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Premier League Round 4: First win for the Spurs, slight setbacks for Chelsea and Man City

Hello friends, the Premier League match day round-up returns, I hope you haven’t missed it too much.

Chelsea remain unbeaten at the top of the Premier League table after the fourth match day of the season but their unconvincing draw at QPR might not make their fans feel too optimistic. Arsenal and Manchester United, on the other hand, recorded high-scoring wins while Manchester City suffered yet another setback at Britannia Stadium.

Interesting fact about Manchester United: as you know, they spent a good bit of cash (around 40 million pounds) on this summer’s transfers but the club seems to afford that as they have no less than 28 official sponsors, including latest addition bWin. Some background info to that: there were previous rumors about Wynn’s acquisition of bWin but it didn’t push through, fortunately for Man United, and now the company was able to sign a contract with the club as their official online gaming and betting partner.

Manwhile, Liverpool remain without a win this season but they came very close to claiming the three points at unbeaten Sunderland. Let’s have a quick look at all the Premier League matches that were played last weekend:

Norwich City 0 — 0 West Ham

Norwich remain without a win this season but they came really close to beating West Ham on Saturday. Tottenham loanee Harry Kane had the best chance of the match in the final minutes but he fired straight at the goalkeeper and the match ended in a goalless draw. Norwich had 10 shots on target compared to West Ham’s 3 but the visitors had a slight advantage in terms of possession.

Man of the Match: Robert Snodgrass — appeared to dictate play very well with precise passes and he also made himself available in the opposition box on a few occasions.

Arsenal 6 — 1 Southampton

The Gunners remain unbeaten while Southampton remain without a single point as Arsenal routed them at Emirates Stadium. Gervinho bagged a brace while new signing Lukas Podolski also got his name on the score sheet in what probably was the first match during which the Arsenal fans forgot about Robin van Persie, at least for a few moments.

Man of the Match: Kieran Gibbs — the left back did a great job on his flank and contributed in creating two of the six goals. He seems to be taking charge of the left flank with Andre Santos probably becoming second choice this season.

Aston Villa 2 — 0 Swansea

Aston Villa claimed their first win of the season thanks to goals scored by two of their new signings: Matthew Lowton and Christian Benteke. Swansea’s unbeaten run came to an end as the visitors never seemed capable of getting any points at Villa Park.

Man of the Match: Ron Vlaar — the Dutch defender was flawless at the back and his presence on the pitch does provide inspiration for his team mates.

Fulham 3 — 0 West Bromwich Albion

Former Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov had a great home debut for his new club as he scored a couple of goals to see The Cottagers past West Brom. The visitors were unable to keep him quiet and they didn’t provide much in terms of play either as their possession was just below 40 percent.

Man of the Match: Dimitar Berbatov — the Bulgarian striker seems to have found his scoring boots again but he also played well for the team as he constantly seemed willing to work and link up play.

Stoke 1 — 1 Manchester City FC

A spectacular match saw Stoke getting points off Man City at Britannia Stadium for the fourth season in a row. It was a rather controversial match as well since Peter Crouch seemed to have used his hand in the build up to the first goal of the match. New signing Javi Garcia made it all square for the visitors who came close to winning it on several occasions during the second half.

Man of the Match: Javi Garcia — he seems a great addition to Mancini’s squad as he played a very good debut game, scoring one goal and nearly grabbing the winner late on.

Man Utd. 4 — 0 Wigan Athletic

A special day for Paul Scholes was celebrated in style as Manchester United won 4-0 and Scholes scored on his 700th appearance for the club. Things didn’t start too well for United as Hernandez missed an early penalty kick but then they unleashed the scoring machine after the break.

Man of the Match: Alexander Buttner — the anonymous left back turned in a great performance, proving why Sir Alex decided to sign him. He scored a goal and dominated the left flank throughout the game.

QPR 0 — 0 Chelsea FC

Anton Ferdinand’s refusal to shake hands with John Terry was the highlight of a boring match which neither side really deserved to win. Eden Hazard had the best chance of the game in the final minutes but his finish was terrible, the perfect ending to a disappointing afternoon. Just seven shots on target were fired, 3 for QPR and 4 for Chelsea, and I guess that sums up the two teams’ performance.

Man of the Match: Ryan Nelsen — the centre back was rock-solid in defence and he totally dominated Ferando Torres. Then again, that doesn’t seem too difficult to achieve these days.

Sunderland 1 — 1 Liverpool

Both sides remain without a win this season as Luis Suarez netted the equaliser 19 minutes from time after new signing Steven Fletcher had opened the scoring for the home side. Sunderland remain unbeaten this season though but they didn’t really deserve to win this one as Liverpool dominated most of the match. Glen Johnson had a shot bouncing off the crossbar in the second half while goalkeeper Simon Mignolet did a brilliant job to keep his side into the game. Sunderland had just one shot on target, the goal, so they should be very happy with the point.

Man of the Match: Raheem Sterling — the young winger was Liverpool’s most dangerous player and he will probably have a memorable Premier League debut season.

Reading 1 — 3 Tottenham

The Spurs finally grabbed their first win of the season and it was a thoroughly deserved one as they got no less than 8 shots on target compared to Reading’s 2. However, Andre Villas-Boas is still under pressure I reckon following their unconvincing start to the season.

Man of the Match: Jermanine Defoe — he bagged two goals but could have scored even more.

Everton — Newcastle 2-2

The last match of the round was a real thriller as Everton were in command twice but were pegged back by a relentless and clinical Demba Ba. The Toffees had a storming start to the match and Leighton Baines’ goal around the quarter hour came as a natural consequence of their aggressive and attacking display. However, they were unable to capitalise on a strong first half display and they were punished shortly after the break by half time substitute Demba Ba. Then Everton had two valid-looking goals disallowed, Newcastle missed a few great counter chances, before Anichebe put Everton ahead with just a few minutes remaining. Enough time for Demba Ba to strike again though, Darren must have been pleased with that :)

Man of the Match: Demba Ba — it is uncommon for a substitute to be the man of the match but this man was absolutely lethal in front of goal. Newcastle owe the earned point to him.

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Over to you now, share your views and feelings in the comments.

14 комментариев

14 Comments

  1. Nick

    17 сентября, 2012 at 22:08

    WE ARE THE GEORDIES, THE GEORDIE B-BOYS, AND WE ARE MENTAL AND WE ARE MAD, WE ARE THE LOYALEST FOOTBALL SUPPORTERS THE WORLD HAS EVER HAD

    • Johnny Karp

      18 сентября, 2012 at 06:30

      Haha, I’m sure Darren would agree :)

      • Darren Smith

        18 сентября, 2012 at 20:46

        Most certainly do :) Must admit I jumped up with the last equalizing goal and almost gave my cat a heart attack. In all honesty Everton deserved the win and bar some bad refereeing should have gained that, but we all know how football is and I’m just proud we never gave in. Some really good sportsmanship too which is refreshing. Harper told the ref Anichebe was going for the ball when he may have received yellow and a couple of tough tackles were received by our boys getting straight up and on with it, no diving around like they’d been shot which has become a trademark of Football recently.

  2. Bill Okpalor

    17 сентября, 2012 at 22:37

    Chelsea is my favorite team but they did not score any goal against QPR

  3. Miles Smith

    17 сентября, 2012 at 22:56

    You should do more of these, I’m going to be sad when the SI podcast goes away I prefer their commentary to that of the BBC, it’s much more interesting.

    • Johnny Karp

      18 сентября, 2012 at 06:30

      The weekly round-up will be a regular feature, if that goes well we’ll probably add more real football stuff.

  4. Jack

    17 сентября, 2012 at 22:57

    So good to finally see Villa win! It’s been a while. What do you make of Benteke Johnny?

  5. saltwater

    17 сентября, 2012 at 23:55

    That was quite a match the Everton one. How unlucky for the toffees though — we’ve all had matches on FM like that though :).
    And I think Lowton’s goal was the best, or one of the best of the weekend, but Vorm didn’t do himself any justice. Where was he diving to?

  6. Ana Garcia

    18 сентября, 2012 at 00:36

    I must say I have been watching a little more of English football than I used too am so happy to see so many Spanish players doing well.

    I picked Santi Cazorla at the start saying he would fit into the Arsenal style very easily and am delighted to see him performing so well and brilliant to see Javi Garcia I remember having high hopes for him when I saw him at Real Madrid but it just didn’t work out but I do rate him pretty highly.

  7. Gaurav Chaddah

    18 сентября, 2012 at 06:33

    The Everton match last night really showed my the Premier League is the best league in the world, a great advertisement for it.

    Overall it was a goal packed week, I watched the Chelsea match online and well it was just overshadowed by the handshake thing which I think should just be abolished. Manchester United play Liverpool on Sunday and instead of taking about who is going to be the threats and who is going to win the press is debating where Suarez and Evra will shake hands. But anywyas good post Johnny!

    • Johnny Karp

      18 сентября, 2012 at 06:37

      I guess they should shake hands like civilized men, there’s nothing wrong with that.

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