Premier League ’18-19 – Highlights: Liverpool’s Win Keeps The Pressure On City

These are the last six matches of the Premier League, Match Day 15 of 38. The highlights are appended below the points table.

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

Points Table – Premier League ’18-19

Rank Name Won Draw Lost Points
1 Manchester City 13 2 0 41
2 Liverpool 12 3 0 39
3 Tottenham 11 0 4 33
4 Chelsea 9 4 2 31
5 Arsenal 9 4 2 31
6 Everton 6 5 4 23
7 Bournemouth 7 2 6 23
8 Manchester United 6 5 4 23
9 Leicester City 6 4 5 22
10 Brighton 6 3 6 21

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

English Premier League 2018-19 – Full Schedule

Match 5 of 10: Fulham vs Leicester City

Result: 1 – 1

Goal Scorers:

  • Fulham: Aboubakar Kamara 42′
  • Leicester City: James Maddison 74′

Match Statistics:

Fulham Team Stats Leicester City
25 Shots 13
7 Shots On Target 5
45% Possession 55%
314 Passes 382
66% Pass Accuracy 67%
12 Fouls 7
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 2
10 Corners 8

Highlights:

Premier League

  • Fulham’s advancement under Claudio Ranieri is being estimated in little strides forward at present. The Italian and his players left this tight challenge dubiously disappointed to have just taken a point having driven Leicester City, a group with best half accreditations, through a great part of the second half.
  • The stalemate guarantee they stay with the heaviness of the division hunkering down on them. However, in time, this may wind up as a point very much picked up.

  • It was difficult to feel that path as Denis Odoi, alone past the guests’ broken-down backline, scooped a shot over the bar in stoppage time toward the end, yet everything needs setting. Leicester, also, could point to Vicente Iborra planting a free header wide a little ways from the end or Demarai Gray spitting endlessly an even later shot which constrained Sergio Rico to spare.

  • In truth, the fact of the matter was to be loved by both. Fulham will consider a much enhanced presentation, one which unified nibble with cautious nous for extensive stretches, as proof they are moving the correct way. There is guarantee to be found in this new organization.
  • Ranieri had paid tribute to Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, under whose chairmanship he had guaranteed the main best flight title of his migrant administrative vocation.
  • A group of four of key players from that effective Premier League crusade had begun this match with the Italian recognizing this as an enthusiastic gathering. Anyway Ranieri was very much mindful his new side’s quandary proclaimed this was no time for nostalgia. By the interim, his group would have a lead whereupon to stick.

  • Now and again, that situation had felt improbable. Fulham have relinquished a portion of the assaulting verve that had lifted them back to this dimension in any case, while they hurled to contain City, the better open doors were at first squeezed out by the guests, perpetually by means of James Maddison’s canny conveyance.
  • It had been the youthful playmaker who seized Jean Michaël Seri from the get-go to slip Kelechi Iheanacho through, just for the onrushing Rico to hinder the striker’s brassy endeavor at a chip with his chest. It was enticing to think about whether the harmed Jamie Vardy, who was viewing on from the stands, may have been more heartless from such a reasonable opening.

  • The Spanish goalkeeper would exceed expectations in denying Wes Morgan before the break, with the middle half additionally inefficient in planting a free header over the bar. However Fulham were contending and consistently started to press out chances of their own.
  • Kasper Schmeichel did magnificently well to turn aside Callum Chambers’ stinging volley – a spare that resisted conviction given how violently the shot was belted through a jumbled six-yard box – however the hosts would not be denied, regardless of whether their goal originated from an impossible source.

  • Aboubakar Kamara had given the disorder factor out on the flank, perplexing more with his abdominal area quality than any aptitude on the ball, until three minutes previously the break.
  • The Frenchman jumped on to Alexandar Mitrovic’s flick and went past the flighty Caglar Söyüncü to come to the byline, turning free to move around at will ball while the protector slid off the pitch having foreseen obstructing a left-footed shot. Kamara tranquilly took a touch and, from an unkind point, bubbled his complete through Schmeichel’s legs and into the far corner.

  • It was a goal to spear the strain and bother the guests. Leicester’s prior balance was destroyed while Fulham, set out it be stated, seemed sorted out and unflinching with a lead to shield upon the restart. They had a proportion of control: the hosts were forceful down the flanks, Chambers flourishing in his new cautious midfield brief and Mitrovic perplexing his markers.
  • Leicester’s dissatisfaction, interestingly, mounted continuously as they were constrained ever further back. The hosts’ substitute, Tom Cairney, may even have multiplied the lead having misused space on the edge of the zone just to skim a shot wide with Schmeichel level footed.
  • That miss quickly felt basic. The guests had showed up progressively disconnected and dampened, yet their substitutes, Gray and Shinji Okazaki, would infuse both quality and criticalness.
  • That match joined smoothly down Leicester’s ideal with the last mentioned, permitted space by a disorientated Alfie Mawson, pulling the ball back to the plain Maddison on the punishment spot. His complete was freshly dispatched first-time into the base corner to guarantee Fulham’s quest for a first perfect sheet of term would be broadened.

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Match 6 of 10: Wolves vs Chelsea

Result: 2 – 1

Goal Scorers:

  • Wolves: Raul Jimenez 59′, Jota 63′
  • Chelsea: Ruben Loftus-Cheek 18′

Match Statistics:

Wolves Team Stats Chelsea
6 Shots 17
2 Shots On Target 3
29% Possession 71%
281 Passes 678
72% Pass Accuracy 87%
18 Fouls 10
4 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 0
1 Corners 6

Highlights:

Premier League

  • In the wake of conceding on the eve of this match that Chelsea are not ready to battle with Manchester City for the title, Maurizio Sarri will take no joy from being demonstrated right minimal over a hour and a half later.
  • Looking baffled and exasperated, the Chelsea supervisor was compelled to persevere through a second progressive away thrashing on a night when Wolverhampton Wanderers played with the dynamism, pizazz and conviction that has been so seriously missing as of late.

  • Ruben Loftus-Cheek, with his 6th goal in his last seven club matches, put a much-changed Chelsea side ahead at an early stage however the guests never based on that stage and it was no genuine shock when Wolves brought equality through Raúl Jiménez.
  • After three minutes they had a second as Diogo Jota, last season’s best scorer, at last opened his Premier League account with a ruthless complete to give Wolves their first win in seven matches. With respect to Chelsea, they are presently 10 behind Manchester City, who visit Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

  • Sarri has been discontent with the manner in which that Chelsea have begun matches for quite a bit of this season however for the second time over the course of about four days the Italian could enjoy seeing his group taking an early lead.
  • The goal was credited to Loftus-Cheek, who slice in from the left to twist a right-footed shot that was on target, yet the most noteworthy contact was made by Conor Coady. Stooping to attempt to clear the ball, the Wolves safeguard succeeded just in heading it past Rui Patrício and inside the goalkeeper’s close post. Coady’s despondent articulation as Loftus-Cheek praised said everything.

  • Loftus-Cheek was one of five changes to the Chelsea group and alongside Andreas Christensen and Cesc Fàbregas was showing up of the season. Álvaro Morata and Willian likewise came into the beginning XI and the last verged on multiplying Chelsea’s lead with a wonderful free-kick that was arcing towards the best corner until Patrício, extending each ligament, magnificently tipped the ball onto the crossbar and behind.
  • Chelsea were not having everything their own particular manner, be that as it may, and there was a lot of consolation for Wolves to take from the opening 45 minutes. Rúben Vinagre gave some astounding conveyances from the left flank and Morgan Gibbs-White, making his first Premier League begin at 18 years old, played with a development past his years.

  • The England youth global demonstrated some flawless footwork and more likely than not thought he would stamp his milestone appearance with a goal when Jiménez insightfully gestured down Vinagre’s profound left-wing cross.
  • Blasting into the punishment territory, Gibbs-White looked set to score just for Fàbregas to make a splendidly planned handle. It was a splendid bit of guarding by the Spaniard, who was brimming with vitality in the midfield holding job that Jorginho ordinarily takes up.
  • Vinagre had additionally joined with Jiménez three minutes sooner yet Antonio Rudiger got a pivotal touch that gave the Wolves striker brief period to conform to a header that flashed over the bar. In spite of the fact that Wolves had reacted well to surrendering,
  • Chelsea kept on conveying a danger and when Willian dashed onto an exquisite hurled go by Eden Hazard, a second goal called. However similarly as the Brazilian arranged to pull the trigger, Ryan Bennett came hustling crosswise over and made a marvelous test that was just as great as Fàbregas’ mediation at the opposite end.

  • Willy Boly may have been a touch luckier with the sliding tackle he made comfortable beginning of the second half to forestall Morata, who was just two or three yards out, from reaching Loftus-Cheek’s prodding cross. Boly appeared to take Morata’s legs from under him before taking care of business a touch on the ball, yet Jonathan Moss, the official, rather unusually gave an goal kick.
  • The amusement at that point turned on its head with two Wolves goals quickly. Jiménez, running onto a deliberate through-ball from Gibbs-White, got the first with a low calculated shot that appeared to nearly experience Kepa Arrizabalaga.
  • Wolves were currently light and rapidly had a second. Joño Moutinho seized Willian somewhere inside the Chelsea half before discharging Matt Doherty in space on the right. The Irishman’s low focus was weighted to flawlessness and decidedly turned home at the far post by the plain Jota.

  • Sarri reacted by expediting Pedro, Olivier Giroud and Mateo Kovacic yet in spite of the fact that Chelsea compromised – Hazard and Fàbregas both terminated over – Wolves hung on for a therapeutic triumph.

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Match 7 of 10: Burnley FC vs Liverpool

Result: 1 – 3

Goal Scorers:

  • Burnley FC: Jack Cork 54′
  • Liverpool: James Milner 62′, Roberto Firmino 69′, Xherdan Shaqiri 90’+1′

Match Statistics:

Burnley FC Team Stats Liverpool
10 Shots 18
6 Shots On Target 12
25% Possession 75%
229 Passes 680
59% Pass Accuracy 85%
10 Fouls 3
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
6 Offsides 3
5 Corners 9

Highlights:

Premier League

  • Liverpool kept up their unbeaten record and kept up the weight on Manchester City by digging out from a deficit to beat Burnley.
  • At the point when the home side took a second-half lead it looked just as they may move out of the last three and leave Liverpool five afloat of the pioneers, yet two goals one after another from James Milner and Roberto Firmino, in addition to another in stoppage time from Xherdan Shaqiri, saved the circumstance.

  • Jürgen Klopp gave an uncommon begin to Divock Origi after his very late heroics in the Merseyside derby, the Belgian only one of seven changes to the Liverpool side that beat Everton at the end of the week. That appeared a considerable measure, notwithstanding taking into consideration Sadio Mané’s foot damage, however the Liverpool administrator said it was not all that bad for the busiest phase of the season.
  • Daniel Sturridge began in advance, and after the two sides had traded long-extend shots that cleared the bar, the striker had the principal look at a possibility when Milner’s cross from the left discovered him plain at the far post. Had Sturridge possessed the capacity to control the ball he would have had various alternatives, however he let the pass slide under his foot and out.

  • At appropriate back, Joe Gomez required treatment in the wake of slamming into an edge fence when Ben Mee ended his summary the wing, in the end withdrawing halfway through the primary half to stop Trent Alexander-Arnold’s night of rest.
  • There was nothing amiss with Mee’s handle, only a blend of Gomez’s speed of movement, a splashed pitch and Turf Moor’s somewhat tight limits that sent the Liverpool player colliding with the promoting storing.
  • At the point when his substitution won a corner, Virgil van Dijk met Milner’s cross with a firm header just to guide it directly at Joe Hart. The primary time frame was short on goalmouth activity, or notwithstanding assaulting moves of any guarantee.

  • For all Xherdan Shaqiri’s inciting, Liverpool needed entrance and any component of amazement without their standard front three. Burnley came up short on the ball generally, managing with just around a fourth of first-half ownership, and with Ashley Barnes and Chris Wood neglecting to locate each other when openings emerged they introduced little danger to Liverpool’s goa.
  • Phil Bardsley connected stunningly when shooting from 30 yards just before the interim, however notwithstanding the thunder from the group the ball was continually voyaging wide.

  • The home side were in every case prone to hope to score from a set-piece and unfeelingly, when Barnes had connected an ideal complete to an all around flighted free-kick from Robbie Brady toward the finish of the primary a large portion of, his festivals were stopped by a limited offside call. Alisson in the Liverpool goal, well beaten as Barnes’ volley flew past him into the net, was the most calmed man in the ground.
  • Sturridge opened the second half with a shot that Hart needed to push cycle a post before Barnes rolled a manageable one straight to Alisson at the opposite end.
  • Hart was in real life again minutes after the fact when Naby Keïta struck a furious shot from the edge of the zone, one that was setting out toward the best corner before the goalkeeper made a one-gave spare.

  • With Liverpool getting to finish everything, it was an unexpected when Burnley led the pack just before the hour. James Tarkowski’s feeble header from a corner would have been a standard put something aside for Alisson yet for Wood’s touch.
  • The goalkeeper could just repel, and when he jumped forward to recover the ball Barnes got his foot in first, permitting Jack Cork to score from the ricochet. It was the scrappiest of goals and Liverpool grumbled sharply that the goalkeeper has been hindered, however in the wake of checking with his colleague Stuart Atwell arrived at the resolution that no foul had been submitted and enabled the score to stand
  • Klopp’s reaction was to ask Mohamed Salah and Firmino to warm up, yet before they could be presented Liverpool were level. Keïta discovered some space on the left, Origi coolly played a ball in reverse out of the region and Milner investigated before section a low shot from the edge inside Hart’s left-hand post.

  • Salah and Firmino did then come on at that point, and the last had an goal inside a short ways from what resembled a preparation ground move. A short free-kick brought about a cross to the far post from Alexander-Arnold, where Van Dijk achieved it with his foot and turned the ball over the substance of goal, leaving the Brazilian a tap-in.
  • Salah botched two or three opportunities to make the diversion safe yet at the same time contributed to the definitive third goal, flicking a natural go for Shaqiri to score with an unequivocal first-time wrap up.

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