Wards Pep Guardiola did not notice Tottenham on Etihad and other matches of the eighteenth round of the Premier League.
The destruction of Tottenham on Etihad, the minimal victories of Arsenal and Chelsea, the big away victories of West Ham, Crystal Palace and Huddersfield and, of course, the brilliant Liverpool - about this and much more in the results of the 18th round.
ENGLAND. PRIME LEAGUE, 18 TOUR DECEMBER 16, 2017 14:30 Leicester City 0: 3 Crystal Palace 17:00 Arsenal 1: 0 Newcastle 17:00 Brighton & Hove 0: 0 Burnley 17:00 Watford 1: 4 Huddersfield 17:00 Chelsea 1: 0 Southampton 18:00 Stoke City 0 West Ham 19:30 Manchester City 4: 1 Tottenham 17 DECEMBER 2017 16:15 West Bromwich 1: 2 Manchester United 18:30 Bournemouth 0: 4 Liverpool 18 DECEMBER 2017 22: 00 Everton 3: 1 Swansea The last of the TOP-6 fell off Let's start right away with the main dish. In the central match of the tour Manchester City and Tottenham. "Townspeople" have already beaten Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool. "Spurs" were the last team of the usual leading echelon, which could at least somehow annoy the wards of Pep Guardiola. Most experts have already given the title of Manchester City, which should have had a detrimental effect on the team's psychology, but "townspeople" do not care! It would seem, a huge gap, the victory over direct competitors, but the guards of Guardiola still find motivation.
Tottenham most of the meeting looked doomed, because the game was completely under the control of an opponent. Both teams had personnel losses in defense, but the "spurs" could not put unsolvable tasks to protect the enemy. In addition, the matter before them did not always reach. The hosts won the center of the field, so the team Pochettino rarely managed to get to the holdings of Ederson. Before the goal, Eriksen's visitors scored just one hit on target! Terrifying statistics for Tottenham.
Wards Pep Guardiola were faster and more accurately in each section of the field - this was the key to success. It was evident that the guests are hard to reconcile to this. This resulted in gross violations of the rules from Allie and Kane, for which the English probably should have been removed. It's scary to imagine what would be the score on the scoreboard after the final whistle in that case. And also Jesus did not realize a penalty. The team Pochettino left Etihad with four balls and, no matter how wildly it sounded, maybe glad.
Many say that the championship can already be completed - everything is already clear. With this it is difficult not to agree, because it is hard to imagine how the "townspeople" will lose the advantage, but this is England. For example of miracles you do not need to walk far. In this league, everything is recouped, but with every victory of Manchester City this fact is increasingly being questioned.
Reserve reassuring, gentlemen!.
On this tour, Manchester United went to Hottorns to West Brom. First and foremost, this meeting attracted attention by the fact that there were two teams that made a big accent on the standard provisions and the game through the "second floor". Jose Mourinho could safely set the basis without any thoughts on the rotation, because the team is waiting for the meeting in the League Cup in the middle of the week - there leaders and get a rest. The Mankunians quickly provided themselves with a comfortable reserve and began to pragmatically roll the ball. "Drozdy" for a long time did not dare to go to high pressure, but in the second half, Alan Pardew made several permutations and the team rushed to save the match. The guests were not going to hold a squall of counterattacks and took care of the ball. It is worth noting that the damage was received by Antonio Valencia, who had to be replaced. Mourinho looked very anxious at that moment.
The most interesting began at the end of the fight, when Barry otkvital one goal, and after that, "thrushes" created sharpness in the possessions of De Gea. Special has once again shown that he is not going to depart from his manner of playing. However, he did not show anything - the team scored three points, while not spending a huge amount of resources. Many can complain about the style of playing the "red devils", but now came the period when even the spectacular teams will get lost in the pragmatic manner of the game.
It`s so easy!.
Before the departure of Liverpool on a visit to Bournemouth, there was a feeling that the "cherry" is quite able to oppose something more formidable opponent, but the Merseyside players withdrew all the questions in the first half. Salah and Coutinho just did not notice the defense of an opponent. Bormuth's attempts to play from the defense were swept away by the reactive attack of the guests. "Cherries", to my regret, began to play only when all the chances for glasses had already been missed. With a score of 0-2, Jermain Defoe fell out on a date with Mignole, but hit the post. This moment, for sure, could break the meeting, but this did not happen, so it remains to talk about a very easy victory for Liverpool.
I must say that the "reds" did not stop using high pressure even at the end of the meeting - it's enough to remember the breakthrough of Henderson in the 89th minute. Was this a reasonable move? Why take advantage of this advantage ahead? Fatigue and injury may well be the result of such episodes. Note also the return to the field of Danny Inge and Adam Lallana We can not pass by very entertaining facts. Salah became the first player from the Premier League, which overcame the mark of twenty goals in all competitions in this season. In addition, the Egyptian was able to score these twenty goals for his 26 first matches. For example, Torres needed 31 appearances, and Suarez did 51. Very good transfer turned Jurgen Klopp - still would be the same effective defender and you can set maximum goals.
Synchronous minimum wins of Chelsea and Arsenal "Blue" houses took Southampton, and the "Gunners" had to extend the series of failures of Rafa Benitez and his Newcastle. Southampton frankly came to defend at Stamford Bridge and, in principle, they succeeded - the owners for a long time could not find a gap in the defense of the opponent. Everything decided the penalty in the time compensated for the first time - Marcos Alonso once again showed that it is very good at fulfilling the standards, but also a separate "hello" for the exposed wall can be passed to Forster. I'd like to highlight Villian, who now looks like one of the leaders of the team. The Brazilian scored a crazy form and in every game scoffs at the enemy's defense.
Wards Antonio Conte brought the fight to a logical conclusion, almost not forcing his fans to be nervous about the result. "Blue" remains to try to go without losses and wait for misfire Manchester United, having a reserve of four points from the nearest pursuer.
Arsenal things were a little worse. "Gunners" confidently started the fight, scored a goal, but at the end of the meeting could miss. The loss of points in such a match could again bring back talk about the fact that Wenger outlived himself and. We can say that the fight against Manchester United is still responding to Arsenal. Psychology plays a very important role in this part of the season, and after losing such matches with this aspect, difficulties may arise. Now Arsenal is waiting for a meeting with West Ham in the cup and it's very interesting, will Wenger donate this fight? After all, on Friday Arsenal expects the most difficult meeting with Liverpool. "Reds" now look much more preferable and may well "ship" to Arsenal three conditional goals if the team from London will be in bad tone.
"Eagles" pecked Leicester on their own territory At the King Power Stadium, two teams came together who last lost a month ago, so the meeting foreshadowed a stubborn fight, but that was not it! Wards Roy Hodgson sent three unanswered goals to the goal Shmayhelya - the result, to put it mildly, surprises. However, let's understand. The team of Claude Puel had a pretty good fight, but made mistakes that cost them dearly. At the first capture of the gate after the canopy from the flank, the defense missed Benteke, who, like anybody, needed to be guarded. And the second goal came after cutting the Marais in the center of the field. It is very difficult to count on the points scored in this situation.
Crystal Palace, in turn, achieved a comfortable advantage and led the game from him. Cross on ambitions of "foxes" in this meeting has put Ndidi - the halfback has received a red card for simulation. The hosts tried to return to the game, but they did not allow the resources. The goal of Sako in the already compensated time summed up the fat line under this confrontation. Nothing terrible for Lester did not happen, except for the loss of Ndidi. The Nigerian together with Iborra created a very good tandem in the center of the field. A "eagles" can already escape from the relegation zone and look ahead, where they are waiting for a meeting with Swansea. Roy Hodgson, it is worth saying, is well past the season, in which the team plays against their direct competitors.
One paragraph Huddersfield burst! So you understand, the "terriers" were last time scoring on the road already in the first round (three goals West Bromwich). Apparently, wards Wagner will score on the road in several matches for the season, but at once for 3-4 balls. One can not, of course, omit the moment that Watford played in the minority for thirty minutes, but the first two goals were scored by the guests with equal compositions. Now these teams are neighbors in the standings, because the "hornets" are expected high positions after a successful start of the season.
Another major exit victory, but already more predictable, took place at Stoke-on-Trent. West Ham played a good match, and Lancini was generally brilliant! But the main problem of the hosts was accuracy - zero hits on the target with seventeen shots. "Hammers" are gradually moving away from the relegation zone, but "potters" can already feel the chill on the back - in the eighteenth Newcastle, only one point less.
Brighton and Burnley painted the "world" on Falmer. "Seagulls" very well started the meeting and even earned a penalty, which could not be realized. The second half of the game was held with the advantage of the wards Shaun Dajch, but to identify the winner of the team could not. Now Burnley is waiting for a difficult stretch - until the seventh of January the team will compete with Tottenham, Manchester United, Liverpool and MC (in the cup). "Gulls" also expect a more lenient calendar, where they need to collect enough points.
To close the program of the eighteenth round was Everton and Swansea. Welsh, if you do not take into account the victory over West Bromwich, look absolutely hopeless, but the "toffee", on the contrary, scored an excellent move and purposefully moved to the zone of European competition. The score was able to open the guests, but before the break the hosts restored parity. Shattering the course of the match Shigurdsson's brilliant long-range shot, and Rooney's precise blow from the 11-meter mark put a fat point. Penalty, by the way, was quite controversial. It seemed that the violation of the rules occurred to the limits of the penalty area.
BOMBARDIRS PLAYER CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP (PEN) GAMES Mohamed Salah Liverpool 14 17 Harri Kane Tottenham 12 17 Raheem Stirling Manchester City 11 Romel Lukaku Manchester United 10 18 Sergio Aguero Manchester City 10 (3) 13 Wayne Rooney Everton 10 (3) 16 Alvaro Morata Chelsea 9 16 Gabriel Jesus Manchester City 8 16 Alexander Lacazette Arsenal 8 (1) 18 Jamie Vardi Leicester City 7 (2) 18 ASSISTANTS PLAYER GAMING CLUB Leroy SANE Manchester City 8 16 David Silva Manchester City 8 17 Kevin de Bruijne Manchester City 8 18 Aaron Ramsey Arsenal 6 15 Paul Pogba Manchester United 5 8 Philippe Coutinho Liv ерпуль 5 11 Henry Mkhitaryan Manchester United 5 12 Johan Berg Gudmundsson Burnley 5 17 Dzherdan Shakiri Stoke City 5 17 Cesar Aspilikueta Chelsea 5 17 Tour numbers and facts:.
1106 - Christian Benteke interrupted a series of 1106 minutes and 28 strikes without goals in the Premier League.
2015 - Wilfrid Ndi was the first player to be removed on his birthday after Dwight Gale (Crystal Palace) in a match against West Ham in 2015.
9 - Arsenal have won each of the last nine matches against Newcastle, scoring 22 goals and conceding only 6.
1 - Watford is the first team in terms of the number of red cards this season.
7 - Chelsea scored seven straight strikes with free-kick under Antonio Conte in all competitions since the start of last season.
12 - Wayne Rooney scores at least ten goals per season in the Premier League for the twelfth time in a row.
10 - Leroy Sane has been involved in ten goals on Etihad in his last eight games (5 goals, 5 assists).
15 - Raheem Sterling scored more goals in all competitions this season than any other player in Manchester City.
16 - Marcus Rushford took part in 16 goals (9 goals, 7 assists) in 27 games in all competitions for Manchester United this season. More than 53 games before (11 goals, 4 assists).
6812 - Gareth Barry scored his first goal on substitution in 6812 days. The last time he did it for Aston Villa in 1999.
14 - Philippe Coutinho has been involved in 14 goals in the last ten away games for Liverpool (8 goals, 6 assists).
20 - Mohamed Salah is the first player from the Premier League this season, who scored 20 goals in all competitions.
19 - No Premier League team scored more goals in the first half than Liverpool (on par with Manchester City) 4 - Liverpool became the first team in the Premier League history to win four away games in a row with a difference of at least three goals.
56 - Manchester City has already scored more goals in the Premier League than 70% of the teams (353/506) in the last championship draw.
18 - Swansea lost 18 games on the road to the Premier League since the beginning of last season. More than any other team.
7 - Rooney participated in seven goals in his last seven matches (3 goals, 4 assists).
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ENGLAND. PREMIER LEAGUE, 2017 - 2018 # 19 DECEMBER 2017 AND H N P ZAB A DIFFERENCE ABOUT FORM 1 Manchester City 18 17 1 0 56 12 44 52 2 Manchester United 18 13 2 3 39 12 27 41 3 Chelsea 18 12 2 4 32 14 18 38 4 Liverpool 18 9 7 2 38 20 18 34 5 Arsenal 18 10 3 5 31 20 11 33 6 Burnley 18 9 5 4 16 12 4 32 7 Tottenham 18 9 4 5 31 18 13 31 8 Leicester City 18 7 5 6 27 26 1 26 9 Everton 18 7 4 7 24 30 -6 25 10 Watford 18 6 4 8 27 33 -6 22 11 Huddersfield 18 6 3 9 16 30 -14 21 12 Southampton 18 4 6 8 17 24 -7 18 13 Brighton End Hove 18 4 6 8 14 23 -9 18 14 Crystal Palace 18 4 5 9 15 28 -13 17 15 West Ham 18 4 5 9 17 32 -15 17 16 Bournemouth 18 4 4 10 15 24 -9 16 17 Stoke City 18 4 4 10 19 39 -20 16 18 Newcastle 18 4 3 11 16 27 -11 15 19 West Bromwich 18 2 8 8 13 24 -11 14 20 Swansea 18 3 3 12 10 25 -15 12 Next round:.
ENGLAND. PREMIER LEAGUE, 19 TOUR DECEMBER 22 2017 21:45 Arsenal -: - Liverpool 23 DECEMBER 2017 14:30 Everton -: - Chelsea 17:00 Brighton & Hove -: - Watford 17:00 West Ham -: - Newcastle 17 : 00 Manchester City -: - Bournemouth 17:00 Southampton -: - Huddersfield 17:00 Stoke City -: - West Bromwich 17:00 Swansea -: - Crystal Palace 19:30 Burnley -: - Tottenham 21:45 Leicester City -: - Manchester United A little fun:.
Rakhim Sterling completely disconnected without the supervision of Alexander Zinchenko.
Pre-match warm-ups for @PhilFoden and @ sterling7! #cityvspurs pic. twitter. com / qfvdaF503h - Manchester City (@ManCity) December 16, 2017.
Stop someone this train!.
Royal battle in English.
And the last thing about Manchester City.
In the match against West Brom, seven players came out from the start, which was signed by Sir Alex Ferguson.
The wizard Philippe Coutinho.
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