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Premier League Round 6: Chelsea remain top, Spurs land historic victory

Chelsea remain atop the Premier League rankings after snatching a narrow win at Emirates Stadium while Everton climbed up to second position after recording a second straight win. Things didn’t go too well for the likes of Manchester United and Arsenal as both sides lost in front of their home fans.

Let’s see what happened in each game before hearing your points of view.

QPR 1 — 2 West Ham

Goals: A Taarabt (57) / M Jarvis (3), R Vaz Te (35)

Things are getting worse for the winless Queens Park Rangers as they suffered the fourth defeat in six games. They produced a decent effort though but a sending off 15 minutes from time ruined their hopes of a comeback after the Hammers had scored twice in the first half. West Ham climb up to seventh place, a solid start to the season for Sam Allardyce’s men.

Man of the match: Mark Noble — the West Ham midfielder bossed the middle of the park, a solid display.

A Villa 1 — 1 West Brom

Goals: D Bent (80) / S Long (51)

An even match ended with a just result as Darren Bent came off the bench to bag the equaliser. West Brom’s bright start to the campaign continues as they find themselves in 6th place while Aston Villa still have a lot of work to do if they want to move up to the top half of the league table.

Man of the match: Jonas Olsson — the West Brom centre back did a solid job, especially in the second half, when Aston Villa tried to put quite a bit of pressure on the defence.

Arsenal 1 — 2 Chelsea

Goals: Gervinho (42) / F Torres (20), J Mata (53)

A draw would probably have been the fair result but Chelsea took advantage of Arsenal’s lack of composure inside their own penalty area to claim a vital win. Chelsea had three shots on target and two of those went in, not a very good statistic for goalkeeper Vito Mannone. In fact, I think that Arsenal should find a decent third goalie pretty soon, because Mannone does leave the impression that he has chosen the wrong career path. As for Chelsea, their clinical finishing proves a great deal of maturity and mental strength, they might have what it takes to pull off a serious title bid this season.

Man of the Match: Ramires — Chelsea’s Brazilian midfielder hardly ever set a foot wrong during this match, he was a constant presence at both ends of the pitch and an invaluable asset to the team.

Everton 3 — 1 Southampton

Goals: L Osman (25), N Jelavic (32, 38) / G Ramirez (6)

A slow start to the game and a goal conceded after just six minutes didn’t stop Everton from their outstanding march this season. Striker Nikica Jelavic proved his quality once again with a brace while David Moyes’ team looked extremely powerful and determined. I admit that I like this team more and more with every game, it seems they really can do something memorable this season.

Man of the match: Nikica Jelavic — the Croatian striker was unstoppable, he bagged two goals and constantly created panic in the Saints’ defence.

Fulham 1 — 2 Man City

Goals: M Petric (pen 10) / S Aguero (43), E Dzeko (87)

The defending champions didn’t have an easy afternoon against the Cottagers as they found themselves one goal down early on following a controversial penalty. However, the Citizens fought back and prevailed eventually, mostly thanks to the sheer class that most of their players possess.

Man of the match: Sergio Aguero — the Argentinian striker looks to regain the form that impressed the Premier League last season, he will be a key man in Man City’s title defence bid.

Norwich 2 — 5 Liverpool

Goals: S Morison (61), G Holt (87) / L Suarez (2, 38, 57), N Sahin (47), S Gerrard (68)

The Reds finally grabbed their first win of the season and they did it in style with no less than five goals scored. It finally seems that Brendan Rodgers’ strategy is delivering the results but whether they can test the big teams remains to be seen. As for Norwich, they are still looking for their first win of the season.

Man of the match: Luis Suarez — a hat-trick hero has to be the man of the match, thoroughly deserved.

Reading 2 — 2 Newcastle

Goals: J Kebe (58), N Hunt (62) / D Ba (58, 83)

Reading remain without a win this season and they might feel hard done after the home match against Newcastle as the visitors scored two goals out of two shots on target. As always, it was Demba Ba who provided the clinical finishing for Alan Pardew’s side but the Magpies might find themselves in trouble when Ba’s scoring spree will come to a halt.

Man of the match: Jobi McAnuff — the Reading skipper had a good game and came close to giving his side a late winner.

Stoke City 2 — 0 Swansea

Goals: P Crouch (12, 36)

The Potters finally nailed their first win of the season thanks to a Peter Crouch brace against a rather unconvincing Swansea. The two teams are tied at seven points apiece in the league table but Stoke looked like a much better team on Saturday afternoon.

Man of the match: Peter Crouch — he celebrated his 500th club appearance with a couple of goals, proving that he still is a decisive player.

Sunderland 1 — 0 Wigan

Goals: S Fletcher (51)

The Black Cats also found their first goal of the season thanks to an in-form Steven Fletcher. The big-money signing bagged five goals in four games, definitely a bright start at his new club. However, Wigan were hampered by a sending off on 48 minutes and neither side really proved much quality on the pitch. In fact, Fletcher’s goal came out of Sunderland’s only shot on target.

Man of the match: Steven Fletcher — he keeps banging them in, any club would be pleased with such a striker.

Man Utd 2 — 3 Tottenham

Goals: Nani (51), S Kagawa (54) / J Vertonghen (2), G Bale (32), C Dempsey (52)

This was a fabulous match, I don’t know where to begin when telling somebody about it. I guess most of you have watched it on TV, I did and I was impressed with the fierce tempo and with Gareth Bale’s tremendous speed and quality on the ball. In fact, I think that Bale was they key man in this match, and not only because of his fabulous goal shortly after the half-hour mark. A landmark win for Andre Villas-Boas, a huge Football Manager fan ;)

Man of the match: William Gallas — the French skipper was outstanding in the second half as he kept the Spurs defence afloat during a period of huge pressure from Manchester United.

Check out the results and the Premier League table here. We also have live scores from around the world here.

That’s how I lived the Premier League weekend, now it’s your turn to share your views in the comments. This is the whole point of these points anyway, sharing impressions and ideas about real football ;)

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12 Comments

  1. Darren Smith

    2 октября, 2012 at 11:54

    A wonderful footballing weekend full of shocks and suprises…but if Newcastle don’t pick up soon we’ll be looking top mid-table table let alone European places.

    • Johnny Karp

      2 октября, 2012 at 12:27

      I agree, Newcastle will have to show more if they want to play in Europe next season. But I see that Pardew has a new contract now, until 2020, so I guess the chairman is pleased :)

  2. TheZiggy

    2 октября, 2012 at 13:52

    I’m trying not to panic about the hideous start Queens Park Rangers have made. We’re allowing far too many soft goals to be scored against us. I’m sure the use of four centre backs rather due to injuries didn’t help against West Ham, but even so you’d expect a bit better from supposedly experienced players at this level.

    • Johnny Karp

      2 октября, 2012 at 14:39

      Well, if you look at the bright side there are quite a few other teams that are not really performing so far, so I guess QPR do have a chance of staying up. It will probably be a long and frustrating season for you though.

  3. saltwater

    2 октября, 2012 at 20:21

    This weekend was quite entertaining, the match at Old Trafford was incredible. Alan Pardew must have encountered a Genie who grants three wishes lately, because he’s got an eight year contract, two goals ruled out at Everton in his favour, and a goal that should’ve been disallowed at Reading with Demba Ba’s obvious handball. But what comes around goes around

    • Johnny Karp

      2 октября, 2012 at 20:34

      Haha, you are right about Pardew, he might have one of those genie lamps somewhere :)

  4. Ana Garcia

    2 октября, 2012 at 20:49

    Fernando!! :)

    So glad he scored I watched that game so nice to see him smiling again. :)

    Mata also, I read your response from my last question so its good to know Juan Mata is still showing his class. Swansea seem to be struggling a little I was half following them as my English team if you will due to the influx of Spaniards interesting to see if Laudrup can stop the decline there.

    • Johnny Karp

      2 октября, 2012 at 21:43

      Let’s not forget about Arteta, one of my favourite players. I’m constantly wondering why he never got a chance to represent the Spanish national team. He did get a few under 21 caps as far as I know but then never made it into the senior squad.

      • Ana Garcia

        3 октября, 2012 at 21:44

        Ah, yeah I meant the influx of Spaniards to Swansea but I agree about Arteta former Barca player of course! At least the B side but never quite made it I guess that leaving Spain people sort of forgot about him.

        Then by the time he had been a top player Spain already had an amazing midfield when he returned to Spain and Sociedad he wasn’t brilliant so I guess the general feeling that he just wasnt quite good enough.

        That said I am happy he is doing so well and has forged a good career for himself he has played at Spanish youth level just never got given that chance at a senior place.

  5. Bill Okpalor

    2 октября, 2012 at 21:37

    am a chelsea fan And Am pleased with the result but we should have won by a bigger margin eg
    3-1

    • Johnny Karp

      2 октября, 2012 at 21:41

      I think you should be happy with the 2-1, Chelsea didn’t really dominate that game.

  6. Thales De Mattos Oliveira

    3 октября, 2012 at 15:26

    I knew AVB would do great at spurs! Solid win!

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