The Merseyside derby between Everton and Liverpool was postponed due to strong winds, while Manchester City drew 2-2 against Crystal Palace on Saturday, failing to win for the eighth time in nine games. After defeating Nottingham Forest 3-0 in the middle of the week, which seemed to break the English champions’ losing streak, City missed the opportunity to move up to second place in the Premier League. After four minutes, Daniel Munoz sprinted onto Will Hughes’ ball to put Palace ahead, giving Pep Guardiola’s team the worst start conceivable at Selhurst Park.
The Norwegian tied Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah on 13 Premier League goals in the race for the Golden Boot after Erling Haaland’s soaring header from Matheus Nunes’ cross put City back on level.
The visitors had a great start to the second half, but Maxence Lacroix’s powerful header of Hughes’ corner was a sucker punch.
Although fourth-place City is only eight points behind leaders Liverpool, further points lost would hurt their prospects of winning five straight titles.
Storm Darragh pounded the western parts of England with strong winds and a lot of rain, so officials will need to postpone Everton and Liverpool’s last Premier League match at Goodison Park.
Due to safety concerns, they made the decision to postpone the midday kick-off shortly after 0800 GMT local time.
“Whilst we appreciate this will be deeply disappointing for supporters, the safety of fans, staff and players is of paramount importance,” Everton stated in a statement.
Brentford’s stronghold
With a thrilling 4-2 victory against Newcastle, Brentford, who have the best home record in the division, made it seven victories from eight games at the Gtech Community Stadium.
With an incredible individual performance, Bryan Mbeumo, who the Magpies have linked to a transfer, opened the scoring.
After Yoane Wissa’s second goal for Brentford in the first half, Newcastle immediately tied the score with goals from Alexander Isak and Harvey Barnes.
But when Nathan Collins poked home from goalkeeper Mark Flekken’s long pass forward in the second stanza, Newcastle’s disastrous defense paid a heavy price.
Then, in stoppage time, Kevin Schade gave the Bees the victory.
Newcastle falls to 12th place, while Brentford rises to eighth.
With a 1-0 victory over bottom-place Southampton, Aston Villa rose to fifth place in the standings.
With the lone goal in his first Premier League start of the season, Jhon Duran left his imprint.
On the twenty-fourth minute, the Colombian scored his ninth goal of the season by taking advantage of yet another defensive disaster for the Saints.
In an attempt to recover from Ruben Amorim’s first loss at Arsenal on Wednesday, Manchester United will visit Nottingham Forest at 1730GMT.
Due to Liverpool’s delay, Arsenal and Chelsea will have the opportunity to close the gap at the top to four points on Sunday when they visit Tottenham and Fulham, respectively.
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