English Premier League

Manchester United are thrashed at Old Trafford: The 9th round of the English Premier League

PREMIER LEAGUE

The English Premier League after 9 rounds.
Manchester City knocked Brighton out of the ‘top 4’. West Ham used a victory against Tottenham to join Chelsea, Liverpool, and Manchester City.

Defeat in the North-West derby dropped Manchester United down a position to 7th; on 14 points with three other teams.
Arsenal sits mid-table after opening the round with a victory over Aston Villa.

Both Burnley and Newcastle got a point from their respective matches. Not enough to get them out of the relegation zone.
Norwich sits bare bottom after adding a -7 goal to their record.

STANDINGS
1. Chelsea – 22 points
2. Liverpool – 21 points
3. Manchester City – 20 points
4. West Ham United – 17 points
5. Brighton – 15 points
6. Tottenham – 15 points
7. Manchester United – 14 points
8. Everton – 14 points
9. Leicester City – 14 points
10. Arsenal – 14 points
11. Wolves – 13 points
12. Brentford – 12 points
13. Aston Villa – 10 points
14. Watford – 10 points
15. Crystal Palace – 9 points
16. Southampton – 8 points
17. Leeds United – 7 points
18. Burnley – 4 points
19. Newcastle United – 4 points
20. Norwich City – 2 points

 

ROUND RESULTS
Arsenal 3-1 Aston Villa
Chelsea 7-0 Norwich
Crystal Palace 1-1 Newcastle
Everton 2-5 Watford
Leeds 1-1 Wolves
Southampton 2-2 Burnley
Brighton 1-4 Manchester City
Brentford 1-2 Leicester
West Ham 1-0 Tottenham
Manchester United 0-5 Liverpool



LEADING GOAL SCORERS
Mohamed Salah’s hattrick against Manchester United sees him become the first to hit double-digit goals.
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) – 10 goals
Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) – 7 goals
Michail Antonio (West Ham) – 6 goals


ARSENAL 3- 1 ASTON VILLA
Arsenal is unbeaten since their 5-0 defeat to Manchester City. That is 7 matches that includes six league matches.
This victory against Aston Villa ended two successive matches of draws for Arsenal.

CHELSEA 7- 0 NORWICH CITY
The team at the top of the table played their part.
Chelsea [top of the table] playing at home against a Norwich City that is without a win.
A fitting score for the game. It didn’t help Norwich City when Ben Gibson picked up yellow cards in the second half to leave the team with a numerical disadvantage from the 65th minute while 5- 0 down.
Mason Mount contributed a hattrick to the win.

BRIGHTON 1- 4 MANCHESTER CITY
Manchester City used a 3-0 first half lead to secure the three points at Brighton. The result allowed Manchester City to distance themselves from Brighton by 5 points in the standings.

EVERTON 2-5 WATFORD
a king a lead at home on two occasions did not stop Everton from suffering a defeat to Watford.
Joshua King’s hattrick helped Watford to a whopping 5-2 victory.

SOUTHAMPTON 2-2 BURNLEY
Burnley remained without a win but
Maxwel Cornet’s goals earned Burnley a point against Southampton.

LEEDS 1-1 WOLVES
Rodrigo converted an injury time penalty to get Leeds a deserved point against Wolves.

BRENTFORD 1- 2 LEICESTER CITY
James Maddison’s goal in the 73rd minute restored Leicester City’s lead for a victory that handed Brentford their first successive defeat since promotion

WEST Ham 1- 0 TOTTENHAM
Michail Antonio’s sixth goal of the season got West Ham a successive 1- 0 win in the league. Despite playing away from home, Tottenham was expected to come out with a better result than a defeat.

MANCHESTER UNITED 0-5 LIVERPOOL
Liverpool took a 4-0 lead to the break and followed it with a goal from Mohamed Salah to complete a hattrick.
It was a good day at Old Trafford for Liverpool. Mohamed Salah became the first to score a Premier League hattrick in Liverpool’s 5- 0 victory against Manchester
United.
Manchester United had to play with a numerical disadvantage from the 60th minute after Paul Pogba saw a red card for a reckless tackle.
Unfortunately, United can’t blame the defeat on that red card.





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