Liverpool’s first five consecutive losses at home stadium Anfield
‘Hischasleyson’s winning goal’ Everton wins 1-0 over West Brom
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Bo-in Jang = England’s Professional Football Premier League (EPL) Chelsea jumped to fourth place in the league with the conquest of’the first five consecutive home wins in history’ to Liverpool.
Chelsea won 1-0 in an away game against Liverpool in Anfield in Liverpool, England on the 5th (Korean time), thanks to Mason Mount’s winning goal in the 2020-2021 EPL round 29.
It is the first time in six years and four months since November 2014 that Chelsea have tasted a victory in Liverpool.
Chelsea, who were undefeated in 8 regular league games (5 wins, 3 draws), climbed to fourth place with 47 points (13 wins, 8 draws, 6 losses).
After coach Thomas Tuchel took the baton, Chelsea have been undefeated for 10 consecutive games in eight EPL matches, UEFA Champions League and England Football Association (FA) Cup combined.
On the other hand, Liverpool ranked 7th (43, 12 wins, 7 draws, 8 losses) with 5 consecutive home losses for the first time in the club’s history.
Liverpool, which has been undefeated in 68 consecutive home games since 2017, has been undefeated at home with Burnley on January 22 of this year, and after losing to 0-1 in the home game, Liverpool are seldom playing in Anfield.
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In terms of market share, Liverpool took the lead at 54.1%-45.9%, but the game was led by Chelsea.
Chelsea shook Liverpool’s goal after Timo Werner digged into the back space in the 24th minute of the first half, but was not counted as a goal because it was declared offside as a result of a video reading (VAR).
However, for a while, Mount’s final goal came out in the 42nd minute of the first half.
Mount, who took over N’Golo Kante’s long pass, beat the opponent’s defense and kicked it with an accurate right foot shot.
Liverpool were pulled 0-1, but in the 40th minute of the second half, Giorginio Baynaldum scored the team’s first valid shot with a header, but was caught by Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendi and missed the goal.
Mendi played scoreless games in 12 games, more than half of the 22 EPL games this season.
Everton beat Relegation West Bromwich Albion (West Brom) 1-0 and went up to fifth place (46 points) in the league with three consecutive league wins.
In the 20th minute of the second half, Gilby Sigurdsson’s pass and Hisarlisson scored the final goal with a header.
With this, Hisarlisson recently scored in four consecutive games in the regular league.
This is the first time a Brazilian player has scored four games in a row at the EPL, according to statistics website Opta.
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