Sports - Football - Premier League - Week 13
The 13th week of the Premier League action saw:
218 shots - most by Liverpool = 27
31 goals - most by Swansea = 5
267 fouls - most by Crystal Palace & Watford = 24
53 bookings - most by Crystal Palace = 5
1 red card - Miguel Britos for Watford
4 penalties - 4 scored (Milner for Liverpool, Wilson for Bournemouth, Mahrez and Slimani for Leicester)
LOL at Guardiola complimenting his side's "beautiful goals" - sarcasm may be included. 😂😝😂
OMG at Loris Karius' goal kick howler at Anfield - WTF?!?!?! 😱🙈😱
And
Klopp starred again with his touchline antiques,
punching Anfield! 👊🏻😁👊🏻
What a game! It was heartbreaking for Crystal Palace to see their side fall to their sixth successive defeat after coming from behind to end up losing out in a nine-goal thriller at the Liberty Stadium, seven of them coming after the break, four in eleven minutes. Many see this as
Alan Pardew's final push, with his job having been on the brink already with his side's lack of form and results, seeing them hovering just above the relegation zone in 17th, level on points with Hull City in 18th.
Bob Bradley meanwhile, can be very relieved, his Welsh side nicking it with two goals in stoppage time, substitute
Fernando Llorente being the double-hero, the win taking Swansea up to 19th, a point between them and safety.
What a team! The top three are unstoppable at at the moment. All three recorded wins keeping them at the top of the league with just one point separating top dogs Chelsea (31) from Liverpool (30) and Manchester City (30). Their performances were far from impressive but they still did their job and recorded the three crucial points, which is the main thing when competition is this tight.
Antonio Conte's side turned the game around against Tottenham, whilst
Jürgen Klopp's men left it late against Sunderland and
Pep Guardiola's side muddled and stumbled their way through at Burnley. The Gunners were also lucky, winning against Bournemouth thanks to defensive howlers,
Petr Cech's quality stops and the officials' penalty ignorance. The race is heating up, the sides feeling the rise in temperature, making next week's game the more decisively crunchy!
What a man! Alvaro Negredo ended his goal drought since the opening day of the season, putting Boro ahead at Leicester with a nice double. The first was a nice sweep into the corner of the net, the second a fine finish after an impressive run, pick and hit. The champions ended up rescuing a point thanks to
Islam Slimani's last-minute penalty, but Negredo deserved the man of the match award, despite the result, without a doubt.
Sergio Agüero's double earned City a hard-fought win at Burnley and their first back-to-back win since September. Clarets boss
Sean Dyche was not happy with the result, questioning some of the refereeing decisions, and rightly so.
What a goal! Both Chelsea and Tottenham scored mouthwatering beauties! First
Christian Eriksen gave Spurs the lead at Stamford Bridge with an absolute screamer. It was the Dane's first goal since March, the ferocity of the drive giving keeper
Thibaut Courtois no chance. But it was not to be for the visitors, who's last win at Chelsea came 26 years ago, the year
Nelson Mandela got released from prison (i.e. a long time ago!).
Pedro levelled he scored with a right-foot curling beauty, nice turn, again leaving the keeper hope-and useless. The winner was less quality, more deflection ping pong, but sealed
Mauricio Pochettino's men's first league defeat of the season.
What the hell?! As mentioned above, the referees have had plenty of controversies and questionable decisions once again. So,
José Mourinho's antiques, being sent off the second time in a month for his tantrums, look the more unprofessional and childish. Especially when looking at the incident that made him kick the bottle,
Paul Pogba being booked for a dive, it was a correct decision as replays showed no contact was made with West Ham defender
Mark Noble. It is just ridiculous how the Portuguese boss is acting and reacting to his side's lack of quality, call it tough luck and bad run of results. Like someone just has to give him back his dummy!!!
My Predictions - Actual Results
Burnley 1:5 Man City -
1:2
Hull City 1:1 West Brom -
1:1
Leicester 2:1 Middlesbrough -
2:2
Liverpool 3:1 Sunderland -
2:0
Swansea 1:1 Crystal Palace -
5:4
Chelsea 3:0 Tottenham -
2:1
Watford 1:1 Stoke City -
0:1
Arsenal 2:1 Bournemouth -
3:1
Man United 3:2 West Ham -
1:1
Southampton 1:1 Everton -
1:0
