On Saturday evening, five matches were played in the 12th round of the English Premier League.
"Newcastle" claimed their second consecutive victory. Rafael Benitez's pupils stopped "Bournemouth"'s offensive machine and celebrated a victory with a score of 2:1.
The hosts were led to victory by Salomon Rondon, who scored two goals in the first half. At the end of the first half, Jefferson Lerma managed to narrow the gap, but in the second half the visitors showed no way to equalize the score.
After the victory, "Newcastle" rose to 14th place, while "Bournemouth" remains eleventh.
The other matches ended in draws - "West Ham" took points from "Huddersfield" in the second half, "Leicester" and "Burnley" did not score any goals, and "Southampton" and "Watford" exchanged one successful attack each.
In the last match of the evening, London's "Tottenham" narrowly defeated another capital team - "Crystal Palace". After making mistakes in the previous round, earning two penalties, the young Argentine defender corrected his mistakes in these matches.
In the 66th minute, Juan Foyth scored a goal with a header from a corner kick and secured a victory for the "Tottenham" team.
After the victory, "Tottenham" equaled with "Chelsea" and "Liverpool" in temporary points.
Results:
"Newcastle" 2 - 1 "Bournemouth" 7' [1 - 0] S. Rondon 40' [2 - 0] S. Rondon 45+6' [2 - 1] J. Lerma
"Huddersfield" 1 - 1 "West Ham" 6' [1 - 0] A. Pritchard 74' [1 - 1] F. Anderson
"Leicester" 0 - 0 "Burnley"
"Southampton" 1 - 1 "Watford" 20' [1 - 0] M. Gabbiadini 82' [1 - 1] J. Holebas
"Crystal Palace" 0 - 1 "Tottenham" 66' [0 - 1] J. Foyth
League table:
