London (AFP)

Manchester City maintains pressure on Liverpool with a 3-0 win over Aston Villa on Saturday. An easy success imitated by Chelsea, who won without a shake in Burnley (4-2) thanks to a triplet of Christian Pulisic.

With two weeks to go to Anfield Road, Manchester City has confirmed its rise to power by easily disposing of Aston Villa (3-0) on Saturday in the second game of the 10th day of the championship of England.

This easy victory against the promoted allows him to return temporarily to three points of the Reds, who will receive Sunday Tottenham.

After its success against Atalanta Bergamo (5-1) on weekdays, City took more than forty-five minutes to find the opening, facing a formation that remained on three consecutive victories.

The solution came, only twenty-three seconds after the recovery, Raheem Sterling, author of a small bridge on goalkeeper Tom Heaton.

Kevin de Bruyne (65) and then Ilkay Gündogan (70) put the champions of England safe, and a little more improved their offensive record (32 goals in 10 games), which remains far enough the best of the five major leagues .

The Citizens again proved that they could be irresistible when they accelerated: "I often use the expression + aggressive with the ball," said manager Pep Guardiola, Raheem was the only player who was aggressive with the ball. In the second, we imitated it. "

- Chelsea on course -

The other major highlight of this day was Chelsea's victorious move to Burnley (4-2).

Without Kanté, in delicacy with an adductor, and with Giroud on the bench, the Blues have not made any details, including a Christian Pulisic festival, triple scorer (21st, 45th, 56th), and a superb cross shot from Willian (58th). They were a little deconcentrated late in the game, without consequences.

Often disturbing at the beginning of the season, the young players of Frank Lampard seem to have found their cruising speed since a few weeks. They remain on seven consecutive victories in all competitions.

The successes achieved against Lille, in the Champions League, Brighton, Southampton and Newcastle in the Premier League, and Grimsby in the League Cup, have a relative value. But Ajax Amsterdam's Wednesday night result (1-0) and Burnley's way of success suggest at least that Lampard has his group in hand.

Only downside, a very permeable defense: 16 goals conceded in 10 days. But Chelsea are now well in fourth place, five points ahead of Arsenal, which receives Crystal Palace on Sunday.

Also note, the new defeat of Everton, this time on the field of Brighton (3-2). A setback all the more indigestible as the players of Marco Silva had done the hardest by taking the advantage a quarter of an hour late (Dominic Calvert-Lewin, 74th). But Neal Maupay equalized on penalty (80th) before the French Lucas Digne scored against his camp at the end of the match (90 + 4).

After an honorable season 2018-2019, finished in 8th place in the Premier League, Everton is now sixteenth in the standings, two points behind the first relegation.

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