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19th September | 51st Edition
Haaland = 14 goals in 10 games
Lewandowski = 11 in 8 games
The manner in which Haaland and Lewandowski have started life in completely new leagues is mesmerizing!
Question of the day…….
Who are the 3 teams who are unbeaten in their last 5 PL matches.
A: City, Spurs, and ……. read on to know, you might be surprised on finding out.
In today’s edition:
Arsenal are top again, Haaland scores again, and Leicester LOSE again
Mourinho gets sent off and gives another gem of a quote
Samba at the Wanda; Vini and co. humiliate Atletico
Juventus and Bayern Munich just can’t seem to win
MNM score their 31st goal of the season!
Youngest ever PL player, another record broken by Haaland, and more
Premier League Round-up
Haaland scores in City’s win, Son's hat-trick mauls Leicester, and Arsenal show perfect “bounce-back-ability”
Wolverhampton 0 - 3 Manchester City
Light work for Pep and co as they strolled to 3 points at the Molineaux. Customary goal from Haaland ✅
Tottenham Hotspur 6 - 2 Leicester City
Son has been out of form and (a little bit) out of the starting XI as well. He didn’t start on Saturday night either, but he came on in the 2nd half. And he humiliated Brendan Rodger’s side with a 14 minute hat-trick in what surely has to be Rodger’s last game for the Foxes.
Brentford 0 - 3 Arsenal
Arsenal visited Brentford on Sunday, a venue where they were humbled last season on opening day. A routine victory for the Gunners meant they go into the international break top of the league.
What else?
Gerrard and Villa's rare win
Aston Villa 1 - 0 Southampton
Aston Villa won only their 2nd game of the season when they beat a hapless Southampton at home. Solitary goal from Jacob Ramsey was enough as the Villains move up to 14th place in the table, still a position behind their opponents Southampton.
Newcastle draw YET AGAIN
Newcastle United 1 - 1 Bouremouth
Boring boring Newcastle should be a chant whenever they play this season. They have already drawn (5) half their tally of draws from last season, and we aren’t even 25% through the season. A penalty from Isaak was needed to salvage a point against newly promoted at Bournemouth AT HOME.
Lamps and the Toffees showing resilience
Everton 1 - 0 West Ham United
Good on you Frankie boy. 7 points from their last 5 games is the best returns from the teams outside the top 8 in the league. Seems like Everton are pulling together as a group. And yes it is bloody EVERTON who is the 3rd team unbeaten in their last 5 league games.
Table after Gameweek 8, but teams have only 7 games and 6 teams have only played 6.
Around The Leagues
Perfect Real, big 3 lose in Italy, and so do Bayern!
ATM 1 - 2 RMA | Highlights
Real won at Atletico meaning they are 8 wins from 8 this season (in all competitions)!
Goals from Rodrygo and Valverde gave Ancelotti’s men a comfortable 2 nil lead at HT.
MIL 1 - 2 NAP | Highlights
The top 2 sides in Italy went head to head on Sunday night with the defending champions coming out as the losers.
An entertaining game saw a penalty, the post rattled mutiple times, and a customary goal from Olivier Girourd.
The win takes Napoli top, and leaves Milan 5th.
AUG 1 - 0 BAY
Bayern Munich have not won in the Bundesliga since almost a month (21st August) ! They have 3 draws and 1 loss in that period. Disastrous form.
They sit 5th in the table, 5 points behind league leaders Union Berlin (?) and 3 behind Dortmund.
Other results:
Messi scores his 4th league goal in routine win over Lyon
Pressure mounts on Allegri as Juve give Monza their first win in Serie A EVER!
Barcelona march on and keep pace with Real with routine win against bottom of the table Elche. Lewandowski with a double.
Mourinho lost at home against Atalanta, got sent off in another top half clash in Serie A
Inter Milan continue their topsy tury start to the season with loss to Udinese who sit 3rd, 1 point behind Napoli and Atalanta
Marco Reus suffers ANOTHER injury as Dortmund win against derby rivals FC Schalke 04
Dortmund 1 - 0 FC Schalke | Vlog
Barcelona 3 - 0 Elche | Highlights
Udinese 3 - 1 Inter Milan
Lyon 0 - 1 PSG
Quote of the weekend
Mourinho after Roma lost to Atalanta:
“This was a game we should have won easily. We didn’t dominate Monza or Cremonese like we did Atalanta…There was a clear penalty, I have to change my advice to my players and tell them to dive like a clown as if they are in a pool.”
Never change Mou, never change.
Stats Corner
How old?
Aged 15 years and 181 days, Ethan Nwaneri (born 2007) is the first player under the age of 16 ever to play in the Premier League. He surpasses Harvey Elliott (16y 30d) as the competition's youngest ever player.“Haaland breaks a record” corner
Erling Haaland has become the first player in Premier League history to score in each of his first four away games in the competition.Son-day
Son Heung-min is the first Tottenham player to score a Premier League hat-trick as a substitute, and the first overall in the competition since Steven Naismith against Chelsea in September 2015Son Heung-min's treble was the fourth hat-trick Tottenham have scored against Leicester in the Premier League - no side has netted more against a specific opponent in the competition.
Dominance
Harry Kane has scored 20 goals against Leicester City in his career, with 18 of those coming in the Premier League for Spurs – only Alan Shearer has netted more in the competition against a specific opponent (20 against Leeds)Woeful!
Leicester's 22 goals conceded is the most any side has shipped after seven games of a Premier League season, and the most in the top-flight since 1965-66 (West Ham, also 22).
Beyond The Headlines
Paul Pogba’s brother charged and detained in extortion case (BBC)
Kalvin Phillips suffers a new injury, withdraws from England squad for Nations League, and could be a doubt for the World Cup (TalkSport)
Roberto de Zerbi: Brighton appoint Italian as manager (BBC)
Real Madrid’s Federico Valverde has been named the Best Uruguayan Athlete of the Year
Alcaraz helps Spain reach the Quarter-finals in the Davis Cup (BBC)
Today’s Action
It’s a lean spell ahead. Starting with today.