After 10 weeks Manchester lead the English Premier League
with City at the top followed by United with the London teams of Tottenham,
Chelsea and Arsenal hot on their heels.
Week 1 – The
Premier League began on Friday evening with Arsenal’s Alexandre Lacazette
scoring in under 2 minutes of his competitive debut for the Gunners who needed
2 late goals to win 4-3 in front of their home crowd after Jamie Vardy had
twice given Leicester City the lead. On Saturday champions Chelsea, who suffered
an early dismissal, attempted to come back from 3 down but ended up with 9
players and a 3-2 defeat at home to Burnley with Sam Vokes having netted twice
for the visitors while newcomers Huddersfield Town thumped Crystal Palace 3-0
in South London with Steve Mounie claiming a brace. Watford twice took the lead
but needed a last-gasp equalizer to draw 3-3 at home to Liverpool while there
were 1-0 home wins for Everton and West Bromwich Albion against Stoke City and
Bournemouth respectively with Wayne Rooney scoring on his long-awaited return
to Everton and Swansea returned from Southampton with a goalless draw.
Manchester City broke down Brighton’s resistance with 2 goals at the Amex
Stadium while on Sunday Tottenham put 2 past 10-man Newcastle at St James’ Park
and Manchester United hammered West Ham 4-0 at Old Trafford with a double from
new acquisition Romelu Lukaku to go to the top of the table on goals
difference.
Week 2 – Three
late goals in quick succession at Swansea gave Manchester United another 4-0
win to keep them at the top of the Premier League table on goal difference
ahead of Huddersfield who put a single goal past their visitors from Newcastle
and West Bromwich Albion who enjoyed the same result at Burnley despite ending
the match with 10 players. Ten-man West Ham United fought back from 2 down at
Southampton but lost 3-2 to a stoppage-time penalty while Arsenal lost 1-0 at
Stoke and Liverpool defeated Crystal Palace 1-0 at Anfield. There were 2-0 wins
for Watford at Bournemouth and Leicester City at home to Brighton & Hove
Albion while Marcos Alonso netted twice at Tottenham’s adopted home ground of
Wembley to give Chelsea a 2-1 victory over their London rivals and on Monday
evening Manchester City and Everton who each had a player sent off drew 1-1 in
Manchester.
Week 3 –
Huddersfield Town remain unbeaten in the Premier League after their goalless
draw at home to Southampton and with West Bromwich Albion drawing 1-1 at home
to Stoke, Manchester United, who put 2 past Leicester at Old Trafford, are the
only team with a 100% winning record. Manchester City scored their 2-1 winner
at Bournemouth with the last kick of the game and Burnley earned a 1-1 draw
with a goal in stoppage time against Spurs at Wembley while Arsenal were
humiliated 4-0 at Liverpool and Chelsea defeated Everton 2-0 at Stamford
Bridge. West Ham’s losing streak continued with a 3-0 loss at Newcastle and
Crystal Palace lost 2-0 at home to Swansea while 10-man Watford drew blanks at
home to Brighton.
Week 4 – Ten-man Liverpool
were steamrollered 5-0 at Manchester City with Gabriel Jesus and Leroy Sane
each scoring a double while a double for Harry Kane took him over the 100-mark
as Tottenham won 3-0 at Everton and there was a 3-0 win for Arsenal as Danny
Wellbeck scored twice at home to Bournemouth. Chelsea were 2-1 winners at
Leicester City while 2 goals for Pascal Gross helped Brighton and Hove Albion
to their first win of the season as they defeated guests West Bromwich Albion
3-1 and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting scored both goals for Stoke as they sent
Manchester United home with a 2-2 draw. Southampton lost 2-0 at home to Watford
while Crystal Palace lost 1-0 to an early goal at Burnley and Newcastle United
won by the same result at Swansea. On Monday evening West Ham United put 2 past
their visitors from Huddersfield without reply.
Week 5 – Watford
lost their unbeaten record as they were thrashed 6-0 at home to Manchester City
with Sergio Aguero claiming a hat-trick while Manchester United hosted and
humbled Everton 4-0 with 3 of the goals coming in the last 10 minutes. Arsenal
drew 0-0 at Chelsea who ended the match with 10 men while Tottenham drew 0-0 at
home to Swansea and there was a goalless draw for West Ham at West Brom.
Crystal Palace, under newly appointed Roy Hodgson, broke the unwanted record of
not having won or even scored in their first 5 matches of the season as they
lost 1-0 to an early goal at home to Southampton while there were 1-1 draws for
Burnley at Liverpool and Leicester City at Huddersfield Town. Newcastle United
were 2-1 winners at home to Stoke while on Friday evening at Bournemouth the
hosts came from behind to earn a 2-1 victory over Brighton.
Week 6 –
Manchester City continued their explosive form putting 5 past hapless Crystal
Palace with Raheem Sterling netting twice at the Etihad while a single goal was
enough to give Manchester United victory at Southampton and an Alvaro Morata
hat-trick helped Chelsea to a 4-0 win at Stoke. West Ham United failed to come
back from 3 down against 10-man Tottenham, for whom Harry Kane had scored
twice, and ended up 3-2 losers in front of their home crowd while Leicester
City lost by the same scoreline having missed a penalty against their visitors
from Liverpool and Huddersfield town played out a goalless draw at Burnley.
Watford scored a last-minute 2-1 winner at Swansea and Everton came from behind
with 2 goals from Oumar Niasse to win 2-1 at home to Bournemouth while on
Sunday a single goal gave Brighton a home win over Newcastle and on Monday evening
WBA fell to 2 goals from Alexandre Lacazette at Arsenal.
Week 7 – Manchester
City continued their winning ways with a single goal at Chelsea while Manchester
United eased past rock-bottom Crystal Palace 4-0 at Old Trafford with a brace
from Marouane Fellaini and Tottenham enjoyed the same result at Huddersfield
with Harry Kane adding another 2 goals to his tally. Watford came from 2 down
to earn a 2-2 draw with the last movement of the match at West Brom while West
Ham broke the deadlock in the 90th minute to win at home to Swansea
and Stoke City registered a 2-1 home win against Southampton. Leicester City
played a goalless match at Bournemouth while on Sunday Arsenal defeated
Brighton 2-0 at the Emirates, Liverpool drew 1-1 at Newcastle and Everton’s
poor run of results continued losing 1-0 at home to Burnley.
Week 8 – Crystal
Palace finally broke their duck and scored their first goals of the season to
defeat champions Chelsea 2-1 at Selhurst Park while Watford came from behind to
score a 2-1 stoppage-time winner at home to Arsenal leapfrogging the Gunners in
the table and Manchester City demolished Stoke City 7-2 at the Etihad with
Gabriel Jesus netting twice for the hosts. One goal was enough to see Tottenham
win at home to Bournemouth while Tammy Abraham scored both goals in Swansea’s
home win over Huddersfield and ten-man West Ham drew 1-1 at Burnley. Southampton
drew 2-2 at home to Newcastle with Manolo Gabbiadini scoring both goals for the
Saints while a last-minute penalty gave Everton a 1-1 draw at Brighton and
Manchester United played out a goalless draw at Liverpool. On Monday evening
WBA drew 1-1 at Leicester who parted with manager Craig Shakespeare.
Week 9 –
Huddersfield Town recorded a historic 2-1 home win over Manchester United while
Chelsea fell behind at Stamford Bridge but hit back with late goals to enjoy a
flattering 4-2 victory against Watford with Michy Batshuayi twice finding the
net for the Blues and Manchester City claimed another 3 points with 3 goals at
home to Burnley. Late goals condemned Crystal Palace and West Bromwich Albion
to 1-0 defeats at Newcastle and Southampton respectively while there were 2-1
wins for Bournemouth at Stoke and Leicester at Swansea. The weekend began on
Friday with Glenn Murray scoring twice for Brighton in West Ham’s 3-0 home
humiliation and ended on Sunday with Tottenham smashing Liverpool 4-1 at
Wembley thanks to a brace from Harry Kane and Arsenal brushing 10-man Everton
aside 5-2 at Goodison Park which led to the dismissal of manager Ronald Koeman.
Week 10 – Crystal
Palace came from 2 goals down to earn a 2-2 draw at home to West Ham United
with a 97th minute equaliser while at the other end of the table
Manchester City got the better of WBA 3-2 on their travels and Chelsea returned
from Bournemouth with a 1-0 win. Tottenham lost 1-0 at Manchester United and
Stoke City were victorious by the same result at Watford while Arsenal won 2-1
at home to Swansea and after missing a first-half penalty Liverpool put 3 past Huddersfield
without reply in the second half at Anfield. On Sunday Everton lost 2-0 at
Leicester and Southampton drew 1-1 at Brighton while on Monday evening Burnley
picked up 3 points with one goal at home to Newcastle.
