Premier League ’18-19 – Highlights: Willian’s Magic Helps Chelsea Win Over Newcastle

This is the first seven matches of the Premier League, Match Day 22 of 38. The match highlights and the top 10 teams points table is included.

Premier League ’18-19 – Highlights: Manchester City Continue To Dominate

Points Table – Premier League ’18-19

Rank Name Won Draw Lost Points
1 Liverpool 18 3 1 57
2 Manchester City 16 2 3 50
3 Tottenham 16 0 5 48
4 Chelsea 14 5 3 47
5 Arsenal 12 5 5 41
6 Manchester United 11 5 5 38
7 Watford 9 5 8 32
8 Leicester City 9 4 9 31
9 West Ham 9 4 9 31
10 Wolves 8 5 8 29

For Complete Premier League 2018-19 team rankings, click here

English Premier League 2018-19 – Full Schedule

Match 1 of 10: West Ham vs Arsenal

Result:  1 – 0

Goal Scorers:

  • West Ham: Declan Rice 48′

Match Statistics:

West Ham Team Stats Arsenal
11 Shots 11
3 Shots On Target 2
41% Possession 59%
381 Passes 553
80% Pass Accuracy 86%
7 Fouls 10
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
5 Offsides 3
7 Corners 3

Highlights:

Premier League

  • While body language specialists discussed whether Marko Arnautovic was waving farewell or expressing gratitude toward the group for a warm round of acclaim after his substitution in the second half, it was a day when the spotlight wound up sparkling on the neighborhood fellow who has been reserved as the pioneer of West Ham’s people to come.
  • After all the get worked up about Arnautovic’s longing to take a worthwhile offer from an anonymous Chinese club, the greatest thunder here was saved for the minute when a fresh completion from Declan Rice gave West Ham the edge more than one of the blander Arsenal sides in ongoing memory.

  • They have a rich legacy of creating their own in these parts and there is no uncertainty that they have uncovered a jewel in Rice, a youth whose development keeps on blowing the mind.
  • To put his ascent into setting, the guarded midfielder’s first senior goal arrived two days before his twentieth birthday celebration. Rice’s most recent flawless presentation underlined why West Ham secured him to another long haul bargain a month ago, also why he is desired by England and the Republic of Ireland.
  • Rice was all over the place, baffling Unai Emery’s toothless agree with a progression of unfussy intercessions, and it is impossible that anybody in claret and blue will score a progressively well known goal this season.

  • The West Ham manager was similarly as enchanted his side gave additional proof that his assaulting approach is working. They accomplished their first home success over Arsenal since 2006 with one of their most total exhibitions of the season, defeating rivals with structures on meeting all requirements for the Champions League.
  • Ever the artist, Arnautovic faded his hair for the event. However this was a quelled execution from the Austrian, who ran off with agony in his back for the second progressive week, and the early danger exuded from Arsenal.

  • The guests nearly scored when Alex Iwobi played Alexandre Lacazette into space emptied by Angelo Ogbonna, just for Lukasz Fabianski to deny the forward with a fine stop.
  • Emery condemned his players for neglecting to force themselves on West Ham and, following their director’s ongoing affirmation that he has assets for just credit signings this month, it was inconceivable not to feel that Arsenal have themselves into an unenviable tie with regards to Mesut Özil.

  • He did not justify a place on a seat containing three full-backs and a 19-year-old forward, Eddie Nketiah, who has never begun a Premier League match.
  • However Arsenal have taken two from their past five away matches and their inability to score in the class out of the blue since the opening end of the week uncovered their inventive deficiency.
  • West Ham were the more grounded side in the last third, with Felipe Anderson’s fast feet causing issues and Samir Nasri resolved to quietness the steady insults from the away end. The previous Arsenal midfielder was persuasive in the No 10 job and created the help for Rice’s goal.

  • Slack defending prompted the leap forward in the 48th moment. Anderson skirted cycle a dull test from Lacazette and when Granit Xhaka met the winger’s cross with an apathetic header, Nasri sustained a created go to Rice, who cleared a shot high to Bernd Leno’s left.
  • Emery reacted by supplanting Xhaka with Aaron Ramsey and changing to a back four, Shkodran Mustafi clearing a path for Lucas Torreira. There was a concise whirlwind from Arsenal, Iwobi undermining, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang terminating over.

  • Those were separated minutes, however, and Aubameyang burned through a large portion of the diversion pining for the sort of administration Özil could have given.

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Match 2 of 10: Burnley FC vs Fulham

Result:  2 – 1

Goal Scorers:

  • Burnley FC: Joe Bryan 20′ (OG), Denis Odoi 23′ (OG)
  • Fulham: Andre Schurrle 2′

Match Statistics:

Burnley FC Team Stats Fulham
11 Shots 12
0 Shots On Target 4
41% Possession 59%
418 Passes 569
67% Pass Accuracy 79%
5 Fouls 9
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 0
2 Corners 6

Highlights:

Premier League

  • At the point when your fortunes runs out there is nothing you can do. Relegation-haunted Fulham more likely than not thought they were in with a possibility when they got off to a fantasy begin at Turf Moor with a hair-raising goal after just two minutes, just for two own goals one after another to place Burnley in charge before Claudio Ranieri even got an opportunity to address his players about ensuring their lead.
  • Burnley were in this way ready to climb the table without finding the net or notwithstanding having a shot on target, however that does not really mean Fulham were casualties of any pitiless disaster.

  • Sean Dyche’s team responded emphatically to going behind at such a beginning time and burned through the vast majority of the principal half pressurizing the Fulham goal – it was just the character of the scorers that was cruel on a side searching for their first away success of the season.
  • A home player may have guaranteed a goal when Chris Wood beat Sergio Rico to a Phil Bardsley cross however slapped his header against an upstanding. Fulham were not clearing their lines especially well, and when Dwight McNeil’s cross from the left went through to Jeff Hendrick on the right, the midfielder’s driven ball crosswise over goal was redirected over the line by Joe Bryan’s knee.

  • That just urged Burnley to prop up forward, and however the second possess goal had some parody esteem when Denis Odoi appeared to show up from no place to head Hendrick’s cross past a startled Rico, it was the house side’s passing and development that prompted Hendrick discovering space in the region in the wake of beginning the move 30 yards out.
  • Burnley were well on top by then and Fulham were taking a gander at natural failings, which had not been the situation in the second moment when André Schürrle opened the scoring with an goal of the most astounding class.
  • There showed up no specific risk when Odoi propelled a long ball into the Burnley box from 10 yards behind the midway line, however Schürrle’s impeccable first touch made the scoring opportunity and left Ben Mee a simple onlooker.

  • Stretching out his correct leg to pad the ball as it tumbled from the sky, Schürrle had it under control in a moment, giving it a chance to bob once before whacking a plunging shot over and past Tom Heaton.
  • It was a significant begin, however one the voyaging supporters at the cricket ground end presumably suspected probably won’t last. In any event Fulham restored to some degree in the second half, getting a charge out of a greater amount of the diversion and nearly finding an equalizer when James Tarkowski needed to clean Luciano Vietto’s shot up the line.

  • Tom Cairney had any kind of effect when he went ahead and Burnley needed to put in a lot of last-jettison safeguarding, with Heaton creating a jumping recovery to keep out a Vietto exertion from the edge of the zone.
  • Now and again Fulham overstretched themselves, sending such a large number of men forward and welcoming their rivals to strike on the counter, however Burnley are too one-paced to be powerful on the break.

  • What they are great without a moment’s delay once more, subsequent to seeming to lose the propensity in the primary portion of the season, is hounded shielding. Mee and Tarkowski securely observed out the amusement, acquiring Burnley a third progressive class win and leaving Fulham to consider what may have been.

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Match 3 of 10: Crystal Palace vs Watford

Result:  1 – 2

Goal Scorers:

  • Crystal Palace: Craig Cathcart 38′ (OG)
  • Watford: Craig Cathcart 67′, Tom Cleverly 74′

Match Statistics:

Crystal Palace Team Stats Watford
15 Shots 16
6 Shots On Target 2
56% Possession 44%
408 Passes 334
75% Pass Accuracy 78%
11 Fouls 11
1 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 2
7 Corners 7

Highlights:

Premier League

  • Roy Hodgson mourned Crystal Palace’s botched chances after Watford battled from behind to anchor triumph. Craig Cathcart scored at the two closures, previously Tom Cleverley fixed each of the three points for the guests with a fine volley six minutes in the wake of going ahead as a substitute.
  • The success moved Watford back above West Ham in the table, while Palace will investigate their shoulder again regardless of heading into the installation seeking after a third continuous success.

  • Cathcart’s own goal, after a goalmouth scramble, gave Palace the lead heading into the interim, and the hosts had opportunities to put the match to bed.
  • Wilfried Zaha, who presently has not scored or laid on an assist in 13 matches, was likely the most blamable after he hit Ben Foster’s out-extended leg with one exertion, and after that bursted another high and wide after perfect footwork in the case from the get-go in the second half.
  • Crystal Palace’s scoring inconveniences are very much reported, with six goals to their name at home this season and just four from open play.
  • Watford stemmed Palace’s rapid second-half begin and were back on level terms following 67 minutes, when Cathcart presented appropriate reparations in light of putting through his very own net by jumping above James Tomkins and heading home Jose Holebas’ corner.

  • Cleverley was then presented and inside six minutes he had turned the diversion on its head with his shocking volley. The previous Manchester United and Everton midfielder has as of late come back from a close year-long damage lay-off. His appearance here was his fourth in the Premier League this season.
  • Watford have now won 16 far from Vicarage Road, which is a more prominent pull than they oversaw out and about last season .

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Match 4 of 10: Cardiff City vs Huddersfield

Result:  0 – 0

Match Statistics:

Cardiff City Team Stats Huddersfield
3 Shots 14
0 Shots On Target 2
38% Possession 62%
267 Passes 423
58% Pass Accuracy 69%
12 Fouls 14
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 3
3 Corners 10

Highlights:

Premier League

  • For a session of such greatness in the battle for survival, a drag draw was an unwelcome result for the two gatherings yet Huddersfield left the Welsh capital bothered at what may have been.
  • Lee Mason, the official, granted Huddersfield a penalty with 14 minutes to play after Joe Bennett cut down Florent Hadergjonaj. In any case, when his aide hailed to advise Mason that Hadergjonaj had in truth fouled Bennett, the arbitrator turned around his choice.
  • Cardiff may have neglected to enroll a shot on target, or the success they longed for, yet Huddersfield look damned. David Wagner’s side face Manchester City, Chelsea and Arsenal in three of their next four recreations and this was a tenth back to back match without triumph. They are eight afloat of wellbeing while no group in Premier League history has kept away from assignment subsequent to aggregating just 11 by this phase of the season.
  • It might be scarcely mid-January however both Wagner and Neil Warnock recognized the agony at leaving behind the opportunity to increase three points here. Huddersfield have been savoring the last shot cantina for some time, ostensibly since November – when they last tasted triumph – however Wagner seethed at the match authorities for expelling a life saver in their fight against the drop.
  • Huddersfield may have halted the decay after nine back to back thrashings and presumably shaded play, however the two groups assembled just half-possibilities. Nathaniel Mendez-Laing was Cardiff’s impetus and, in the wake of skirting far from Erik Durm, he whipped a delectable ball into the crate, where Junior Hoilett and Hadergjonaj impacted. The last did not seem to win the ball neatly.
  • Huddersfield have scored just 13 goals this season, the least in the division, and again missed the mark in the last third. Cardiff, as well, were obtuse in assault, with Warnock swinging to Rhys Healey, straight from a credit spell at MK Dons, halfway during that time half.
  • Kenneth Zohore could return at Newcastle one weekend from now however Warnock is as yet frantic to support his cutting edge and the club’s executive, Mehmet Dalman, demands an arrangement for the Nantes striker Emiliano Sala isn’t dead.
  • Chances were rare and, when they arrived, they regularly finished in sham, for example, when Sol Bamba bobbed into Sean Morrison to stop Elias Kachunga hooking on to the ball after Alex Pritchard cut free with Huddersfield pouring forward, four against two on the counterattack.
  • Yet, the genuine show arrived late on, when Bennett and Hadergjonaj tangled inside the container. After a concise discussion with his associate, Mason gave the hosts a free-kick, probably for a foul on the Cardiff left-back before he overturned Hadergjonaj. Wagner raged on the touchline however Cardiff had endure. Huddersfield will do wealthy the equivalent.

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