Premier League Highlights Manchester City vs AFC Bournemouth and Arsenal vs Liverpool
Catch up on Premier League 2020 highlights Manchester City vs AFC Bournemouth and Arsenal vs Liverpool.
Manchester City vs AFC Bournemouth (2-1)
Second-placed Manchester City defeated 18th placed AFC Bournemouth at home last night with the help of tremendous goals from David Silva and Gabriel Jesus. The Etihad stadium witnessed two first-half goals from the home team which solidified their lead over the team that is coping against the relegation threat. David Silva’s 6th-minute goal opened the scoring for City with his tremendous free-kick which curled past visiting team goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale into the net.
Premier League 2020 highlights Manchester City vs AFC Bournemouth and Arsenal vs Liverpool
City keeper Ederson was able to keep the scoreline intact denying Junior Stanislas’ 33rd-minute effort to equalize. Soon after, Gabriel Jesus’ 39th-minute goal helped the hosts to double their lead and put further pressure on the visiting team. Jesus was able to beat two defenders before scoring the goal with a wonderful assist from Silva. A 69th-minute replacement of Junior Stanislas for bringing in David Brooks proved eventful for the visitors as the substitute helped the visitors to open their scoring with his 88th-minute goal. His close-range shot reduced the difference in the goals. He was assisted by Callum Wilson. City manager Pep Guardiola said that their opponents played really well and they made it difficult for the team to win. Bournemouth still requires three more points to be safe from the relegation zone while City have already consolidated a second-place finish this season.
Premier League 2020 highlights Manchester City vs AFC Bournemouth and Arsenal vs Liverpool
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Arsenal vs Liverpool (2-1)
Liverpool lost an away game against Arsenal last night and thus will be unable to match Manchester City’s record of highest points tally (100) in a Premier League season. The home team did not let the opportunity go when some of the finest players of this season’s champion team did some serious errors on the field. Although Liverpool started the game with taking the lead in the 20th minutes with Sadio Mané’s goal, but they were unable to hold on to the lead. Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk literally provided the ball into the path of Arsenal striker Alexandre Lacazette who scored the equalizer in the 32nd minute after calmly beating defender Fabinho and keeper Alisson.
Premier League 2020 highlights Manchester City vs AFC Bournemouth and Arsenal vs Liverpool
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The Liverpool goalkeeper who is otherwise reliable, attempted to chip the ball to Robertson but it was intercepted by Lacazette. He passed the ball onto Reiss Nelson who scored the second goal for the home team one minute before halftime. The second half saw the Reds desperate for an equalizer with Salah almost scoring one which was denied by keeper Emiliano Martinez. A bunch of substitutions from either side kept the scoreline intact and the final scoreline was 2-1 in favour of Arsenal. Arsenal move to 53 points while Liverpool stays at 93 points.
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