The EPL Weekend Review
Another
weekend of EPL action has passed and once again viewers were interested
in seeing if Guardiola's poor form would continue , if Mourinho and
United would win on their midweek win, if Liverpool can continue their
good form, if Chelsea performance against United was just a flash...
All these questions and many more were answered during the weekend, it all started at the stadium of light.
SUNDERLAND VS ARSENAL
This turned out as many would expect , nothing out of the
blue happened as Arsene Wenger's men cruised to a 4-1 victory over David
Moyes and his team with a double from Sanchez and a double from Giroud
within his first treo touches of the game
Gotta feel sorry for David Moyes, even though Sunderland
board had thrown their weight behind him things aren't just working out
for him over there and this game didn't help matters as Sunderland have
started the season very poorly languishing at the bottom.
Verdict:
For Wenger, a good reply following last week drab draw
against Middlesbrough, Arsenal needed to win and also keep pace at the
top of the EPL
Sunderland though,a lot seems to be going wrong for them and David Moyes, honestly I want Moyes to succeed
Here are some of the match stats
Sunderland 1-4 Arsenal
Defoe '65(p) A.Sanchez '19,'78
O.Giroud. '71 '76
40% Possession 60%
1 Shots on target 7
MANCHESTER UNITED VS BURNLEY
Before this match,I honestly felt Sean Dyche was gonna come
out set up his team in a way that makes me refer to him as a "poor
man's Mourinho " and yea my thoughts were laid bare .
Manchester United has come in for a lot of stick all season
but honestly I can't fault the players here , United put in a
performance and Burnley and Tom Heaton (MOTM) stood their ground,it was
another great defensive display from season dyche's men.
As you all already know, this game was a goalless draw with
most of the excitement coming in from Mourinho's sending off to the
stands,to watching his assistant climb the stair way for tactical
instructions. Ander Herrera's red card did slow down the game for United
but United's display was highlighted by some poor finishing from Zlatan
Ibrahimovic who has now gone on his worst goal drought since December
2007.
Verdict:
This was a good game for United maybe not for Mourinho, but
the effort was definitely there. For United's title ambitions they are
slowly driving away from the top
Burnley have Tom Heaton to thank , this is their first point in as many as four away games with 4 shots in all those games.
Manchester United 0-0 Burnley
37. Shots. 7
11 on target 1
63% Possession 37%
1 Red Card 0
West brom vs Manchester city
Going into the game a big question was raised and that's if
Pep Gaurdiola and his boys have lost their mojo that dazzled the EPL
for the opening weeks because they have gone six games without getting a
win. No disrespect to Tony Pulis and his boys, no one really cared if
they could pull a result even if they did , the papers would be
referring to it as a capitulation of Manchester city.
The match went as some of us would expect, Manchester city
went on to win 4-0 with Aguero and Gundogan both having braces, nothing
more really happened in the game.
PS: who else is noticing what a steal Gundogan is!
Here are some of the match stats
West brom 0-4 Manchester city
36% possession 64%
9 shots 21
1 shots on target 8
Tottenham vs Leicester city
The draw specialist going up against last season's lucky
champions. I genuinely rate Tottenham as title contenders as I find them
the most stable team alongside Arsenal but things haven't really gone
their way especially with the injuries and as for Leicester, we all know
their campaign last season was a miracle but I am not taking credit
away from them and truly find them as a good team who would finish
around mid table.
The match went as expected as it ended with in a 1-1
stalemate with Jansen scoring a penalty again!and Nigerian striker Ahmed
Musa scoring the equaliser for the foxes.
One again Claudio Ranieri has never lost to Tottenham in 11
meetings and Tottenham has gone 10 games without being beaten, not a
single loss in the league this season
Here are some of the match stats
Tottenham vs Leicester city
1 goals 1
22 shots 6
5 shots on target 1
62% possession 38%
Crystal Palace vs Liverpool
Liverpool going up against a familiar foe in Alan Pardew
who enjoys a victory against Liverpool more than anything and for
Liverpool, would their good form continue against a team they have
struggled in the past against.
This by far happened to be the most entertaining match
judging by at least the first half where the scoreline was 3-2 in favor
of Liverpool. The game ended 4-2 in favor of Liverpool with the same
question arising for Liverpool , how long till their defence haunts them
because you can't always outscore the opponent.
Verdict:
Jurgen klopp seems to have revitalised Liverpool and am
starting to rate them as title contenders and Liverpool seems to have a
player in Joel Matip
Here are some of the match stats
Crystal palace vs Liverpool
2 goals 4
7 shots on target 14
6 shots 10
47% possession 53%
Southampton vs Chelsea
Conte's 3-5-2 formation is coming to shape ,at least that's
what we all thought after the thrashing of Manchester United but
midweek results gave us a reevaluation. Southampton are playing well
under Claude Puel and seem to have bought well this season, how do
Southampton do this every season? They always find a way of
restructuring and replacing each season.
The game went as expected for some though Chelsea's early
goal was kinda like a surprise, Hazard came through with a beautiful
finish,he is having a good season already and Costa rounded the game off
with the game's second and his 8th goal so far .
Verdict :
Chelsea seems to be getting their solidity back and with
Hazard on form and Costa's continuing hot streak , they might just well
be finishing in the top 4.
Claude puel and Southampton Gabe nothing really to worry
about ,it's a long season and it's obvious so far that they would do
well
Here are some of the match stats
Southampton vs Chelsea
0 Goals 2
9 shots 13
1 shots on target 7
53% possession 47%
Other weekend games are:
Watford 1-0 Hull city
Middlesbrough 2-0 Bournemouth
Everton 2-0 West ham
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