Category: Round ups

This weekend was a big one for Manchester United and Liverpool as they took each other on, the game is a famous one for the rivalry between these two clubs. The outcome of the fixture was 1-1, with Ibrahimovic scoring with a header and Milner scoring a penalty.

Also on Sunday Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City lost to Everton 4-0. City now find themselves ten points of the top. The game was a special one for youngsters Lookman and Davies as Lookman scored on his debut and Davies scored his first goal for Everton ever.

The main game on Saturday was Leicester vs Chelsea, where full back Marcos Alonso scored twice in the game. The other goal was from Pedro, where in the build up to the goal he did an incredible no look backheel.

It was an important 4-0 win for Tottenham against West Brom which gets Spurs into second position in the league. Spurs have now won seven games in a row.

This Saturday it was a special moment for Wayne Rooney- he equalled Sir Bobby Charlton’s record of the most goals for Manchester United in all competitions as his team beat Reading 4-0. Martial and Rashford scored too.

It was a disapointing draw for Liverpool against Plymouth, where Liverpool had a large amount of possession. In the game Klopp played a questionable amount of youngsters.

Moving on, Chelsea secured a comfortable win over Peterborough, where John Terry’s first start since October ended in disaster as he got sent off.

There were both relegation bound teams playing each other- Swansea and Hull. The game finished 2-0 to Hull, which was Hull manager Marcos Silva’s first game for the club.

The draw for the next round is tomorrow.

The biggest match in these past days has definitely been Liverpool vs Manchester City- as both teams are positioned near the top of the league. The game ended 1-0 to Liverpool, the goal coming from an incredible header from Summer signing Georginio Wijandlum.

On Saturday Middlesbrough played Manchester United- a big talking point for the game was Ibrahimovic’s unfairly disallowed goal, where the referee ( Lee Mason) said that Ibrahimovic’s boot was dangerously high.

Moving on, Chelsea beat Stoke in a 4-2 win, where Willian scored twice. The game secured Chelsea’s thirteenienth league game win on the trot, if they beat Spurs tommorow they will beat Arsenal’s record of fourteen league game wins in a row

Having beat City on Saturday Liverpool were looking to easily beat relegation favourites Sunderland two days after. However, Klopp’s team were held to a draw, which must have felt like a loss as Chelsea are five points ahead of them with one game to spare.

Other results

West Ham 0-2 Man U

Man City 2-1 Burnley

Arsenal 2-0 Palace

West Brom 3-1 Hull

Boro 0-0 Leicester

Leicester 1-0 West Ham

Spurs 4-1 Watford

Everton 3-0 Southampton

Swansea 0-3 Bournemouth

Southampton 1-2 West Brom

Burnley 4-1 Sunderland

These Premier League fixtures were the last before Christmas, and many people didn’t expect to see the table like this. Chelsea are in top spot by six points- when they only finished tenth last year. Leicester are in a relegation battle, and could be the first team to win the league then go down. Lastly, no one expected United to be top, thirteen points off top spot- after Mourinho spent big this summer. However, nothing is predictable in football.

Moving on to the results, Liverpool managed to beat Everton, with a stoppage time goal from Mane. Liverpool are now second in the table. United managed to keep paces up with Spurs as they beat a tough West Brom team. Sunderland got some good news for once, as they beat Watford 1-0. However, their rival relegation battlers Swansea and Hull both lost, and they must be contemplating how a season in the Championship will be like next season. Despite disappointment for those two clubs, the biggest disappointment must be for Arsenal fans, as they have had back to back defeats to City and Everton. Arsenal seem to always have a good start to season and then fall behind at about Christmas.

With Arsenal losing against Everton on Tuesday, it gave title rivals around them the chance to go higher in the table. Chelsea took it with delight as they beat Sunderland 1-0, to make it ten wins out of ten in the league. Liverpool also took their opportunity, as they beat Middlesbrough 3-0.

United won against Palace which kept them up with Spurs, thanks to a late winner from Zlatan Ibrahimovic. West Brom find themselves in dreamland, as they’re seventh in the table and seven points off European places. West Brom fans, can your team be in Europe next season? Have your say in the comments.

Manchester City bounced back from their criticism as they beat Watford 2-0, with goals from Zabaleta and Silva. City’s biggest problem is their defence as they’ve conceded fourteen goals in their past ten matches; they haven’t got a settled backline and John Stones is error-prone. So City fans which defenders do you want to buy in January?

This weekend turned a new way in the title race. Liverpool slipped up against West Ham, as they drew 2-2 with goals from Lallana and Origi. Leaving them six points behind the leaders, Chelsea, who won 1-0 against West Brom. Arsenal, who stayed three points behind Chelsea with their 3-1 win over Stoke, where Iwobi, Ozil and Walcott were the goal scorers in that game. City, who at the start of the season were backed by many people to win the league, (not me) However their 4-2 loss to Leicester, put them seven points off top spot. It also gave Leicester a big boost in their unexpected relegation fight.

Manchester United got an important win against their top four rivals, Spurs. Mkhitaryan scored his first United goal in the Premier League, before half time to win the game. Jose Mourinho was finally happy with the result, as he had complained over the past few weeks, saying that their performance didn’t reflect on the result.