Evgeny Music sums up the results of the 20th round of the English Premier League.

Liverpool wiped out Swansea, Harry Kane celebrated a hat-trick for Tottenham v Southampton, breaking the Premier League record, Chelsea got the "Spanish victory", Manchester United could not beat Burnley, but Man City coped with Newcastle. About this and much more - in the results of the 20th round of the Premier League.

ENGLAND. PREMIER LEAGUE, 20 TOUR DECEMBER 26, 2017 14:30 Football 1 Tottenham 5: 2 Southampton 17:00 Bournemouth 3: 3 West Ham 17:00 Chelsea 2: 0 Brighton & Hove 17:00 Huddersfield 1: 1 Stoke City 17 : 00 Manchester United 2: 2 Burnley 17:00 Watford 2: 1 Leicester City 17:00 West Bromwich 0: 0 Everton 19:30 Liverpool 5: 0 Swansea 27 DECEMBER 2017 21:45 Newcastle 0: 1 Manchester City 28 DECEMBER 2017 22 : 00 Crystal Palace 2: 3 Arsenal Firmino, Coutinho, Salah and Mom Alexander-Arnold helped Liverpool defeat Swansea Liverpool played well in the first half against Swansea, but the leaders al only minimal - on the 6th minute of the account opened by Philippe Coutinho. But in the second half happened "half an hour, which is nice to watch" (as Jurgen Klopp said). Mersisaydtsy simply dared the opponent, sending in the gate Lukasz Fabianski 4 goals. And this despite the fact that the Pole several times saved his team.

"Swans" demonstrated a terrible game in defense - then Leroy Fur gave the pass to Salah, who ferried the ball into the empty net at Firmino, then the crowd could not knock the ball out and only watched Oakslade-Chamberlain.

This fairy tale happened in Liverpool's trent of Trent Alexander-Arnold. He not only scored his first goal in the Premier League, but did it in front of his family, who flew to see his game from the US. By the way, Trent came out in the start thanks in large part to the meeting of his mother with Klopp in the club office, which was told by Jurgen himself.

When 300 million pounds - too little Manchester United only in the added time got a draw on his field against Burnley. And what is surprising - Jose Mourinho dissatisfied with the result, but is happy with his players. In contrast to the Portuguese, the fans certainly have questions about some performers. For example, we all love Zlatan Ibrahimovic, but 1 shot on goal in 45 minutes? We go further, Romelu Lukaku. 1 attempt to score a goal in 90 minutes. Really?.

Probably not the only bright spot this evening - Jesse Lingard. The pupil of MJ scored two goals this evening, the first of which - a heel. Definitely, the applicant for the title of "goal of the tour".

Jose something else dared to talk about injuries. True shame, especially when you consider that Burnley did not play the leader of the defense James Tarkowski, the main left-back defender Stephen Ward and top scorer Chris Wood. But you can still remember about the long-traumated Tom Heaton and Robbie Brady ... Burnley moments were lucky when the ball after the blow Paul Pogba almost licked the bar or when Nick Pope hit the ball with his forehead in the crossbar, but call a draw unfair does not work.

It turns out that everything is very simple. According to Mourinho, Manchester United is not spending enough. That's it, 300 million pounds (about as many "red devils" spent after the appointment of the Portuguese) - not enough to win over Leicester and Burnley.

Victory with the Spanish accent In the first half of the game against Chelsea, Brighton worked well in defense. All that can be remembered is the unused moments of Temuy Bakayoko and Victor Moses. But did not have time to start the second half of the meeting, as the course went Chelsea's menacing weapon - a bunch of Cesar Aspilicueta and Alvaro Morata. As usual, the defender gave, and Morata sent the ball to the destination. Of his 10 goals in the Premier League, Alvaro 6 scored after the Cesar transfers. In the joke of Antonio Conte, that Morata must pay for several suppers of Aspilicuete, there is not that much of a joke.

Chelsea joined, and after the goal of Marcos Alonso (assistant of another Spaniard, Cesc Fabregas) it became clear: the match was made. However, the "blue" could have scored more - after Eden Azar struck, Lewis Dunk took the ball from his goal, and another shot went past the goal.

Not to say that Chelsea are failing this season - in the last campaign in this stretch of the season, the "blue" was 7 points more (but there were no games in the Champions League), but what can you do if Man City is always winning?.

"It's hard to play when the opponent does not want to play" Newcastle has chosen for the match against Manchester City an ultra-defensive tactic. "Magpies" closed the whole team in their half of the field in the hope of at least stopping the attacking car Pep Guardiola. As a result, Newcastle lost only 0-1, but it can not be said that such a game is a recipe for success against the City.

Josep Guardiola after the game complained: "It's hard to play when the opponent does not want to play," but his team could well have won more. "Townspeople" repeatedly could score, and not a merit of Newcastle's tactics is that only Aguero in the first half hour twice struck the bar. For the entire match, City struck 21 blows on the goal, so putting the bus against Man City, and even in front of their fans - a very dubious undertaking.

The legend of the "forty" Alan Shearer called Newcastle "a team from Championships, who plays in the Premier League", and with him one can not disagree. No matter how good coach is Rafael Benitez, Newcastle often lacks the quality of players. We can only hope that the sale of the Amanda Staveley club will take place as soon as possible and open a new era in the history of Newcastle.

The year of Harry Kane in 2017 was definitely the best for attacking Tottenham's Harry Kane. In May, the Englishman was the second in the Premier League's bombing race, but in the last rounds scored 7 goals and won this race with Romel Lukaku. Something similar happened in December. Harri was separated by a few balls from the record of Alan Shearer in the number of goals in the Premier League for the calendar year. Little was the gap between Leo Messi and Edinson Cavani in the number of goals for the club and the national team in 2017. Two hat-tricks in the last two matches - and Kane sets a new record, and also becomes Europe's top scorer in the past year!.

What is typical, the forward of Tottenham for their goals took much less matches than competitors: 39 goals for 36 games of the Premier League (for Shearer - 36/42), 56 goals for 52 games per year (Messi - 54/64).

As for the match itself, Southampton scored Tottenham with two goals, but despite this, the problems of the "spur" did not experience the slightest - both goals flew when the outcome of the match was a foregone conclusion. The "saints" after the sale of van Dyck to Liverpool have 75 million euros and now it is important to spend them competently to increase the attack, because now the team Mauricio Pellegrino in this frankly bad.

Arsenal pleased Wenger Arsenal in the last four away matches produced extremely disappointing results - three draws and only one victory. But in a sign for Arsene Wenger 810th duel in the Premier League (the Frenchman repeated the record of Alex Ferguson), the "Gunners" won.

Crystal Palace was defeated with a score of 3: 2, and the double was marked by none other than Alexis Sanchez. Rumors about the departure of the Chilean have been hovering since last season, but now they will be even more - after all, the January transfer window will open soon, and Alexis's contract ends in the summer ... They asked Wenger about the future of the Chilean and after this match. The Frenchman once again eluded the answer, assuring that this issue does not concern him. Although, I think that in fact, this is one of the main concerns of Arsen, because it is Alexis who can become the X factor in the fight for a place in the top 4.

One paragraph Unexpected fighters for survival, Bournemouth and West Ham, staged a real thriller. "Cherries" won 2: 1, owned the advantage, but West Ham had his own hero. Marco Arnautovic scored on the 81st and 89th minute, but for the victory of this was not enough. Already in the added time, Callum Wilson scored a goal - presumably from offside and, perhaps, with the help of the hand. The lateral referee picked up the flag "offside", but the main after a conversation with his assistant still counted taking the goal. David Moyes after the game complained about the injustice of this episode, but Bournemouth looked better, struck 26 punches on goal and at least earned a draw.

West Bromwich failed to win in the 18th Premier League match in a row. Can you count on winning when Salomon Rondon and Craig Dawson are not scoring from 6 meters? Everton, despite a zero draw, found in this meeting a reason for joy: winger Yannick Bolasi, who missed more than a year because of the break of "crosses", appeared on the field. In addition, the "toffee" still do not lose in the Premier League under Sam Allardyce - now in 6 games, and from last year's seventh place they are separated by only 6 points.

Huddersfield and Stoke gave a fascinating match. Teams exchanged goals and then both claimed a penalty (after fouls on Aaron Mue and Mama Birame Diouf), but the referee at the point did not. Coach "terriers" David Wagner has something to work on - his wards turned into a goal just one of 18 of their attacks on the gate. However, and Stoke could count on the victory - after the strike of Eric-Maxim Chupo-Motinga Jonas Lessl pulled the ball in some millimeters from the goal line.

Watford caused a lot of enthusiasm at the beginning of the season, but by the middle of the campaign the "hornets" had a recession. In a duel with Leicester, the team of Mark Silva finally broke the six-match series without wins. The Portuguese after the match assured that "I will not be the happiest person on earth, because we did not lose the spirit when we could not win," and on the whole he is fully aware that despite the episodic successes, Watford is still a small club.

Figures and facts of the tour:.

2 - Burnley became only the second team, which in the Premier League scored 2 goals at the Manchester United at Old Trafford at Mourinho. Previously, this trick manned twice Man City.

4 - Everton played 4 matches "to zero" out of 6 under Sam Allardyce - the same as for the previous 23 games.

6 - On the account of Harry Kane 6 hat-tricks in the Premier League in 2017. This is a tournament record. In all the tournaments he made 8 hat-tricks - more than anyone in Europe.

8 - Bournemouth can not win already in 8 Premier League games in a row (H4 P4). This is a repetition of the anti-record "cherry", previously they had three such episodes.

9 - Jesse Lingard this season took part in 9 goals in the Premier League (5 goals + 4 assists). For the three previous seasons (51 match), he scored only 8 points on the system "goal + pass".

9 - Reserve players Manchester United scored 9 goals in this Premier League - more than reservists of any other club.

11 - Manchester City won 11 away victories in the Premier League in a row, repeating the tournament record. Previously, it was done by Chelsea (April-December 2008).

11 - Swansea scored 11 goals in 20 rounds. Less on this stretch was only in Man City (1995/1996 season) and Derby (2007/2008) - 10.

13 - Molla Vage became the 13th player to score for Watford this season.

17 - Raheem Sterling has already scored 17 goals this season in all tournaments. Among the British, serving in the Premier League, more only in Harry Kane - 24.

18 - West Brom's midfielder Gareth Barry played his 18th match on Boxing Day - more than any other player in the history of the Premier League. He marked this event with a yellow card - 122nd in the Premier League. According to this indicator, Gareth is also ahead of all.

18 - Man City scored 18 victories in the Premier League. More in the championships of the top-5 wins only Bayern - 19 fights in a row.

19 - Filipe Coutinho scored 19 goals for Liverpool in the Premier League from outside the box. Robbie Fowler left behind with 18, and only Stephen Gerrard - 33.

20 - 20 goals of Chelsea in the championship scored by the Spaniards. Among all the teams of the top 5 leagues of Europe only in Sociedad, the Spaniards scored the same number of goals.

50 - Alvaro Morata scored his 50th goal in the championships.

56 - Harry Cain scored 56 goals in all tournaments for Tottenham and England (49 + 7) in 2017.

2017: The year Harry Kane outscored the world's best pic. twitter. com / kS6f929hdK - B / R Football (@brfootball) December 26, 2017.

92 - Tottenham in 2017 scored 92 goals in the Premier League. More was just for Manchester United in 2000 (95) and Man City in 2017 (101).

122 - Nicholas Otamendi made 122 passes against Newcastle. This is seven more than all Newcastle field players combined (115).

810 - Arsene Wenger held his 810th match in the Premier League, repeating the record of Alex Ferguson.

Tour questions:.

OBSERVERS PLAYER CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP (PEN) GAMES Harry Kane Tottenham 18 19 Mohamed Salah Liverpool 15 19 Raheem Sterling Manchester City 13 Sergio Aguero Manchester City 12 (3) 15 Alvaro Morata Chelsea 10 17 Romelu Lukaku Manchester United 10 20 Wayne Rooney Everton 10 (3) 16 Roberto Firmino Liverpool 9 (1) 18 Gabriel Jesus Manchester City 8 17 Alexander Lacazette Arsenal 8 (1) 20 ASSISTANTS PLAYER GAMING CLUB Kevin de Bryune Manchester City 9 20 Leroy Sane Manchester City 8 18 David Silva Manchester City 8 18 Philippe Coutinho Liverpool 7 13 Aaron Ramsey Arsenal 6 15 Mohamed Salah Lee erpul June 19 Bamidele Allie Tottenham Cesar Aspilikueta June 19 June 19 Chelsea Paul Pogba Manchester United on May 10 Henry Mekhitarian Manchester United on May 14 Table:.

ENGLAND. PREMIER LEAGUE, 2017 - 2018 # 29 DECEMBER 2017 AND ND P ZAR A DIFFERENCE ABOUT FORM 1 Manchester City 20 19 1 0 61 12 49 58 2 Manchester United 20 13 4 3 43 16 27 43 3 Chelsea 20 13 3 4 34 14 20 42 4 Liverpool 20 10 8 2 46 23 23 38 5 Tottenham 20 11 4 5 39 20 19 37 6 Arsenal 20 11 4 5 37 25 12 37 7 Burnley 20 9 6 5 18 17 1 33 8 Leicester City 20 7 6 7 30 30 0 27 9 Everton 20 7 6 7 24 30 -6 27 10 Watford 20 7 4 9 29 35 -6 25 11 Huddersfield 20 6 5 9 18 32 -14 23 12 Brighton & Hove 20 5 6 9 15 25 -10 21 13 Stoke City 20 5 5 10 23 41 -18 20 14 Southampton 20 4 7 9 20 30 -10 19 15 Newcastle 20 5 3 12 19 30 -11 18 16 Crystal Palace 20 4 6 10 18 32 -14 18 17 West Ham 20 4 6 10 22 38 -16 18 18 Bournemouth 20 4 5 11 18 31 -13 17 19 West Bromwich 20 2 9 9 14 27 -13 15 20 Swansea 20 3 4 13 11 31 -20 13 In the world of memes from Bleacher Report:.

N'Golo Kante was everywhere in 2017 # BestOfBRFootball2017 pic. twitter. com / r3qR4mJBq0 - B / R Football (@brfootball) December 27, 2017.

Ngolo Kante in 2017 was everywhere.

"Pep, I have a Christmas present for you!".

"What is it?".

- I will not say, it's a surprise!.

King, just king.

Post passed, the post accepted.

The best scorer in the 2009 calendar year was Edin Dzeko, then - either Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo and now - Harry Caine.

Christian Eriksen is a master of hashtags: # uharrinavernoyshtuk 30mychaotnayk after all thesekhtriks Even Mohamed Salach was surprised by the goal of Trent Alexander-Arnold Just Kevin de Bryune looks at the world a little differently.

Hmm, and at what level of complexity does Manchester City play?.

So far SuperPep goes very well.

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