Come-from-behind 3-1 win for Liverpool; Chelsea held 1-1

Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold celebrates after scoring v Newcastle. Pic/Getty Images

If the Premier League is to take an enforced break amid another surge in Coronavirus cases, Trent Alexander-Arnold gave it quite a send-off.

The Liverpool full back has the perhaps the most dangerous right foot in English soccer and he used it to devastating effect with a late long-range strike to seal a come-from-behind 3-1 win over Newcastle on Thursday. Diogo Jota and Mohamed Salah were the other goal-scorers for Liverpool.

"A stunner. Unbelievable," Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said. "The boy's shooting technique is on a different level." The victory meant Liverpool stayed on the shoulder of league leader Manchester City in what is shaping up to be an exciting title race. Chelsea couldn't keep pace, though.

A 1-1 draw at home to injury-hit Everton was Chelsea's latest disappointing result in the league and left the European champions four points behind City. On current form, the title race is looking like a two-team race, even if it could soon be halted as the league approaches a busy program of festive fixtures.

The growing number of infections among Premier League squads as the omicron variant spreads is being reflected in the number of matches being postponed, almost on a daily basis. Just before kickoff in Thursday's games, the league announced half of the weekend fixtures have been called off because of Coronavirus outbreaks in many teams.

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