In the early morning of September 29, Beijing time, the 6th round of the 2024-25 Premier League season kicked off, and 8 games were contested last night and this morning. After a fierce battle, Newcastle drew 1-1 at home to Manchester City, West Ham United drew 1-1 at Brentford, Arsenal beat Leicester City 4-2 at home, Crystal Palace lost 1-2 to Everton, Chelsea reversed Brighton 4-2 at home, Liverpool beat Wolves 2-1 away, and Nottingham Forest lost 0-1 at home to Fulham.
Chelsea were beaten in the first round of the season at home to Manchester City, then held to a draw at home to Crystal Palace in the third round, and have recently started a winning streak just when fans thought they were not going to have a good season. Today is back at home, Chelsea's third home game of the season, just six minutes into the opening game, the Chelsea defence played with fire, goalkeeper Alexis Sanchez rushed to the goal, Luttre easily headed the goal, Brighton got off to a dream start 1-0. After waking up like a dream, Chelsea launched a fierce offensive, in the 20th minute, to Brighton to play with fire at the back, Webster retreated to receive the ball, and was actively pressed forward by Jackson to cut off the ball, Jackson took the ball at high speed to advance the counterattack into the penalty area and then crossed the ball, Palmer followed up and pushed the empty goal, Chelsea equalized 1:1. Just five minutes later, Chelsea advanced on the left, Enzo made a deft run at the edge of the penalty area, Sancho broke through the box between Luttre and Baleba, and then fell, the referee blew a penalty, and Palmer scored a brace from the penalty spot, and Chelsea took the lead 2-1.
Only three minutes later, Chelsea got a good free kick opportunity in front of the arc of the penalty area, Palmer took the penalty and shot vigorously, the ball went around the wall and hung in the upper left corner of the goal, Palmer scored three goals in 10 minutes, Chelsea led 3:1, and the state was quite hot. Seeing Palmer so eye-catching, Sanchez thought to himself, I have to show my face too, so two minutes later he made another mistake and sent another one, this time more directly, directly to Baleba, who smiled and pushed the ball into the empty goal, and Brighton pulled a goal back 2:3. Brighton also want to save face today, since Chelsea sent 2, they also have to send 2, so their goalkeeper Wibruggen also made a pass error and was broken, Chelsea broke the ball in front of the counterattack, Sancho on the left side of the penalty area The front line responded to the exquisite straight plug, Palmer inserted into the penalty area to grab the point and directly half turned around and shot vigorously low, the ball went straight into the near corner of the goal, Palmer also staged a big four before the end of the half, Chelsea led 4:2. Sancho, who left Manchester United, was still doing well, making a pass and a point today. Yibian continued to send Brighton in the rematch, and Palmer had a chance to go to the fifth son, but he may have been too excited, and the super single knife in the penalty area was actually deflected. Neither side was able to capitalise on another goal, with Chelsea claiming their first home win of the new season and Brighton suffering their first defeat of the season.
Manchester City drew again last night, which was a good opportunity for Liverpool to reach the top, and today at the Molineux Stadium, Liverpool really took the opportunity. In the 11th minute, Liverpool advanced on the left, Robertson crossed from the bottom, Salah was entangled with Nuri in the scramble in front of the goal and fell to the ground, and the referee did not indicate it. In the 31st minute, Liverpool won a good free kick opportunity in the penalty area, and after a tactical combination, Alexander-Arnold fired a powerful low shot, the ball went through the wall, and goalkeeper Johnstone struggled to save the ball. In the 39th minute, Liverpool still pressed on the left, Robertson crossed from the bottom, and Szobosloy followed up with a super close-range push in the small penalty area, but it was blocked by Johnstone. In the first half of stoppage time, Liverpool pressed on the left, Jota broke through the defense and crossed the bottom, Konate jumped high in the front of the small penalty area to grab a strong header to hit the goal, Johnstone made a mistake this time, the ball hit the ground and bounced into the net, Liverpool broke the deadlock 1:0.
Only 4 minutes into the opening of the rematch, the Wolves defense almost sent one, Salah forced the ball on the right side of the penalty area to hit the empty goal directly, maybe happiness came suddenly, Salah did not hold the ball, the empty goal was missed, and the great opportunity was missed. In the 56th minute, Wolves pressed in front, Larsen had already lost his position in the scramble, but Konate did not choose to clear, but carelessly protected the ball, but was pulled by Larsen from behind and snatched the ball away, Larsen reversed the triangle back pass, and in the goalmouth scuffle, Nuri pushed the ball into the empty goal, and Wolves equalized 1:1. Just 2 minutes later, Liverpool responded quickly, Dias transferred the ball to the right side of the left edge of the penalty area, Alexander-Arnold received the ball and adjusted slightly and then passed it in front of the goal, Jota was pushed down by Semedo when he scrambled at the front of the small penalty area, the referee blew a penalty, Salah took the penalty in one fell swoop, and Liverpool quickly took the lead again 2:1. After taking the lead again, Liverpool regained control of the situation on the field, but they played a little wave, did not score again, but did not make mistakes, 2:1 to the end, and started the winning streak again.
In terms of standings, Liverpool won back-to-back victories and surpassed the only two unbeaten teams this season, Manchester City and Arsenal, to reach the top by one point. Manchester City are third on goal difference ahead of Arsenal, and Chelsea are on the back of three wins in a row to catch up, just one point behind Manchester City to move up to fourth. Brighton and Nottingham both suffered their first defeats of the season, dropping to 8th and 9th.
In terms of scorers, Haaland's scoring streak was halted, but he is still firmly at the top of the list with 10 goals. After scoring four goals in 20 minutes and playing a senior season, Palmer jumped to second place with six goals. Mbewumo caught up with Dias and tied for third with five goals. Salah fired from the penalty spot to catch up with Jackson and Duran, and tied for fifth with 4 goals. Kai Havertz, Barnes and others scored just three goals to break into the top 10.