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           2019  Aubameyang Secures A                                                                            PREMIER LEAGUE RESULTS

           4th,                                                                                                Burnley    Saturday August 31st  Wood 33 (og)
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                                                                                                                                                Liverpool
           September  Point For Arsenal In                                                                     Att: 21,762                      Firmino 80
                                                                                                                                                 Mané 37
                                                                                                                                                 H/T: 0-2

                                                                                                               Abraham 19, 43
                                                                                                                                               Robinson 46
           |  Thrilling Derby                                                                                  Chelsea            2-2       Sheffield United
                                                                                                                                             Zouma 89 (og)
           EXAMINER                                                                                            Crystal Palace     1-0          Aston Villa
                                                                                                                                                 H/T: 2-0
                                                                                                               Att: 40,560
                                                                                                               J Ayew 73
                                                                                                               Red Card: Trézéguet (Aston Villa) 54 min
                                                                                                                                                 H/T: xxx
           IRISH                                                                                               Att: 25,248        3-1     AFC Bournemouth
                                                                                                               Leicester City
                                                                                                                                               C Wilson 15
                                                                                                               Vardy 12, 73
                                                                                                               Tielemans 41
                                                                                                               Att: 31,613                       H/T: 2-1
                                                                                                               Manchester City    4-0  Brighton & Hove Albion
                                                                                                               De Bruyne 2
                                                                                                               Agüero 42, 55
                                                                                                               Bernardo Silva 79
                                                                                                               Att: 54,386                       H/T: 2-0
                                                                                                               Newcastle United   1-1            Watford
                                                                                                               Schär 41                          Hughes 2
                                                                                                               Att: 44,157                       H/T: 1-1
                                                                                                               Southampton        1-1     Manchester United
                                                                                                               Vestergaard 58                    James 10
                                                                                                               Red Card: Danso (Southampton) 73 min
                                                                                                               Att: 30,499                       H/T: 0-1

                                                                                                               West Ham United    2-0         Norwich City
                                                                                                               Haller 24
            Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Matteo Guendouzi celebrate the equalizing goal                       Yarmolenko 56
                                                                                                               Att: 59,950                       H/T: 1-0
                 ierre-Emerick Aubameyang   in possession, but they could not  quiet by his standards in the open-
                 rescued a point for Arsenal as  force Hugo Lloris into any mean-  ing 45 minutes, lashed home from       Sunday September 1st
            Pthey fought back from two      ingful work.                   six yards to half the deficit on the  Arsenal          2-2    Tottenham Hotspur
                                                                                                                                                Eriksen 10
            goals behind to draw at home to   In contrast, Tottenham were  stroke of half-time.                Lacazette 46+                  Kane 40 (pen)
                                                                                                               Aubameyang 71
            Tottenham in the first north    ahead from their first genuine    Arsenal again started the half on  Att: 60,333                     H/T: 1-2
            London derby of the season.     attack as Eriksen was on hand to  top but were reliant on a fine, low  Everton        3-2             Wolves
              Spurs have not won a league   tap home from point-blank range  save from Leno to deny Son, with  Richarlison 5, 80                   Saïss 9
            game at the Emirates Stadium    after Leno could only push Erik  Lloris equaling his counterpart to  Iwobi 12                       Jiménez 75
                                                                                                               Red Card: Boly (Wolverhampton Wanderers) 95+ min
            since November 2010 and were    Lamela’s shot into the feet of the  push a Matteo Guendouzi strike  Att: 39,374                      H/T: 2-1
            pegged back to draw 2-2 here hav-  Dane, who has been heavily linked  behind.
            ing appeared on course to break  with a move away from Spurs      Sead Kolasinac could not make        PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE
            that duck after Christian Eriksen’s  before Monday’s European trans-  telling contact as the resulting cor-
            50th Premier League goal and    fer deadline.                  ner dropped his way and Lacazette  Team      P   W    D   L    F   A   GD Pts.
            Harry Kane’s penalty – his 10th   The visitors were close to dou-  sent a speculative effort wide with  Liverpool  4  4  0  0  12  3  9  12
            goal in his last 10 games against  bling their lead before the half-  the hosts rallying for a leveler.  Manchester City  4  3  1  0  14  3  11  10
            Arsenal – put them in prime posi-  hour mark, David Luiz allowing  In an end-to-end contest, Kane  Leicester City  4  2  2  0  6  3   3   8
            tion to do so.                  Son Heung-min to run through at  rattled the inside of the post with a  Crystal Palace  4 4  2 2  1 1  1 1  3 6  2 6  1 0  7 7
                                                                                                           Arsenal
              But, after mistakes from Bernd  goal and unleash a curling effort  fine  bending  effort  –  but  Everton  4  2    1   1    4   4   0   7
            Leno and Granit Xhaka had left  which Leno did brilliantly to tip  Aubameyang then drew Arsenal  West Ham United 4  2  1  1   6   7   -1  7
            them vulnerable, Unai Emery’s   behind.                        level with 20 minutes remaining as  Manchester United 4  1  2  1  7  4  3  5
            Gunners fought back, Alexandre    Pepe – the brightest of Arsenal’s  he prodded home Guendouzi’s  Tottenham  4  1    2   1    7   6   1   5
            Lacazette pulling one back in first-  attacking trio in the first half-hour  perfectly weighted through ball.  Sheffield United  4 4  1 1  2 2  1 1  5 6  5 9  0 -3  5 5
                                                                                                           Chelsea
            half  stoppage   time   before  – bent a free-kick wide before    The equalizer sent the home  Burnley      4   1    1   2    5   6   -1  4
            Aubameyang equalized in a frenet-  Leno again failed to hold a fairly  fans into raptures and Lloris had to  Southampton  4  1  1  2  4  6  -2  4
            ic second half.                 routine strike, this time only paw-  be at his best to keep out a long-  Newcastle United  4  1  1  2  3  5  -2  4
              Neither side had a particularly  ing Kane’s effort into Son before  range Xhaka shot, with the  AFC Bournemouth 4  1  1  2  5   8   -3  4
            good day defensively, despite Jan  his cross was cleared.      Tottenham defence reeling.      Brighton     4 4  1 0  1 3  2 1  4 4  7 5  -1  4 3
                                                                                                           Wolves
                                                                                                                                                  -1
            Vertonghen making his first       As he did with his error for the  Pepe lashed high and wide as a  Aston Villa  4  1  0  3   4   6   -2  3
            appearance of the campaign for  goal, Leno soon made amends as  corner broke to Arsenal’s club-  Norwich City  4  1  0   3    6   10  -4  3
            Spurs,  with   boss  Mauricio   he dived full stretch to save an  record signing just inside the  Watford   4   0    1   3    2   8   -6  1
            Pochettino  shifting  Davinson  Eriksen free-kick.             Tottenham penalty area before
            Sanchez to right-back after last  There was nothing he could do  Sokratis    Papastathopoulos        PREMIER LEAGUE FIXTURES
            weekend’s shock defeat at home to  moments later when Spurs were  thought he had bundled home a
                                                                                                                         Saturday September 14th
            Newcastle.                      awarded a penalty – Xhaka steam-  third only to see it ruled out for an  Brighton & Hove Albion v Burnley (10am)
              Arsenal also went into the game  ing in recklessly and diving in to  offside against Kolasinac in the  Liverpool v Newcastle United (7.45am)
            on the back of a loss, at Liverpool,  challenge Son after the ball had  build-up.                       Manchester United v Leicester City (10am)
            and Emery responded by starting  gone.                            With both sides chasing a late        Norwich City v Manchester City (12.30pm)
                                                                                                                     Sheffield United v Southampton (10am)
            Aubameyang, Lacazette and big-    Kane stepped up and continued  winner, Kane – for the second          Tottenham Hotspur v Crystal Palace (10am)
            money summer signing Nicolas    his fine goal scoring record in the  time in a week – was denied a     Wolverhampton Wanderers v Chelsea (10am)
                                                                                                                          Sunday September 15th
            Pepe together for the first time.  derby by smashing the spot-kick  penalty as referee Martin Atkinson    AFC Bournemouth v Everton (9am)
              The hosts enjoyed plenty of the  home to double the lead.    adjudged he had not been fouled              Watford v Arsenal (11.30am)
            ball in the opening stages, Pepe in  Lloris saved from Pepe but  by Sokratis as he broke into the            Monday September 16th
            particular looking sharp whenever  could do nothing as Lacazette,  Arsenal box. C                        Aston Villa v West Ham United (3pm)
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