ROUND UP OF EPL WEEK 12

After a the international break the Preimier League action was back again and on saturday , 22nd November Chelsea took on West Bromich Albion at the bridge. Diego Costa continued his fine form scoring in the 11th minute to give the host the lead. Hazard then made it two to the host in the 25th minute.
West Brom struggled all day to hold Chelsea even before Yacob got sent off. Chelsea on the other hand took their feet of the pedal since West Brom weren't threatening enough.

Everton also took on West Ham at the Goodison Park and made away with all three points. Lukaku scored the opener in the 26th minute. In the second half Zarate scored in the  56th minute to bring  the game level. Everton however got the winning goal through Osman who made his 400th appearance for the club.

West Ham's defeat ensured that their five match unbeaten run was ended.

Leicester played Sunderland later in the day with the gamee ending in a draw. Both teams created lots of chances but failed to make it count in the final third. As per Premier league  Gus Poyet stated that the match was always going to be difficult since Leicester came into the game to end their goal drought.

Manchester City also took on Swansea City and finish in style ,coming from behind to beat Swansea.
In the first half Bony scored the opener in the 6th minute. However Jovetic got the equalizer in the 19th minute to give the host a life line. In the second half Toure scored his second goal this season as he scored in the 62nd minute to give the host the points the needed to close the gap on Chelsea.

Newcastle played Queens Park Rangers  and continued their winning streak with a win one nil win. The only goal came from Sissoko in the 78th minute. This takes them to  a five match unbeaten run , with the fans supporting Pardew to the fullest now. He has really changed a lot in the team to turn things around.

 Stoke City lost to Burnley by two goals to one with goals coming from Ings in the first half. He scored the opener in the 12th minute and his brace a minute later. Stoke pulled one back through Walters in the 32nd minute. This helped Burnley secure their second win of the season.

In the final game of the day Arsenal played Manchester United in a crunching derby encounter. Even though Arsenal lost the game a lot of positives could be taking from it. The first half the game was goalless , but got of to a crazy start in the second half as Gibbs scored an own goal giving Manchester United  the lead in the  56th minute. Rooney later made matters worse as he scored in the 85th minute making him the only player to score more goals against Arsenal than any other player.  Giroud then got the host back  in the  game with five minutes additional time but it was little too late.

On Sunday Crystal Palace  took on Liverpool with the Reds seeking a moral booster from this game since their form took a little dip. Liverpool got of to a flying start when Lambert got the opener just after the first minute. Crystal Palace however got level through Gale in the 17th  minute. In the second half Crystal Palace picked up the pace and took the lead in the 78th minute and finally putting the game to rest after a great goal from Jedinak in the 81st minute.

In the final game on Sunday Hull City took on Tottenham , Tottenham got a late winner to ensure they got three points. Livermore scored his first goal against his formal club for the first time in the 8th minute to give Steve Bruce men the lead. However at the start of the second half got red carded send Steve Bruce into a state of frustration. That cost Hull City as ten men now had to work extra hard. Tottenham got the equalizing  goal in the 61st minute through Kane  and finally got the winner through Eriksen in the 90th minute.

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This week got of to a durby match as Liverpool took on Chelsea , the game was full of intensity from start to finish. In the first half Can scored the opener in the 9^th minute , the lead was later cancelled by Cahill in the 14^th minute . In the  second half Costa put the blues in front in the 67^th minute ensuring they kept their unbeaten run.

Chelsea now move a daunting 15 points clear of Liverpool sending a clear statement they are in for the title.

Next Burnley took on Hull City , this time Steve Bruce’s men couldn’t come out with a win as they lost by one goal to nil. The only goal came in the 50^th minute through Barnes.  It was Burnley’s first win of the Premier League bringing great joy to the Burnley faithful. The first half wasn’t intense with few chances created ,  in the second half after Bruce’s header Hull City came alive but only managed one shot on target.

Manchester United took on Crystal Palace and it took Juan Mata’s goal in the 67^th minute to secure Manchester United’s first win in four matches. However Crystal Palace loss meant they had gone five games without a win.

Southampton continued their fine form as they beat Leicester by two goals . All the goals came from Long in the 75^th minute and 80^th minute to secure victory for the Saints. Leicester are now in the relegation as the Saints move into second place four points behind leaders Chelsea.

Later West Ham faced AstonVilla at the Boleyn Grounds with the game ending in a draw. Aston Villa ended their six match losing streak.  Aston Villa presented a more resolute defense to make away with a point.

Queens Parker Rangers took on Manchester City   , the game ended in an astonishing draw with City giving a run for their money. The game produced four goals with two coming in the first half , Austin opened the score in the 21^st minute. Aguero then pulled Man City back in the 32^nd minute putting the visitors back in the game. QPR restored their lead in the 76^th minute after Demichelis scored an own goal , Aguero put the visitors level again in the 83^rd minute to ensure Man City made away with a point in the game.

On Sunday Sunderland drew with Everton  at the Stadium of Light . The game got  to a slow start in the first half. The stadium really came to life in the 67^th minute after Larrson put the host in front , later Baines got the visitors level with a penalty in the 76^th minute. This meant Everton are now on beaten in six games in all competitions.

Tottenham took on Stoke City in the second game. Stoke City won the game by two goals to one after Bojan put them in the lead in the 6^th minute , Walters made it two in the 33^rd minute to end the first half. In the second half Chadlli pulled one back in the 77^th minute, this meant Spurs conceded their fourth home defeat of the season whiles Stoke City recorded their first league win over Spurs since 2011.

In the final game for Sunday Newcastle continued their winning ways as Perez and Coloccini’s goals powered them home to a two nil win over West Bromich Albion. The opener came in the 45^th minute just before the  first half whistle. Whiles the second came in the 62^nd minute from Coloccini , this ensured Newcastle got their fifth win of the season and moves them one point behind Arsenal and Manchester United in 8th. 

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This weeks action started with a game between Newcastle and Liverpool , amazingly Newcastle continued their impressive form in the league. Liverpool on the other hand still showed they lacked a lot of moral coming into the game and indeed paid for it. The only goal of the game came from Perez in the 73rd minute after a defensive blander from Moreno , Perez happily helped himself to become Newcastle hero again.

                                                 PEREZ BAGS THREE POINTS


Next of Arsenal took on Burnley , Burnley played well managing to hold on to Arsenal in the first half. The dead lock was broken in the 70th minute by Sanchez , Chambers later made it two in the 72nd minute , finally  Sanchez put the game to bed in the 90th minute.

                                            SANCHEZ SCORES TO SEE OF BURNLEY
 Chelsea took on Queens Park Rangers and were giving a run for their money, Oscar opened the score in the 32nd minute which ended the first half. In the second half two more goals came up as inform Austin brought QPR on level terms.  Chelsea managed to escape a draw after Hazard converted his penalty kick in stoppage time bagging all three points for the Blues.

                                             OSCAR CELEBRATES GOAL


Later in the  day Everton took on Swansea which ended in a goalless draw.  Both teams showed attacking style in the first half . Swansea were ten men in the second half of the game. Bony was presented with a few chances but couldn't convert them. Lukaku also had his chance in the dying embers of the game but failed to convert them.

                                             MCCARTHY FIRING HIS SHOT

Hull City played Southampton at the KC stadium, Southampton continued their winning strike after the only goal of the game came in the  3rd minute through Wanyama. With Southampton impressive run you could say the are well in challenge for the top half of the table.

                                             WANYAMA'S EFFORT SEAL THE DEAL


Leicester took on West Bromich Albion later in the day as well. The only goal of the game came out of the blue , with Cambiasso's own goal. That was enough to give  West Brom all three points.

                                           BRUNT CELEBRATES AFTER OWN GOAL

In the final game on Saturday was a cruncher between Stoke City and West Ham United. The game produced 4 goals and was the highest scoring for this week. The opening goal came in the  33rd minute from Moses . In the second half we saw three more goals , Diouf  gave Stoke their second in the 56th minute. However West Ham pulled one back through Valencia in the 60th minute,  Downing then leveled things in the 73rd minute ending the game in a draw.

                                           DOWNING RESCUES WEST HAM




On Super Sunday as we love to call it , Manchester City took on Manchester United  at the Eithad. The derby was entertaining with chances coming from both teams. Manchester United were down to ten men in the 39th minute after Smalling fouled Milner. The only goal of the game however  came in the 63rd minute through  Aguero.

                                                     AGUERO WINS DERBY

In the second match Aston Villa took on  Tottenham Hotspurs, Spurs had to came from a goal behind to carry the day. Weimann scored the  opening goal in the 16th minute , in the second half Spurs pulled level in the  dying embers of the game through  Chadli in the 84th minute , Kane gave Spurs the winner in the 90th minute  to steal the joy of  three points from the  Villa faithfuls.

                                                KANE CELEBRATES GOAL

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After the international break most teams were replenished with fit players whiles others lot players due to injury. At the start of this weeks matches Tottenham travelled to face Manchester City , five goals were produced in that game with three coming in the first half and two in the second.

The opening goal came from Aguero in the 13^th minute to put City in the driving seat but his goal was short lived as Eriksen cancelled the lead in the 15^th minute. More drama was produced as Aguero scored from the spot in the 20^th minute and later missed a penalty in the 32^nd minute. During the second half more penalties were award put it seemed the keepers were poised for action, Soldado missed his penalty in the 62^nd minute and Fazio was given a straight red two minutes later.  Aguero stepped up to take the penalty and scored in the 68^th minute. Aguero finally got his fourth of the game  in the 75^th minute to put the game to bed. 4-1 the final score esuring Manchester City maintained the pressure on Chelsea.

                                                    FOUR FOR AGUERO

Next was Arsenal vs Hull City and Steve Bruce’s side were looking to cause an upset which they so nearly did. Four goals were produced in this game with two coming at each half. Arsenal humbly took the lead through Sanchez in the 13^th minute but his goal was cancelled by in form Diame in the 17^th minute.  At the start of the second half however Hernandez got Hull City in front in the 46^th minute , this was followed by some fine defensive work from Hull  City to hold onto the lead. 

                                              HERNANDEZ CELEBRATES LIKE BOLT

They would have got away with 3 points if it wasn’t for Arsenals new signing Danny Welbeck who got the equalizer on the stoke of injury time and had Arsenal fans punching their fits in the air.

Later in the day Everton took on Aston Villa , three goals were produced in that game. In the first half Jagielka opened the game with his goal in the 18^th minute. In the second half lukaku made it two to the host in the 48^th minute. Coleman then put the game to bed in the 76^th minute , it was 3 points in the bag for the Toffees an CoachMartinez was happy with his sides performance.

                                              LUKAKU CELEBRATES GOAL

Another week of premier league action meant another stressful week for Alan Pardew, but this time he didn’t make the front page because of management issues  with the club, he made it because he had finally recorded his first win of the season given the fans something to be happy about. Newcastle only goal of the game against Leicester City came in the 71^st minute from Obertan and it was a well deserved goal. Hopefully the team would get better as per Alan Pardew.

                                           OBERTAN AFFORDS A SMILE

What a week it was as the 2014/2015 season got another  high scoring game between Southampton and Sunderland. Eight goals were produced in that game but it was a one sided affair , three goals were scored in the first half and five more in the second half.

                                                 DEMOLISHING SQUAD

The game was opened with an own goal from Vergini in the 12^th minute , Pelle later got his goal in the 18^th minute. Cork later scored in the 37^th minute to give Southampton a resounding first half lead. In the second half Bridcutt conceded an own goal in the 63^rd minute , Pelle also got a brace in the 69^th minute , followed by Tadic in the 78^th minute , Wanyama in the 79^th minute and finally Mane in the 86^th minute to put Sunderland's misery to an end.

                                               PELLE HELPS ROUT SUNDERLAND

 Next Crystal Palace hosted Chelsea at Selhurst Park , the first goal of the game came in the 6^th minute through Oscar , it was the only goal of the first half.

At the start of the second half Fabregas scored  his first  goal of thew season in the 51^st minute after some well worked passing from his teammates Hazard and Oscar to put him through for an easy placement. Campbell finally got a consolation in the 90^th minute to put a smile on the faces of the home fans.

                                                FABREGAS CELEBRATES FIRST GOAL

The final game on Saturday was Burnley vs West Ham with all four goals coming in the second half of the game.

West Ham scored broke the dead lock  in the 49^th minute  through Sakho , Valencia then made it two in the 54^th minute. In the 60^th minute Boyd pulled on back for Burnley to give the host a life line. Cole finally put the game beyond reach in the 70^th minute which ensured West Ham got the three points in the bag.

                                             VALENCIA CELEBRATES GOAL

On Sunday Liverpool travelled to Queens Park Rangers  , the first half ended in a goalless with QPR controlling most parts of the game winning most of the battles on the pitch they were rather unlucky not to have taking the lead. The game really came to life in the second half producing five goals , the opening goal came in the 67^th minute through Dunne’s own goal but QPR got level in the 87^th minute through Vargas. Late Coutinho restored the lead for the reds in the 90^th minute but his goal was short lived as Vargas put the host on level terms again. To end the game in dramatic fashion QPR shot themselves in the foot as  Caulker conceded the final own goal of the game to restore the Reds lead in injury time. 

                                           LIVERPOOL CELEBRATE IN DESPERATION 

Liverpool didn’t play well , it was all QPR throughout the game but teams must manage to win even when they don’t play well and that’s exactly what Liverpool did.

In the final game on Sunday Stoke City hosted Swansea City, two goals were produced in the first half and one was scored in the second.  In the 34^th minute Bony opened his account for the season by scoring from the spot kick after returning fully fit after the international break. Stoke City however got back in the 43^rd minute through Adam who also scored from the spot kick. In the second half Stoke City finally took the lead through Walters in the 76^th minute to ensure Stoke got the maximum points. 

                                               ADAMS CELEBRATES HIS GOAL

In the final game of week 8 Manchester United travelled to the Hawthrons to face West Bromich Albion on Monday Night. Four goals were produced in the game with two coming in each half of the game. West Brom took the lead through Sessegnon in the 8th minute , it took a while before Fellaini got the equalizer in the 48th minute after coming of the bench. In the second things took a different turn again as Berahino scored to put the host in front in the 66th minute. Just three minutes to end the game Blind scored to level things up and rescue a point for his side.

                                              COOL FINISH FROM BERAHINO

ROUND UP OF MATCHES WEEK 7

Week 7 began with the game between Leicester City and Burnley, the game was tactical and full of chances  for both teams. The game produced four goals and three of those goals came in the first half. The opening goal however came in the 33^rd minute through Schlupp , but the celebration didn’t last long as  Kightly got the equalizer in the 39^th minute. Suddenly Leicester fans went wild again as Mahrez put them back in front . All goals were scored in a space of 7 minutes.

In the second half  Leiceester went on the defensive allowing Burnley to came at them but were soon  down hearted after Wallace got the equalizer in the 90^th minute.

                                                WALLACE CELEBRATES LATE EQUALIZER

Here are the STATS from the game.

Next was Liverpool vs West Bromwich Albion , the Reds were looking to secure a win and possibly avoid their third defeat of the season. The first half was very intense with Liverpool attacking and blazing on all cylinders. The goal finally came in the 45^th minute and it was new team mate Lallana scoring his first goal for the Reds, it was the way he celebrated his first goal that would remain in the minds of the fans.

In the second half  West Brom were awarded a penalty  in the 56^th minute and Berahino scored from the spot kick to level things up. Later the Reds went in front through  Henderson as he got his first of the season in the 61^st minute.  A real confidence booster for Liverpool but he still have a long way to go if they are to reach the heights of last season.

                                                  HENDERSON OPENS GOAL ACCOUNT

Later in the day Sunderland took on Stoke City in a four goal thriller, Gus Poyet was delighted with the game as his team came out on top. The opening goal came in the 4^th minute through Wickham , Stoke City then got their equalizer through Adam in the 15^th minute. Fletcher then gave Sunderland the lead in the 23^rd minute. In the second half Stoke City still looked treating with Victor Moses on the wings , Fletcher finally sealed the 3 points for Sunderland in the 79^th minute  securing Sunderlands first win of the season.

                                                      FLETCHER CELEBRATES HIS GOAL

Hull City also took on Crystal Palace  in a game that ended two nil to Hull. No goals were scored in the first half since both teams were very cautious not to open up . In the second half  Diame scored the opening goal in the 60^th minute , later Jelavic made it two in the 89^th minute. This meant Hull City had recorded their second win of the season  giving Steve Bruce’s team the much needed boost.

                                              DIAME CELEBRATES HIS GOAL

Swansea City faced Newcastle with Alan Pardew still on the hot seat , but was amazingly giving a breather by Cisse as he went on a solo mission to save the manager. In the first half  Bony opened his account with a goal in the 17^th minute , later Cisse got the Equalizer in the 43^rd minute to level things for the visitors. At the start of the second half Routledge put the host in front again in the 50^th minute , and just when Swansea thought they had things wrapped up Cisse again struck home in the 75^th minute to put Newcastle level.

                                            CISSE RESCUES PARDEW

In the final game on Saturday Aston Villa hosted Manchester City and unfortunately their losing strike didn’t end. Both two goals came very late in the game  as the Villa defense proved to be very compact. When the defense finally caved in Toure produced the opener in the 82^nd minute after cutting through the defense with an amazing run . The second goal came in the 88^th minute through Aguero to snatch victory from Aston Villa.

                                              TOURE SCORES , HE IS BACK

On Sunday Manchester United faced Everton at Old Trafford. The game produced 3 goals but it could have been four if David De Gea hadn’t pulled an exceptional save. The opening goal came in the 27^th minute through Di Maria giving the host the lead. Just on the stroke of half time  Everton were awarded a penalty after a luke Shaw challenge. But Baines failed to score from the spot kick after De Gea caught his direction.

                                               DE GEA'S PENALTY SAVE

At the start of the second half Naismith  scored the equalizer in the 55^th minute giving Everton fans hope of getting a 2^nd successive win at Old Trafford. To the delight of United fans Falcao got his first goal of the season for United in the 62^nd minute . What a way to give your team the victory they needed.

                                            FALCAO SCORES HIS FIRST

Tottenham faced Southampton as Pochetino faced his old club at the White Hart lane. The only goal of the game came from Eriksen on the 40^th minute mark in the first half.  Southampton controlled most of the second half but had fewer chances per stats the from.   

 

                                            ERIKSEN'S GOAL 

 

Here are the STATS from the game

Arsenal tasted their first defeat after Chelsea beat them by two goals to nil. During the build up to the game Mourinho and Wenger were really taking shots at each other , the later transferred their argument to the pitch with a few shoves here and there. But Mourinho’s team came up on top with Hazard scoring a penalty in the 27^th minute  after being fowled by Koscielny .

                                            KOSCIELNY CONCIEDES PENALTY

 At the start of the second half Arsenal had more possession and looked more like the home team but again Ozil was a pale shadow of himself again , and Sanchez on the other had was neutralized by the Chelsea’s defense. Diego Costa had his opportunity though and really showed why he is leading the scorers chart as he got his 9^th of the season in the 78^th minute.

                                            COSTA CELEBRATES HIS GOAL


In the final game on Sunday West Ham United  took on Queen Park Rangers at the Boleyn Ground. First goal came as an own goal Onuoha from a corner in the 5^th minute. The second goal however came in the second half from Sakho in the 59^th minute , securing  Sam Allardyce’s second straight win and also  keeping  their first clean sheet of the season. But West Ham really didn’t play as they did against Liverpool and QPR on the other hand came close on some occasions with Kranjcar’s free kick.

                                              SAHKO GIVES THUMBS UP TO THE BENCH