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Prem r 20 -23
Have been away and work then mad so a potted summary to get us back up to date:
Round 20
Arsenal were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Sheffield Wednesday who are scrapping for every point they can get. Werner’s opener was cancelled out by Veron and it stayed level.
MOM : Timo Werner (Arsenal)
Villa compounded Barnsley’s recent miseries with a comfortable 3-1 hime win, top scorer Gabriel Jesus with a brace and Raphina scoring all of their goals in the second half after Anderson had put the Tykes 1-0 ahead at half time.
MOM : Martinez (Villa)
Blackburn held Liverpool to a 1-1 draw, both teams pushing into the top places. Mudryk scored first for The Reds and Rodri equalised in the second half before Liverpool keeper Onana was injured.
MOM : Mudryk(Liverpool)
Cardiff got a valuable 1-0 win at home against Watford in a game which saw Kamara sent off for the Hornets and Davis injured before they went behind to Harris’s goal. Despite having Justin sent off in the second half Cardiff held on to win 1-0
MOM : Vestegaard (Cardiff)
Crystal Palace squeezed out the self appointed kings of London Chelsea at home with a goal from De Paul just after half time
MOM : Lodi (Palace)
Everton stunned Leeds to win 1-0 away with a first half goal from Mowatt, with keeper De Gea in imperious form for the Toffees once again.
MOM : De Gea (Everton)
Leicester cruised past Burnley at home 3-0, Elanga scoring first followed by Dolberg and Torres, with Elanga picking up an injury.
MOM : Knoche (Leicester)
Man City annihilated West Ham scoring 9 (NINE) goals at home, with a Kane hat-trick, 2 from Vlahovic and Silva, Rensch, Stones and Dias all finding the target.
MOM : Kane (Man City)
Southampton are creeping up quietly and won 3-2 at Newcastle, despite Llorente putting the home side ahead and having Fofana injured early on. Boniface, Molina and Kulusevski scored before Santos’s late consolation, but had Matinelli sent off right on full time.
MOM : Kroos (Newcastle)
Tottenham went down at home to the form team Man Utd, going 2-0 down inside 20 minutes with United’s goals coming from Martinez and Adeyemi, then Bergwijn pulled one back but Gavi restored the lead. Tadic scored to give United a nervous last 10 minutes but they held on to keep up the pace at the top
MOM : Asprilla (Man U)
Team of the Week : De Gea (Everton), Vestegaard (Cardiff), Marquinos (Man C),Starfelt (Blackburn),Rensch (Man C), Pasalic (Palace), Llorente (Newcastle), Martinelli (Southampton),Asprilla (Man U), Kane (Man C), Martinez (Villa)
POTW: Palace winning 1-0 v Chelsea
Shocker: Leeds home defeat against Everton
Prem r21
After a poor run Barnsley bounced back to life with a 3-0 victory at home to Palace, Edgar starting things off and cult hero Mitoma doubling the lead before Maddison rounded it off with a third.
MOM : Maddison (Barnsley)
Spurs bounced back from their home defeat to Man U with a clinical 3-0 win at Burnley, Kokcu, Hojlund and Tadic with the goals for them to keep pace with the top of the table
MOM : Hincapie (Spurs)
Chelsea and Newcastle shared 4 goals at Stamford Bridge, the Magpies surging into an early 2-0 lead through Kroos and de Tomas, and then after Vinicius Jr’s missed pen Firmino and the Vinicius levelled in the second half
MOM : De Bruyne (Chelsea)
Everton continued their astonishing run of results, following up last week's away win at Leeds with another 1-0 win, at home to Blackburn with Carrasco netting.
MOM: Tanganga (Everton)
Leeds themselves came back punching and just pipped Arsenal at home in a battle of the bruisers. Spinazzola and Fekir put them 2-0 up before Olise and Saka levelled only for Osimhen to grab all 3 points for Leeds.
MOM : Fekir (Leeds)
Liverpool had to wait until the 78th minute for Mudryk to seal the win over Aston Villa at home 1-0, keeping up the pressure on the top teams
MOM : Mudryk (Liverpool)
Man U were held by Southampton to a 0-0 draw at Old Trafford, Saints losing Fofana through injury in the second half but holding on for a point
MOM : Le Normand (Southampton)
Man City continued their fine form with a 1-0 win at Sheffield Wednesday, Rensch with the only goal in the first half
MOM : Rensch (Man C)
Watford were on fire at Vicarage Road and got a much needed win against Leicester, i9n a frantic first half Foxes keeper Areola was sent off and the Hornets were 3-1 up at half time, Embolo Sarr and Louza scoring with Dolberg replying. Toye and Hall scored to make it 5 on the day for Watford, and the best player on the pitch Dolberg scored again in vain as Leicester went down 5-2.
MOM : Dolberg (Leicester)
Cardiff plundered a victory at West Ham, who themselves have been slipping into the danger zone. West Ham thought Isco’s second half strike had given them some breathing space. 2 goals, from Harris and Bah, in the last 10 minutes saw the Bluebirds come away with all 3 points
MOM : Harris (Cardiff)
TOTW: Courtois(Blackburn), Reinildo (Burnley),Todibo (Villa), Hincapie (Spurs),Le Normand (Southampton),Sequeira (Leicester) , Moscardo (Man U), Maddison(Barnsley), Fekir (Leeds),Fernandes (West Ham), Tadic (Spurs), Dolberg (Leicester)
SOTW: West Ham thought they were there but 10 minutes at the end and they were undone 2-1 by Cardiff
Prem r22
Villa and Everton put on a 6 goal thriller at Villa Road. Martinez put the home side ahead, then a Depay brace gave Everton the lead. Everton are the team that conquers logic though, and despite Burn’s sending off they scored again through Carrasco to put them 3-1 which was how it stayed until with 5 minutes left Correa equalised and them Hermoso snatched a point at the death
MOM: Depay (Everton)
Blackburn are purring again and this time Arsenal were defeated 3-1 at Ewood Park. Grealish’s early goal for Rovers was cancelled out by Hickey, and Rodri and Starfelt added goals for Blackburn to win 3-1
MOM : Starfelt (Blackburn)
Man United soared to the top of the table with an efficient 2-0 win over Burnley away- goal in each half from Phillips and Nacho saw them home.
MOM: Martinez(Man U)
Cardiff hosted Sheffield Wednesday who were happy to equalise with a late strike from Hogan after Zapata had opened the scoring for Cardiff. 1-1 was less than either side wanted.
MOM : Hogan (S Weds)
Liverpool are starting to look like contenders and won at Crystal Palace 2-1, Rashford and Mahrez scoring their goals and Dike the Palace scorer
MOM : Dike (Palace)
Leicester got an important win at home to West Ham, who really are starting to get dragged into a relegation battle. Elanga scored the only goal to give them a 1-0 win and Areola saved everything that came at him
MOM: Areola (Leicester)
Man City scored 6 at home this time against Leeds, who went ahead through Berardi but lost Lenglet through injury. Goals from Rovella (2), Hane, Rensch, Vlahovic and Marquinhos put them 6-1 up before Fekir pulled one back. Leeds also had Kostic sent off in the second half.
MOM: Rovella (Man C)
Newcastle piled the misery back on Barnsley with a De Tomas penalty in the first half the only goal of the game.
MOM : Acuna ( Newcastle)
Chelsea grabbed a big win at Southampton, Vinivcius Jr scoring the only goal in the first half
MOM : Lamptey (Chelsea)
Watford spoiled the party at White Hart Lane, first going ahead through Embolo, and then after Hojlund’s miss from the spot Spurs thought they had won it with goals from Perisic and Tomiyasu. With 14 minutes left Hall and then Neuhaus shocked the home fans to give Watford another impressive victory, 3-2
MOM: Perisic (Spurs)
TOTW: Areola (Leicester),Starfelt (Blackburn),Martinez (Man U), Tomiyasu(Spurs), Hummels (Liverpool),Phillips (Man U),Kante (Leicester), Depay(Everton), Rovella (Man C), Hogan (Sheff Weds), Dike (Palace)
POTW: Watford winning at Spurs
SOTW: Same game, Spurs throwing away a lead to lose 3-2 at home. Not title contending form
Prem r23
Aston Villa got a fantastic result away at Arsenal, beating them 2-1 courtesy of star striker’s Gabriel Jesus’s brace, a goal in each half. The Gunners dominated but Villa defended well and Jesus has now netted 17 for the season. Reece James had equalised for Arsenal to make it 1-1 at half time but Jesus hit the winner and Villa held on
MOM: Gabriel Jesus (Aston Villa)
Barnsley faced in-form Southampton at Oakwell and the Saints were marching again, winning 2-0 against the run of play. Barnsley dominated but goals from Martinelli and Boniface gave Southampton all 3 points and moves them up to 6th.
MOM : Le Normand(Southampton)
Blackburn Rovers have shown some form of late and this time the champions were visiting. Jack Grealish sent the home fans wild when he scored for Rovers, but Marquinhos and Vlahovic put City in front until on the stroke of half time Grealish put Cresswell in for the home team's equaliser. Son performed the heroics in the second half, scoring on 75 to take all 3 points and put a stick in the wheels of the City juggernaut.
MOM: Jack Grealish (Blackburn)
Everton have been on fire lately and hosted Palace at Goodison - Marcao put them in front in the first half but Eze equalised with just 6 minutes left to share the points. Everton have now only lost one in 6 and climbed above Barnsley with another point, which takes them one behind Palace in 14th.
MOM: Marcao (Everton)
Leeds came out looking like they had been given a rocket by boss Tim Davey and Spinazzola opened the scoring in the first half, followed by Berardi in the second half who made it 2-0. Caicedo and Cuadrado’s goals were sandwiched by Zapata’s Cardiff consolation, but Leeds were strong and good value for the win and narrow the gap to 2 points at the top.
MOM: Spinazzola (Leeds)
Liverpool came from behind to win after De Tomas had put Newcastle ahead at Anfield. Mahrez was sent off for the Reds before de Jong, and man of the match Halifa scored to take all 3 points and get Anfield rocking. Liverpool slither on up to 3rd with 3 wins on the trot, and now look like real title contenders. Newcastle drop to 11th with just one win in the last 6 and the manager’s position is surely in doubt.
MOM: Halifa (Liverpool)
Battle of the big boys at Old Trafford as Man U took on Chelsea. This was an entertaining goalless draw as the two sides cancelled each other out, with new signing Trevor Chalobah man of the match in the Chelsea defence
MOM : Chalobah (Chelsea)
Another point for Sheffield Wednesday at home to Leicester as they drew 1-1. Dunk equalised for the Foxes after Hogan had put the Owls ahead, Wednesday were the better side and deserved more, but Areola again looked strong in goal and the Leicester defence held firm. Wednesday remain 7 points off at the bottom of the table, but have only lost 2 in 6 which is the form that will get them closer to West Ham, Watford and Burnley who at the moment are battling to avoid the other 2 relegation spots.
MOM: Danilo (Sheff Weds)
In the epitome of a ‘6 pointer’ at the bottom, Watford hosted Burnley and the away side came away with the points, their class showing through as Coufal and Guedes gave them a 2-0 victory. 1 point separates them from Watford and West Ham and they will be looking to climb the table from here.
MOM : Guedes (Burnley)
West Ham v Spurs was a dire London derby, both slides set up not to lose, after a series of disappointing results for both. For West Ham the draw ended a run of 4 straight defeats but still leaves them in the mire and Spurs cling on to 5th despite being very Spursy of late.
MOM: Toloi ( West Ham)
Sa (Southampton),Todibo (Villa),Cucurella (Burnley), Spinazzola (Leeds), Chalobah (Chelsea), Fernandez (Southampton), Sane(Blackburn),Chuckwueze (Leeds), Halifa (Liverpool), Guedes (Burnley), Jesus (Villa)
POTW: Blackburn’s home win v Man City was a cracking result for Tony Ayre’s men
SOTW: West Ham v Tottenham was a yawn fest, with Spurs not even registering a shot on goal
15 games left and Man United sit on top, with Leeds, Liverpool and Man City chasing hard.2 points separate Tottenham in 5th and Arsenal in 9th which is clearly the main interest, and at the foot Sheffield Wednesday are trying to scrape up points after a shocking start, with West Ham, Watford and Burnley all struggling and Everton rising. A lot of football still to play, and the contest is wide open at both ends.