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.
