Premier League Roundup: Man City and Chelsea both draw after late goals

Nottingham Forest demonstrated its unlikely Premier League title credentials by holding Liverpool to a 1-1 draw on Tuesday, backing up its win over the leaders earlier within the season.

Diogo Jota scored with a header from a nook within the 66th minute — simply 22 seconds after approaching instead — to earn Liverpool the draw that maintained its six-point cushion over Forest, which moved into second place in its inconceivable bid to qualify for the Champions League and perhaps extra.

Forest stays the one workforce to beat Liverpool within the league this season — 1-0 at Anfield in September — and was heading in the right direction to file an unlikely home-and-away double over Arne Slot’s workforce after prime scorer Chris Wooden scored within the eighth minute.

Liverpool piled on the stress late on however once more did not defeat Forest, which began the season extra more likely to be in a relegation battle than competing for the title.

“Earlier than the season we would have liked to get as rapidly as attainable to 40 factors,” Forest goalkeeper Matz Sels stated, referring to the full that sometimes is sufficient to assure security. “With 17 video games to go, we’ve got received 41 so we will look a little bit bit larger.”

Liverpool might be completely happy to see the again of Forest, whose followers goaded Slot at instances in a febrile environment on the Metropolis Floor.

The leaders have a recreation in hand over Forest so are nonetheless in a robust place to win a record-tying twentieth English league title. Arsenal is in third place, an additional level again, and might trim the hole to Liverpool to 4 factors by beating Tottenham within the north London derby on Wednesday.

“If we proceed bringing performances like within the second half right now,” Slot stated, “then we won’t at all times be that unfortunate that it ends with a draw.”

Metropolis’s fallibility returns

Manchester Metropolis confirmed extra late-game fallibility in squandering a two-goal lead to attract 2-2 at Brentford.

Metropolis conceded within the 82nd minute and once more two minutes into stoppage time after Phil Foden scored twice for the struggling champions, who’re battling to easily qualify for the Champions League this season.

Previous to profitable its final two league video games in opposition to Leicester and West Ham, Metropolis had gained only one in 9 to drop out of the Champions League qualification positions. Throughout that poor run, Metropolis conceded two late objectives to lose to Manchester United whereas additionally throwing away a three-goal lead late in a 3-3 draw in opposition to Feyenoord within the Champions League.

“We have now to handle (video games) a little bit bit higher,” Metropolis supervisor Pep Guardiola stated, “however right now was not unhealthy.”

Yoane Wissa and Christian Norgaard have been the scorers for Brentford to depart Metropolis in sixth place.

Final-gasp equalizer for Chelsea

Chelsea salvaged a 2-2 draw at dwelling to Bournemouth due to Reece James’ free kick within the fifth minute of stoppage time however noticed its winless run within the league lengthen to 5 video games.

Cole Palmer put Chelsea forward with a cheeky end within the thirteenth minute for his 14th aim of the season, just for Bournemouth to reply as Antoine Semenyo gained a penalty — transformed by Justin Kluivert — and smashed dwelling a rising end within the 68th.

Chelsea stayed in fourth place — at the least till fifth-place Newcastle performs on Wednesday.

Graham Potter secured his first win as West Ham supervisor as his new workforce beat Fulham 3-2.

Carlos Soler and Tomas Soucek scored first-half objectives earlier than Lucas Paqueta grabbed the essential third for West Ham, which introduced in Potter final week as a alternative for the fired Julen Lopetegui.

Potter’s first match in cost was a defeat at Aston Villa within the FA Cup on Friday.

Alex Iwobi scored Fulham’s objectives to make it 2-1 after which 3-2.

West Ham moved 10 factors away from the relegation zone with the victory.