ROUND UP OF EPL WEEK 9

At the start of week 9 matches , West Ham took on Manchester City in a game were many expected Manchester City to pick up 3 points , but Sam Allaydce had other plans for the champions. In the first half Amalfitano got the opening goal in the 21^st minute , the other goals came in the75th minute through Sakho to give the host the cushion they needed. Man City’s consolation came in real quick in the  76^th minute   through Silva’s individual effort. Manchester City there on mounted pressure on West Ham but it was to no avail , as the game ended 2-1 in favor of the Hammers.

                                          SAKHO CELEBRATES WITH A DASH

Next of was a goalless draw between Liverpool and Hull City , Liverpool however were coming from a heavy defeat during Mid week in the Champions league. A win would have been a real moral booster at Merseyside but things didn’t go as planned for the men in Red. Hull City on the other hand played well and deserved the points the got out of the game it was rather disappointing on the path of Liverpool.

                                             BALOTELLI FRUSTRATED 

Southampton also took on Stoke City , and the Saints kept on the high spirit as they came away with three points at Home. The only goal of the game came through Mane in the 33^rd minute , Stoke City on the other hand were poor on the day and really couldn’t create enough chances.

                                           MANE CELEBRATES HIS GOAL

Arsenal on the other hand ended their draw streak with a win over Sunderland , Arsenal scored two goals in the game with all of these goals coming in each half.In the first 45 Sanchez got the opener in the 30^th minute , he later got his second in the 90^th minute after a defensive error on the  path of the Black Cats.

                                               SANCHEZ CELEBRATES BRACE

Next of West Bromich Albion faced Crystal Palace in a 4 goal thriller  with two goals coming in every half.

Hangeland  got the opener in the 16^th minute for the visitors and later Jedinak took the tally to two goals in the 45^th minute with a penalty kick.  At the start of the second half Anichebe got a goal for the home side in the 51^st minute , Berahino then scored the equalizer from the penalty spot to ensure West Brom shared the points a piece.

                                             BERAHINO PENALTY SECURES A POINT

Swansea City took on Leicester City and picked up three points which they so dearly needed after a poor  run of matches. Bony got all two goals for the Swans in the 34^th minute and  54^th minute , this took him on an overall of 20 goals level with Michu as Swansea’s all time top scorer in the Premiership.

                                               BONY SET FOR HALL OF FAME

  

On Sunday Tottenham took on Newcastle , it was a game many expected Spurs to run away with the three points but were handed a shocking 1-2 defeat by Pardew’s men.  Adebayor got the opening goal with a sweet header in the 18^th minute. At the start of the second half Ameobi got the equalizer for Newcastle in the 46^th minute , later Perez got the winner in the 58^th minute to help take Newcastle out of the relegation zone.

                                                   PEREZ GETS THE WINNER

Later on Burnley hosted Everton who were coming of a win from last weeks matches , Martinez men were finally getting some wins and it continued for them as they put three pass Burnley. Eto got the visitors underway in the 4^th minute  later Burnley got their equalizer through Ings in the 20^th minute. Lukaku later put the visitors infront again in the 29^th minute. In the second half Eto gave Everton the final cushion the needed in the 86^th minute thus putting the game beyond reach.

                                              ETO'O CELEBRATES WITH TEAMMATES

 

Finally Manchester United took on Chelsea at Old Trafford, as the Master came face to face with his apprentice for the first time this season. The first half ended goalless as both teams were really well organized at the back and in attack , closes chances in the first 45 came from Van Persie and Drogba both testing their keepers.

                                                KING DROGBA IS BACK

In the second half however the King Drogba opened the score sheet with header from a corner in the 53^rd minute  , Man United pulled back in the 90^th  minute as Di Maria’s free kick was parried away by Courtois which fell for Fellaini who made things easier for Van Persie to fire home. 

                                             VAN PERSIE GOES ECSTATIC


On Monday night Queens Park Rangers took on Aston Villa in a game that  proved crucial to both teams.Queens park Rangers bounced back after their disappointing loss to Liverpool and  made away with all three points , two goals from Charlie Austin in the 17th minute and the 69th minute helped power his club to victory and move them from the bottom of the league.
Aston Villa on the other hand tasted their fifth straight defeat this season and things have really taking a different turn for Villa as they now hover two points above relegation zone.

                                             AUSTIN SECURES  VITAL VICTORY