The Premier League leader, Liverpool, conceded ground by drawing 2-2 on Saturday against Fulham, but Arsenal, one of their pursuers, did not take advantage of the setback, unable to break the initial score against Everton (0-0) on the 16th date.
At Anfield everything soon went uphill for the ‘Reds’: first a goal scored by the Brazilian Andreas Pereira (11) and minutes later the expulsion of the Scottish full-back Andy Robertson (17), who knocked down the Welshman Harry Wilson when he He was heading alone towards the goal defended by Alisson Becker.
But Arne Slot’s men seemed to react, and evened the match with a header from Cody Gakpo (47), taking advantage of a cross from the Egyptian Mohamed Salah.
When the ‘Reds’ began to fantasize about a comeback, Fulham went ahead again with a goal from Brazilian Rodrigo Muniz (76) but Diogo Jota equalized again (86) assisted by Uruguayan Darwin Núñez.
With 36 points and still one game to play, Liverpool remains the leader, 5 points ahead of Chelsea (2nd, 31 pts), who host Brentford on Sunday. Arsenal are 3rd with 30 points, after not having been able to go from a 0-0 draw at the Emirates Stadium against Everton (15th).
Newcastle (11th) did find goals, beating Leicester 4-0 to end a streak of four games without winning (2 draws and 2 losses).
In the other match played on Saturday, Wolverhampton (19th) and Ipswich (18th) faced each other in a decisive duel for permanence. The ‘Tractor Boys’ managed to win 2-1 with a goal in added time (90+5), which silenced the ‘Wolves’ stadium.
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