EPL Round Up

 

It wasn't the outcome Raheem Sterling would have expected, as he played against his former team and friends in Liverpool.  

Liverpool were coming back from a defeat against Crystal Palace in the Anfield stadium before they went on the international break, and yes they outshine the Citizens at the Etihad Stadium as they walloped them 1 – 4.

Let me quickly do a review of the matches played over the weekend starting from the early kick off, at the Vicarage Road.

Watford 1- 2 Manchester United

Watford's Captain Troy Deeney scored at both ends as his team lost at home to Manchester United.  Memphis Dempay who has been left out of United's previous two matches returned and he quickly put his name on the scorer's sheet as he connected to a cross by Ander Herrera from the right wing, for Depay to side-foot a volley into the bottom corner. Ighalo was unable to register his 8th goal, but he did well as he was brought down in the eighteen yard box by Rojo as Deeney stepped up and converted the penalty high past De Gea to put the host back on level term but not quite long Deeney then scored a terrible own goal to gift United the win, he diverted Schweinsteiger's rebound into his net.

Man of the Match: Memphis Depay

Next match for both teams, Watford who are now without a win in last two matches will face Aston Villa and Manchester United will face Leicester in the League but they will first play against PSV Eindhoven in the Cham

Chelsea 1 - 0 Norwich

Is Chelsea back on winning ways? Well that's not a question I for me to answer instead let us take a quick look at their match on Saturday.  Chelsea defeated Norwich to earn them their 4th winning of the season. Diego Costa helped Chelsea with the 1st win this month as they have lost previous 3 matches, he scored his 4th goal of the season as he ended a seven game drought without a goal.   The defeat leaves Norwich with only one win in 8matches and gives Chelsea their third clean sheet in their last 16 premier league matches, the winning also saw Cesc Fabregas provide his first assist in 10games.

Man of the Match: Eden Hazard

Next match for both teams, Norwich take on Arsenal at the Carrow Road next Sunday, and Chelsea takes on Tottenham on Sunday.

Everton 4 - 0 Aston Villa

Two goals by two wonderful kid gave Everton a deserved four zero against Aston Villa. Ross Barkley and Romelu Lukaku were the goal scorers. Aston Villa are without a win in 12 games since the opening day of the season, they have five points after 13 matches is their worst return in any of their previous top-flight campaigns.  Everton have been in imperious form from the start of the month, with Arona kone getting a Hat-trick against Sunderland, a draw at Upton Park against West ham and a win against Aston Villa.

Man of the Match: Gerard Deulofeu

Next Match for both teams, Aston Villa set to have a date against Watford next week Saturday while Everton take a long trip to the 12,000 Vitality Stadium, home to Bournemouth.

Newcastle 0 - 3 Leicester

Jamie Vardy doesn't want to stop scoring and can't stop scoring as he now has 13 goals in 13 games for Leicester this season and has equalled Van Nisterooyl's record of scoring in 10 consecutive matches.

Vardy scored his team's first goal in the added minutes of the first half of the game as he latched on to a Leonardo Ulloa pass, cut inside Moussa Sissoko and drilled in a low shot to separate both sides going into the tunnel for the break. The win was Leicester's fourth in a row in the league and took them top as they leapfrogged Manchester City, who lost at home to Liverpool, and Arsenal, who were beaten at West Brom.

Man of the match - Jamie Vardy

Next match for both teams, Newcastle will face former manager Alan Pardew's Crystal Palace side, while Leicester will host Manchester United.

Southampton 0 - 1 Stoke

After series of poor results, Stoke have now won two games on the row, by the same score line.

Krkic Bojan has been in superb form of late as he got his third goal of the season with a clever flick over Southampton's goal keeper Stekelenburg on the 10th minute.  The Potters climb into the top half after their fifth win in seven league matches. Southampton, meanwhile, drop to eighth after they saw their own six-match unbeaten run end with a curiously ineffective performance.

Man of the match: Marko Arnautovic

Next match for both teams, Stoke visit Sunderland next Saturday, while Southampton will be without Striker Graziano Pellè booked after he deliberately handed the ball which will make him seat out the next match against Manchester City as they travel to the Etihad Stadium to face Manchester.

Swansea 2 - 2 Bournemouth

It was a tale of first half goals as all four goals were scored in the first half. Bournemouth started the scoring, two quick goals, Joshua King and Dan Gosling put the visitors in control as they scored on the 10th and 26th minute to put pressure on the Swansea coach Garry Monk. Swansea have not won at home since they have defeated Manchester United in August and they fought gallantly to secure a draw as Andre Ayew's back heel and Jonjo Shelvey's penalty brought Swansea level at the end of a breathless first half.

Man of the match: Andre Ayew

Next match for both teams: the next group of matches for both teams are very decisive and they will either put them in the league or out of the league, Swansea face Liverpool, then a visit to the Liberty Stadium to face Leicester and will face Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium.

Bournemouth host Everton next, then visit Chelsea before facing Manchester United on home soil.

West Brom 2 - 1 Arsenal

Arsenal blew the chance to go top of the Premier League as West Brom fought back from a goal down to beat them at The Hawthorns. Arsenal went a goal up through Oliver Giroud who nodded in Ozil's free kick on the 28th minute before James Morrison volleyed past Petr Cech to level on the 35th minute. Not quite long, Mikel Arteta diverted James McClean's cross into his own net. The free- kick by Ozil is his seventh consecutive assists in the Premier League appearances and his 11th this season.

Man of the match: James McClean

Next match for both teams: West Brom face West Ham away at next Sunday, while Arsenal face Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League this week before are away to Norwich on Sunday.

Manchester City 1 - 4 Liverpool

Four first half goals, two scorers each from both sides but one team has 3 and the other has one. Well, I wanted to rack your brain. An own goal by Mangala and a goals by Coutinho and Firmino gave Liverpool three goals lead before Aguero pulled one back with a fierce shot from outside the Box to mark his comeback.  The first half ended with the scores at 1 - 3 but Manchester City resumed the second half as they searched for more goals but to the contrary they received one more from the Martin Skrtel as he blasted home a thunderous strike to grant Jurgen Klopp a much needed away win.

Man of the match: Philippe Coutinho

Next match for both teams: Manchester City travel to Juventus in the Champions League on Wednesday before facing Southampton on Saturday. Liverpool on the other hand are also in Europe, but in the Europa League on and they face Bordeaux at Anfield before welcoming Jonjo Shelvy and his Swansea team mates on Sunday.

Tottenham 4 - 1 West Ham

After having a torrid start to the new season, Kane now has 8goals in 5matches as Tottenham have equalled a club record by going 12 Premier League games unbeaten after Harry Kane's two goals helped them comfortably beat West Ham. Harry Kane got the first goal in the 23rd minute as he got the deflected ball from Dele Alli shot to score from close range. His second came in the second half in the 50th as he took a well-struck shot from the edge of the box, after West Ham's Defender, James Tomkins gifted the ball to Christian Eriksen, who found Kane at the edge of the box before releasing a rocket.

Man of the match - Dele Alli

Next match for both sides: West Ham's next game is on Saturday against West Brom at Upton Park while Tottenham travels to Azerbaijan to face FK Qarabag in the Europa League, before facing Chelsea on Sunday.

Crystal Palace 0 - 1 Sunderland

Jermain Defoe handed Sunderland their first away win of the season. The game was poised to end in a draw but thanks to a defensive error by Scott Dann as he gifted Defoe the chance to poke the ball home.  The hard-working Defoe, who fired wide in the first half, chased down the Palace defender, pushed the ball past keeper Wayne Hennessey and slotted in..

Man of the Match: Jermain Defoe

Next match for both sides: Sunderland are at home to Stoke on Saturday, before facing Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and Liverpool in December, Crystal Palace face Newcastle next week, as it will be Pardew welcoming his former team.

The league Table

Pos Team P W D L GD Pts

1 Leicester 13 8 4 1 8 28

2 Man United 13 8 3 2 10 27

3 Man City 13 8 2 3 14 26

4 Arsenal 13 8 2 3 12 26

5 Tottenham 13 6 6 1 13 24

6 West Ham 13 6 3 4 4 21

7 Everton 13 5 5 3 8 20

8 Southampton 13 5 5 3 5 20

9 Liverpool 13 5 5 3 2 20

10 Crystal Palace 13 6 1 5 1 19

11 Stoke 13 5 4 4 -1 19

12 West Brom 13 5 2 6 -5 17

13 Watford 13 4 4 5 -2 16

14 Swansea 13 3 5 5 -4 14

15 Chelsea 13 4 2 7 -6 14

16 Norwich 13 3 3 7 -8 12

17 Newcastle 13 2 4 7 -12 10

18 Sunderland 13 2 3 8 -12 9

19 Bournemouth 13 2 3 8 -13 9

20 Aston Villa 13 1 2 10 -14 5

Top Scorers

1. J. Vardy Leicester City 13goals

2. R. Lukaku Everton 9goals

3. H. Kane Tottenham Hotspur 8goals

4. O. Ighalo Watford 7goals

4. O. Giroud Arsenal 7goals

Stay tuned for the top XI for the week 13 set of matches, it also will include the manager of the week. That's the preview of the match day 13. Have you got any suggestions? Kindly mail them to publisher@absolutehearts.com.

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