Precious win for Chelsea and losses for Manchester City and Liverpool in English Premier League
\[Sat, 22 Nov 2025 23:44:29 +0300\]
London - SABA:Both Manchester City and Liverpool lost their matches, while Chelsea achieved a precious victory on Saturday evening in the opening of the twelfth round of the English Premier League.Manchester City failed to continue its positive results when it fell in a tough match against its host Newcastle, with a score of two goals to one.City, which is betting on reclaiming its league title, had achieved four victories and only one loss in its last five domestic matches, placing it in third position overall with 22 points. However, it failed to maintain the second position, which was snatched by Chelsea with its victory over Burnley today as well.Chelsea continued its march towards the top of the league after achieving a precious victory over its host Burnley with two clean goals at "Turf Moor" stadium.With its third consecutive victory, the London team raised its points to 23, seizing the second position, trailing by 3 points behind the leader Arsenal, which hosts Tottenham tomorrow, Sunday. Meanwhile, Burnley's points remained frozen at 10 points in seventeenth place.The first half ended with "The Blues" leading by one goal without reply, scored by the Portuguese Pedro Neto in the 37th minute, when he met his teammate Jimmy Gittens' cross with a precise header into the net of the Slovak goalkeeper Martin Dúbravka.In the second half, Chelsea continued its offensive dominance, and the Argentine Enzo Fernández managed to strengthen his team's lead with the second goal in the 88th minute with a shot from inside the penalty area after a cross from the Spaniard Marc Guiu.In another match, Liverpool suffered a harsh defeat at its home ground and in front of its fans, losing to its guest Nottingham with three goals without reply at Anfield stadium.Nottingham opened the scoring through Dos Santos in the 33rd minute, and his teammate Niccolò Savona doubled the score with a second goal in the 46th minute.In the 78th minute, Nottingham scored a third goal through Morgan Gibbs-White.With this result, Liverpool's points remained frozen at 18 points in eleventh place, while Nottingham raised its points to 12 points in sixteenth place.In the rest of today's matches, Crystal Palace defeated its host Wolverhampton with two goals without reply, Fulham won over its guest Sunderland with a single goal, Brighton defeated its guest Brentford with two goals to one, while West Ham United drew with Bournemouth with two goals each.