Liverpool topple Everton 2-0 in derby to pursue leaders Man City

Liverpool topple Everton 2-0 in derby to pursue leaders Man City

Robertson, Origi score 2nd half goals for Liverpool at Anfield Stadium

By Can Erozden

ANKARA (AA) - Liverpool took a 2-0 derby win over Everton on Sunday to keep chasing English Premier League leaders Manchester City.

Home team Liverpool broke the deadlock in the 62nd minute as Scottish left-back Andrew Robertson headed the ball at the far post to score the opener.

Belgian forward Divock Origi cemented the win at the Anfield Stadium, scoring a close-range header.

Derby winners, Liverpool are second on 79 points in 33 matches. The Reds are only a point behind Manchester City.

Since January, Jurgen Klopp's men have been unbeaten for 14 games in the Premier League.

Everton are in the relegation zone with 29 points.


- Pulisic rescues Chelsea with late goal

Chelsea beat West Ham United 1-0 at London's Stamford Bridge as the Blues' US star Christian Pulisic scored in the 90th minute.

In minute 86, West Ham United defender Craig Dawson pulled Chelsea's Romelu Lukaku while the Belgian forward had a one on one chance in the area.

Dawson was sent off for a professional foul.

Chelsea midfielder Jorginho missed the penalty.

In the 90th minute, Chelsea's Marcos Alonso was on the left flank to send the ball to Pulisic, unmarked in the West Ham area.

Pulisic took a low left-footed shot to the bottom corner that beat West Ham United goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski.

Chelsea have 65 points to be third in the league.

Seventh-place West Ham United have 52 points after the away loss.


- Rudiger is to leave Chelsea this summer

Meanwhile, after the match, Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel, who talked to local media, confirmed that the London team's German defender Antonio Rudiger will leave the club in the summer.

Rudiger, who joined Chelsea from Roma in 2017, will be a free agent on June 30 as his contract will expire.

In his five-year-spell at Chelsea, Rudiger won an English FA Cup, the UEFA Europa League, UEFA Champions League, a UEFA Super Cup, and a FIFA Club World Cup.

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