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2019 Liverpool Easily Shoot PREMIER LEAGUE RESULTS

28th, Aston Villa Friday August 23rd Everton
2-0
Wesley 21
August Down The Gunners At El Ghazi 95+ H/T: 1-0
Att: 41,922
Saturday August 24th
| Anfield Brighton & Hove Albion 0-2 Southampton
EXAMINER Red Card: Andone (Brighton & Hove Albion) 30 min Redmond 91+
Djenepo 55

H/T: 0-0
Att: 30,019
Arsenal
3-1
Liverpool
IRISH Matip 41 Torreira 85
Salah 49 (pen), 58
Att: 53,298
H/T: 1-0
Manchester United 1-2 Crystal Palace
James 89 J Ayew 32
van Aanholt 93+
Att: 73,454 H/T: 0-1
Norwich City 2-3 Chelsea
Cantwell 6 Abraham 3, 68
Pukki 30 Mount 17
Att: 27,032 H/T: 2-2
Sheffield United 1-2 Leicester City
McBurnie 62 Vardy 38
Barnes 70
Att: 30,079 H/T: 0-1
Watford 1-3 West Ham United
Gray 17 Noble 3 (pen)
Haller 64, 73
Mohamed Salah puts Liverpool 2-0 up from the penalty spot Att: 20,035 H/T: 1-1
iverpool openedupathree-point ing Nicolas Pepe, given a full Xhaka to cleverly turn and fire Sunday August 25th
gap at the top of the Premier debut at the expense of wide, the breakthrough came. AFC Bournemouth 1-3 Manchester City
Wilson 48+ Agüero 15, 64
LLeague with a 3-1 win over Alexandre Lacazette. From a corner Trent Sterling 43
Arsenal which highlighted why the However, a flaw in the plan Alexander-Arnold finally found Att: 10,486 H/T: 1-2
chasingpackarestillsofarbehindthem was that the Gunners never his range and Matip benefited
andManchesterCity. looked comfortable in possession from the space created by Virgil Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Newcastle United
Joelinton 27
By their own admission Jurgen in and around their own penalty Van Dijk’s tangle with Matteo Att: 59,245 H/T: 0-1
Klopp’s side had not been close area and regularly fell foul of Guendouzi to power home a Wolves 1-1 Burnley
to finding their best form in four Liverpool’s high press. 41st-minute header. Jiménez 97+ (pen) Barnes 13
matches this season but faced The worst example was when Mane should have done better Att: 30,522 H/T: 0-1
with the top flight’s only other Dani Ceballos, pinned in near his with his header in injury time but
team with a 100 per cent record, own corner flag, cleared the ball if the interval was a period for PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE
they stepped up a couple of straight to Sadio Mane 15 yards Arsenal to clear their heads, no-
gears. out only for the Senegal interna- one told David Luiz who, in a Team P W D L F A GD Pts.
As if to make a statement they tional to shoot straight at Bernd moment of madness four min- Liverpool 3 3 0 0 9 3 6 9
dismantled the Gunners, who Leno. utes after the break, tugged on Manchester City 3 2 1 0 10 3 7 7
arrived at Anfield with a contain- But the more Liverpool Salah’s shirt. Arsenal 3 3 2 1 0 2 1 0 4 3 4 2 0 1 6 5
Leicester City
ment-first approach, with a pressed the more Arsenal were The Egypt international confi- Manchester United 3 1 1 1 6 3 3 4
power game allied to clinical effi- presented with opportunities, dently dispatched the penalty and Burnley 3 1 1 1 5 3 2 4
ciency. with Pepe having three chances added a second by brilliantly con- Tottenham 3 1 1 1 5 4 1 4
Mohamed Salah, with a penal- and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang verting a three-pass move which Brighton 3 1 1 1 4 3 1 4
ty and a superbly-taken individ- one. eliminated most of the opposi- Sheffield United 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 3 2 0 0 4 4
Crystal Palace
ual effort, made it three for the Reds goalkeeper Adrian, fresh tion. AFC Bournemouth 3 1 1 1 4 5 -1 4
campaign after Joel Matip’s first from his miskicking error which Started by Adrian to Everton 3 1 1 1 1 2 -1 4
league goal in 11 months broke cost them a goal at Southampton Alexander-Arnold, Fabinho then Chelsea 3 1 1 1 4 7 -3 4
the deadlock just before half- last week, came out of his area to flicked forward an inviting ball West Ham United 3 1 1 1 4 7 -3 4
time, with substitute Lucas clear but only found allowing Salah to skip past Luiz Wolves 3 3 0 1 3 0 0 2 2 4 2 5 0 -1 3 3
Aston Villa
Torreira scoring a consolation Aubameyang who lobbed the with embarrassing ease 40 yards Norwich City 3 1 0 2 6 8 -2 3
five minutes from the end. ball back past the far post. out and run into the penalty area Southampton 3 1 0 2 3 5 -2 3
The game started at a frenetic Pepe’s best chance came when before cushioning a shot inside Newcastle United 3 1 0 2 2 4 -2 3
pace, with the hosts setting a Jordan Henderson’s mistake on the far post with his left foot. Watford 3 0 0 3 1 7 -6 0
high tempo which penned the halfway line allowed the From that point it was an exer-
Arsenal back in the final third. Ivory Coast international to run cise in damage-limitation for the PREMIER LEAGUE FIXTURES
Within 80 seconds Andy past Robertson but in a one-one- visitors, with Emery’s first
Robertson had fizzed a ball one with Adrian he shot straight change being to send on combat- Saturday August 31st
Burnley v Liverpool (12.30pm)
across the six-yard area which at the goalkeeper. ive midfielder Torreira for the Chelsea v Sheffield United (10am)
Roberto Firmino only narrowly It meant the game was far anonymous playmaker Ceballos. Crystal Palace v Aston Villa (10am)
missed. more open than the statistics of Lacazette, scorer of 19 goals Leicester City v AFC Bournemouth (10am)
Unai Emery’s tactics were to Liverpool’s supposed dominance last season and one in one match Manchester City v Brighton & Hove Albion (10am)
Newcastle United v Watford (10am)
defend deep with eight men – they had 14 shots in the first this, was not introduced until the Southampton v Manchester United (7.30am)
behind the ball in an attempt to half – suggested. 81st minute – and even then it West Ham United v Norwich City (10am)
draw their opponents in before But the incessant pressure on was Torreira who eventually Sunday September 1st
trying to release the explosive Arsenal’s defense began to tell found the net, drilling home a Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur (11.30am)
pace of £72million summer sign- and after Salah held off Granit loose ball 15 yards out. C Everton v Wolverhampton Wanderers (9am)