August 27, 2016
Tottenham Hotspurs 1 – 1 Liverpool
Danny Rose 72’ James Milner 43’ (pen)
Liverpool is yet to play at home this season, and their away record in three matches has been all the possible results a team can get at the end of a match. They’ve enjoyed a win, suffered a loss, and in this match suffered a draw.
Round 3 of the Barclays Premier League started with Tottenham vs Liverpool match. Liverpool dominated the match despite being away from home. The heroics of Tottenham’s goalkeeper Michel Vorm had kept the team in the match for most of the first half until James Milner gave Liverpool the lead in the 43rd minute from a penalty.
Not much changed after halftime, as Liverpool looked very comfortable in the match. Danny Rose evened the scoreline in the 72nd minute to change the atmosphere at White Hart Lane. It wasn’t a goal that was seen coming. With the exception of a few charges forward, Liverpool was the team that was looking most promising of getting a goal.
Liverpool would need to make the best of their chances, and ask questions about how the team can finish off games. Tottenham remains undefeated in the league after 3 matches.
Chelsea 3-0 Burnley
Eden Hazard 9’
Willian 41’
Victor Moses 89’
Chelsea didn’t need a late comeback to win against newly promoted Burnley. It was easy to predict the winner at halftime, as Eden Hazard and Willian had given Chelsea a two-goal lead before the break. 
Second half substitute Victor Moses, extended the lead to make it a 3-0 victory and the third three points for Chelsea and their new manager Antonio Conte.
Crystal Palace 1- 1 AFC Bournemouth
Scott Dann 90’+3 Joshua King 11’
An injury time goal for Crystal Palace denied Bournemouth from getting their first win of the season. After losing starts to their season, both teams were looking for their first win. At the end of the day, they both walked off with their first point of the season.
Joshua King gave AFC Bournemouth an early lead in the 11th minute. A lead that was kept for the majority of the match. Three minutes into injury time, Crystal Palace evened things up with a powerful header from Scott Dann.
Everton 1-0 Stoke
Shay Given 50’(o.g)
Another win for Everton and another loss for Stoke City. Everton remains undefeated, while Stoke City remains winless.
It could have easily finished as a goalless draw as Leighton Baines missed penalty ricochet off the post and the back of Stoke City’s goalkeeper Shay Given to give Everton the only goal of the match.
Leicester City 2-1 Swansea City
Jamie Vardy 32’ Leroy Fer 81’
Wes Morgan 53’
It was a good day for the defending champions Leicester City as they got their first win of the season in a comfortable match against Swansea City. Jamie Vardy scored his first goal of the season, as Leicester City handed Swansea their second league loss in a row.
Southampton 1-1 Sunderland
Jay Rodriguez 85’ Jermain Defoe 80’
Sunderland remains winless after they failed to hold on to a late lead against Southampton. An 80th-minute penalty from Defoe only gave Sunderland the lead for about five minutes before Jay Rodriguez evened things up for Southampton. Both teams have new managers who are looking for their first win of the season. That search continues.
Watford 1-3 Arsenal
Roberto Pereyra 57’ Santi Cazorla 9’(pen)
Alexis Sanchez 40’
Mesut Ozil 45’+1
It took them 3 games for Arsenal to get their first win of the season, and they did it with class. The job was done in the first half after Santi Carzola, Alexis Sanchez, and Mesut Ozil found the net to give Arsenal a 3 goal lead at the half. 
A consolation goal in the 57th from Roberto Pereyra gave Watford some hope, but that was all the home fans could get from this match.
Hull City 0-1 Manchester United.
Marcus Rashford 90’+2
Manchester United was also undefeated ahead of the match and was expected not to let anything slip against Hull City. It would have been easy for things to slip under the heavy rain this match was played.
Newly promoted Hull City were looking to extend their undefeated start to their season. Hull had won both of their matches at the start of the season and defeated the defending champions while doing so.
It was looking like a match that was going to end in a draw, but Marcus Rashford, a potential legend of Manchester United, made sure that his team maintained their 100% winning start to the Premier League season. His injury time goal gave Manchester United a win over a Hull City team that has started the season on a strong foot.
Rashford was a second-half substitute and had been on the field for about 20 minutes before he got the winning goal for his team.
August 28, 2016
West Bromwich Albion 0-0 Middlesbrough
It was a goalless draw between West Brom and Middlesbrough. And at the end of the day, and Middlesbrough would feel like a winner.
Hull City might sit above them, but newly promoted Middlesbrough have been able to maintain an undefeated run in their first three matches in the Premier League. After leaving Sunderland with all the points available, they have managed to secure a point from their match against West Bromwich Albion.
Manchester City 3-1 West Ham
Raheem Sterling 7’ 90’+2 Michail Antonio 58’
Fernandinho 18’
Three wins in three for Manchester City. At the end of the first half, Manchester City was up two goals. Raheem Sterling opened the scoring in the 7th minute after a beautiful team play. Fernandinho doubled the lead in the 18th minute with a header after a whipping cross from Kevin de Bruyne.
West Ham pulled a goal back in the second half to increase the interest of spectators, but the quality of Manchester City was all over this match.
A late goal in injury time from Sterling sealed the victory for Manchester City, as they move on and look forward to a mouth-watering Manchester derby on September 10th.
