Eugene Music sums up the first round of the English Premier League.
Manchester United is not without a squeak, but defeated Leicester, Man City confidently defeated Arsenal, and Liverpool got the victory over West Ham. About this and many other things - in the results of the first round of the Premier League.
ENGLAND. PRIME LEAGUE, 1st TOUR 10 AUGUST 2018 22:00 Manchester United 2: 1 Leicester City 11 AUGUST 2018 14:30 Football 1 Newcastle 1: 2 Tottenham 17:00 Football 1 Huddersfield 0: 3 Chelsea 17:00 Bournemouth 2: 0 Cardiff 17:00 Watford 2: 0 Brighton & Hove 17:00 Fulham 0: 2 Crystal Palace 19:30 Wolverhampton 2: 2 Everton 12 AUGUST 2018 15:30 Southampton 0: 0 Burnley 15:30 Football 1 Liverpool 4: 0 West Ham 18:00 Arsenal 0-2 Manchester City Mourinho starts and wins Jose Mourinho continued to be virtually flawless in the first rounds of the Premier League - out of 10 debut matches season in the Premier League, he won nine (one draw). But in that, as far as not the result, Jose is far from perfect. Yes, the Manchester United stars are tired of the World Cup and not all are ready to play - but even in Leicester two key players were tired at the World Cup as well - Jamie Vardi and Harry Maguire, and the third - Riyadh Marez - and left the club altogether.
It should inspire a restrained optimism of the performance of Luke Shaw, who came out in the start instead of Ashshin Yang. Shaw scored his first goal in his adult career, Shaw was not bad on the defensive, although there were not a couple of scraps. After the match, he admitted that he wants to be among the best defenders of the world, although he understands that he is still far away. Well, dare, Luke, you have one season left to convince the management of MJ to extend the contract with you.
Fred still needs to get used to the new team and the new championship, but his first match he worked quite well, and the pass rate in 92.3% - and the grandmaster. It's just the Brazilian lying for some reason lying on the back of Demarai Gray's legs - the judge did not notice the moment, but if Fred was to write out the red card after the fact, it would not be surprising.
Lester's ex-player Gary Lineker can scoff as much as he likes on Twitter, saying that the "foxes" were difficult to play against the defending underdog, but most importantly, Manchester United scored three points. It would not hurt to repeat this trick in a few more games - perhaps, then complaints about the failed transfer window will become quieter.
And something has changed?.
As if nothing had changed. Arsene Wenger left, the 22-year-old era left, Emirates Stadium received Unai Emery, new players came in and ... absolutely as hopeless as last season, they lost to Manchester City. Yes, in the course of the match Arsenal several times could score, but there is no need to be seduced - Man City played with a huge margin of safety and probably could add.
An interesting solution to Unai Emery was the emergence of the new first number (in the literal sense) of the club of Petr Cech. Summer newcomer Bernd Leno, according to the Spaniard, must wait for his chance. It's sad to realize this, but it looks like it's not going to be long to wait for the Germans. Cech again appeared in the already familiar repertoire - to a pair of good saves he almost added the import - when he decided to knock the ball to the corner and almost got into the goal.
We will not judge Arsenal Emery on the match against the best league team of last season, but there is a steady feeling that nothing will change globally ... How are you, Bernard?.
In the summer Bernard left Shakhtar - and he can not be scolded for it. The championship of Ukraine is openly below the level of the Brazilian, and his desire to move to a stronger league is quite understandable. The only question was the choice of the club. Everton - an excellent club, but on the position of Bernard, they this summer bought Richarlisona for 50 million pounds. Play on the right flank? So there Theo Walcott for 20 million. In the center? Gilfi Sigurdsson for almost 50 million euros.
It's clear that football is not played by price tags, but it's all very good players, it will be extremely difficult to force Bernard out.
But what a debut issued Richarlison! The Brazilian last time scored in November for Watford, but here he designed two balls at the gate of Wolverhampton. His team still did not keep the victory over the "wolves", but also 2: 2 - an excellent result, given that Everton played with 40 minutes in the minority.
After the match, Richardlison said, "for the rest of my life I will remember this day". And how can I not believe the Brazilian who told me that he was watching Everton as a child?.
Wolverhampton, who last season scored 99 points in the Championship, too, can not be very dissatisfied with the match. "Wolves" did not look like whipping boys against a very strong opponent, and this definitely inspires optimism in their fans.
Will Harry come out?.
Harry Kane - a real football Superman, but it seems, and he has his own kryptonite. 14 matches (988 minutes) was held by Harry in the Premier League in August and scored never.
After the game with Newcastle, Mauricio Pochettino praised him, noting the amount of work for the team, but we're not talking about the "supporting forward" with you. Kane not only did not score - so he did not threaten the opponent's goal. For the entire match - only four touches in another's penalty. One of them ended with an attempt to strike, but the captain of the England team did not even really hit the ball. Got a pass on the Allie Case, but he did not score.
In summer Tottenham did not sell anyone and did not buy anyone.. "Spurs" became the first such club of the Premier League since the introduction of the current transfer system. And there is an explanation - a lot of money goes to the construction of the stadium, Tottenham has no frankly problematic positions, and players above the current level will be very expensive.
The main problem of the winner of the International Champions Cup (and they said Tottenham does not win trophies) - crumpled preseason players because of the World Cup. Nine players spurs played there almost until the end of the tournament, and six of them were used by Mauricio Pochettino in a game against Newcastle, with five starting from the start.
Who should be scolded for the transfer campaign, so this is the "forty" who spent the whole summer about 20 million pounds. For comparison, Richarlison cost Everton 50 million. And this is the club that last season "traveled" on the coaching talents of Raphael Benitez. Before the match, the fans of Newcastle organized a protest against the owner Mike Ashley, but the sense ... By the match itself should be said again - fame for technology! After hitting Jan Vertonghen Martin Dubravka hit the ball, but he threw the line at 9 millimeters. Thanks to Goal Line Technology the ball was scored. And those who do not like technology in football, can continue to argue about goal-phantom Luis Garcia at the gate of Chelsea.
Chelsea started well, but it's too early to rejoice. To steam in the skies after the victory over Huddersfield, Chelsea fans are not worth it, but she still gives cause for optimism. The team confidently finished with the opponent, who in May did not actually let her into the Champions League, defending a draw at Stamford Bridge.
The most expensive goalkeeper in the history of football, Kep Arrisabalaga began his career in England with a dry match - thanks to the crossbar, which took the blow of Steve Mounier. In general, the Spaniard might not have to go to the match - for all the time he had to make only one save. And then, Alex Pritchard hit exactly where Kepe was standing.
But it was not in vain was intercepted by Man City Jorginho. Proven soldier Maurizio Sarri looked very confident, quietly giving passes to new teammates. It was after his elegant transfer that Marcos Alonso earned a penalty, which the Italian himself.
West Ham Liverpool is not an opponent West Ham invited a number of newcomers and eminent coach Manuel Pellegrini in the summer, but in a match against Liverpool they were all helpless. "The Reds" have started the season extremely powerfully, demonstrating the seriousness of their intentions to compete for the title.
Alisson Becker, briefly visited by the most expensive world goalkeeper, before the match, told that he wants to make sure that his transfer was considered beneficial for Liverpool. In the match against West Ham he did not have the opportunity to clearly approach this goal - in fact, the "hammers" did not actually threaten his gates. However, remembering the past - he did not come up with problems at his gates, and thanks.
It is also important that he managed to quickly score Mohammed Salah, from which the heroes are waiting after 44 goals last season. The Egyptian showed that he is in perfect order after the World Cup, and this can not but rejoice the fans of the Premier League.
It is a pity that the brilliant victory of Liverpool cast a shadow of a judicial error - Sadio Mane scored his third goal from offside. Why not introduce VAR? Who needs such indulgence?.
Andrei Yarmolenko ... And what about Andrei Yarmolenko? The Ukrainian came on as a substitute in the middle of the second half and was unable to show anything, like the whole West Ham. Let's hope that the exits from the first minutes of Andrew is just around the corner - his rival Michael Antonio for a much longer period of time failed to convince.
Survey of the tour:.
Figures and facts of the tour:.
1 - Bournemouth first won in the first round of the Premier League. In the previous three cases, he lost.
1 - Cardiff Goalkeeper Neil Etheridge was the first Filipino to play in the Premier League.
1 - Luke Shaw scored his first goal in the adult career for the club in 134 games.
1 - Unai Emery - the first of the last six managers of Arsenal (including the temporary workers), who lost his first match at the head of the club.
1/161 - Jan Vertonghen from Tottenham scored the first time for 161 Premier League matches. Prior to that, he scored Swansea in March 2013.
3 - Everton has drawn three draws in the last three cases when he started in the Premier League against the newcomers (in 2014 against Leicester and in 2015 against Watford). And all of them ended with the score 2: 2.
4 - Manchester United have won four consecutive seasons in the first round of the Premier League. This is a repeat of the record of the club, established from 2000 to 2003.
4 of 5 - Lester lost 4 of the last 5 matches, which scored Jamie Wardi (1 won).
4 out of 5 - Tottenham have won 4 of the last 5 Premier League appearances on Newcastle Field. Before that, there were 3 wins in 19 games.
16 - Lester can not win already in the 16 first rounds of elite divisions (H8 P8). The last time the "foxes" triumphed in the game against Aston Villa in August 1933.
20 - Mohammed Salah scored 20 goals in the first 20 Premier League matches at Anfield.
21% - Fulham has won only 25 of 119 (21%) of the London derby in the Premier League, and this is the worst figure among all clubs.
23 - Wilfried Zaa scored 23 goals in the Premier League for Crystal Palace and caught up with Chris Armstrong.
27 - Matteo Genduzi became 27 Frenchman, who played for Arsenal in the Premier League. "Gunners" share first place in this indicator with Newcastle.
28 of 30 - Jose Mourinho scored 28 of 30 possible points in his first rounds in the Premier League - 9 wins and a draw. In the championships of Portugal, Italy and Spain, the figures are slightly worse - 2 wins and 6 draws.
33 - Dele Alli scored in 33 Premier League matches and never lost in them (B27 H6). More such a trick was done only by Darius Vassel (46) and James Milner (47).
34 years and 208 days - Stefan Lichtsteiner became the oldest player to make his debut for Arsenal in the Premier League.
50 - Raheem Sterling scored his 50th goal in the Premier League.
90 - Everton has 90 red cards in the Premier League - more than any other team.
2513 - Matt Doherty from Wolverhampton played the second match in the Premier League 2513 after the first. A greater gap was only with Darren Pratley (2835) and Eric Nevland (3667).
4108 - Ben Foster played again for Watford in the Premier League after 4,108 days. The biggest gap was between the matches of Wayne Rooney for Everton - 4837 days.
Scorers:.
By 2 goals scored by Roberto Pereira (Watford), Sadio Mane (Liverpool) and Richarlison (Everton). The rest of the players do not have more than one goal.
Assistants:.
By 2 assistants recorded on their account Jose Holebas (Watford) and Benjamin Mendy (Man City). The remaining players do not have more than one assistant.
Table:.
ENGLAND. PREMIER LEAGUE, 2018 - 2019 # 13 AUGUST 2018 AND V N P ZAB A DIFFERENCE ABOUT FORM 1 Liverpool 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3 2 Chelsea 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3 3 Bournemouth 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3 4 Crystal Palace 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3 5 Manchester City 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3 6 Watford 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3 7 Manchester United 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3 8 Tottenham 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3 9 Wolverhampton 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 10 Everton 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 11 Burnley 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 12 Southampton 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 13 Leicester City 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 14 Newcastle 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 15 Arsenal 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0 16 Brighton & Hove 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0 17 Cardiff 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0 18 Fulham 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0 19 Huddersfield 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0 20 West Ham 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0 Next round:.
ENGLAND. PRIME LEAGUE, 2nd TOUR AUGUST 18, 2018 14:30 Cardiff -: - Newcastle 17:00 Burnley -: - Watford 17:00 Everton -: - Southampton 17:00 Leicester City -: - Wolverhampton 17:00 Tottenham Hotspur -: - Fulham 17:00 West Ham -: - Bournemouth 19:30 Chelsea -: - Arsenal 19 AUGUST 2018 15:30 Manchester City -: - Huddersfield 18:00 Brighton & Hove -: - Manchester United AUGUST 20, 2018 22:00 Crystal Palace -: - Liverpool Eugene Music, Football. ua Author: Евгений Music.