Eugene Music sums up the 23rd round of the English Premier League.

Man City suffered the first defeat in the championship, which allowed MJ to reduce the gap to 12 points, Chelsea played a nondescript zero with Leicester, Tottenham beat Everton. About this and much more - in the results of the 23rd round of the Premier League.

ENGLAND. PREMIER LEAGUE, 23rd TOUR 13 JANUARY 2018 17:00 Football 1 Chelsea 0: 0 Leicester City 17:00 Crystal Palace 1: 0 Burnley 17:00 Huddersfield 1: 4 West Ham 17:00 Newcastle 1: 1 Swansea 17: 00 West Bromwich 2: 0 Brighton & Hove 17:00 Watford 2: 2 Southampton 19:30 Football 2 Tottenham 4: 0 Everton 14 JANUARY 2018 15:30 Bournemouth 2: 1 Arsenal 18:00 Football 2 Liverpool 4-3 Manchester City 15 JANUARY 2018 22:00 Manchester United 3: 0 Stoke City Draw, which upset all Antonio Conte before the match, warned that his team meets Lester at a very inopportune time. As it turned out, the Italian did not cunning. His team, who played his 7th match for 21 days, really had a very hard time with the "Foxes".

In the first half, Lester repeatedly could score, taking advantage of the excessive connivance of the defense of Chelsea. However, Thibaut Courtois is not in vain considered one of the best goalkeepers in the world - it was thanks to the saves of the Belgian team that went on the break at the score 0: 0.

To understand how much Conte was dissatisfied with the game of the team, it is enough to look at the list of substitutions. At the beginning of the second half, Antonio withdrew from the game the two main creatives - Eden Azar and Cesc Fabregas. It is worth noting that the replacement for Willian somewhat animated the game "blue", immediately earning a couple of mustard plasters for Leicester.

The total distrust of Conte to Misha Batshuyi. Is the Belgian so bad in training? Alvaro Morata issued another, to put it mildly, an unconvincing game, but remained on the field until the final whistle.

Ultimately, Chelsea could snatch victory over the half-hour played in the minority by Lester, but Marcos Alonso's kick from the most dangerous free-kick came exactly where Kasper Shmajhel.

Each team has reason to be disappointed after this draw, but most of all the fans of Chelsea are sad - it's not the kind of football they wanted to see in the performance of their team.

Kane will beat all the records in the Premier League?.

Tottenham head coach Mauricio Pochettino thinks so. The future will show whether the manager is "right spurs", but there are many achievements that Harry has already beaten. Thanks to a double at Everton's goal, the 24-year-old striker became Tottenham's top scorer in the Premier League. Kane already has 98 goals, one more than Teddy Sheringham. The achievement will seem even more impressive, given that Shering scored his goals for 237 matches, and Kane was only 135.

Everton after the starting splash at Sam Allardyce (10 points in the first 4 games), again began to mourn his fans. "Toffee" does not win six fights in all tournaments, losing the last four. It would have been half bad, if not for Everton's terrible game: "Toffee" again never hit the target shots.

Jenk Tosun, who moved from Besiktas for ? 27m, failed to prove himself in this match and left the field in the 62nd minute.

Burnley in crisis?.

This season still works fine for Burnley, if three defeats of the team in a row give rise to talk about the fact that she has a crisis. Wards Sean Dajch quite deservedly lost to Crystal Palace. For the first time since 1987, the "burgundy" starts the new year with a series of three defeats in a row, and in fact the team has a meeting with Manchester United ... In addition, Burnley's disappointing trend with Diche continued: if the team misses the first in the Premier League, then at least it does not win. Such matches are already 49 and only in nine of these cases, "burgundy" brought matches in a draw.

Crystal Palace has the right to rejoice, because a little detached from the departure zone. However, Roy Hodgson is not in a hurry to relax: the ex-England coach insists his team is fighting for survival and will be happy if they finish at least one point from the relegation zone. After seven dry defeats in the first seven rounds with Roy, one can not but agree.

Hughes left, and problems remained New Stoke City coach Paul Lambert watched the game against Manchester United from the stands. The Scot, who for the club was only the fourth option (after Kike Sanchez Flores, Gary Rowett and Martin O'Neill), assured the "potters" that he knew exactly what to do to improve the team's results. There is no doubt that the first point in this plan is the game in defense: Stoke missed 50 goals in the championship - more than any other team from the top 5 leagues.

Among the positive points for the "potters" can be noted the release of the basis of Steve Irland. Before that, the Irishman appeared for the last time in the start ... think only, in April 2015 - almost three years ago! Despite all the hardships suffered, Stephen played quite well even could score, but did not work out.

In the Manchester United team, once again you can mention Paul Pogba. The Frenchman acted magnificently in the middle of the field. Effective transfer to Antonio Valencia and Anthony Martial - just the tip of the iceberg of the influence of the Frenchman on the game MJ. And once again, willy-nilly thinking about what would be the lag behind Man City, if not for the injury Field in the game against Basel ... In general, the entire line of attack played great: Anthony Martial scored 1 + 1 on the system "goal + pass, Jesse Lingard was useful and earned several promising free throws, Juan Mata could also score ... So you can not tell at once, whose place in the composition will take Alexis Sanchez in case of his transition from Arsenal.

But what can not please the fans of the "red devils" is defense. Even not the most formidable "Stock" had plenty of moments to at least soak the score. With all due respect to Dzherdan Shakiri, in the same Champions League, the mankunians will have rivals much more serious and even the Spanish genius will not always be able to help ... Liverpool stopped Man City!.

"What was that, damn it?" - Jurgen Klopp wondered after the match against Man City. And it was neither more nor less - the best match of the season. What the fans expected, probably all the teams (except the City), happened: the "citizens" are defeated, they will not be able to pass the path of the undefeated Arsenal.

"Reds" held their first match after the departure of Philippe Coutinho in Barcelona and managed to prove that they are capable of much without a Brazilian. Crazy pressure, beautiful combinations, a lot of goals - "City" was defeated in a beautiful style. But even without a spoon fly was not done: the Merseyside once again made them nervous their fans, conceding a couple of goals in the end. And was in fact even the most dangerous penalty, after which the offside Aguero struck very close to the goal ... We must wait for the restoration of Virgil van Dyck and hope for the signing of a new goalkeeper, because Lloris Carius again was not impressed.

But impressed Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain! Formally, it was the Englishman who replaced Coutinho at the base and he held a great match, not only noting the goal, but also the beautiful game. In the summer, this transfer caused a lot of questions, but if Alex continues to play the same way, then in a year nobody will remember not only 38 million euros paid for him to Arsenal, but that there was a certain Philippe Coutinho in Liverpool.

When Klopp was asked about Karius's mistake, he was dissatisfied. According to the German, no one would pay attention if some other goalkeeper made a mistake. Well, we will pay attention to the fact that Ederson played against Liverpool very badly. The Brazilian could have saved in the episode with the first goal. By the third claim is very small, but the ball still flew into the near corner. But the ball of Mohamed Salah - it's only the wine of Ederson, who became a hostage to the wishes of Guardiola to play in the pass. Add here is not the most confident game at the outputs, when it was several times secured by the defenders and we get an unexpectedly bad performance of the Brazilian keeper.

Again, failed to flash at Anfield at the once idol of local fans Rahim Sterling. Winger City completely lost the duel of Andrew Robertson and was deservedly replaced in the second half.

And individual words deserve protection of "citizens". Man City misses a little, but still call the defense team reliable reliable. Yes, it is good in matches against not the strongest opponents or against those who do not go too often in the attack (like Chelsea in the first round). But as soon as the pair of Otamendi - Stones faces serious opponents, like the attack of Liverpool - the problems begin. So it was in the first round, so it happened in this. Salah and the company repeatedly argued that early some journalists called Otamendi "the best defender of the world".

The victory of the City in the Premier League, despite the narrowing of the MU's backlog, is unquestionable. But the triumph with such a defense in the Champions League is a big question.

And a few words about Zinchenko. Unfortunately for the Ukrainian fans, when the left defender of the "townspeople" Fabian Delph was injured, Pep Guardiola decided to trust the critic Danilo, not our compatriot. Still, in the hierarchy of the left-backs of the team, he takes only third place, and that's without taking into account the injured Benjamin Mendi ... Arsenal is getting more and more out of the way. After the defeat from Bournemouth, the "Gunners" are 8 points behind the top 4, champions in the next season for themselves even more ghostly.

"We were 1-0, and suddenly it was not clear where the two goals came from," Arsene Wenger. In this you can see some similarities with the global processes in the club: for a long time the "Gunners" were a model of stability and could always count on the minimum task, getting into the Champions League. However, times have changed, and Wenger does not seem to understand what happened and how to fix everything ... If such stagnation in the results continues, the club will become even more difficult not only to keep ambitious leaders (like Alexis Sanchez), but also to win the fight for top- level ... Victory, which is not very good smell West Bromwich interrupted his series of 20 matches without wins!.

Alas, this event was overshadowed by another racist scandal: striker Jr. Rodriguez after single combat with the defender of Brighton Gaetan Bong pointedly closed his nose. According to Cameroonians, Jay also offended him on the basis of racism. This again caused a wave of outrage on the part of human rights organizations, but ... Can it be worth fighting against insults in sport in principle, and not only when they are directed at representatives of non-Europoid race?.

We do not undertake to justify Rodriguez, because he, it is quite possible, is guilty. But by the gesture ... Anyone, regardless of race, will not smell very good after a few kilometers of running. And some - well, it's very bad, and to demand disqualification because of this ... According to Bong, Jay said something "unforgivable". According to Rodriguez, he did not say anything like that. Very similar to the situation in the match Liverpool - Everton, where Firmino insulted / did not offend Holgate.

It seems that it's time to impose punishments not only for simulation and racism, but also for slander, if it is proven.

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Southampton in the match against Watford led 2-0 to the break and probably hoped to break his series of 9 matches without winning the Premier League. However, the output of Troy Dini significantly improved the game "hornets" and in the end they still managed to snatch a draw. The case of the team of Mark Silva, however, is not much better than Soton's: only one triumph in the last 10 matches ... Swansea continues to show signs of life under Carlos Carvalhal. "Swans" tied with Newcastle and remained disappointed, because in the end of the fight DeAndre Yedlin took the ball out of the empty net after the impact of Wilfrid Boney ... David Moyes got his 200th victory in the Premier League, becoming only the fourth coach who managed to do this. His West Ham confidently figured out on the road with Huddersfield - 4: 1. Let's note another wonderful match of Marco Arnautovic - this time the Austrian not only scored, but also made two assistants for Manuel Lansini.

Figures and facts of the tour:.

1 - Bournemouth beat Arsenal for the first time in history (in any tournament, there used to be a draw and five defeats).

2 - Manuel Lancini scored 2 goals at Huddersfield. This is the first take of the Argentine in the Premier League. To do this, he needed 78 matches.

3 - Antonio Valencia scored 3 goals in 19 matches of this championship. As much as for the four previous seasons in the amount (103 games).

3 - Arsenal lost the last three Premier League matches in which Alexis Sanchez was not on the field.

3 - Lester earned his third red card this season (only Watford has 4). "Lisam" was shown the last red in the Premier League in 2017 and the first in 2018.

5 - At the heart of the Arsenal on the game against Bournemouth came five Englishmen. This happened only for the third time since 2003.

5 - Jurgen Klopp defeated Josep Guardiola for the fifth time. More than any other coach.

5 - Son Hin Ming scored in Tottenham 5 home games in the Premier League. Previously, it was only Jermain Defoe.

7 - In the account of the Allie Deal 7 assists in this championship - the same as for the entire previous campaign.

19 - Sam Allardyce lost for the 19th time with a difference of 4 or more goals. This is the Premier League record.

24 - Watford missed home 24 goals. Most of all in the championship.

27 - Dusan Tadic made 27 assists in the games for Southampton in the Premier League. Among the players of the "saints" was more only in Matt Le Tissier - 64.

50 - Crystal Palace has won his 50th home victory in the Premier League.

50 - Stoke City missed 50 goals in the league. But the first among the teams of European top-5 championships.

85 - Liverpool have already scored 85 goals this season in all tournaments. For the whole of last season there were 92.

98 - Harry Cain scored 98 goals for the "spurs" in the Premier League, and this is a new club record.

996 - Steve Ireland came out at the base for the Premier League match for the first time in 996 days.

1000 - Southampton missed 1,000 goals in the Premier League. "Saints" became the seventh team to achieve this result.

Tour questions:.

BOMBARDIRS PLAYER CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP (PEN) GAMES Harry Kane Tottenham 20 (1) 22 Mohamed Salah Liverpool 18 21 Raheem Stirling Manchester City 14 (1) 21 Sergio Aguero Manchester City 13 (3) 18 Romelu Lukaku Manchester United 11 22 Alvaro Morata Chelsea 10 20 Roberto Firmino Liverpool 10 (1) 21 Wayne Rooney Everton 10 (3) 19 Jamie Vardy Leicester City 9 (2) 22 Gabriel Jesus Manchester City 8 18 ASSISTANTS PLAYER GAMING CLUB Paul Pogba Manchester United 9 13 Leroy Sane Manchester City 9 21 Kevin de Bryune Manchester City 9 23 David Silva Manchester City 8 19 Philippe Coutinho Liverpool 7 14 Mohamed Alah Liverpool Bamidele July 21 July 22 Tottenham Allie Riyadh Murez Leicester City on July 23, Aaron Ramsey June 16 Cesar Arsenal Chelsea Aspilikueta June 22 Scoreboard:.

ENGLAND. PREMIER LEAGUE, 2017 - 2018 # 16 JANUARY 2018 AND H N P ZAB DIFFERENCE ABOUT FORM 1 Manchester City 23 20 2 1 67 17 50 62 2 Manchester United 23 15 5 3 48 16 32 50 3 Liverpool 23 13 8 2 54 28 26 47 4 Chelsea 23 14 5 4 41 16 25 47 5 Tottenham 23 13 5 5 46 21 25 44 6 Arsenal 23 11 6 6 41 30 11 39 7 Burnley 23 9 7 7 19 20 -1 34 8 Leicester City 23 8 7 8 34 32 2 31 9 Everton 23 7 6 10 25 38 -13 27 10 Watford 23 7 5 11 33 42 -9 26 11 West Ham 23 6 7 10 29 41 -12 25 12 Crystal Palace 23 6 7 10 21 33 -12 25 13 Bournemouth 23 6 6 11 24 35 -11 24 14 Huddersfield 23 6 6 11 19 39 -20 24 15 Newcastle 23 6 5 12 21 31 -10 23 16 Brighton & Hove 23 5 8 10 17 29 -12 23 17 Southampton 23 4 9 10 23 34 -11 21 18 Stoke City 23 5 5 13 23 50 -27 20 19 West Bromwich 23 3 10 10 18 30 -12 19 20 Swansea 23 4 5 14 14 35 -21 17 Next round:.

ENGLAND. PREMIER LEAGUE, 24th TOUR 20 JANUARY 2018 14:30 Brighton & Hove -: - Chelsea 17:00 Arsenal -: - Crystal Palace 17:00 Burnley -: - Manchester United 17:00 Everton -: - West Bromwich 17: 00 Leicester City -: - Watford 17:00 Stoke City -: - Huddersfield 17:00 West Ham -: - Bournemouth 19:00 Manchester City -: - Newcastle 21 JANUARY 2018 18:00 Southampton -: - Tottenham 22 JANUARY 2018 22: 00 Swansea -: - Liverpool In the world of memes from Bleacher Report Comments are unnecessary.

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