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2019 Mourinho’s Reign Begins PREMIER LEAGUE RESULTS

27th, Arsenal Saturday November 23rd Southampton
2-2
Ings 8
Lacazette 18, 96+
November With Comfortable Att: 60,295 1-2 Ward-Prowse 71
H/T: 1-1
Wolves
AFC Bournemouth
Jiménez 31
| Victory At West Ham S Cook 59 João Moutinho 21
Red Card: Francis (AFC Bournemouth) 37 min
H/T: 0-2
Att: 10,539
EXAMINER Jstart as his first game in charge of a video – that was eventually had revealed he tried to sign him Brighton & Hove Albion 0-2 Leicester City
ose Mourinho’s return to football
Pérez 64
when he was in charge of Real
management got off to a dream
deleted – goading Mourinho
Vardy 82 (pen)
Att: 30,640
H/T: 0-0
Madrid, and he delivered an
about previous poor results
IRISH Tottenham saw them win 3-2 at against the London club. important goal. Crystal Palace 1-2 Firmino 85
Liverpool
West Ham.
There was never any danger of
Zaha 82
Mané 49
Moura had already missed a
Mourinho’s 11-month absence
this being another Red Letter Day
great chance to add his second by
from the game ended this week as Spurs, with Mourinho prowling the time Kane made it 3-0 in the Att: 25,486 H/T: 0-0
when he replaced Mauricio the touchline, controlled the game 49th minute as the England cap- Everton 0-2 Norwich City
Cantwell 54
Pochettino on Wednesday and he from the first whistle. tain notched his 21st goal of the Srbeny 92+
needed only three days to lift Kane thought he had given season for club and country. Att: 39,241 H/T: 0-0
Spurs’ misfiring stars. them a perfect start inside the He was picked out superbly by Manchester City 2-1 Chelsea
First-half goals from Son opening 10 minutes but he was Serge Aurier’s cross and planted a De Bruyne 29 Kanté 21
Heung-min and Lucas Moura – offside after being played in by header in the back of the net to Mahrez 37 H/T: 2-1
Att: 54,486
both incisive attacks – were added Alli. leave Mourinho chuckling on the
Burnley
to by Harry Kane’s header after After Son and Moura had gone sidelines. Watford 0-3 Wood 53
the break as Tottenham won close Spurs took a deserved lead in For a period of time it looked Barnes 82 (pen)
away in the Premier League for the 36th minute after a spell of like it could have been as big a win Att: 19,711 Tarkowski 88
H/T: 0-0
the first time in 308 days, even pressure. as Spurs wanted, but West Ham at
though late goals from Michail Alli played in Son down the left least restored some pride in the West Ham United 2-3 Tottenham Hotspur
Antonio 73
Son Heung-Min 36
Antonio and Angelo Ogbonna and the South Korean continued 73rd minute. Ogbonna 96+ Lucas Moura 43
Kane 49
skewed the scoreline. his penchant for scoring big goals Antonio – a half-time substitute Att: 59,930 H/T: 0-2
It extended the 56-year-old’s by firing through the hands of – got on the scoresheet with a
incredible record of not losing a Roberto, though the West Ham rifled effort into the bottom corner Sheffield United Sunday November 24th Manchester United
3-3
first game in charge of a club since goalkeeper should have done bet- from Mark Noble’s pass. Fleck 19 Williams 72
his first job as Benfica’s manager ter. The hosts, who had been Mousset 52 Greenwood 77
Rashford 79
McBurnie 90
way back in 2000. Spurs had Mourinho producing dreadful for so much of the game, Att: 32,024 H/T: 1-0
Mourinho had stuck to his a knee-slide nine minutes later as looked like setting up a grandstand
Monday November 25th
pledge of not changing too much they doubled their lead with an finish when Declan Rice swept Aston Villa 2-0 Newcastle United
from how Pochettino had set impressive goal. home Sebastian Haller’s header, Hourihane 32
them up, but they played with Alli did well to keep the ball in, but VAR ruled that he was offside. El Ghazi 36 H/T: 2-0
Att: 41,821
confidence and intent, something setting Son free at the same time, Ogbonna did get one back for
that was missing in the latter part and the latter’s cross was rammed West Ham with the very last PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE
of the Argentinian’s spell in north home at close range by Moura. action, scoring from a corner, to
London. It was a big afternoon for skew the scoreline, but this was Team P 13 W D L 0 F 30 A GD Pts.
1
12
11
37
Liverpool
19
There will be far bigger chal- Moura, who was named in the Spurs’ day. Leicester City 13 9 2 2 31 8 23 29
lenges ahead than this for starting line-up after Mourinho This was Mourinho’s day. C Manchester City 13 9 8 1 2 3 3 37 14 23 28
26
28
9
13
Chelsea
19
Mourinho, but the way the front Wolves 13 4 7 2 18 16 2 19
Sheffield United 13 4 6 3 16 12 4 18
four linked up will give great Burnley 13 5 3 5 20 18 2 18
promise that Spurs can climb up Arsenal 13 4 6 3 18 19 -1 18
the table and challenge for a top- Manchester United 13 4 4 5 5 4 4 19 15 4 2 17
21
Tottenham
17
19
13
four spot. AFC Bournemouth 13 4 4 5 16 17 -1 16
Dele Alli, someone who Brighton 13 4 3 6 15 19 -4 15
Crystal Palace 13 4 3 6 11 18 -7 15
Mourinho had told to start playing Newcastle United 13 4 3 6 11 20 -9 15
like himself, was back to his best, Aston Villa 13 4 2 7 19 20 -1 14
Son was electrifying, Moura Everton 13 4 3 2 4 7 6 13 20 -7 14
23
13
West Ham United 13
16
-7
played with purpose and Kane led Norwich City 13 3 1 9 13 28 -15 10
the line superbly. Southampton 13 2 1 3 5 8 7 13 31 -18 9 8
-18
Watford
26
13
8
West Ham had been a mere
footnote in the build-up to the PREMIER LEAGUE FIXTURES
game as the focus had unsurpris-
ingly all been on the Portuguese’s Saturday November 23rd
return, but Manuel Pellegrini’s Burnley v Crystal Palace (10am)
position at the London Stadium Chelsea v West Ham United (10am)
will come into focus after a dismal Liverpool v Brighton & Hove Albion (10am)
display, despite the late goals. Newcastle United v Manchester City (7.30am)
Southampton v Watford (12.30pm)
This was their sixth defeat in Tottenham Hotspur v AFC Bournemouth (10am)
eight games in all competitions, Sunday December 1st
with no wins since September, and Leicester City v Everton (11.30am)
with the home fans jeering their Manchester United v Aston Villa (11.30am)
Norwich City v Arsenal (9am)
side and manager, Pellegrini must Wolverhampton Wanderers v Sheffield United (9am)
fear for his job. Tuesday December 3rd
The Hammers were not helped Burnley v Manchester City (3.15pm)
by their social media team posting Crystal Palace v AFC Bournemouth (2.30pm)