see the Liverpool derby will be announced later.
Liverpool currently lead the English Premier League with 35 points.
The top 6 also includes Chelsea (31), Arsenal (29), Manchester City (27), Nottingham Forest (25) and Aston Villa (25).
