EPL 2017-18 REPLAY

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WEEK 2
8/20/17

HUDDERSFIELD 1 - 2 NEWCASTLE UNITED

HUDDERSFIELD (TR 3; DEF 3) vs NEWCASTLE (TR 2; DEF 2)

Huddersfield, who opened with a win on the road las week against Crystal Palace, were looking for three more points against Newcastle in Huddersfield home opener. Newcastle and specifically Ayoze Perez and Dwight Gayle, had other ideas. Huddersfield dominated play in the first half but found themselves trailing, 1-0 going to the locker room. At 45+3 Ayoze Perez beat Jonas Lossl after taking a pass from Gayle to give Newcastle a 1-Nil lead.

The 53’ the duo hit yet again. Perez again Lossl with an assist from Gayle for a 2-nil Newcastle lead. Huddersfield was againg dominating play and finally scored a goal in the 77’ Tommy Smith beat Karl Darlow to cut the lead in half, 2-1/ Hudersfield woud get no closer.

In somewhat of a surprise move Darlow started in goal instead of Bob Elliot, who was in goal for Newcastle in their season opener. Darlow performed well, stopping three of the for SOG from Huddersfield.
HUDDERSFIELD STATISTICS NEWCASTLE
12 SHOTS 7
4 SHOTS ON GOALS 3
1 GOALS 2
0 ASSISTS 2
6 FOULS COMMITTED 8
8 FOULS SUFFERED 6
0 RED CARDS 0
1 YELLOW CARDS 1
7 CORNER KICKS 1
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKE 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
0 OFFSIDES 0

SCORING

• HUDDERSFIELD

  • Smith 77’

• NEW CASTLE

  • Perez 45+3 (Gayle)
  • Perez 53’ (Gayle)

NEXT MATCH: Tottenham (1-0-0) vs Chelsea (1-0-0)

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WEEK 2
8/20/17

TOTTENHAM 2 - 1 CHELSEA

TOTTENHAM (TR 4; DEF 4) vs CHELSEA (TR 3; DEF 3)

Both team won in week one. Tottenham expected to win this one, and they did, but, not the way expected. Under the category “it’s better to be lucky than good”, Tottenham was very lucky. Chelsea scored two OWN GOALS, TWO. One by Marcos Alonso at 41’, and then, in almost an exact replay, Willian did it at the 74’.

How fortunate was Tottenham, they had two Red Cards against them. In the 8’ Moussa Dembele was Red Carded; At the 66’ mark Moussa Sissoko was Red carded. Given Tottenham was two men down, they were, indeed, lucky to win the match.

Chelsea did score one goal for themselves . Willian hit at the 70’ mark.

Tottenham had six Shots On Goal and Thibaut Courtois stopped all six.
TOTTENHAM STATISTICS CHELSEA
8 SHOTS 5
6 SHOTS ON GOAL 1
0 GOALS 1
0 ASSISTS 1
4 FOULS COMMITTED 7
7 FOULS SUFFERED 4
2 RED CARDS 0
1 YELLOW CARDS 0
2 CORNER KICKS 0
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
0 OFFSIDES 3
0 OWN GOALS 2

SCORING

• TOTTENHAM- two goals scored by opposing team

• CHELSEA
  -Willian 70’ (Alonso)

NEXT MATCH: Stoke City (0-0-1) vs Arsenal (1-0-0)

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WEEK 2
8/20/17

STOKE CITY 2 - 2 ARSENAL

STOKE CiTY - (TR 2; DEF 2) vs Arsenal (TR 2; DEF 2)

Stoke City was trying to earn their first points of the season and Arsenal was trying to stay in the win column for the second straight week. The two teams played to a 2-2 tie. Arsenal was fortunate to earn the tie as they played a man down from the 21’ when Henrikh Mkhitaryan was hit with a Red Card.

Jean-Eric Choupo-Moting gave Stoke City a 1 - Nil lead at the 11’ mark with an assist from Erik Pieters. when Mkhitaryan was Red Carded in the 21’ Stoke City fans had hopes for a three point day, but, it did not materialize.

Danny Welbeck tied the score in the 27’ with an assist from Aaron Ramsey.

Ramsey gave Arsenal a 2-1 lead with an unassisted goal in the 60’. A Trap was attempted by Stoke City, but, it failed and the no flag went up as Ramsey beat Jack Butland.

Just one minute later Kurt Zouma scored the tying goal assisted by Peter Crouch. The game ended in a 2-2 tie.
STOKE CITY STATISTICS ARSENAL
10 SHOTS 3
5 SHOTS ON GOAL 2
2 GOALS 2
2 ASSISTS 1
6 FOULS COMMITTED 2
2 FOULS SUFFERED 6
0 RED CARDS 1
0 YELLOW CARDS 0
1 CORNER KICKS 2
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
1 OFFSIDES 0

SCORING

• STOKE CITY
  Choupo-Moting 11’ (Pieters)
  Zouma 61’ (Crouch)

• ARSENAL
  Welbeck 27’ (Ramsey)
  Ramsey 60’

NEXT MATCH: Manchester City (1-0-0) vs Everton (1-0-0)

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WEEK 2
8/21/17

MANCHESTER CITY 1 - 1 EVERTON

MANCHESTER CITY (TR 5; DEF 4) vs EVERTON (TR 2; DEF 2)

One play made the difference between Everton getting no points fo the week and getting one point by earning a surprising 1-1 tie with Man C. For Man C this was a highly disappointing game. They fully expected three points.

THE PLAY - Manchester City attempted a trap, and it failed miserably. Morgan Schneiderlin perfectly timed the play as Dominic Calvert-Lewin perfectly timed and placed pass led to a 1-0 Everton lead.

Manchester City had seven shots on goal, but, Everton Goalee, Jordan Pickford, stopped all but one frustrating Man C as the game wore on.

Each team now has four points at the end of week two.
MANCHESTER C STATISTICS EVERTON
9 SHOTS 5
7 SHOTS ON GOAL 3
1 GOALS 1
1 ASSISTS 1
5 FOULS COMMITTED 3
2 FOULS SUFFERED 5
0 RED CARDS 0
2 YELLOW CARDS 0
2 CORNER KICKS 4
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
0 OFFSIDES 1

SCORING

• MAN C
  Sane 49’ (De Bruyne)

• EVERTON
  Schneiderlin 24’ (Calvert-Lewin)

WEEK 3 STARTS

NEXT MATCH: Bournemouth (0-0-2) vs Manchester City (1-1-0)

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SHORT FORM TABLE

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Southhampton	2	2	0	0	4	1	3	6
2	“Tottenham Hotspur”	2	2	0	0	4	2	2	6
3	Everton	2	1	1	0	4	1	3	4
4	“Manchester City”	2	1	1	0	3	1	2	4
5	Arsenal	2	1	1	0	4	3	1	4
6	“West Bromwich Albion”	2	1	1	0	3	2	1	4
7	Liverpool	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	4
8	Swansea	2	1	0	1	3	1	2	3
9	Huddersfield	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
10	“Newcastle United”	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
11	“West Ham”	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
12	Chelsea	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
13	Watford	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
14	Burnley	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1	1
15	“Crystal Palace”	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1	1
16	“Leicester City”	2	0	1	1	1	2	-1	1
17	“Brighton & Hove Albion”	2	0	1	1	0	2	-2	1
18	“Stoke City”	2	0	1	1	2	5	-3	1
19	Bournemouth	2	0	0	2	0	2	-2	0
20	“Manchester United”	2	0	0	2	0	5	-5	0

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LONG FORM TABLE:

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Southhampton	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	3	6
2	“Tottenham Hotspur”	2	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	2	6
3	Everton	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	4
4	“Manchester City”	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	4
5	Arsenal	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	4
6	“West Bromwich Albion”	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	4
7	Liverpool	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	4
8	Swansea	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	3
9	Huddersfield	2	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	3
10	“Newcastle United”	2	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	3
11	“West Ham”	2	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	3
12	Chelsea	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	3
13	Watford	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	3
14	Burnley	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	-1	1
15	“Crystal Palace”	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	1	-1	1
16	“Leicester City”	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	1
17	“Brighton & Hove Albion”	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	-2	1
18	“Stoke City”	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	3	-3	1
19	Bournemouth	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	-2	0
20	“Manchester United”	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	-5	0

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WEEK 3
8/26/17

BOURNEMOUTH 1 - 3 MANCHESTER CITY

BOURNEMOUTH (TR3; DEF 2) vs MANCHESTER CITY (TR 5; DEF 4)

Manchester City, (2-1-0), had Rasheem Sterling in the lineup today after missing Week Two’s match due to a Red Card in Week 1. He was no real factor but his presence did seem to invigorate his mates as they win handily, 3-1. Kyle Walker got the Man C off to a quick start with a goal in the 7’ with an assist from David Silva.

Adam Smith gave Manchester Cuty fans a few gray hairs when he tied the game at 1-1 with an assist from Joshua King at the 37’. After that, the game belonged to Manchester City.

Sergia Aguero put Man C on top in the 54’ with an unassisted goal, then in the 73’Danilo scored to ice the match; Leroy assisted.

Bournemouth are still looking for the first points of the season as they currently stand 0-0-3. Smith’s goal is the only goal of the season for Bournemouth.
BOURNEMOUTH STATISTICS MANCHESTER CITY
4 SHOTS 9
2 SHOTS ON GOAL 6
1 GOALS 3
1 ASSISTS 2
3 FOULS COMMITTED 3
3 FOULS SUFFERED 3
0 RED CARDS 0
0 YELLOW CARDS 0
1 CORNER KICKS 1
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTHY KICKS MADE 0
0 OFFSIDES 3

SCORING

• BOURNEMOUTH

  • Adams (37’ (King)

• MANCHESTER CITY

  • Walker 7’ (Silva)
  • Aguero 54’
  • Danilo 77’ (Sane

NEXT MATCH: Chelsea (1-0-1) vs Everton (1-1-0)

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WEEK 3
8/26/17

CHELSEA 4 - 2 EVERTON

CHELSEA (TR 4; DEF 4) vs EVERTON (TR 2; DEF 2)

Chelsea came into the match as the favorite and they lived up to the bill with a 4-2 win, but, Everton played them tougher than expected, expecially in the first half. Willian scored fir Chelsea in the 9’ with an assist from Alvaro Morata. It was Willian’s second goal of this young season.

Calvert-Lewin tied the match with an unassisted goal in the 25’.

Marcos Alonso gave Chelsea a 2-1 lead with a goal in the 35’ with an assist from Cesar Azilpcueta. Eveton fought back hard and in the 41’ Idrissa Gueye was awarded a Penalty Kick and made good on it to tie the game at 2-2.

Not to be outdone Chelsea’s Eben Hazard scored on a Penalty Kick of his own in the 43’ and Chelsea went into the locker room with a 3-2 lead. After the Hazard goal Everton seemed to falter.

At 90+1 Morata scored Chelsea’s 4th goal; it was unassisted as Chelsea wins it, 4-2.
CHELSEA STATISTICS EVERTON
6 SHOTS 7
6 SHOTS ON GOAL 3
3 GOALS 1
1 ASSISTS 0
7 FOULS COMMITTED 4
4 FOULS SUFFERED 7
0 RED CARDS 0
1 YELLOW CARDS 0
3 CORNER KICKS 3
0 GOALS OFF CK 0
1 PENALTY KICKS 1
1 PENALTY KICKS MADE 1
2 OFFSIDES 1

SCORING

• CHELSEA

  • Willian 9’ (Morata)
  • Alonso 35’ (Azpilicueta)
  • Hazard 43’ PENALTY KICK
  • Morata 90+1

• EVERTON

• Calvert 25’

• Gueye 41’ PENALTY KICK

NEXT MATCH: Crystal Palace (0-1-1) vs Swansea City (1-0-1)

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WEEK 3
8/26/17

CRYSTAL PALACE 0 - 0 SWANSEA CITY

CRYSTAL PALACE (TR 3; DEF 3) vs SWANSEA CITY (TR 2; DEF 2)

Crystal Palace, (0-2-1), fresh off last weeks 1-1 tie with Liverpool, were hoping to win their first match of the season. Swansea, (1-1-1), having surprised Manchester with a 3-nil last week, were hoping to add three more points. Neither team accomplished their goal becasue, wee, there were no goals as this match ended a 0-0.

Crystal Palace dominated play and managed 12 shots with four on goal but, Swansea Goalie, Lukasz Fabianski, turned away all four shots on goal. Crystal Palace managed 8 shots with 3 on gioal, but, Wayne Hennessey, like Fabianski, turned away all three.

So, each team managed to eek out one point.
CRYSTAL PALACE STATISTICS SWANSEA
12 SHOTS 8
4 SHOTS ON GOAL 3
0 GOALS 0
0 ASSISTS 0
4 FOULS COMMITTED 5
5 FOULS SUFFERED 4
0 RED CARDS 0
1 YELLOW CARDS 1
4 CORNER KICKS 4
0 GOALS OFF CK 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
0 OFFSIDES 0

SCORING - NONE

NEXT MATCH: Huddersfield (1-0-1) vs Southampton (2-0-0)

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WEEK 3
8/26/17

HUDDERSFEILD Nil - 1 SOUTHAMPTON

HUDDERSFIRLD (TR 3; DEF 3) vs SOUTHAMPTON (TR 2; DEF 2)

Southampton looked to remain unbeaten as they invaded Kirklees Stadium, home of Huddersfield. Southampton did just that as they edged the home town heros, 1-Nil. The goal was scored on a SP; the ball was stolen deep in Southampton’s territory and eventually found it’s way to the foot of Nathan Redmond who beat Jonas Lossl in the 51’. Dusan Tadic gave Redmond a perfect pass.

Soouthampton made it tough on themselves when Tadic was Red Carded in the 83’. Still, Southampton hung on for the hard-fought win. Losing Tadic for Southampton’s next match will make it more difficult for them to remain undefeated.

Huddersfield had one last chance to tie the game in the 88’. Tom Ince was awarded a Penalty Kick - and missed. That ened the hpes of the 24,121 Huddersfield fans.
HUDDERSFIELD STATISTICS SOUTHAMPTON
7 SHOTS 4
1 SHOTS ON GOAL 1
0 GOALS 1
0 ASSISTS 1
5 FOULS COMMITTED 10
10 FOULS SUFFERED 5
0 RED CARD 1
0 YELLOW CARDS 1
0 CORNER KICKS 2
0 GOALS OFF CK 0
1 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
1 OFFSIDES 0

SCORING

• SOUTHAMPTON
  • Redmond 51’ (Tadic)

NEXT MATCH: NEWCASTLE UNITED (1-0-1) vs WEST HAM UNITED (1-0-1)

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A two day business trip will shelve this until Tuesday or Wednesday. Then, back to the pitch.
Jim

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WEEK 3
8/26/17

NEWCASTLE UNITED 2 - 2 WEST HAM UNITED

NEWCASTLE (TR 3; DEF 4) vs WEST HAM (TR 2; DEF 1)

Newcastle had an expectation of winning this match, but, it did not materialize as the two teams played to 2-2 draw. West Ham shocked Newcastle with a goal by Manuel Lanzini at 2’ on a SP Steal. Still, Newcastle felt confident.

At 25’ Ayoze Perez scored his 3rd goal of the season to tie the match at 1-1. Matt Ritchie was awarded the assist. Perez delivered his EPL leading 4th goal of the season at 35’ and Newcastle now held a 2-1 lead. Christian Atsu assisted on the goal. Then, disaster. Jamaal Lascelles was Red Carded at the 45’ mark. Newcastle was forced to play shorthanded for four minutes stoppage time in the first half and all second half.

Newcastle toughed it out and was hanging on to their 2-1 lead until Michail Antonio, who was all over the pith all game, scored the tying goal at the 75’ mark. That capped the scoring for the day.
NEWCASTLE STATISTICS WEST HAM
7 SHOTS 6
4 SHOTS ON GOAL 4
2 GOALS 2
2 ASSISTS 0
7 FOULS COMMITTED 7
7 FOULS SUFFERED 7
1 RED CARDS 0
1 YELLOW CARDS 1
1 CORNER KICKS 2
0 GOALS OFF CK 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
0 OFFSIDES 3
1 HANDBALLS 0

SCORING

• NEWCASTLE

  • Perez 25’,35’

• WEST HAM

  • Lanzini 2’
  • Antonio 75’

NEXT MATCH: Tottenham (2-0-0) vs Burnley (0-1-1)

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WEEK 3
8/26/17

TOTTENHAM 0 - 0 BURNLEY

TOTTENHAM (TR 4; DEF 3) vs BURNLEY (TR 3; DEF 3)

Tottenham and Burnley each played a lackluster game and it was reflected in the score - no goals were scored. Tottenham did have two player ineligible due to ed Cards from their last match Mousa Dembele and Moussa Sissoko. Jack Cork was ineligible for Burnley due to a Red Card in his last match. This was a loss for Burnley.

Hugo Lloris stopped all five Shots On Goal thrown at him.
TOTTENHAM STATISTICS BURNLEY
6 SHOTS 6
1 SHOTS ON GOAL 5
0 GOALS 0
0 ASSISTS 0
7 FOULS COMMITTED 9
9 FOULS SUFFERED 7
0 RED CARDS 0
1 YELLOW CARDS 2
2 CORNER KICKS 1
0 GOALS OFF CK 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 1
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0

SCORING: NONE

NEXT MATCH: Watford (1-0-1) vs Brighton (0-1-1)

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WEEK 3
8/26/17

WATFORD Nil - 1 BRIGHTON

WATFORD (TR 3; DEF 2) vs BRIGHTON (TR 2; DEF 2)

Brighton surprised Watford and played the part of the rude guest as Brighton defeats Watford, 1-Nil. This was an especially satifying victory for Brighton because two of their player, Solly March and Jose Izquierdo were ineligible due to Red Cards the previuos match.

The only goal of the match came at the 45’ mark when Brighton stole a ball and managed to get it to Pasal Gross in the Penalty area. Gross beat Heurelho Gomes for the only goal of the match.

Watford’s record now stands at 1-0-2 while Brighton is now at 1-1-1.
WATFORD STATISTICS BRIGHTON
5 SHOTS 7
1 SHOTS ON GOAL 2
0 GOALS 1
0 ASSISTS 0
8 FOULS COMMITTED 6
6 FOULS SUFFERED 8
0 RED CARDS 0
0 YELLOW CARDS 1
4 CORNER KICKS 4
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0

SCORING

• Brighton
• Gross 45’

NEXT MATCH Manchester Unite(0-0-2) vs Leicester City (0-1-1)

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WEEK 3
8/26/17

MANCHESTER UNITED 2 - 1 LEICESTER CUTY

MANCHESTER U (TR 5; DEF 5) vs LEICESTER C (TR 2 DEF 1)

No one expected Manchester U to start the season 0-2 with no goals. Today, Man U earned their first points of the season with a win over Leicester City, 2-1. While the score was close, the game was not and Manchester dominated play, continuing winning loose balls and dominating the field of play. It was a credit to leicester that they hung in to make it a match.

Manchester scored their first goal of the season. It came in the 17’ off the foot of Alexis Sanchez with an assist from Luis Valencia. Their second goal came in the 43’. It was scored by Juan Mata with an assist by Paul Pogba.

In the 51’ Wes Morgan scored for Leicester, amking the Man U extremely nevous, but, that was all Leicester could muster.
MANCHESTER U STATISTICS LEICESTER C
10 SHOTS 5
7 SHOTS ON GOAL 3
2 GOALS 1
2 ASSISTS 0
5 FOULS COMMITTED 9
9 FOULS SUFFERED 5
0 RED CARDS 0
0 YELLOW CARDS 1
2 CORNER KICKS 2
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
3 PENALTY KICKS 0
PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
OFFSIDES 1

SCORING

• MANCHESTER U

  • Sanchez 17’ (Valencia)
  • Mata (43’ (Pogba)

• LEICESTER C

  • Morgan 55’

NEXT MATCH: West Bromwich (1-1-0) vs Stoke City (0-1-1)

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WEEK 3
8/27/17

WEST BROMWICH 3 - 3 STOKE CITY

WEST BROMWICH (TR 2; DEF 2) vs STOKE CITY (TR 2; DEF 1)

Stoke City either played wonderfully to a 3-3 draw OR West Bromwich failed to win a game they should have won. Either way it was a wild game with the final two goals being scored within three minute of each other.

At the half Stoke City had a 2-nil lead on the strength of a goal by Kurt Zouma, (Ryan Shawcross), at 22’ and a goal by Eherdan Saqiri, (Shawcross) at 38’.

Things started to unravel for Stoke in the second half. At 57’ Stoke City’s Mame Diouf headed a ball into his own goal, and suddenly the Stoke lead was cut to 2-1. At 67’ Jay Rodriguez scored for West Bromwich on a Corner Kick with an assist from Matt Phillips. It was now, 2-2.

Stoke rallied, however. Ryan Shawcross scored at 82’ and Stoke City regained the lead, 3-2. Their euphoria was short-lived. Phillips scored just three minutes to knot the score at 3-3; that was the final.

Stoke City’s Erik Pieters, was Red Carded at 58’. West Bromwich was a man up for 34’. While they scored three times in the 2nd half to earn a tie, they could have won this match.
WEST BROMWICH STATISTICS STOKE CITY
6 SHOTS 7
3 SHOTS ON GOAL 5
3 GOALS 3
2 ASSISTS 2
7 FOULS COMMITTED 6
6 FOULS SUFFERED 7
0 RED CARDS 1
1 YELLOW CARDS 0
1 CORNER KICKS 1
1 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
0 OWN GOALS 1

SCORING

• W BROMWICH

  • Rodriguez 67’ (Phillips)
  • Phillips 85’

• STOKE CITY

  • Zouma 22’ (Shawcross)
  • Saaqiri 38’ (Shawcross)
  • Shawcross 82’
  • Diouf 57’ OWN GOAL

NEXT MATCH: Liverpool (1-1-0) vs Arsenal (1-1-0)

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WEEK 3
8/27/17

LIVERPOOL 2 - 3 ARSENAL

LIVERPOOL (TR 4; DEF 4) vs ARSENAL (TR 2; DEF 2)

The final match of Week 3 saw Arsenal ride a strong first half, when ther scored three goals, to a 3-2 win against favored Liverpool. Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored at the 4’ with an assisted by Ignacio Monreal.

Liverpool’s Roberto-Firmino tied the match at 21’ with a great pass from Mohamed Salah. The ie lasted just three minutes when Arsenal retook the lead, 2-1, when Alexandre Lacazette beat Loris Karius, assisted by Salah. Arsenal then scored their third goal at 29’ Alex Iwobi, assisted by Aaron Ramsey, for a 3-1 Arsenal lead. Arsenal had 11 SOG in the first half.

Liverpool pulled to within a goal at the 49’ mark on aCorner Kick Header by Emre Can. Liverpool started to show some dominance until Salah went down with an injury at 59’. Liverpool’s fate was sealed when Can received a second Yellow Card at 88’.

Salah is not expected to miss the next match

LIVERPOOL STATISTICS ARSENAL
9 SHOTS 15
6 SHOTS ON GOAL 6
2 GOALS 3
2 ASSISTS 3
4 FOULS COMMITTED 3
3 FOULS SUFFERED 4
1 RED CARDS 0
0 YELLOW CARDS 1
4 CORNER KICKS 7
1 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
0 OFFSIDES 2

SCORING

• LIVERPOOL

  • Roberto-Firmino 21’ (Salah)
  • Can 49’ (Salah)

• ARESENAL

  • Mkhitaryan 4’ (Monreal)
  • Lacazette 24’ (Mkhitaryan
  • Iwodi 29’ (Ramsey)

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TABLE START OF WEEK 4

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Southhampton	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	4	1	4	9
2	“Manchester City”	3	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	5	1	4	7
3	Arsenal	3	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	5	4	2	7
4	“Tottenham Hotspur”	3	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	2	7
5	Chelsea	3	2	0	0	5	2	0	0	1	1	2	2	6
6	“West Bromwich Albion”	3	1	1	0	4	3	0	1	0	2	2	1	5
7	Swansea	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	4
8	Everton	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	3	5	1	4
9	“Newcastle United”	3	0	1	1	3	4	1	0	0	2	1	0	4
10	“West Ham”	3	0	0	1	1	3	1	1	0	4	2	0	4
11	Liverpool	3	0	1	1	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	4
12	“Brighton & Hove Albion”	3	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	-1	4
13	Huddersfield	3	0	0	2	1	3	1	0	0	2	1	-1	3
14	Watford	3	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	-1	3
15	“Manchester United”	3	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	3	-4	3
16	Burnley	3	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	-1	2
17	“Crystal Palace”	3	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	1	-1	2
18	“Stoke City”	3	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	1	3	6	-3	2
19	“Leicester City”	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	-2	1
20	Bournemouth	3	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	1	0	1	-4	0

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WEEK 4 FIXTURES
Saturday, 9 September 2017

Manchester City (2-1-0) v Liverpool (1-1-1)
Arsenal (2-1-0) v AFC Bournemouth (0-0-3)
Brighton (1-1-1) v West Bromwich Albion (1-2-0)
Everton (1-1-1) v Tottenham Hotspur (2-1-0)
Leicester City (0-1-2) v Chelsea (2-0-1)
Southampton (3-0-0) v Watford (1-0-2)
Stoke City (0-2-1) v Manchester United (1-0-2)
Sunday, 10 September 2017

Burnley (0-2-1) v Crystal Palace (0-2-1)
Swansea City (1-1-1) v Newcastle United (1-1-1)
Monday, 11 September 2017

West Ham United (1-2-0) v Huddersfield Town (1-0-2)

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WEEK 4
9/17/17

MANCHESTER CITY 3 - 2 LIVERPOOL

MANCHESTER CITY (TR 5; DE 4) vs LIVERPOOL (TR 3; DEF 3)

The game got off to a horrible start for ManC when Robero Firmino scored in the first minute. It got worse for the home team as 55,097 Man U fans were horrified when Liverpool went up 2-0 in the 22’ when Kevin DeBruyne headed a ball into his own goal. You could hear a pin drop at american Express Community Stadium. But Man U is a resilient team.

At 34’ DeBruyne went from goat to hero with a goal directly from the corner on a Corner Kick. Man C then tied the game at 43’ when Fernandinho tied the game with an assist from Leroy Sane.

It began to look like this match might endin a tie. Manchester C started to dominate about 3/4 of the way through the second half, and, in the 88th minute, it paid off when Raheem Sterling took a corner from DeBruyne and beat Loris Karius for a 3-2 Manchester City lead. That proved to be the final.

DeBruyne leads Man C with three goals.
MANCHESTER CITY STATISTICS LIVERPOOL
13 SHOTS 5
6 SHOTS ON GOAL 4
2 GOALS 1
2 ASSISTS 0
6 FOULS COMMITTED 6
6 FOULS SUFFERED 6
0 RED CARDS 0
1 YELLOW CARDS 1
3 CORNER KICKS 1
2 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
1 OFFSIDES 1

SCORING

• MANCHESTER C

  • DeBruyne 34’

  • Fernandinho 43’ (Sane)

  • Sterling 88’ (DeBruyne)

  • Debruyne 22’ OWN GOAL

• LIVERPOOL

  • Roberto Firmino 1’

NEXT MATCH: Arsenal (2-1-0) vs Bournemouth (0-0-3)