Nicely fudge me if this wasn’t a hell of a set of video games immediately! Watching on the fantabulous Peacock Multi-view I used to be getting whiplash from all of the loopy motion. Actually this was a veritable feast of soccer deliciousness.
Brentford 2 – 2 Manchester Metropolis
Do you bear in mind when a two-goal Manchester Metropolis lead with 20 minutes remaining was a executed deal? Neither did Brentford.
Yoane Wissa’s 82nd minute purpose gave the impression to be a consolatory milksop, however then Christian Nørgaard pummeled a cross from Keane Lewis-Potter together with his melon… and like that Metropolis’s title hopes disappeared.
Apparently G-tech is the one PL stadium goal-bot Erling Haaland hasn’t defiled but by scoring. After immediately that drought will proceed, as a special boyo-in-sky-blue confirmed up immediately. After a brace, Phil Foden could be sizzling once more… his type, that’s. Not even a supermodel may look sizzling with that haircut.
All of the motion got here within the second half. A single minute of stoppage time is the one stat it’s essential to know concerning the uneventful first 45.
Chelsea 2 – 2 Bournemouth
Cole Palmer FC strikes once more! Nicholas Jackson can’t catch a break! Nelson Semenyo attracts a penalty! Justin Kluivert converts! David Brooks dodges a bullet! Semenyo fires a laser! Reese James hits an absolute stunner!
There shall be a furor from Chelsea followers that Bournemouth weren’t right down to 10 males earlier than Semenyo’s rocket of a shot. Let’s simply say that if David Brooks was a cat, he used considered one of his lives when he escaped a pink card for violent conduct towards Marc Cucurella.
However this doesn’t excuse Chelsea who as soon as once more failed to carry a lead after halftime, and needed to depend on an excellent dead-ball effort from James within the ninety fifth minute to scratch again a degree.
West Ham 3 – 2 Fulham
No strikers? No drawback! With three forwards out because of harm, West Ham needed to lean on their midfield, and boy did they produce. In a two minute stretch, Carlos Soler scored his first West Ham purpose and Souçek bagged a second. Lucas Paquetá hit a 3rd after a Bernd Leno error.
One of many everlasting soccer questions shall be requested from considered one of Fulham’s second half objectives: Can a participant rating in the event that they don’t contact the ball? Raúl Jiménez will make that argument, although his distracting leap in entrance of Lukas Fabianski would possibly qualify as an help, because it allowed Alex Iwobi’s cross to hit the web. Iwobi would earn a brace within the 78th minute, however West Ham would handle to carry on for Graham Potter’s first win in claret and blue.
Nottingham Forest 1 – 1 Liverpool
Are you shocked? Are you? Every part appears to be developing Forest recently. And you’ll’t have a Forest with out (Chris) Wooden, whose unbelievable resurrection as a ruthless striker continued together with his eighth minute purpose off the break. Certainly, Forest had been the much better squad heading into the dressing room 1-0.
The second half was a special story.
One among Arne Slot’s finest managerial traits is figuring out when to tinker. Twenty-two seconds after getting into the match, Kostas Tsimikas and Diogo Jota mixed to place the Reds degree. And from there on out Liverpool introduced wave after wave of pictures, corners and crisp passing within the attacking third. Mats Sels made 5 unbelievable saves; Forest defenders additionally blocked a variety of pictures.
A breathless recreation. In a means, a draw was the fairest final result.
