Premier League Awards: Fulham on hearth, Tremendous Sarabia
Our Premier League Awards honour the perfect – and worst – of the weekend motion, that includes Fulham, Pablo Sarabia and a Manchester Derby snoozefest.
Second of the Week
Liverpool will probably be sick of the sight of Fulham. After holding the league leaders to a draw at Anfield earlier within the marketing campaign, Fulham had been their nemesis once more this weekend. An emphatic first-half efficiency supplied the platform for a 3-2 win, ending Liverpool’s 26-game unbeaten league run that stretched again to September.
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Rodrigo Muniz was a handful for the Reds all afternoon, profitable a game-high 10 duels and scoring an excellent particular person effort after leaving Virgil van Dijk for lifeless. He bulldozed the often commanding pair of Van Dijk and Konate, who after a shaky efficiency towards Everton in midweek regarded effectively under their regular stage once more.
Liverpool’s lead is such that it will take an unthinkable implosion to not win the league from right here, however Arne Slot’s aspect have been below-par for weeks now. Fulham, in the meantime, have reignited their chase of Europe. The Cottagers are 5 factors from the Champions League locations forward of upcoming clashes with Chelsea (fourth) and Aston Villa (sixth).
Participant of the Week
Discuss an affect.
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Pablo Sarabia got here up trumps for Wolves this weekend with a delightfully decisive efficiency from the bench. Wolves trailed at Ipswich in an enormous six-pointer on the backside, till Sarabia stole the present instead. The Spaniard scored the equaliser with a crisp end into the underside nook, earlier than teeing up Jorgen Strand Larsen for the winner simply moments later.
Wolves had been in peril of seeing their benefit over the underside three slashed to 6 factors, but it surely now stands at a wholesome 12 after their Sarabia-led turnaround. Out of contract in the summertime, it may very well be the right goodbye reward to Molineux.
Supervisor of the Week
Wolves’ appointment of Vitor Pereira represented a raffle but it surely’s one which has paid off.
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Pereira arrived with no prior Premier League expertise. Nevertheless, an intensive teaching profession that has taken in a nomadic path to Molineux has supplied the instruments required to thrive. Wolves had been nineteenth on the time of his arrival, however now look to have secured security with video games to spare.
In consecutive video games, Wolves have taken most factors from sides round them within the desk, beating Southampton, West Ham and Ipswich City. No aspect has taken extra Premier League factors throughout the final six video games than Wolves, who can be ninth within the desk if the Premier League had began when Pereira arrived by way of the door. What a job the 58-year-old has achieved.
Purpose of the Week
File this one below nice objectives that finally proved pointless.
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Liverpool will wish to overlook their away-day blues at Fulham this weekend, a defeat that had began so effectively after this wonderful aim from Alexis Mac Allister. There’s no saving that.
Save of the Week
Whereas we’re with reference to brilliance in useless…
The referee’s whistle would have saved Everton regardless, however Jordan Pickford wasn’t to know. What a save from the England goalkeeper.
Stat of the Week
Southampton’s time within the top-flight is not going to prolong into subsequent season after an inevitable relegation was confirmed this weekend.
The Saints’ loss at Tottenham Hotspur confirmed relegation to the Championship – with seven video games nonetheless to play. No aspect has ever been relegated earlier in Premier League historical past.
Tweet of the Week
Spurs’ season summed up through the face of Ange Postecoglou.
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Not less than a win over Southampton this weekend has briefly halted the Ange-guish.
Quote of the Week
The most effective a part of the Manchester Derby was arguably the ultimate whistle. An absolute snooze-fest at Outdated Trafford was not warmly welcomed by ex-Manchester United captain Gary Neville.
He’s not unsuitable, to be truthful.
“They’re going to go for a roast dinner collectively now. They’re micromanaged to an inch of their lives, so robotic and it’s symptomatic of a number of video games that we’re watching these days.”
They simply don’t make ’em like this any extra.
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