Chelsea Denied Third Place After Losing Five-Goal Thriller
02 July, 2020
West Ham United 3-2 Chelsea
Chelsea missed the chance to move third on the Premier Little league desk after suffering defeat London rivals West Ham United.
Just minutes after West Ham had goal disallowed, the Blues were awarded a penalty right before the break, which saw Willian slot home from 12 yards.
The Hammers and Tomas Souchek weren't to be denied moments later on when the midfielder rose well to nod residence Manuel Lanzini's corner.
West Ham then took the lead six minutes in to the second fifty percent through Michail Antonio's close-selection off Jarrod Bowen's cross.
Chelsea restored parity with slightly below 20 minutes remaining through Willian's superb free-kick from 20 yards out.
However, David Moyes' side guaranteed the win in the 89th minute as Antonio introduced Andriy Yarmolenko, who cut past Antonio Rudiger before slotting into bottom corner.
Arsenal 4-0 Norwich City
Arsenal registered a third straight win in all competitions just after thrashing Norwich City 4-0 on Wednesday nights.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang opened up the scoring on the 33rd minute to get rid of his drought and talk about his 50th Premier League goal following pouncing in Tim Krul's mistake to slot into a clear net.
Aubameyang turned service provider for the second goal a couple of minutes to later to choose Granit Xhaka, who drilled 1 into the far corner.
The Gabonese forward then completed his brace soon after the hour mark while January signing Cedric Saores netted the fourth on his debut for the North London outfit.
Everton 2-1 Leicester City
Leicester City turn to be burning off a grasp on third place after a 2-1 damage away to Everton,
The Toffees broke the deadlock after just 10 minutes when Richarlison found the trunk of the net with his with his 10th little league goal of the growing season.
The hosts were awarded a penalty sixth minute in the future after a Wilfrid Ndidi handball, which allowed Gylfi Sigurdsson to slot home.
Kelechi Iheanacho pulled one back shortly after the halftime break, but Carlo Ancelotti's men could actually hold on for a vital win.
Bournemouth 1-4 Newcastle United
Newcastle United piled more misery on Bournemouth after romping to a 4-1 victory in the Vitality Stadium.
After his horror miss against Manchester City in the FA Cu, Dwight Gayle got the visitors on the score-sheet in the fifth minute.
The next goal arrived 25 minutes later as Sean Longstaff opened his take into account the season.
Miguel Almiron added the Magpies' third goal on 57 minutes before Valentino Lazaro completed the rout for the browsing side.
Dan Gosling netted the consolation for the Cherries, who've dropped in to the relegation zone because of West Ham United's better goal difference.
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za