ROUND UP OF MATCHES WEEK 5

The EPL returned after  the Champions League activities with only Liverpool getting a win amongst the English representatives. However week 5 began with a game between Queens Parker Rangers and Stoke City.

The first 45 produced two goals ,Diouf scoring in the 11^th minute to put the Pooters in front. The equalizer then came through Caulker in the 42^nd minute for Queens Park Rangers. In the second half Crouch scored in the 51^st minute to restore Stoke City’s lead. From that point Stoke were on the defensive and just when we thought they were bagging the three points , Kranjcar scored in the 88^th minute to deny Stoke City.

In the next game Swansea took on Southampton , Swansea recorded their first home defeat at the hands of the Saints surprisingly. The only goal of the game came in the 80^th minute through Wanyama who came on as a substitute for Ward Prowse.  A bit unlucky for the Swans played well but take nothing away from Southampton  who dominated most of the game as they showed by winning.

During the day Newcastle Untied took on Hull City , most of the Newcastle fans still showing their distaste for Alan Pardew and were more displeased when their club realized their 3^rd kit after going four games without a win.

The first half saw no goals , but  the game came alive in the second half and we saw four goals. Jelavic opened the dead lock with his goal 48^th minute , Diame then made it two for Hull City in the 68^th minute.

At this point Alan Pardew’s men were starring at defeat  but all was not lost as they managed to pull one back through Cisse in the 73^rd minute . Cisse later grabbed the equalizer in the 87^th minute to give Alan a breather. 

Burnley took on Sunderland  in a game that finished 0-0 , there were lots of attempts on goal for both sides but none were able to convert the to goals. Sunderland had better possession through out the spell of the game but had fewer attempts at goal.

Here are the STATS.

After defeating Liverpool at anfield , Aston Villa hosted Arsenal at the villa park in the game were many expected Villa to hold their ground against Arsenal. The most entertaining part of the game was in the first half  , Ozil got the opening goal in the 32^nd minute at a sweet ball from Welbeck . Later Welbeck scored his goal through an Ozil assist. It was brilliant play on the path of Arsenal who later forced Cissokho to score an own goal to make it 0-3 in the 36^th minute. Surprisingly all of Arsenals goals just came in the space of four minutes. In the second half Wengers men took their feet of the pedal allowing Aston Villa to come out of their defensive shell but couldn’t manage to score. 

In the final game on Saturday West Ham took on Liverpool , Liverpool were coming back from a Champions league win which should have giving the Reds a moral booster but as it turned out the Reds were still lacking their edge from last season.

The first half saw three goals produced , the first goal coming from Reid  in the 2 minute  . It was later followed by  a goal from Sakho  in the 7^th  minute  meaning the Reds had conceded the goals in just a space of  five minutes. Liverpool then got one through Sterling in the 26^th minute. The second so Liverpool dominate most parts of the game but failed to make anything useful out of their possession.  In the 88^th minute West Ham put the game beyond Liverpools reach when a formal player Downing gave an inviting cross for Amalfitano to poke home for West Ham.

On Sunday Tottenham took on West Brom at the White Hart Lane , The first half saw no goals produced but in the second half the dead lock was broken through a header from  Morrison in the 74^th minute giving West Brom their first win of the campaign. 

Here are the STATS from the game.

Later in the day Leicester City took on Manchester United in the game that saw 8 goals and Leicester City making a great comeback against the comeback kings themselves. In the first half Van persie opened the score chat with his in the 13^th minute. In the 16^th minute Di Maria made it two to the visitors. Just a minute after leading by two goals Ulloa pulled one back for Leicester in the  17^th minute.

At the start of the second half Herrera got his first  for United in the 57^th minute.  From this point everyone thought United had a comfortable lead to secure 3 points. To their dismay Nugent got scored from the spot kick in the 62^nd minute  to reduce the tally.  In the 64^th minute Cambiasso  leveled things up to mount real pressure on the visitors. Vardy then gave Leicester their deserved lead in the 79^th minute to increase Van Gaals wows.  Blackett was then set off in the 83^rd minute resulting in a penalty after a pointless  challenge on Vardy. Ulloa made it five for Leicester City securing a famous victory for his side.

In the final game of week 5 the Champions Manchester City took on Chelsea at the Etihad. The first half saw no goals produced with both sides tactically disciplined. In the second half the game came alive after Zabaleta was sent off in the 66^th minute giving Chelsea the upper hand with 11 men against Cities 10 men , after  the incident super substitute Schurrle scored in the 71^st minute. This mounted a lot of pressure of the Citizens as they couldn’t afford a defeat. Pellegrini  then made a change bringing on Chelsea and England legend Lampard , Milners cross saw Lampard connect with his trademark volley to level things in the 85^th minute. The legend couldn’t even give a smile as he was obviously filled with mixed reactions but none the less played like a professional.   

In the other game Everton took on Crystal Palace at the Goodison Park  , it was a game many expected Everton to win but things just weren’t going according to the script this week.

During the first half two goals were produced , Lukaku got the opener in the 9^th minute  and Crystal Palace got the equalizer from the spot kick through Jedinak in the 30^th minute. At the start of the second half Palace got their lead through Campbell  in the 54^th minute.  Later Bolasie made it three for the visitors in the 69^th minute.  Everton were heading towards defeat and didn’t look treating enough to get level. Baines got one back for the Toffees in the 83^rd minute but it was a little too late as Crystal Palace made away with the 3 points.