Brighton obstructs Liverpool's ambitions, and Chelsea strengthens its lead in the English Premier League

Brighton obstructed Liverpool's progress in the English Premier League and snatched a precious 2-2 draw with it today, Saturday, in the tenth stage of the competition, which also witnessed today Chelsea's victory over its host Newcastle 3-0 and Manchester City's loss against its guest Crystal Palace 0-2.

At the "Anfield" stadium, Liverpool failed to pass an important test against Brighton and fell into a 2/2 draw to raise its score to 22 points, compared to 16 points for Brighton.

Liverpool advanced with goals scored by Jordan Henderson and Senegalese Sadio Mane in the fourth and 24th minutes, but Brighton came back from afar and snatched the equalizer with two goals scored by Zambian Enoch Mwebo and Belgian Leandro Trossard in the 41st and 65th minutes, to be the fourth draw for Liverpool against six victories in the competition this season.

And at the "Al Ittihad" stadium in Manchester, Crystal Palace deprived Spanish coach Josep Guardiola of celebrating his 200th match at the helm of the Manchester City technical leadership and beat the host 2-0.

The defeat constituted a new shock to Manchester City, after the team bid farewell to the English League Cup last Wednesday by defeating West Ham on penalties.

Ivorian Wilfried Zaha scored the first goal for Crystal Palace in the sixth minute, and then Conor Callager added the second goal in the 88th minute, as Crystal Palace scored its first victory in its last six matches in the competition.

At the end of the first half, Manchester City's Aymeric Laporte was sent off.

Crystal Palace raised its score to 12 points, and Manchester City's balance froze at 20 points.

Chelsea continued their lead alone at the top of the competition table with a big victory over their host Newcastle, with three clean goals, scored by Reyes James in the 65th and 77th minutes, and Jorginho from a penalty kick in the 81st minute.

Chelsea raised its score to 25 points, three points ahead of Liverpool, and Newcastle's balance froze at four points in the nineteenth place before the last, as it suffered its sixth defeat today, compared to four draws, while its record is still devoid of victories in the competition this season.

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