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Chelsea beat Watford to stay top of the EPL table

Dec 02, 2021

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Chelsea remain top of the EPL table after a 2-1 win away to Watford this morning.

Hakim Ziyech netted the winner for the Blues.

The result leaves Chelsea one point ahead of Man City…who defeated Aston Villa 2-1.

Bernado Silva secured the win for the Citizens, with a contender for goal of the season.

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Meanwhile, Liverpool won the Merseyside derby with a thumping 4-1 victory over Everton at Goodison Park.

Mo Salah netted twice for the Reds, with Jordan Henderson and Diogo Jota adding the others.

The win leaves Liverpool third in the standings, a point behind Man City.

In other results…Brighton scored a late equalizer to snatch a 1-1 draw with West Ham.

Southampton and Leicester drew 2-2.

While Wolves and Burnley played out a goalless draw.

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Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah and Norway’s Karsten Walholm have been named World Athletics’ Athletes of the Year.

Thompson-Herah took the women’s award for achieving the sprint double at the Tokyo Olympics.

Warholm received the men’s prize for breaking the 29-year-old world record en-route to winning the 400m hurdles in Tokyo.

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Tournament favourite Kento Momota has pulled out of the ongoing BWF World Tour Finals due to injury.

It leaves Viktor Axelsen as the only other big name in Group A of the men’s singles competition.

This will be good news for Lee Zii Jia, if the Malaysian makes it out of Group B into the knockout rounds.