English Premier League – Matchweek 5 – Monday September 14/15

Let’s check out the action that took place in the final fixture of Matchweek 5 in the English Premier League!

—– West Ham United v Newcastle United —–

West Ham doubled up Newcastle 2-0!

It only took the 9th minute for West Ham, and Dimitri Payet, to score their first of two goals!  A stunning strike to the top-right corner put the Hammers on the scoreboard…

Payet’s other goal came at the 48th minute came after he retrieved a rebound off the crossbar by Victor Moses, and jammed it in the back of the net!

So after five weeks, the standings look like this:

1. Manchester City – 15 pts
2. Leicester City – 11 pts
3. Manchester United – 10 pts
4. Arsenal – 10 pts
5. West Ham United – 9 pts
6. Crystal Palace – 9 pts

Matchweek 6 begins Saturday, September 18!

English Premier League – Matchweek 5 – Sunday September 13/15

Four teams saw action on Matchweek 5 Sunday in the English Premier League!

—– Sunderland v Tottenham Hotspur —–

Tottenham picked up their first victory of the season with a 1-0 win over host Sunderland!

In the 82nd minute a strike by Ryan Mason to the bottom-left corner gave Sunderland the lead and a 1-0 victory!

—– Leicester City v Aston Villa —–

Leicester City mounted an incredible comeback to defeat Aston Villa 3-2!

Aston Villa scored first in the 39th minute when Jack Grealish whales one from about 20 yards out!

In the 63rd minute Carles Gil put AV up 2-0!  Then, with 19 minutes left in regulation time, the improbable comeback began!  Ritchie De Laet punted the ball to the top-right corner to get Leicester on the board!

Ten minutes later, Jamie Vardy nailed a shot from the top of the box to tie the game!

Then in the 89th minute, Nathan Dyer’s header to the bottom-left corner puts Leicester ahead and ultimately the come-from-behind victory!

With the win, Leicester sits alone in second place in the standings behind Manchester City, and Manchester United and Arsenal tied for third!

Monday: West Ham v Newcastle United!

English Premier League – Matchweek 5 – Saturday September 12/15

Here’s how the table looked after Matchweek 4 play in the English Premier League:

Now it’s back to action after an international competition break….it’s Matchweek 5!

—– Everton v Chelsea —–

Everton handled a deflated Chelsea team to nail a 3-1 win against the League champions!

Everton began the scoring 17 minutes in with a pinpoint header by Steven Naismith….

…who followed five minutes later with a left-footed shot into the bottom corner!

Nemanja Matic got Chelsea on the scoreboard in the 36th minute with a screamer to the top corner!

But Naismith put the game away for Everton in the 82nd minute with his third goal of the game, making a right-footed shot and completing a perfect hat-trick!

—– Arsenal v Stoke City —–

Arsenal were finally able to get their first home win of the season, shutting out Stoke City 2-0!

Theo Walcott left-footed a 30-yard pass from Mesut Özil through the goalkeep’s legs to produce a 1-0 Arsenal lead:

In the 85th minute Olivier Giroud headed a pass from Santiago Cazorla to the bottom-left corner to seal the win for the Gunners!

—– Crystal Palace v Manchester City —–

It took the full 90 minutes but Manchester City continues to have a perfect record after a 1-0 win over host Crystal Palace, in a meeting of the top two teams in the league standings!

After a well-fought game by both sides, it appeared to be headed to a scoreless draw.  But in the 90th minute, a shot by Samir Nasri was stopped by Palace goalkeeper Alex McCarthy, but Kelechi Iheanacho was there to pick up the rebound from close range and get his team the win!

Iheanacho, in scoring his first EPL goal in his second Premier League game, becomes the 125th player to score an EPL goal for Manchester City!

—– Norwich v Bournemouth —–

Norwich recorded their first home win of the season with an easy 3-1 victory over AFC Bournemouth!

In the 35th minute Wes Hoolahan came up the right side, cut to the net, and passed to a waiting Cameron Jerome who poked the ball home, giving Norwich a 1-0 lead!

In the 52nd minute Hoolahan charged up the middle uncontested and unleashed a beauty to the bottom-right corner, doubling Norwich’s lead!

Matthew Jarvis finished Norwich’s scoring by converting Jonny Howson’s pass!

Steve Cook ensured there would be no shutout here today when, in the 81st minute, he headed in a pass from Simon Francis!

—– Watford v Swansea City —–

Watford picked up their first win of the season with a tight 1-0 win over Swansea!

After an uneventful first half, Odion Ighalo scored the game’s only goal with a right-footed shot to the bottom-left corner in the 59th minute!

In the 64th minute, Valon Behrami was shown the red card for violent conduct, but the 10-man Watford team held on for the win!

—– West Bromwich Albion v Southampton —–

West Brom and Southampton played to a nil-nil draw!

Southampton’s Graziano Pellè couldn’t connect with this chance:

West Brom’s Callum McManaman gets the ball away from Matt Targett:

It was Virgil van Dijk’s Southampton debut:

Darren Fletcher and James Ward-Prowse compete for ball ownership:

—– Manchester United v Liverpool —–

Goalkeeper David de Gea signed a new contract with Manchester United earlier this week!  His return may have helped United get a morale boost as they won 3-1 over Liverpool!

In the 48th minute Liverpool’s Nathaniel Clyne received a yellow card for hauling down substitute Ashley Young.outside the box.  Juan Mata took the free kick and sent it to Daley Blind, who was waiting at the top of the box.  Blind drilled it into the top-left corner of the net to give United the lead!

In the 70th minute Liverpool’s Joseph Gomez took down Ander Herrera in the box, leading to a penalty kick that Herrera had no problem putting in, giving United a 2-0 lead!

Christian Benteke scored an amazing goal with a stunning overhead kick past de Gae in the 84th minute, cutting Manchester United’s lead in half:

However, new signee Anthony Martial put the game away with a fantastic run, followed by a dribble past Martin Skrtel, then converted a cool finish in the far bottom-right corner for his first EPL goal!

Here are the scores for all the fixtures Saturday:

After Saturday’s matches, Manchester City continues to lead the table with 15 points, followed by Manchester United and Arsenal with 10 points each, and Crystal Palace with 9:

Two games Sunday: Sunderland v Tottenham and Leicester City v Aston Villa!

English Premier League – Matchweek 4 – Sunday August 30/15!

Two games remain to be played in the Premier League’s Matchweek 4!

Southampton v Norwich

Southampton finally won their first game of the season, beating Norwich City 3-0!

In the 27th minute Norwich’s Steven Whittaker picked up a yellow card for not allowing Matt Targett to take a quick throw-in.  Four minutes later Whittaker received his second yellow card, and dismissal from the field, for hauling back Dusin Tadic!

Graziano Pelle got the scoring started for Southampton in first-half stoppage time with a close-range strike!

Tadic scored a double in the second half; once in the 64th minute he sent a pass from Sadio Mané into the top-right corner of the net…

…and once in the 67th minute, tapping home a rebound:

Swansea v Manchester United

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Man U’s Wayne Rooney in action:

Swansea’s Andre Ayew battles Memphis Depay for the ball:

In the 51st minute, Juan Mata took a cross from Luke Shaw and dialed it in the top-right corner of the net to give United a 1-0 lead!

Ayew tied the match with a header to the bottom-left corner in the 61st minute!

Bafétimbi Gomis put Swansea head 2-1 with a bottom-right corner placement in the 66th minute!

Even with 4 extra minutes of penalty time, Manchester United could not muster a tying goal and end up losing their first game of the season!

After four weeks, Manchester City leads the league with 12 points, followed by Crystal Palace with 9, Leicester City and Swansea tied with 8, and Manchester United with 7!

Matchweek 5 begins Saturday September 12 after the International break!