BURNLEY, England (Reuters) – Chelsea put apart their possession worries to solidify their grip on third place within the Premier League with a 4-0 win at Burnley on Saturday, whereas Leeds United slipped additional into bother with a 1-0 loss at Leicester City under their new supervisor.
With leaders Manchester City internet hosting Manchester United on Sunday, the main focus was on Chelsea whose Russian proprietor Roman Abramovich put the membership up on the market this week amid requires sanctions in opposition to him following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Eighteenth-placed Burnley wasted a collection of first half possibilities however their usually resilient defence fell to items after Reece James opened the scoring within the forty seventh minute.
German ahead Kai Havertz drifted off Burnley defender Connor Roberts to go residence a Christian Pulisic cross to make it 2-0 for the guests six minutes later.
Havertz then had one other easy end, changing a James cross from shut vary within the fifty fifth earlier than American Pulisic had the best of duties, scoring after Burnley defender James Tarkowski diverted a Saul Niguez cross into his path after 69.
Chelsea supervisor Thomas Tuchel stated the efficiency was proof his workforce had been to maintain the possession points out of their thoughts.
“It exhibits the blokes have what it takes to play for Chelsea, it exhibits clearly (they’ve) the surroundings to concentrate on soccer as a result of we consider we’re allowed to concentrate on soccer nearly as good as potential. That is why I’m very blissful,” he stated.
Chelsea are third on 53 factors, 13 behind leaders Manchester City, whereas Burnley stay third-bottom on 21, a degree off Everton within the security zone however having performed two extra video games.
ALARMING SLUMP
Leeds sacked their common Argentine supervisor Marcelo Bielsa in midweek and introduced in American Jesse Marsch in a bid to halt their alarming hunch in the direction of the relegation zone.
But the previous RB Leipzig coach’s Premier League debut resulted in defeat as Harvey Barnes scored the one objective for Leicester.
A fifth straight loss leaves Leeds in sixteenth place, two factors above the drop zone however having performed extra video games than the entire groups beneath them besides backside aspect Norwich City.
Newcastle United’s revival under Eddie Howe continued with a 2-1 win at residence to Brighton & Hove Albion extending their unbeaten run to eight video games.
The Magpies took an early lead via Ryan Fraser after which a Fabian Schar header doubled the benefit.
Lewis Dunk pulled a objective again 10 minutes into the second half however Newcastle held on to maneuver seven factors away from the relegation locations.
Brentford dealt a hammer blow to Norwich’s hopes of escaping the underside three as Ivan Toney scored a hat-trick in a 3-1 victory at Carrow Road.
It was a much-needed win for Brentford, who had misplaced seven of their final eight video games however who are actually six factors higher off than Burnley.
Aston Villa’s Brazilian midfielder Philippe Coutinho scored one objective and made one other as they thrashed visiting Southampton 4-0, whereas Crystal Palace’s Wilfried Zaha created the opener and netted a penalty in a 2-0 win at Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Second-placed Liverpool had been at residence to West Ham United afterward Saturday.
(Reporting by Simon Evans; Editing by Ken Ferris)
