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Watford were unable to extend their 100 per cent start to the season, as Manchester United left Vicarage Road with a 2-1 win. Manchester United produced arguably their most complete performance of the season as they beat Watford 2-1 at Vicarage Road to end their hosts’ 100 per cent start to the campaign.
Barcelona sit two points clear at the top of the LaLiga table after Real Madrid were held by Athletic Bilbao. Real Madrid dropped points for the first time in LaLiga under Julen Lopetegui, Isco’s header salvaging a 1-1 draw at Athletic Bilbao. Iker Muniain bundled home from close range to give Athletic a first-half lead in a bad-tempered clash at San Mames on Saturday, while Unai Simon impressed in goal for the hosts.
DeAndre Yedlin’s late own goal ensured Maurizio Sarri’s perfect start to life in the Premier League continued as Chelsea beat Newcastle United 2-1 in a frantic and controversial finish. Chelsea had appeared to have adapted quickly to Sarri’s famously expansive style of play, winning their opening two league games after being well beaten by Manchester City in the Community Shield. However, they came up against a stubborn and well-organised defence at St James’ Park and struggled to break Newcastle down despite a dominance of possession that bordered on the ridiculous. The visitors were handed a huge boost 14 minutes from…
Goals from James Milner and Sadio Mane clinched a 2-0 victory at 10-man Crystal Palace as Liverpool maintained their 100 per cent record at the start of the new Premier League season. The visitors had won on their last three visits to Selhurst Park but struggled on this occasion to open up the determined Eagles, managed by former Liverpool and England boss Roy Hodgson, in Monday’s clash. However, Milner crucially converted from the penalty spot after a foul on Mohamed Salah at the end of the first half, with Mane’s breakaway goal wrapping up the points deep into stoppage time.…
Chelsea will spend next season playing in the Europa League, having finished fifth after a miserable 3-0 loss at Newcastle United. Chelsea produced an abject performance as they missed out on a place in next season’s Champions League by going down 3-0 at Newcastle United on Sunday. Antonio Conte’s side went into their final Premier League match of the season needing a win and a slip-up from Liverpool to book a place in the top four, but the deposed champions failed to keep up their end of the bargain. Liverpool’s 4-0 victory over Brighton and Hove Albion meant Chelsea would…
Arsene Wenger’s 828th and final Premier League match in charge of Arsenal ended in a 1-0 win over Huddersfield Town. Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal reign came to an end in winning fashion on Sunday as his side claimed a 1-0 victory over Huddersfield Town at John Smith’s Stadium. A first-half goal from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, his 10th in the Premier League since arriving from Borussia Dortmund, was enough to secure the Gunners’ first points away from home in 2018. It also allowed Wenger to celebrate victory in his 828th and final top-flight match in charge at the 54th different ground he has…
Liverpool wrapped up a second successive top-four finish in the Premier League with a comfortable victory at Anfield. Mohamed Salah created Premier League history as Liverpool wrapped up a top-four finish with a comfortable 4-0 win over Brighton and Hove Albion on Sunday. Salah fired the hosts in front during the first half at Anfield, the forward swivelling inside the penalty area to score his 32nd league goal and, in the process, set a new competition record for a 38-game season. Dejan Lovren headed in Liverpool’s second before the break, the defender converting Andrew Robertson’s left-wing cross. Salah then showed…
Manchester United beat Watford as Michael Carrick set up the only goal of the game to mark his final appearance at Old Trafford. Michael Carrick signed off his Premier League career by creating the only goal of the game as Manchester United beat Watford 1-0 on the final day of the season. Carrick, who will join United manager Jose Mourinho’s backroom team from next season, was handed the captain’s armband for his final game at Old Trafford and given a guard of honour as the teams emerged for kick-off. And it was the former England midfielder who made the decisive…
Tottenham will leave Wembley on the back on a memorable victory, with Harry Kane and Erik Lamela earning a 5-4 win over Leicester City. Harry Kane and Erik Lamela each scored twice as Tottenham beat Leicester City 5-4 to sign off from their stay at Wembley with a pulsating end-of-season Premier League classic. England striker Kane cancelled out Jamie Vardy’s early opener, but goals from Riyad Mahrez and Kelechi Iheanacho had the Foxes 3-1 ahead two minutes after the break. Lamela inspired the fightback by twice finishing from Kyle Walker-Peters assists, and it was the Argentine’s strike that forced an…
Huddersfield Town secured their place in the Premier League next season with a 1-1 draw at Chelsea. Marcos Alonso’s fortunate goal helped Chelsea come from behind to claim a 1-1 draw at home to Huddersfield Town as the Terriers secured Premier League survival at the likely expense of Swansea City. Chelsea’s hopes of Champions League qualification required Antonio Conte’s men to record a fifth straight league victory, but their chances of finishing in the top four now appear slim after Huddersfield clung on late to ensure their top-flight status. Willy Caballero deputised for the injured Thibaut Courtois and the reserve…
Arsenal, who had Konstantinos Mavropanos sent off early on, suffered a seventh straight away defeat in the league against Leicester City. Arsenal’s torrid away form continued as Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez led Leicester City to a 3-1 win over the 10-man visitors at the King Power Stadium. The result – in what was Arsene Wenger’s penultimate match in charge of the club – means the Gunners have now lost seven in a row on the road for the first time 1966. Arsenal were second best from the outset and suffered a double blow early on. Kelechi Iheanacho netted…
Arsenal 5 – 0 Burnley [Premier League] Highlights 2017/18 – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice as Arsenal secured sixth place by thrashing Burnley 5-0 in the Premier League. Arsene Wenger enjoyed a winning farewell in his final home game in charge as Arsenal eased to a 5-0 thumping of Burnley at Emirates Stadium. The Frenchman, who will leave at the end of the season after nearly 22 years at the helm, saw his side seal sixth place in style, thrashing their nearest rivals in the table on Sunday. While the midweek Europa League defeat to Atletico Madrid ended his hopes of…
Olivier Giroud scored the only goal as Chelsea defeated Liverpool 1-0 to heat up the race for Champions League places. Chelsea took full advantage of Tottenham’s shock defeat to West Brom by grinding out a hard-fought 1-0 win over Liverpool at Stamford Bridge, closing to within two points of the Champions League places. Antonio Conte’s men had appeared almost out of the running for Champions League football until recently, but Olivier Giroud’s first-half header secured them a fourth successive top-flight win and they go into the final two games of the season within striking distance of Spurs. Liverpool actually looked…
Jake Livermore preserved West Brom’s hopes of an utterly remarkable escape from relegation with a last-gasp winner against Tottenham. West Brom remarkably kept their slim Premier League survival hopes alive as Jake Livermore scrambled a stoppage-time winner to sink former club Tottenham 1-0 at the Hawthorns. Albion were unbeaten in four games under interim boss Darren Moore heading into the match but still widely expected to join Stoke City in the Championship – Paul Lambert’s side having suffered a relegation-sealing 2-1 loss at home to Crystal Palace. But the hosts dug in for long periods against Spurs and their persistent…
Marouane Fellaini headed a stoppage-time winner to earn Manchester United a 2-1 home victory in Arsene Wenger’s last visit to Old Trafford as Arsenal manager. Wenger, presented with a gift by old rival Alex Ferguson before kick-off, rested the likes of Mesut Ozil and Alexandre Lacazette with an eye on Thursday’s Europa League semi-final, naming his youngest league XI since 2011’s infamous 8-2 loss at United. And the Frenchman’s young side were on track to do him proud, Henrikh Mkhitaryan levelling on his Old Trafford return after Paul Pogba’s early opener for United. But although United’s attack was depleted by…
West Ham United 1 – 4 Manchester City [Premier League] Highlights 2017/18 – Leroy Sane, Gabriel Jesus and Fernandinho were all on target as Premier League champions Manchester City swaggered to a 4-1 win at West Ham. The Manchester City Premier League title party steamed into the London Stadium to reel off a celebratory 4-1 win against an over-matched West Ham. PFA Young Player of the Year Leroy Sane’s 13th minute opener took a decisive deflection off Patrice Evra, whose belated home debut for David Moyes’ side was generally a torrid experience, and an unfortunate own goal for former City…