London (AFP)

Liverpool are again at the top of the Premier League after a long success against West Ham (2-1) on Saturday for the 7th day, while Manchester City and Chelsea have capitalized against Sheffield United (1-0) and Burnley (3-0).

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Liverpool regain their rank

The defending champion, Liverpool, temporarily regained his place at the top of the table thanks to a success snatched at the end of the match but deserved.

West Ham, who had beaten Leicester (3-0) was held in check by Tottenham and Manchester City this season, opened the scoring by Pablo Fornals in the 10th minute, taking advantage of the lack of automatism between Joe Gomez and Nathaniel Phillips who usually evolves with the reserve and which was, at 23, the first game in the Premier League.

But the champion showed that he had retained his ability to react and a lot of quality in the game, putting the opposing defense to death several times.

Mohamed Salah transformed a penalty he obtained shortly before the break, allowing the Reds to equalize (1-1, 42nd).

And as so often last season, Jürgen Klopp's men made the decision in the very last minutes by Diogo Jota, which was the third goal in three matches at Anfield since his arrival (2-1, 85th).

Liverpool take three points ahead of their neighbor Everton, who travels to Newcastle on Sunday and Wolverhampton, winner of Crystal Palace (2-0), on Saturday.

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Chelsea confirm their progress

Chelsea continued on the very positive path seen recently by chaining a fourth game in a row without taking a goal in an easy success at Burnley (3-0).

The work of integrating recruits continues at a forced march, since six of them were holders on Saturday, including Thiago Silva, exempted from travel to Russia in Krasnodar (4-0) in midweek and Timo Werner as a winger and not in 9, place occupied by Tammy Abraham.

Frank Lampard had chosen a very offensive formation, with N'Golo Kanté as only recovering midfielder.

Faced with a weak Burnley red lantern of the championship with only one point taken in 6 matches, it was enough.

Among the "new", Hakim Ziyech stood out for his first start of the season.

The Moroccan, who arrived from Ajax this summer, opened the scoring on a service from Abraham (1-0, 26th) before offering Werner the third goal (70th).

Between the two, Kurt Zouma had scored, with a header, from a corner, the 2-0 goal (63rd).

This success places the Londoners in provisional 4th place in the standings, with 12 points, four lengths behind Liverpool.

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City ensures, without more

Shortly before that, Manchester City had disposed of Sheffield United on a score (1-0) which does not reflect the ease of this success.

These three points allow City to pick up a bit.

Eighth with 11 points, he is 5 behind Liverpool, but with one game less.

All it took was a cross and grazing strike of more than 25 meters from the side Kyle Walker, formed by the Blades, to make the difference (1-0, 28th).

However, sorrows will not fail to point out that with 16 shots including 8 on target, City should have taken shelter, its lack of realism having often cost them dearly in the past.

The coming week will be important for City who can already put a foot and a half in the knockout stages of the Champions League if they beat Olympiakos at home on Tuesday, before their meeting with Liverpool, still at the Etihad, to a crucial match in the rivalry between the two clubs and for the title race.

Results of the 7th day:

Friday October 30

Wolverhampton - Crystal Palace 2 - 0

Saturday October 31

Sheffield United - Manchester City 0 - 1

Burnley - Chelsea 0 - 3

Liverpool - West Ham 2 - 1

Sunday November 1

(12h00 GMT) Aston Villa - Southampton

(14h00 GMT) Newcastle v Everton

(4.30 p.m. GMT) Manchester United v Arsenal

(19:15 GMT) Tottenham - Brighton

Monday November 2

(5:30 p.m. GMT) Fulham - West Brom

(20h00 GMT) Leeds United - Leicester

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