Liverpool thrash Southampton, Arsenal put two previous rock-bottom Newcastle United as Gerrard beats Vieira

Liverpool cruised to a second consecutive 4-0 win at Anfield, thus turning up the strain on Chelsea who host Manchester United on Sunday. Aston Villa continued their successful run underneath Steven Gerrard beating Crystal Palace who’re being led by fellow Premier League nice Patrick Vieira. Jurgen Klopp’s workforce have scored 39 occasions in 13 matches. (Reuters Photo)HIGHLIGHTSLiverpool have scored 39 occasions in 13 matchesNewcastle are nonetheless with out a win within the Premier LeagueVilla have now received two matches in a row underneath GerrardLiverpool turned up the strain on Premier League chief Chelsea by coasting to a second successive 4-0 victory at Anfield, with Southampton the overpowered workforce this time whereas Arsenal beat the rock-bottom Newcastle United 2-0.

Southampton was dispatched on Saturday as comfortably as Arsenal was per week in the past as Jurgen Klopp’s aspect moved inside a degree of Chelsea, within the course of changing into the primary top-flight workforce to attain two or extra targets for 17 straight matches in all competitions since Sunderland in 1927.Liverpool have scored 39 occasions in 13 matches and no participant has extra Premier League targets individually this season than any of the beginning entrance three – Mohamed Salah (11), Sadio Mane and Diogo Jota (each seven).Newcastle’s winless begin to the Premier League season prolonged to 13 video games after a 2-0 loss at Arsenal on Saturday.Bukayo Saka and the participant who changed him in its place, Gabriel Martinelli, scored targets within the second half to consign last-place Newcastle, which has lately come underneath Saudi possession, to a seventh lack of the season.Arsenal stayed in fifth place however at the moment are stage on factors with fourth-place West Ham because the workforce continues its restoration from dropping its opening three video games of the season.Meanwhile, Steven Gerard and Patrick Vieira, two of the best midfielders of their technology, went head-to-head on the touchline for the primary time in a aggressive match as their groups Aston Villa performed Crystal Palace. It was Gerrard who was in a position to have fun a second straight victory since leaving Rangers for Villa.A Fifteenth-minute strike by Targett, after a nook reached him on the again publish, put Villa within the ascendancy and McGinn wrapped up the three factors late on. Marc Guehi netted a comfort in stoppage time.Gerrard needed to wait 84 minutes for Villa to open their account underneath him final weekend in a 2-0 win over Brighton however his gamers opened the scoring a lot earlier in south London.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.