{"id":87696,"date":"2024-12-01T22:26:45","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T22:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/liverpool-pile-on-misery-for-man-city-man-utd-boss-amorim-earns-first-premier-league-win\/"},"modified":"2024-12-01T22:26:45","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T22:26:45","slug":"liverpool-pile-on-misery-for-man-city-man-utd-boss-amorim-earns-first-premier-league-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/liverpool-pile-on-misery-for-man-city-man-utd-boss-amorim-earns-first-premier-league-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool pile on misery for Man City, Man Utd boss Amorim earns first Premier League win"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Liverpool piled on the misery for Manchester City as the Premier League leaders beat the troubled champions 2-0 at Anfield, while Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim earned his first league win with a 4-0 rout of Everton on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Arne Slot\u2019s side moved nine points clear of second-placed Arsenal after Cody Gakpo\u2019s first-half opener and Mohamed Salah\u2019s late penalty dealt another blow to reeling City, who are languishing 11 points behind Liverpool in fifth place.<\/p>\n

City have lost four successive<\/a> top-flight games for the first time since 2008, making them the first Premier League champions to endure such a dismal run the year after claiming the title.<\/p>\n

In the 32 Premier League seasons, only three times have teams come from 11 or more points behind at any point to win the title.<\/p>\n

City have clawed back significant deficits to win the Premier League in the Guardiola era, but they have never managed to lift the title after being behind by more than 10 points.<\/p>\n

City\u2019s seven-game winless run<\/a> ranks as boss Pep Guardiola\u2019s longest barren streak in his glittering managerial career.<\/p>\n

Manchester City\u2019s manager Pep Guardiola applauds the fans following their English Premier League match against Manchester City at Anfield in Liverpool on December 1. \u2014 AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

Just weeks after he signed a new two-year contract, Liverpool fans taunted Guardiola with chants of \u201cYou\u2019re getting sacked in the morning\u201d, prompting a defiant response from the Spaniard, who held up six fingers to illustrate the number of titles he has won with City.<\/p>\n

Liverpool have won 18 of their 20 games<\/a> in all competitions since Slot replaced Jurgen Klopp in the close-season. The Reds have won 11 of their 13 Premier League matches and are firm favourites to win the title for the first time since 2020.<\/p>\n

Guardiola sprang a surprise by starting Stefan Ortega in goal instead of the dropped Ederson, but the German had to pick the ball out of his net after just 12 minutes.<\/p>\n

City\u2019s defence was in disarray as Salah curled a shot towards the far post and Gakpo pounced to poke home from virtually on the line.<\/p>\n

Salah\u2019s 78th-minute penalty, awarded for Ortega\u2019s foul on Luis Diaz, was a dagger in the heart of City\u2019s title hopes.<\/p>\n

Amorim stole the spotlight in Sunday\u2019s early games by extending his unbeaten start with United to three matches.<\/p>\n

United were held to a 1-1 draw at Ipswich in his first Premier League game last Sunday before the Portuguese boss earned his maiden win<\/a> with United in a 3-2 success against Bodo\/Glimt at Old Trafford in the Europa League on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Man Utd power surge<\/h2>\n

The 39-year-old, who arrived from Sporting Lisbon to replace the sacked<\/a> Erik ten Hag in November, has warned United would \u201csuffer for a long period\u201d before they can expect to challenge for the title.<\/p>\n

This was the most encouraging result of Amorim\u2019s brief time at ninth-placed United as they recovered from a slow start to dispatch lowly Everton.<\/p>\n

Manchester United\u2019s Joshua Zirkzee celebrates with teammate Bruno Fernandes after scoring their fourth goal during their English Premier League football match against Everton at Old Trafford in Manchester on December 1. \u2014 AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

Marcus Rashford\u2019s 34th-minute drive from the edge of the area took a deflection off Jarrad Branthwaite before flashing into the net.<\/p>\n

United struck again seven minutes later as Branthwaite lost possession to Amad Diallo and Bruno Fernandes teed up Joshua Zirkzee to convert with ease.<\/p>\n

Rashford underlined United\u2019s superiority just 20 seconds after the interval as he applied a cool finish to Diallo\u2019s incisive pass for his seventh goal this season.<\/p>\n

Zirkee struck again in the 64th minute with a composed strike from the influential Diallo\u2019s assist after shambolic Everton defending.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe result was good but we were pragmatic. It was not pretty,\u201d Amorim said. \u201cIt is a rollercoaster. We have some moments when we are good but then we have moments when we have to suffer.\u201d<\/p>\n

At Stamford Bridge, Chelsea extended their unbeaten run in all competitions to six games with a 3-0 win against Aston Villa, whose dismal winless streak reached eight matches.<\/p>\n

Enzo Maresca\u2019s men look capable<\/a> of securing Champions League qualification after a third successive win in the space of eight days moved them level on points with second-placed Arsenal.<\/p>\n

Chelsea\u2019s Cole Palmer scoring the team\u2019s third goal during their English Premier League match against Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge in London on December 1. \u2014 AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

Nicolas Jackson and Enzo Fernandez scored in the first half before Cole Palmer struck in the closing stages.<\/p>\n

Seventh-placed Tottenham\u2019s top-four hopes were dented by a 1-1 draw against 10-man Fulham.<\/p>\n

Brennan Johnson slotted Tottenham into the lead from Timo Werner\u2019s 54th-minute pass, but Tom Cairney curled Fulham\u2019s equaliser into the far corner after 67 minutes.<\/p>\n

Cairney was sent off with seven minutes left after his foul on Dejan Kulusevski was upgraded from referee Darren Bond\u2019s initial yellow card to a red after VAR intervened.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Liverpool piled on the misery for Manchester City as the Premier League leaders beat the troubled champions 2-0 at Anfield, while Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim earned his first league win with a 4-0 rout of Everton on Sunday. 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