ROUND UP OF MATCHES WEEK 6

The week began with the Merseyside derby with Liverpool hosting  Everton the game showed a lot of intensity as it has in many years but had no goals to show for in the first half. In the second half , it wasn’t until the 74^th minute that  a neat free kick from the skipper  Gerrard beat Tim Howard to put the Reds in-front. Just on the stroke of full time when it seemed that Liverpool would run away with the  3 points Everton skipper Jagielka leveled things up in the 90^th+ 1 minute for the toffees to send Liverpool hearts crushing. This ended in a fashion which many Everton fans would cherish for many years to come.

In the next game Chelsea took on Aston Villa at the bridge. The opening goal came from Oscar in the 7^th minute but no goals were produced in the first half as Aston Villa weren’t able to penetrate the Chelsea defense. In the second half Costa scored in the 59^th minute to gives the Blues a two nil lead , Willian later made it three nil in the 79^th minute to put the game to bed.

Here are  STATS from the game ;

Next Crystal Palace took on Leicester City , this game proved to be a very closed game as predicted by the pundits since all both teams were coming alive in the league. In the first half no goals were produced as both teams were very cautious. In the second half the game came alive with a goal from Campbell in the 51^st minute. Later Jedinak made it two nil to the host in the 54^th minute. Leicester tried to get back on many occasions but were to no avail.

Here are STATS the from the game.

Next of was Steve Bruce’s Hull City vs. Pellegrini’s Manchester City , it was an entertaining game with goals coming for both sides although many expected it to be a one sided game. In the first half Aguero scored the opener in the 7^th minute  Dzeko then made it  2 nil in the 11^th minute. Then the unexpected happened as Mangala to score an own goal to give the  host a life line. Hernandez then scored from the spot kick in the 32^nd minute to level things up for the host.  In the second half Dzeko scored in the 68^th minute to restore City’s lead. To put the game to bed as Champions should last week’s hero Lampard scored in the 87^th minute to bring joy to the Citizens once again.

Later Manchester United took on West Ham at Old Traford , United were coming back from a disappointing defeat and need to give the home fans something to rejoice about. In the first half Rooney opened the score in the 5^th minute to send the fans into a frenzy. Later Van Persie made it two in the 22^nd minute. United were still dominant but couldn’t get a goal ,  Sahko then pulled one back for the visitors in the 37^th minute as it stayed 2-1 in the first half. In the second half United were still dominant but couldn’t get any goal. Rooney however made a cynical tackle in the 59th minute and got sent off  , talk about leadership by example, it was the lowest point in the game for them.

Here are the STATS from the game.

Next Southampton took on Queens Park Rangers, the first half saw no goals produced but in the second half Bertand opened the score in the 54^th minute for the hosts. QPR later pulled parity in the 66^th minute through Austin but the equalizer was short lived as Pelle scored in the 68^th minute to restore the Saints lead. 

Here are the STATS   from the game.

Also Sunderland took on Swansea at the Stadium of light with the game ending in a goalless draw this meant Sunderland were  still without a win as they were handed their 5^th draw out of six games.  Sunderland controlled most of the game in the first half and looked more treating . Swansea on the other hand came alive in the second half managing to register their first shot on target of the game as per premier league  .

Here are the match STATS ,

In Saturdays final game it was the North London derby which featured Arsenal playing host to Tottenham. In this derby’s past fixtures Arsenal have always come out tops but this time around something else went down in history. In the first half no goals were produced , the game came to life in the second half with a goal from Chadli in the 56^th minute after a mistake from Flamini. Arsenal then got their equalizer through Chamberlain in the 74^th minute as the game ended one all.

Here are the match STATS,

In the only game for Sunday West Bromich Albion took on Burnley  in a match which surprisingly was one sided. West Brom got the lead in the first half through Dawson in the 30^th minute , Berahino then made it two to the host in the 45^th minute. In the second half Berahino scored his brace in the 56^th minute to take the tally to three. The fourth came through Dorrans in the 90^th minute to put the game to rest .  It was quiet clear as through out the game Burnley failed to get a grip of the game as stated per  premier league.

 On Monday nights fixture Stoke City took on Newcastle as Alan Pardew was looking to grab his first win of the season. To Newcastle's disappointment that wasn't to be as Crouch got the only goal of the game in the  15th  minute in the first half from a Moses cross making it his 3rd assist of the season. This means the pressure on Pardew just went up the notch.