After 14 Matchdays in the English Premier League, the only team stopping Manchester City from opening a huge point gap on the rest of the division is Liverpool, and the Reds stayed close in a miraculous fashion at the weekend. There were other surprising results as well as Wolves continue their slump and Manchester United continued to struggle at home. Welcome to Premier League review this week. Cardiff City 2 vs. 1 Wolves Cardiff City and Wolves met for another match after their fiery encounter in the Championship last season, and the Welsh side had the last laugh. Wolves opened the scoring through a Matt Doherty goal, but Cardiff City rallied round in the second half to record their 3rd league win of the season. Manchester City 3 vs. 1 Bournemouth Courageous Bournemouth took the game to Manchester City in this Saturday lunch time encounter, but the Cityzens proved too strong for Eddie Howe’s men and secured all three points. The goals came from Bernado Silva, Raheem Sterling and Ilkay Gondugan after Callum Wilson had equalized for the Cherries. Leicester City 2 vs. 0 Watford Watford continued their poor form when they face Leicester City in this game. The Hornets went down to two first half goals from Jamie Vardy and James Maddison. They were so frustrated that they even had a man sent off in the 90th minute. Crystal Palace 2 vs. 0 Burnley Palace kept their recent good form intact as they followed up picking up a draw against Manchester United in their last game by beating out-of-form Burnley in this game. That was Palace’s 3rd win of the season and sent Burnley down to the 19th position with Liverpool up next for the Clarets. Newcastle 0 vs. 3 West Ham Newcastle had returned to form recently but they couldn’t keep up the good work they have done recently when West Ham came to town at the weekend. The Magpies fell to an 11th minute goal by Javier Hernandez and could not get back into this game, the Hammers finished them off with two more goals in the final half hour. Huddersfield 1 vs. 2 Brighton Huddersfield looked like they were on their way to yet another Premier League win when they took the lead in the very first minute in this game. However, Steve Mounie was shown a red card just after the half hour mark and the Seagulls took advantage of their man superiority and won the game. Southampton 2 vs. 2 Manchester United Manchester United continued to struggle as they could only manage a draw against a struggling Southampton side. The Red Devils were 2-0 behind inside the first 20 minutes, but they rallied round to equalize before the break. In the second half, they were back to their normal self with no desire to collect all the points. Chelsea 2 vs. 0 Fulham Chelsea recovered well from losing to Tottenham in their last league game to secure the win and inflict the first defeat of his reign on Claudio Ranieri. Goals from Pedro and Ruben Loftus-Cheek were enough to see off the Cottagers. Arsenal 4 vs. 2 Tottenham Arsenal emerged victors in this closely contested north London derby. The Gunners were first to score through Pierre Emerick Aubameyang, but they were soon behind as Tottenham turned the game on its head to get in the lead 2-1 at half time. Aaron Ramsey came off the bench to provide two assists for the Gunners to win the game 4-2. Liverpool 1 vs. 0 Everton Everton would feel hard done by after Liverpool left it late to secure a 1-0 win against them. The Toffees are now winless in their last 19 Merseyside derbies and would go into the New Year having never won at Anfield in 20 years. Divock Origi came off the bench to score the game’s winner after Jordan Pickford made a horrendous mistake from a Virgil van Dijk’s volley that seem to be going out of play. The Premier League resumes in midweek with some interesting fixtures, we would be back with the review of the next matchday. Cheers.

Chelsea, Manchester City and Liverpool maintained their unbeaten start to the season, but Manchester City showed again why it would be hard for any team to stop them. Newcastle also edged closer to getting relegated from the Premier League this season after yet another home loss. Here is our review for Matchday 9. Chelsea 2 vs. 2 Manchester United The Red Devils almost snatched all three points and end Chelsea’s unbeaten run in the league, however, Ross Barkley had other ideas as he slotted home a late leveller in the 96th minute for the Blues who had gone behind to two goals from Anthony Martial, despite having taken the lead through Antonio Rudiger. West Ham 0 vs. 2 Tottenham Tottenham scraped through to take all three points from their Saturday game against West Ham. The Hammers had started to put some good results together, but Tottenham ensured that they lost their last two games by the same scoreline. This would also boost Tottenham’s morale ahead of their Champions League clash with PSV later this week. Newcastle 0 vs. 1 Brighton Brighton earned their second consecutive 1-0 victory when they visited Saint James Park. That result ensured that the Magpies remain without a win this season despite coming close to securing one the last time out at Manchester United. Newcastle are now rooted at the foot of the table after collecting just two points from their opening 9 games of the season. Bournemouth 0 vs. 0 Southampton Bournemouth have scored the same number of goals as Liverpool this season, yet they failed to find the back of the net in this boring south coast derby. Southampton remain 16th on the league table after this result and their struggles in front of goal would start worrying their fans. Cardiff City 4 vs. 2 Fulham Fulham played some of the best-attacking football in the Championship last season and that helped them to gain promotion into the English top flight, however, they would need to defend better if they want to avoid relegation. Cardiff became the latest team to take advantage of Fulham’s defensive problems to secure their first win of the season and that helped them to move ahead of the Londoners who are now 18th on the league table with 25 goals conceded. Wolves 0 vs. 2 Watford Watford looked like they could win the Premier League when the season began, however, they suffered back to back defeats which has left them struggling to come up the table. But in this game, they turned on the style and did what Manchester City and Manchester United have failed to do this season, which is to beat Wolves. The Hornets are 7th on the league table now and their fans can continue dreaming of Europe. Manchester City 5 vs. 0 Burnley Manchester City are considered genuine title contenders to retain their crown this season and Pep Guardiola’s team showed why they are so highly rated. With the amount of men Burnley commit behind the ball, it is impressive for City to have netted 5 times, it would be interesting to see how long Liverpool can keep challenging them. Huddersfield 0 vs. 1 Liverpool Mohamed Salah was back among the goals as Liverpool got yet another win to keep pace with Manchester City. It was a beautifully worked goal that the Egyptian netted, but the Reds don’t seem to have discovered the form that saw them rip apart several teams last season. Everton 2 vs. 0 Crystal Palace Everton secured another impressive win here thanks to good substitutions from Marcos Silva. Their two goals were scored by Cenk Tosun and Dominic Calvert Lewin who had both been brought on by the Portuguese tactician in the second half. The Toffees are now 8th on the league table while the Eagles who missed a penalty before the Everton goals are now 15th on the league table. Arsenal 3 vs. 1 Leicester City Arsenal survived an early scare after Leicester City had gone ahead at the Emirates to win their 10th consecutive games in all competitions. Mesut Ozil had equalized just before the break, a second half double from Pierre Emerick Aubameyang helped the Gunners complete the comeback. They are now fourth on the league table, just 2 points behind league leaders Manchester City and Liverpool.