Darwin Núñez became Liverpool’s hero by scoring two goals in extra time
On Saturday, Liverpool, who beat Brentford, tore a further gap in the battle at the top of the English Premier League with Arsenal, who were held to a 2-2 draw against Aston Villa in the evening match. Liverpool’s advantage over Arsenal is six points, and in addition, the league leader has played two games less.
Entered the field from the exchange Darwin Nunez became the hero of the away team Liverpool by finishing two goals in extra time. No more hits were seen, so Brentford succumbed to a 0-2 home defeat.
It has been a difficult season for Uruguayan striker Núñez, as he only had two league goals before the Brentford match.
Liverpool was a step ahead of Brentford in terms of play, but they left their hit until the last moments. The opening goal of the match was seen in the opening minute of extra time, when Núñez finished Trent Alexander-Arnold input. Two minutes later, Nunez fired the final numbers into the middle of the goal and up.
Arsenal looked to cruise to a home win over Aston Villa with ease as they dominated the opening half and took a 2-0 lead early in the second period.
The opening goal was seen in the 35th minute of the game, when Gabriel Martinelli controlled the ball by Leandro Trossardi input into. In the 55th minute of the match, Trossard excelled as a pitcher again, and Kai Havertz shot the ball out of the air into the goal.
However, Arsenal quickly let Aston Villa level. Youri Tielemans brought the visitors to the goal with a diving header at the hour mark, and Ollie Watkins controlled the equalizer with his foot from the air in the 68th minute. Despite their ferocious pressure at the end, Arsenal couldn’t score the winning goal.
Newcastle’s winning streak ended
Bournemouth, who are in good shape, celebrated a clear 4-1 away win over Newcastle.
Newcastle had won their last six league games. Including the FA Cup and League Cup matches, Newcastle’s winning streak lasted nine matches.
Also Newcastle’s Swedish star Alexander Isakin the paint factory ended, at least for a while. Isak had scored at least one hit in his eight consecutive league matches. In total, the Swedish striker completed his goal streak 11 times.
of Bournemouth Justin Kluivert completed the hat trick.
Leicester suffered a 0-2 home defeat to Fulham and West Ham suffered the same loss to Crystal Palace.