Wolves v Newcastle
The away side came in as slight favourites today but could they go home with three points, they started very brightly and hit Wolves with attack aftrer attack, But Ter Stegen was in fine form, Wolves hit them on the break, a long ball from Mustafi was brought down nmeatly by Gylfi who instantly played in Aubameyang he he fired off an unstoppable shot.
Wolves were much better in possession in the second half and it was very much even until they went 2 ahead, a daft challenge which ended in a red card for Hummels and a penalty for Wolves which Aubameyang slotted away. Wolves took the foot of the gas and this allowed Newcastle to come back into it, they got a goal back through Suarez, but they tired and Wolves controlled the latter part of the game for a fantastic 3 points
Woves 2 - 1 Newcastle
Aubameyang x 2(Gylfi, 40), (Pen, 63)
Suarez(Salah, 78)
Hummels 62
MOTM - Aubameyang
Aston Villa 0 - 2 Stoke
Keita, Soler (Soler, 34, Schick, 62)
MOTM - Soler
Hull v Spurs
Two improving sides and a good close game, both going at it but neither with an end product, both defences solid and it reflected on it being 0-0 at half time. Neither team dominated and the crowd had to wait until 76 mins for the first goal, and it was the combination of Mahrez and Ziyech for Hull who put them in the lead, a clever one two allowed Mahrez to slot home after Ziyech split the defence with a fine pass. Spurs tho through Subs Willian and Morata got an equaliser late on and it was just a simple cross in which Morata met and nodded home. A fair result a maybe a good point for both
Hull City 1 - 1 Spurs
Mahrez(Ziyech, 76)
Morata, (Willian, 87)
MOTM - F.de Jong
Week 17
posted on 16/1/18
Birmingham v Portsmouth
Birmingham came out of the blocks quickly in this one with a very attacking set up and the high press did cause some trouble for the first 5-10 minutes. However once Portsmouth settled they started to control things, in build up the extra CB to forward meant that they could quickly bypass the initial press and Alexis and De Bruyne vs Matic and Fernandinho vs Vidal vs Alli meant that Portsmouth established possession in the midfield and began to push Birmingham back and get them to defend. Birmingham’s team was definitely set up more to attack and so they struggled going the other way. They were solid enough out wide but Alexis and De Bruyne found it easy to open space in the middle. Birmingham did provide a threat by countering into space behind the Portsmouth WBs but not enough to take anything from this game.
Birmingham 1-2 Portsmouth
Birmingham Scorers: Gomez(Perisic) 8
Portsmouth Scorers: Werner(De Bruyne) 39, Sanchez(De Bruyne) 53
MOTM: Kevin De Bruyne
Chelsea v Arsenal
A game where Arsenal showed a good improvement from their performances before the break however Chelsea are in need of points to get back to their position at the top and showed too much here. Arsenal succeeded in making things very congested and tough to break down, however Pogba and Neymar both stood out today and showed their ability to break down a stern defence. Going the other way Arsenal’s front three managed to find some space and Costa and James stretched the opposition, Belotti didn’t really have his shooting boots on today though and missed some good chances on the break.
Chelsea 1-0 Arsenal
Chelsea Scorers: Pogba(Neymar) 64
Arsenal Scorers: —
MOTM: Paul Pogba
Leicester v Everton
A very entertaining game between Leicester’s attacking possession based game and Everton’s fast paced counter. Leicester had many of the chances with their quality all of the pitch making it very difficult to stop them but Everton showed some good signs at the other end, Son and Sterling were able to give the FBs a good run for their money and created some chances, however Lacazette was well marshalled for the most part. At the other end Hazard looked to have the beating of Clyne and Costa was happy to beat the CBs as many times as possible, sometime taking away from his threat with the ball but he kept the CBs on their toes. Leicester’s midfield was the real winning factor in this game though, they were able to keep the ball for long spells and keep Everton chasing and constantly got the ball to the front three which meant they created plenty of chances to get the win.
Leicester 2-1 Everton
Leicester Scorers: Koke(Marcelo) 51, Guedes(Hazard) 78
Everton Scorers: Sterling(Son) 66
MOTM: Koke
posted on 21/1/18
Liverpool 2 - 1 Brighton
Dybala, Icardi (Zielinski) ; Falcao (Pastore)
The home side won the possession battle and this gave them the edge in the match and allowed them to create more chances. The away side gave Pool real problems with their pace and strength but weren't able to control the tempo of the game.
MOTM: Dybala