Saturday, March 8Nottingham Forest 1 – 0 Manchester Metropolis
West Coast followers of anybody not sporting sky blue (and there are numerous of us) awoke to a pleasing shock Saturday morning. Seeing a scoreline like that is higher than a double-shot of espresso. Frankly, I’d’ve been content material with a draw, however Callum Hudson-Odoi had totally different plans. Having been denied as soon as by Ederson concentrating on the far publish, when he faced-up a second time he took the within line and beat the Brazilian. The cross-field feed from Morgan Gibbs-White was spot-on. Metropolis was bereft of, nicely, practically the whole lot. One other limp effort from the quickly ageing has-beens.
Brighton & Hove Albion 2 – 1 FulhamCrystal Palace 1 – 0 Ipswich City
Not gonna lie… Palace have been kinda crap on this match. Eberechi Eze may’ve had the objective of the season together with his chest-thigh-foot combo, solely to shank it nicely huge. Quite a few different possibilities have been wasted as nicely till one second of pure talent from Ismaïla Sarr, who deftly chipped over the Ipswich keeper within the 82nd minute. Eagles followers will take it.
Liverpool 3 – 1 Southampton
Don’t let the scoreline idiot you… Liverpool acquired away with this one. They have been removed from respectable, and downright smelly at instances. However the Reds, not at their finest, are nonetheless higher than Southampton. And while you give a ruthless penalty taker like Mohamed Salah two possibilities, you recognize he’ll bury them.
Brentford 0 – 1 Aston Villa
Ollie Watkins delivered on his outdated stomping grounds, belting a shot by visitors and previous Marc Flekken. This was a sparky fixture and with out some good goalkeeping would have delivered a better scoreline.
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 – 1 Everton
Again in 2024 my report on this might most likely learn: “Everton completely happy to tie; Wolves bummed at misplaced alternative.” Properly, it’s 2025 and with Wolverhampton in a relegation scrap, and Everton resurgent after the appointment of David Moyes, the script is flipped. Wolverhampton create just a little more room between the underside three and Everton… nicely, it’s not a loss, proper?
Sunday, March 9thChelsea 1 – 0 Leicester
Can any person carry out a wellness examine on Cole Palmer? That PK he took was merely terrible, and Mads Hermansen made a straightforward save. If it wasn’t for Marc Cucurella, Enzo Maresca would’ve needed to reply some severe questions within the publish match interview. Because it stands, a Champions League slot nonetheless lies inside attain.
Tottenham Hotspur 2 – 2 Bournemouth
Had Vicario not been sharp seconds after the opening whistle, three factors may need been Bournemouth’s. Romario made a howler of a cross into Evanilson, who took it off his chest and made a high-quality shot, solely to be denied by the Spaniard’s final second hand. It’s important to give Spurs some credit score. Regardless of a nightmarish first half and being down two within the sixty fourth they rallied to claw again a degree. Possibly there’s a kernel of delight on this squad.
Manchester United 1 – 1 Arsenal
From scoring seven towards a woeful PSV mid-week, Arsenal got here into no-longer-scary Outdated Trafford and… blew it. That free kick from Bruno Fernandes was pure high quality, one thing Pink Devils supporters have seen treasured little of this season. Joshua Zirkzee and Noussair Mazraoui all had wonderful possibilities denied by David Raya. Gunners followers ought to grateful their $100,000,000 man Declan Rice got here by with a late objective to salvage a degree, however the League race is over, of us.
Monday, March 10thWest Ham United 0 – 1 Newcastle United
This was a uninteresting affair. I didn’t hear the softest of noises rising from the house crowd within the second half, because the horrific realization that the sport was not going to get any higher sank in.