MATCHDAY: Liverpool, Chelsea look to keep in touch with City

December 15, 2021 GMT
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Liverpool's manager Jurgen Klopp reacts during the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Aston Villa at Anfield stadium in Liverpool, Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
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Liverpool's manager Jurgen Klopp reacts during the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Aston Villa at Anfield stadium in Liverpool, Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

A look at what’s happening in European soccer on Thursday:

ENGLAND

Liverpool and Chelsea will look to keep in touch with Manchester City in the Premier League’s title race by winning home games against struggling teams. Second-place Liverpool, which is four points behind City, hosts a Newcastle side that has only won one league game all season and is coming off a 4-0 loss at Leicester at the weekend. Chelsea is a point further back in third and welcomes Everton to Stamford Bridge. Richarlison and Andros Townsend this week joined Everton’s already-long injury list. In the other match, Tottenham returns to action away to Leicester after its game against Brighton at the weekend was postponed because of a coronavirus outbreak among the Spurs squad. Tottenham manager Antonio Conte expects to still be without a number of players as a result, while Leicester has up to nine players out because of illness and injury.

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