4 extra Premier League video games befell on Sunday, headlined by the Manchester derby.
This is what we fabricated from what went on across the grounds.
What occurred? 📝
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Within the early fixture of the day, Crystal Palace ended Brighton’s unbeaten document on the AMEX this season as they cruised to a 3-1 win over their native rivals.
Then, Manchester United piled the distress on rivals Man Metropolis as they got here from behind to win 2-1 late on, thanks to 2 targets in two minutes within the closing levels.
That allowed Chelsea to emerge as the key winners from the weekend’s motion as they beat Brentford 2-1 to maneuver 4 factors away from Arsenal, and simply two factors behind Liverpool, although the Reds have a sport in hand.
On the South coast in the meantime, Tottenham piled the stress on Russell Martin as they thrashed a sorry Southampton facet 5-0 with 5 first half targets.
Participant of the day 🔥
In a sport of low high quality, Amad Diallo caught out like a sore thumb for Manchester United as he orchestrated their late sport comeback on the Etihad Stadium.
The Ivorian speedster received the penalty to stage the sport, earlier than he poked residence the winner moments later to safe all three factors for his facet with one other mammoth efficiency.
Amad Diallo’s sport by numbers vs. Man Metropolis [RANK]:
94% move accuracy (!!!)7/10 duels received 5/8 dribbles accomplished [🥇]4 photographs [🥇]1 penalty received [🥇]1 objective [🥇]
The perfect participant on the pitch. BY A MILE.
It makes you marvel why Erik ten Hag used him so sparingly!
Stat of the day 📊
Manchester Metropolis have now received simply one in all their final ELEVEN matches 🤯
✅ 1 win🤝 2 attracts❌ 8 losses
Their newest loss got here to Manchester United 😬
Simply what’s going on at Manchester Metropolis?
Can Pep Guardiola flip issues round?
What this implies 🤔
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Regardless of the large win for Manchester United, Ruben Amorim’s facet stay within the backside half of the Premier League, whereas their rivals might be 12 factors off the tempo if Liverpool win their sport in hand.
The truth is, Liverpool’s closest rivals are actually Chelsea, whose win at Brentford moved them simply two factors behind the Reds and 4 factors away from Arsenal in third.
On the different finish of the desk, Southampton stay with only one win all season, however Crystal Palace’s win has moved them as much as fifteenth place and away from the drop zone.
What they stated 🗣
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Manchester Metropolis boss Pep Guardiola was eager to take the blame himself after his facet collapsed in opposition to Manchester United.
“I’m not ok. I’m the boss, the supervisor, I’ve to search out options and up to now I have not. That is the fact”, he defined.
In the meantime, Ruben Amorim urged calm round matchwinner Amad Diallo. “He can play completely different positions, he’s very humble. We’ve got to be very cautious with Amad as a result of typically in our membership we put younger gamers in a particular place. Let’s keep clam with Amad.”
Oliver Glasner was stuffed with reward for his gamers after they swatted apart Brighton.
“All of the credit score goes to the gamers. We defended compact, we did not give them many conditions.”
“They modified their system and we struggled to place stress on the ball. On this part we wanted Dean Henderson who made two or three huge saves. The three-0 was the second that determined the sport for us and it was a really optimistic efficiency.”
Underneath-pressure Southampton boss Russell Martin slammed his crew for his or her poor begin to the sport. “I’m harm on the first half. We simply don’t reply very properly to setbacks as a gaggle. The response may be very poor. Extremely disillusioned.”
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And Thomas Frank admitted Chelsea have been among the many favourites to win the Premier League, even when Enzo Maresca will not.
“It is a excellent Chelsea crew with excellent gamers they usually’ve spent just a few quid. Effectively coached.”
“Second half we have been higher. A draw would have been properly deserved in my view. We hit the crossbar, different huge probabilities.
“We created fairly a little bit of hassle for Chelsea which you can see how a lot it meant to them. They’re proper up there as favourites for the title and properly deserved.”
What’s subsequent? 👀
The Premier League returns to our screens in lower than 24 hours as West Ham United and Bournemouth lock horns, earlier than a mammoth weekend of motion sees Tottenham tackle Liverpool and Aston Villa host Manchester Metropolis in every week’s time.
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