Divock Origi kept up his run of scoring against Everton as his late goal helped Liverpool claim a 2-0 win in the Merseyside derby.The Reds were made to work hard by struggling Everton, who went into Sundays match in the relegation zone after Burnley had defeated Wolves earlier on.Liverpool are now back within a point of their Premier League title rivals Manchester City, while third-placed Chelsea moved five points clear of fourth-
Zach Wilson T Shirts placed Arsenal with a last-gasp win over West Ham.Brighton and Hove Albion and Southampton played out a 2-2 draw in the days other game. Here, using Opta data, Stats Perform checks the best facts from Sundays action.Chelsea 1-0 West Ham: Pulisic spares Jorginhos blushesChelsea turned in a below-par performance against West Ham, but got over the line thanks to Christian Pulisics last-gasp winner.The Blues had lost their previous two matches at Stamford Bridge and looked set to be on their way to a third home game without a win when Jorginho sent a poor penalty straight at Lukasz Fabianski.Jorginho had converted each of his last 13 penalties for Chelsea, excluding shoot-outs, with this being his first failure to score from the spot for the Blues since Boxing Day 2020.But Pulisic swept in from Marcos Alonsos cro s to win it. The United States international has beendirectly involved in 10 goals in 32 appearances for Chelsea acro s all competitions this term (seven goals, three a sists), matching his tally from last season when he made 43 appearances.Burnley 1-0 Wolves: Clarets out of the bottom threeBurnley claimed a second win on the bounce to lift themselves above Everton and move out of the relegation zone.They have now won three home Premier League games in
Dan Feeney Jersey a row for the first time since a run of five between December 2016 and January 2017, and thatis the same number of victories as they managed acro s the 26 games beforehand.Indeed, Burnleyhave picked up seven points in their three Premier League games under Mike Jackson (W2 D1), the same number of points as Sean Dyche picked up during his final eight league games at the
New York Jets Polos club (W2 D1 L5).Wolves, meanwhile,have now suffered more defeats in their last five away league games (four) than they had in their first 12 on the road this season (W7 D2 L3).Matej Vydra grabbed Burnleys winner. Four of his eight top-flight goals for the Clarets have been ones to claim three points.Brighton and Hove Albion 2-2 Southampton: Ward-Prowse closes on free-kick recordJames Ward-Prowse scored both of Southamptons goals as they came from behind to rescue a point in the south coast derby against Southampton.Despite scoring as many goals on Sundayas they did in their previous seven home Premier League matches, Brighton failed to win a game in which they led by at least two goals for just a third time in the competition (P23 W20 D2 L1), having won each of their previous 13 such matches.But after an own goal put Brighton further ahead, Ward-Prowses excellent free-kick halved the deficit. He has now scored 14 direct free-kick goals in the top flight, just four shy of David Beckhams record, while only the Manchester United great and Laurent Robert (both five) have netted more free-kicks in a single season.Ward-Prowse doubled his tally and restored parity with another long-range effort, and 44 per cent of his league goals for the Saints have come from outside the box (17/39).Liverpool 2-0 Everton: Origi strikes again to give Toffees the BluesIt took Liverpool until the 62nd minute to break the deadlock at Anfield, though they were arguably fortunate not to have conceded a penalty not long before.Neverthele s, Liverpools dominance finally told as Evertons back-to-the-wall display was broken Andy Robertson heading in before Origi scored late on
Denzel Mims Jersey . The striker has now netted six times in nine league appearances against Everton, scoring once every 62 minutes on average.Liverpool have lost just one of their last 23 Premier League games against Everton (W10 D12),completing the league double over their neighbours for the first time since 2016-17. They now have 79 points, 50 more than Everton, which is the joint-largest margin they have held in the competition (along with the 2019-20 season). Everton will end the day in the relegation zone for the first time since December 2019 (also after a derby defeat at Anfield), while this is the furthest into a season, after 32 games or more,the Toffees have found themselves in the bottom three since 1998-99.Theyhave lost 11 of their last 12 Premier League away games (D1), including each of the last seven in a row. It istheir longest run of consecutive away defeats since a run of eight between April and October 1994.Origi has now scored 11 goals as a substitute in the Premier League, the outright
Sheldrick Redwine Jersey most by a Liverpool player, overtaking Daniel Sturridges 10.Liverpool recorded a po se sion figure of 82.7 per centagainst Everton only Man City (83 per centvSwansea City in April 2018) have recorded a higher such figure in a Premier League game since Opta started collecting this data (2003-04).