Sports - Football - Premier League - Week 8
The eighth week of the 2019-2020 Premier League season saw:
25 goals - most by Aston Villa = 5
234 shots - most by Aston Villa = 22
77 on target - most by Aston Villa = 12
114 corners - most by Arsenal = 14
112 fouls - most by Leicester and Aston Villa = 17 each
39 bookings - most by Man City = 5
1 red card - Coleman for Everton
3 penalties - 2 scored (Milner for Liverpool, van Aanholt for Crystal Palace)
#BHATOT
The first match and upset of the weekend saw French forward Neal Maupay (3’) and Irish youngster Aaron Connolly (32’, 65’) capitalise on both Spurs keepers’ giveaways. First Hugo Lloris after a couple of minutes, and after the Frenchman’s serious injury saw him subbed off early on in the match, his replacement Paulo Gazzaniga failed to keep hold of the ball as well. The third goal was just a lovely finish, an icing on the super sweet cake for Graham Potter’s side. The Seagulls fly high into the international break, up to 14th, whilst Mauricio Pochettino and his men are left staring down the dumps in 9th, having lost 17 games in all competitions in 2019, more than any other Premier League side, with no wins in the last 10 away league games. Gloom.
#BUREVE
Seamus Coleman’s sending off (56') didn’t help his side, the cracking winner by Jeff Hendrick (72’) condemning the visitors to their fourth consecutive league defeat, sending the clumsy Toffees further downhill, and into the relegation zone by the end of the weekend, and Marco Silva top of the bookies' sacking chart. Doom.
#LIVLEI
The Reds were on top, had chance after chance, should and could have been 3-0 up at the break. The hosts finally went ahead thanks to Sadio Mané's fine run and take (40’). But the Foxes hit back with their first shot on target, James Maddison with a strong low finish (80’). The last-minute winner from the spot was VAR at its best. It was soft, but Marc Albrighton stood on Mané's foot = contact and foul in the box = penalty. Simple as that. And James Milner (pen 90+5') made sure Jürgen Klopp’s men kept their 100% record going and headed into the international break EIGHT points clear at the top. It's the 34th time Liverpool have scored a stoppage time winner in the Premier League era, more than any other side. Boom.
#NORAVL
Thrash. Shambolic defending. No competition. No question about it. Since beating the champions (week 5), Daniel Farke's men have fallen to bits. Not helped by a long list of injuries of course, but that wasn't different in their impressive win. So, what has gone wrong since?
#WATSHU
Not much to write about on this goalless draw, apart from it means a point and clean sheet each and a bit of a redemption for keeper Dean Henderson after last week’s howler against Liverpool (week 7). On the other hand, still no win for the bottom side though.
#WHUCRY
There was some late VAR drama as well at the London Stadium, Jordan Ayew with a late winner (87'), initially ruled offside. But both Palace players weren’t offside = onside = goal = first win against West Ham for Roy Hodgson. Close but simple, again, I don’t get all the fuss. That's what VAR got introduced for, to double check and correct those crucial, decisive calls.
#ARSBOU
The Gunners ground out a win, David Luiz's header (9’) enough to edge past the Cherries, taking Unai Emery's side back into the top four.
#MCIWOL
Surprise of the weekend?! The visitors stayed in control at the Etihad, had more chances, despite being dominated, especially in the second half. The goals, Adama Traoré’s brace (80’, 90+4’), and the result, the Wanderers' first away win against the Citizens in the top-flight since 1979 and only their second victory of the season, were nicely worked and fully deserved. Pep Guardiola had no excuses. His side have dropped five points at home this season already (compared to three in the whole of last season, seven the year before that). Had a bad day. Week. Month. Season. So far so bad.
#SOUCHE
It was an easy win, again, but still not the most impressive football by the Blues, their boss Frank Lampard concurred in the post-match interview. But the three points takes his side up to fifth, level on points with Leicester in fourth and Palace in sixth.
#NEWMUN
Steve Bruce’s first win over the Red Devils in over two decades of his managerial career was just shocking to watch. What a debut goal for Matthew Longstaff (72’). What a debut win. Credit where credit is due. But it was less of a surprise as the play, form and team all round was absolute shambles of Ole and co. No coordination. No organisation. They deserve every dig and blow they get, and the Magpies made sure they did on Sunday. The result lifts the hosts up out of the relegation zone to 16th, whilst the visitors slide down to 12th on nine points, TWO points away from the drop, their worst after eight games since 1989-90. Shocking how the great have fallen.
My Predictions - Actual Results
Brighton 1:2 Tottenham - 3:0
Burnley 2:1 Everton - 1:0
Liverpool 2:1 Leicester - 2:1
Norwich 3:1 Aston Villa - 1:5
Watford 1:2 Sheff United - 0:0
West Ham 2:0 Crystal Palace - 1:2
Arsenal 2:1 Bournemouth - 1:0
Man City 4:1 Wolves - 0:2
Southampton 1:2 Chelsea - 1:4
Newcastle 0:1 Man United - 1:0
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