EPL : WK 10 MATCHES FULL OF SURPRISE GALOUR AS RED DEVILS BOUNCES BACK WITH 3-NILL SPANKING OF HOTSPUR
By Sakiru Olopade
Week 10 matches of the English Premier League were full of upset as big teams failed to live to their billings.
The biggest upset was the Manchester City against Crystal Palace. The Pep Gaurdiola tutored side, surprisingly fell like a pack of card by losing by two goals at home while Liverpool with the demolition of Manchester United last Sunday, could not re-enact the same form by amazingly playing 2-2 draw at home against Brighton &Hove albion, leaving the team manager, Jurgen Klopp frustrated.
On the other hand, Arsenal continued its impressive performance with a 2- 0 victory against Leicester City at King’s Park Stadium. It was a hard–earned victory with gunners withstanding constant pressure in the second half with daring saves from goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale, keeping Leicester City at bay.
The much improved gunners had a good start with a goal scored in the 5th minute via Gabriel from Bukayo Saka’s corner kick while Smith Rowe doubled the scores in the 18th minute. What could have been a goal for Leicester on the stroke of half-time from James Maddison’s free-kick was parried to the bar but Nuno Tavares was there right in time to clear off the line.
The second half saw Leicester City pilling up pressure on Arsenal but goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale was a rock of gilbratar, denying Leicester from scoring in that encounter. Arsenal have won seven of their past nine games in all competions —-drawing the other two, maintaining their most unbeaten run since February, 2020.
It was a sweat victory for the Red Devils fans on Saturday as their darling team bounced back after last Sunday’s disappointing and embarrassing encounter against Liverpool.
The United against all odds put the scandalous defeat behind them, and came out smoking, firing from all cylinders with the manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer changing his tactics, partnering Edinson Carvani with Cristiano Ronaldo upfront which yielded positive result.
The two lethal strikers had their names on scorer sheets with one goal each credited to their names while the substitute Marcus Rashford completed the demolition of Tottenham Hotspur with a late third goal to give Manchester United 3—-0 emphatic victory in London.
Meanwhile, Chelsea continued with their winning streak with 3 nill bashing of Newcastle United with a brace from Reece James and a penalty goal from Jorginho.
With the victory against Newcastle United, the Thomas Tuchel tutored Side is leading the pack on the table with 25 points, three points better than the second placed Liverpool that is having 22 points on the log.