London (AFP)

Liverpool won their eighteenth out of nineteen games against Wolverhampton (1-0) on Sunday at Anfield Road, well helped by video refereeing, while Arsenal fell back against Chelsea despite the arrival of Mikel Arteta .

. Conqueror liverpool

One week after winning the Club World Cup against Flamengo (1-0, ap), and three days after a show of force in Leicester (4-0), Liverpool gave fans one last victory for this year historical. It's been 50 games now that the Reds have not lost at home.

The training of Jürgen Klopp can approach 2020 warm: 13 points ahead of his dolphin Leicester, and the ever greater hope of conquering his first title of champion of England since 1990.

Seven months after winning the Champions League, Liverpool remains insatiable, as demonstrated by this new performance against the solid team of Nuno Espirito Santo, 8th after this defeat.

Always so disciplined and aggressive on the ball carrier, the Reds left only crumbs for visitors in the first period. They logically found the opening before the break thanks to Sadio Mané, a goal initially refused due to an apparent hand of Adam Lallana, but finally granted after a long interruption of the VAR.

The video assistants again judged the referee shortly after, canceling a Wolverhampton goal for an alleged offside, so slight that its very existence is in doubt.

By sealing the Reds' 1-0 victory, this decision offered them a little boost to win the three points, and at the same time revived the controversy already lively on Saturday after the cancellation of three goals after the video assistance.

Especially since the fatigue was felt on the ground, with a few carelessness, like a very unusual bad recovery from Virgil van Dijk (68th) which Diogo Jota almost took advantage of.

. Arsenal, morale low

As Freddie Ljungberg had indicated during his short interim at the head of Arsenal, the main problem of the Gunners is psychological. Despite the arrival of Mikel Arteta, the lack of confidence was still evident in the last ten minutes of the match against Chelsea (1-2), the first of the Spanish coach at home.

In front of the score at the start of the match (Aubameyang, 13th), present in the duels and solid defensively during almost the entire match, the Gunners cracked at the very end of the match, because of a completely missed exit from Bernd Leno on a free kick on the left, which benefited Jorginho (83rd).

They then exposed themselves in large widths wanting to regain the advantage, and were logically punished by Tammy Abraham, against (87th, 1-2).

"I am very disappointed with the way we conceded the goals," said Arteta, a former assistant to Pep Guardiola at Manchester City.

Faced with a team that has won only two of its last six league matches, this derby was a match to be won. In any case, not to lose. The defeat will leave its mark, and confirms that the site awaiting the inexperienced Arteta is immense.

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Results of the 20th day of the England Football Championship:

Saturday

Brighton - Bournemouth 2 - 0

Newcastle - Everton 1 - 2

Southampton - Crystal Palace 1 - 1

Watford - Aston Villa 3 - 0

West Ham - Leicester 1 - 2

Norwich City - Tottenham 2 - 2

Burnley - Manchester United 0 - 2

Sunday

Arsenal - Chelsea 1 - 2

Liverpool - Wolverhampton 1 - 0

(6:00 p.m. GMT) Manchester City - Sheffield United

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