Properly fudge me if this wasn’t a hell of a set of video games immediately! Watching on the fantabulous Peacock Multi-view I used to be getting whiplash from all of the loopy motion. Really this was a veritable feast of soccer deliciousness.
Brentford 2 – 2 Manchester Metropolis
Do you bear in mind when a two-goal Manchester Metropolis lead with 20 minutes remaining was a accomplished deal? Neither did Brentford.
Yoane Wissa’s 82nd minute purpose gave the impression to be a consolatory milksop, however then Christian Nørgaard pummeled a cross from Keane Lewis-Potter together with his melon… and like that Metropolis’s title hopes disappeared.
Apparently G-tech is the one PL stadium goal-bot Erling Haaland hasn’t defiled but by scoring. After immediately that drought will proceed, as a unique boyo-in-sky-blue confirmed up immediately. After a brace, Phil Foden may be sizzling once more… his kind, that’s. Not even a supermodel might look sizzling with that haircut.
All of the motion got here within the second half. A single minute of stoppage time is the one stat it’s worthwhile to know in regards to the uneventful first 45.
Chelsea 2 – 2 Bournemouth
Cole Palmer FC strikes once more! Nicholas Jackson can’t catch a break! Nelson Semenyo attracts a penalty! Justin Kluivert converts! David Brooks dodges a bullet! Semenyo fires a laser! Reese James hits an absolute stunner!
There might be a furor from Chelsea followers that Bournemouth weren’t all the way down to 10 males earlier than Semenyo’s rocket of a shot. Let’s simply say that if David Brooks was a cat, he used one among his lives when he escaped a purple card for violent conduct in opposition to Marc Cucurella.
However this doesn’t excuse Chelsea who as soon as once more failed to carry a lead after halftime, and needed to depend on a superb dead-ball effort from James within the ninety fifth minute to scratch again a degree.
West Ham 3 – 2 Fulham
No strikers? No drawback! With three forwards out attributable to damage, West Ham needed to lean on their midfield, and boy did they produce. In a two minute stretch, Carlos Soler scored his first West Ham purpose and Souçek bagged a second. Lucas Paquetá hit a 3rd after a Bernd Leno error.
One of many everlasting soccer questions might be requested from one among Fulham’s second half targets: Can a participant rating in the event that they don’t contact the ball? Raúl Jiménez will make that argument, although his distracting leap in entrance of Lukas Fabianski would possibly qualify as an help, because it allowed Alex Iwobi’s cross to hit the online. Iwobi would earn a brace within the 78th minute, however West Ham would handle to carry on for Graham Potter’s first win in claret and blue.
Nottingham Forest 1 – 1 Liverpool
Are you shocked? Are you? Every little thing appears to be arising Forest currently. And you may’t have a Forest with out (Chris) Wooden, whose unbelievable resurrection as a ruthless striker continued together with his eighth minute purpose off the break. Certainly, Forest had been the much better squad heading into the dressing room 1-0.
The second half was a unique story.
One among Arne Slot’s greatest managerial traits is realizing when to tinker. Twenty-two seconds after coming into the match, Kostas Tsimikas and Diogo Jota mixed to place the Reds stage. And from there on out Liverpool introduced wave after wave of pictures, corners and crisp passing within the attacking third. Mats Sels made 5 unimaginable saves; Forest defenders additionally blocked various pictures.
A breathless sport. In a method, a draw was the fairest consequence.