Chelsea and West Ham take advantage of the fall of Liverpool to the fullest

Chelsea and its London neighbors West Ham took advantage of the defeat of Liverpool, the defending champion against Leicester City (1-3), to the fullest, and removed it from fourth place with a first victory over Newcastle 2-0 and the second at home to Sheffield United 3-0 yesterday at the end of the 24th stage of the English Premier League .

At Stamford Bridge, Chelsea continued its promising start with its new German coach Thomas Tuchel, achieving his fifth successive victory, including one in the Cup, compared to a draw in the first match with the London club for his successor Frank Lampard.

This victory allowed Chelsea to climb to the last fourth place to qualify for the Champions League, the competition in which the London club faces Atletico Madrid in the current 23rd in the first leg of the final, taking advantage of Liverpool's fall on Saturday in front of Leicester on Saturday to become fourth, two points ahead of the defending champion who retreated. To fifth place, two points behind West Ham.

On Monday, Chelsea won their eighth successive victory over Newcastle at home in a feat that is the first of its kind for the London club against one team since beating West Bromwich 9 times in a row in its stronghold between 1984 and 2013, according to "Opta" statistics.

After a promising start and a dangerous opportunity for Mason Mount striker Dwight Gayle kept his head away from the goal line (7), Chelsea suffered a blow with a injury to Tammy Abraham, which forced him to replace him with Frenchman Olivier Giroud (20).

The entry of the Frenchman was influential, as after a singular effort by the German Timo Werner on the left side, the former Leipzig striker passed the ball towards Mount, but the latter did not reach it, but the French was in the right place to follow it into the net (31).

After a series of fruitless opportunities, Chelsea succeeded in consolidating their lead with a first goal for Werner since the 4-1 victory over Sheffield on 7 November, after he followed the ball at the right post after a corner kick by Mount and turned its course twice before landing in front of the German He who finally breathed a sigh of relief and stopped his scoring fast for a thousand minutes completely and completely (39).

And at the Olympic Stadium in London, West Ham entered the struggle to participate in the Champions League for the first time in its history, by beating its guests Sheffield United 3-0.

And the Scottish coach David Moyes' team entered the meeting against the backdrop of his painful exit from the fifth round of the Cup competition at the hands of Manchester United 0-1 after the extension, and was determined to forget this exit and take advantage of Liverpool's fall on Saturday in front of Leicester City 1-3.

The London club succeeded in compensation and obtained its 19 points since the beginning of the new year (only leaders Manchester City collected more than in 2021 by winning 27 points), achieving its twelfth victory this season.

And after a penalty kick was canceled at the start of the match via video assistant referee "VAR" due to an infiltration on Craig Dawson, the London club managed to finish the first half, ahead of bottom-of-the-table thanks to another penalty kick snatched by newcomer from Manchester United Jesse Lingard from Chris Basham and executed. Declan Rice is successful (41).

West Ham held the mission of its guest by adding the second goal at the start of the second half of a header by Frenchman Issa Diop after a corner kick from the left side was executed by Aaron Criswell (58), before the London club concluded the meeting with a third goal in the last seconds through Ryan Fredericks, who entered the second minute. From stoppage time, he found his way to the net after less than four minutes, following a pass by Algerian Saeed Bin Rahma (6 + 90).

West Ham dreams that he will compete in the Champions League for the first time in its history, but the task will be difficult, especially as very difficult matches await him in the next few stages, which will bring him together with Tottenham, Manchester City leaders, Manchester United II and Arsenal.

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