With Manchester United on top of the board, it’s Matchweek 8 in the English Premier League!
Here’s the schedule (with Canadian channels) of this weekend’s fixtures:
—– Saturday’s Games —–
—– Crystal Palace v West Bromwich Albion —–
68th minute: Crystal Palace’s Yannick Bolasie’s header from very close range to the bottom-right corner gave the home team a 1-0 lead!
89th minute: Crystal Palace’s Yohan Cabaye converted from the penalty spot, putting Crystal Palace up 2-0!
FINAL SCORE: CRYSTAL PALACE 2 – 0 WEST BROM ALBION
—– Aston Villa v Stoke City —–
55th minute: Stoke City’s Marko Arnautovic scored the only goal of the game, slotting it past the goalkeeper and in off the post!
FINAL SCORE: ASTON VILLA 0 – 1 STOKE CITY
—– AFC Bournemouth v Watford —–
28th minute: Bournemouth’s Glenn Murray headed the ball past Heurelho Gomes to put the home team up 1-0!
45th minute: Watford’s Odion Ighalo equalized the score, taking advantage of a poor pass by Artur Boruc!
FINAL SCORE: AFC BOURNEMOUTH 1 – 1 WATFORD
—– Manchester City v Newcastle United —–
18th minute: Newcastle’s Aleksandar Mitrovic opened the scoring with a header, marking his first goal for the Magpies!
42nd minute: Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero evened the score with a header of his own!
49th minute: Aguero converted a pass by David Silva and left-footed a shot into the bottom-right corner of the net to give City a 2-1 lead!
50th minute: Aguero scored again, assisted by Kevin De Bruyne! Now 3-1 Man City!
53rd minute: De Bruyne volleyed in Man City’s fourth goal of the game!
60th minute: Aguero nets his fourth of the game, with another assist by Silva! Man City leading 5-1!
62nd minute: Aguero ties a Premier League record by scoring five times in a single match!
FINAL SCORE: MANCHESTER CITY 6 – 1 NEWCASTLE UNITED
—– Norwich v Leicester City —–
28th minute: Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy’s converted penalty opened the scoring as the visitors take the early lead 1-0!
47th minute: Leicester City’s Jeffrey Schlupp fired home the Foxes’ second goal of the game!
68th minute: Norwich’s Dieumerci Mbokani turned in Jonny Howson’s cross to half Leicester’s lead down to 2-1!
FINAL SCORE: NORWICH 1 – 2 LEICESTER CITY
—– Sunderland v West Ham United —–
10th minute: Sunderland’s Steven Fletcher stroked home Yann M’Vila’s low corner to give the Black Cats a 1-0 lead!
22nd minute: Sunderland’s Jeremain Lens gives the home team a 2-0 lead!
First-half stoppage time: West Ham’s Carl Jenkinson got one in before the break to narrow Sunderland’s lead to 2-1!
57th minute: Lens received his second yellow card of the match and is sent off the field!
60th minute: West Ham’s Dimitri Payet levelled the score with a right-footed shot to the bottom-right corner of the net!
FINAL SCORE: SUNDERLAND 2 – 2 WEST HAM
—– Chelsea v Southampton —–
10th minute: Chelsea’s Willian’s 30-yard delivery found the top far corner after bouncing off a post!
44th minute: Southampton’s Steven Davis scores his first goal in over 600 days, tying the match 1-1!
60th minute: Southampton’s Sadio Mane’s squeezed the ball past Asmir Begovic, giving the Saints a 2-1 lead!
72nd minute: Southampton’s Graziano Pellè sealed the win!
FINAL SCORE: CHELSEA 1 – 3 SOUTHAMPTON
—– Sunday’s Games —–
—– Everton v Liverpool —–
41st minute: Liverpool’s James Milner’s header found Danny Ings, who headed the ball into the net!
First-half stoppage time: Everton’s Romelu Lukaku lashed home a rebound to even the score!
The Merseyside derby ends in a draw! It also saw the end of Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers, who has resigned his post!
FINAL SCORE: EVERTON 1 – 1 LIVERPOOL
—– Arsenal v Manchester United —–
6th minute: Arsenal’s Alexis Sánchez puts the ball in the net from close range to open the scoring early!
7th minute: Arsenal’s Mesut Özil scored a minute later, making it 2-0 Arsenal!
20th minute: Sanchez scored his sixth goal in three matches with a right-footed drive to the top-right corner! Arsenal now leading 3-0!
FINAL SCORE: ARSENAL 3 – 0 MANCHESTER UNITED
—– Swansea City v Tottenham Hotspur —–
16th minute: Swansea’s André Ayew header gives the home team a 1-0 lead!
27th minute: Tottenham’s Christian Eriksen’s free kick goes in and ties the match!
31st minute: Tottenham’s Harry Kane gives away an own-goal to put Swansea up 2-1!
65th minute: Eriksen ties the match once again with a free kick!
FINAL SCORE: SWANSEA CITY 2 – 2 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
Once again, a look at the final scores of Matchweek 8:
And here’s how the table looks after the weekend’s action:
Matchweek 9 commences Saturday, October 17!
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