Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez scores twice in damage time at Brentford as Reds’ prolong lead at high to seven factors.
Darwin Nunez scored twice in stoppage time as Liverpool beat Brentford 2-0 to strengthen its spot in first place within the Premier League on Saturday.
Second-placed Arsenal will look to revive the four-point hole to Liverpool by defeating Aston Villa later.
Nunez was derided by Brentford’s followers after happening instead within the sixty fifth minute, however the Uruguay striker responded by turning dwelling a cross from Trent Alexander-Arnold within the first minute of added-on time.
Nunez then completed off a counterattack two minutes later and secured a primary victory in three league video games for Liverpool, which drew with Manchester United and Nottingham Forest both facet of a loss to Tottenham within the first leg of the English League Cup semifinals.
Liverpool has nonetheless misplaced just one league sport all season, at dwelling to Forest in September. The Reds had 37 pictures towards Brentford and scored with their ultimate two.
Justin Kluivert scored his second hat-trick of the season within the league to encourage Bournemouth to 4-1 at Newcastle, whose nine-match profitable run in all competitions got here to an finish emphatically.
The Dutch midfielder netted within the sixth, forty fourth and second-half stoppage time at St James’ Park. Milos Kerkez added the fourth objective within the sixth minute of added-on time. Bruno Guimaraes equalised for fourth-placed Newcastle.
Kluivert, whose father is former Netherlands striker Patrick Kluivert, additionally scored three targets towards Wolverhampton in November. In that match, all of Kluivert’s targets had been penalties, however he scored from open play every time towards Newcastle.
Six of Newcastle’s 9 straight victories got here within the league, serving to to carry the Saudi-controlled staff into the highest 4 in its bid to return to the Champions League.
Newcastle striker Alexander Isak failed to attain, having beforehand netted in eight league video games in a row. That left him three video games in need of Leicester striker Jamie Vardy’s document for the longest scoring run in Premier League historical past.
Bournemouth dominated Newcastle regardless of being hampered by a protracted record of accidents. The south coast staff prolonged its unbeaten run to 11 video games and climbed to sixth place, tied for factors with fifth-placed Chelsea. A fifth-place end might earn a spot within the Champions League subsequent season for the primary time. “Why not dream huge?” Kluivert posed. “We by no means know the place we will find yourself.”
Subsequent-to-last Leicester misplaced a seventh straight sport within the league, 2-0 to Fulham, to pile the strain on just lately employed supervisor Ruud van Nistelrooy.
Van Nistelrooy has received solely considered one of his 9 league video games in cost — the primary towards West Ham on December 3. Emile Smith Rowe and Adama Traore scored for Fulham.
Crystal Palace received at West Ham 2-0 thanks to 2 second-half targets by Jean-Philippe Mateta, the second from the penalty spot.
