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Liverpool aims to strengthen its lead by hosting Newcastle, Manchester City to make up for the hospitality of Leicester City and Manchester United, which will be confirmed at Hadersfield's presentation on Wednesday at the nineteenth stage of the English Premier League. Liverpool was the main beneficiary of the last phase, four points from the end, taking advantage of the defeat against the direct champions of Manchester City in front of guests Crystal Palace 2-3. Tottenham and Arsenal were the first to play in the first four games, with three games between mid-week and mid-term, beating Everton 6-2 and Burnley 3-1, taking advantage of Leicester City's home defeat against Chelsea. Liverpool is a strong contender to continue his run of eight consecutive wins, given Newcastle's humility and its difficulties in surviving under former Spanish coach Rafael Benitez, who failed in his 2004 campaign. 2004. There is a strong feeling that Liverpool could be crowned with the title that has been pursuing it since 1990, although recent history gives mixed messages as to whether this will happen or not. The good news for Liverpool is that in eight of the last ten seasons, league leaders on Christmas Day were able to win the title at the end of the season. The bad news is that Liverpool is the team that has failed in the last 10 seasons to win the title after Christmas Day. The first conducted by Benitez in the 2008-2009 season, while the title went to Manchester United, the second led by Brendan Rodgers of Northern Ireland, 2013-2014 season, where the title was won by Manchester City .
But his current coach, Jürgen Klopp, stressed that he was trying to focus on the present, recognizing that his team would be released after 18 stages without a loss, which did not mean in any way guarantee the title. "You (the media) make up stories about who is inside and outside," he said. "The season is long and all possibilities are still possible," he said.
City and Chelsea to catch up
Liverpool is well aware of the importance of facing Newcastle, ahead of Arsenal and Manchester City on Saturday, and winning at least three points in Manchester City, which is seeking compensation after a sudden defeat against Manchester City. Crystal Palace, their second season and in the last three games.
"To be honest, only Manchester City can stop Manchester City," said Clube last week, "we have to play our games and win as many points as possible." Spanish coach Josep Guardiola will not be easy for Leicester, who won at the expense of Chelsea a thrilling victory over London, with the goal of international striker Jamie Farde. It was the second visit of Manchester City to King Power in a week. They met Tuesday in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup and City won the penalty shoot-out 3-1 after a draw of 1-1 at the time. It is certain that the confrontation of the two teams of tomorrow will be completely different from the previous one, in particular of Manchester City, which asked the three points to remain close to Liverpool and to keep the second place under the pressure of the big head of Tottenham III , two points behind the runner, and continue to play. His land is in front of Bournemouth.
Guardiola is expected to reimburse Belgians Kevin De Bruin and Argentine Sergio Aguero in the match after being enlisted in the reserves against Crystal Palace when the Belgian scored the second goal without losing his team. Guardiola expressed his dissatisfaction after the defeat by declaring: "It's football, 3 shots to the goal, 3 goals", referring to Crystal Palace's attempts.
"There was no need to kick Crystal Palace," said Kyle Walker, referring to the fatal mistake of defenseman Kyle Walker, "we must avoid making such mistakes," he said. -he declares.
United for confirmation
Chelsea is no different than Manchester City, where they hope to recover from a surprise defeat against Leicester City, their second in their last four games, when they face Watford VII in a relatively difficult after the recent recovery of their balance and win two consecutive victories. Arsenal, who ranks fourth, hopes to confirm his return to the winning streak following two straight defeats against Chelsea, as he faces Brighton in 13th place in a relatively easy match. The same goes for Manchester United, who wants to confirm the strong return of former coach of former Norwegian coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in his first match at Old Trafford after the resignation of the Portuguese Jose Mourinho. Solskjaer struck hard in his first game at the helm of his former team leading to a big victory in Cardiff City 5-1 in the first game. The Red Devils have scored five goals since the friendly match of their legendary coach Sir Alex Ferguson (West Bromwich Albion 2). 2 in May 2013).
"They are very good players, talented players, they managed the match properly and worked hard," said Solskjaer. Solskjaer, who was named coach of the Red Devils until the end of the season after Mourinho's dismissal after the league's worst league start since 1990, was not dreaming of a better start than in the capital Welsh.
In addition to Solskjaer's good start, this victory allowed the club to reduce the gap to 8 points from fourth place. "We are eight points behind, so our job is to manage every game in time," said Solskjaer. "We always play well in the second half of the season." In the remaining games, Fulham will play against Wolverhampton, Crystal Palace with Cardiff City, Burnley and Everton, and will end Thursday with Southampton and West Ham.
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