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\nLONDON: Another 0-0 stalemate between Chelsea and Liverpool. Another match highlighting the sharp decline of two of England\u2019s top teams who, at this rate, are unlikely to be playing in the Champions League next season.<\/p>\n
\nChelsea were playing their first game since the firing of Graham Potter on Sunday but little was different under his interim replacement, Bruno Saltor.<\/p>\n
\nIndeed, there was something very familiar about the teams serving up a goalless draw. That has been the score in this fixture in their last four meetings \u2014 both Premier League matches this season and both domestic cup finals last season, which were ultimately won by Liverpool via penalty shootouts.<\/p>\n
\nThe top four, and qualification for the Champions League, is looking increasingly unlikely for both teams.<\/p>\n
\nLiverpool, who ran Manchester City so close for the title last season, are in eighth place and seven points off fourth-place Tottenham. Chelsea, on the back of spending $630 million in the last two transfer windows, are four points further back in 11th place.<\/p>\n
\nNO CHANGE<\/strong><\/p>\n\nFiring its coach didn\u2019t have an instant effect on Leicester, either.<\/p>\n
\nA 2-1 defeat at home to Aston Villa dropped Leicester into next-to-last place and means the team has lost six of its last seven league games, drawing the other one.<\/p>\n
\nFollowing the departure of Brendan Rodgers on Sunday, first-team coaches Adam Sadler and Mike Stowell were put in interim control of Leicester but they weren\u2019t able to fix a leaky defense that has now conceded 51 goals in 29 games.<\/p>\n
\nBertrand Traore came off the bench to score Villa\u2019s winner in the 87th minute, with Leicester down to 10 men by that time after Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall collected a second booking in the 70th.<\/p>\n
\nHarvey Barnes had earlier canceled out the opener by Villa striker Ollie Watkins, who scored for the sixth straight away game \u2014 the first player to do so in the Premier League since former Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero in 2017.<\/p>\n
\nVilla climbed to seventh place under Unai Emery and have won five of their last six league games.<\/p>\n
\nRELEGATION BATTLE<\/strong><\/p>\n\nIt was a significant evening in the league\u2019s tightest relegation battle in years \u2014 and Leeds turned out being the big winner.<\/p>\n
\nBy rallying to beat fellow struggler Nottingham Forest 2-1, Leeds climbed out of the bottom three and jumped to 13th place in the 20-team league.<\/p>\n
\nThe fight to avoid the drop remains too close to call, though, with five points separating Crystal Palace in 12th and Leicester in 19th.<\/p>\n
\nForest, who have dropped to fourth-to-last place, took the lead at Elland Road through Orel Mangala in the 12th minute only for Leeds to turn the game around thanks to goals by Jack Harrison and Luis Sinisterra before halftime.<\/p>\n
\nBournemouth dropped back into the relegation zone after losing 2-0 at home to Brighton, whose goals came from teenage strikers \u2014 a deft flicked finish by Evan Ferguson in the 27th and Julio Enciso\u2019s individual effort in second-half stoppage time.<\/p>\n
\nBrighton moved up to sixth place, four points off the top four, and could yet challenge for Champions League qualification.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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