AFTER INTERNATIONAL BREAK : EPL RETURNS WITH FLOOD OF GOALS
By Olopade Sakiru
It was an avalanche of goals in week 8 matches of the English Premier League played on Saturday after the International break.
The weekend games started with white –washing of Watford by Liverpool by five goals to nill with goals from Roberto Firmino with hat-trick while Sadio Mane and Mohammed Salah completing the demolition.
AstonVilla and Wolverhampton encounter produced another five goals thriller with Wolverhampton, playing away from home, defeated Aston Villa at its backyard by three goals to two.
Themost electrifying game was the Leicester City and Manchester United that saw the Red Devils losing by four goals to two.
It was a game that United had the dominance in the early part of the game, Mason Greenwood scoring in the 19th minute but United lost the grip of the encounter as soon as Youri Tielemans equalized in the 31st minute from an assist from Kelechi Iheanacho . The United defence was in a disarray with the captain of the side, Harry Maguire, off form Wan Bissaka and Victor Lindehof being the culprit.
The second half of the entertaining encounter produced four goals but with the home side, Leicester City running away with well deserved victory after fine play.
The Pep Guardiola tutored side, Manchester City was in fine form, beating Burnley by two goals to nothing with goals from Bernardo Silva and Kervin De Bruyne in the 12th and 70th mimute of the highly enterprising game.
While the league leader,Chelsea , tutors by the German tactician, Thomas Tuchel held on to a goal scored in the additional time in the first half by Ben Chilwell to run away with the three points. Southampton, playing before its teaming fans pipped Leeds United by a lone goal scored in the 53rd minute by Armando Broja to earn his team the maximum points.
The only drawn game ended in a barren draw, the only encounter that failed to produce any goal was Norwich City and Bright & Hove Albion.
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SAKIRU OLOPADE
NEWSCONTINENTAL