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2020 Ollie Watkins Scores A Hat-Trick As

7th,
October Aston Villa Destroy The Champions

| PREMIER LEAGUE RESULTS llie Watkins scored a behind Liverpool’s Merseyside tors had conceded again,
first-half hat-trick as
McGinn’s volley going past
rivals Everton, who Jurgen
EXAMINER Chelsea Saturday October 3rd Crystal Palace OAston Villa brought Klopp’s men face at Goodison Adrian via a deflection off Virgil
4-0
Park in their next match on
Van Dijk.
champions Liverpool’s 100
Chilwell 50
Zouma 66
per
start
And they were left shell-
to
October 17.
the
cent
Jorginho 78 (pen), 82 (pen)
Adrian
Goalkeeper
H/T: 0-0
was
IRISH Everton 4-2 Brighton & Hove Albion Premier League season to a a brought into the Liverpool start- shocked again four minutes later
as Watkins completed his treble
shuddering
halt
with
Calvert-Lewin 16
Maupay 41
ing line-up after Alisson Becker
by heading home Trezeguet’s
stunning 7-2 win at Villa
Mina 47+
Bissouma 92+
Rodriguez 52, 70
H/T: 2-1 Park. suffered a shoulder injury in cross, the effort standing after a
Watkins opened the scoring training on Saturday. VAR check for offside.
Leeds United 1-1 Manchester City
Rodrigo 59 Sterling 17 in the fourth minute following a And the Spaniard made a Barkley then got his debut
H/T: 0-1
mistake by Reds goalkeeper nightmare start as his poor goal in the 55th minute, hitting
Newcastle United 3-1 Burnley Adrian and doubled the hosts’ attempt at a pass was pounced a shot from outside the box that
Saint-Maximin 14 Westwood 61
C Wilson 65, 77 (pen) lead with a fine 22nd-minute upon in the Liverpool box by flew in off Trent Alexander-
H/T: xxx
strike. Grealish, who laid the ball to Arnold, with Grealish again the
Sunday October 4th
Mohamed Salah replied just Watkins for a simple finish. provider.
Arsenal 2-1 Sheffield United after the half hour mark, only Four minutes later Barkley, Salah fired in at the other end
Saka 61 McGoldrick 84
Pépé 64 for John McGinn to swiftly making his Villa bow following five minutes later to make it 5-2,
H/T: 0-0
make it 3-1 and Villa never his arrival on loan from Chelsea, but Villa were not finished, with
Aston Villa 7-2 Liverpool
Watkins 4, 22, 39 Salah 33, 60 looked back as Watkins then was fed by Grealish but put the Grealish adding a brace.
McGinn 35 headed in his third in the 39th ball wide from a great position. His first came in the 66th
Barkley 55
Grealish 66, 75 minute. Liverpool started to exert minute, another goal involving
H/T: 4-1
Former Everton man Ross some pressure, with Emiliano a deflection as the Villa skipper’s
Leicester City 0-3 West Ham United
Antonio 14 Barkley subsequently deepened Martinez twice blocking efforts shot hit Fabinho en route to the
Fornals 34 Liverpool’s misery 10 minutes Roberto Firmino, but Villa were net.
Bowen 83
H/T: 0-2 into the second half as he soon back on the front foot and Watkins was then denied by
Manchester United 1-6 Tottenham Hotspur marked his Villa debut with a doubled their advantage when Adrian, before Grealish burst
Bruno Fernandes 2 (pen) Ndombele 4
Son Heung-Min 7, 37 goal and, after Salah pulled Watkins, again set up by clear of the Liverpool defense as
Kane 30, 79 (pen) another back, Jack Grealish then Grealish, cut inside Joe Gomez he latched onto a McGinn pass
Aurier 51
Red Card: Martial (Manchester United) 28 min added two more for the hosts as and fired past Adrian into the and calmly tucked the ball past
H/T: 1-4
Liverpool were condemned to a top corner. Adrian.
Southampton 2-0 West Bromwich Abion
Djenepo 41 truly embarrassing defeat. Martinez saved a couple of Things almost got even worse
Romeu 69 With three wins from three Diogo Jota efforts and Barkley for Liverpool with five minutes of
H/T: 1-0
games, Dean Smith’s Villa are then went close to making it 3-0 normal time to go as Watkins’
Wolves 1-0 Fulham
Neto 56 up to second place in the table, before Liverpool reduced the sent a shot against the bar, but
H/T: 0-0
level on points with Liverpool – deficit in the 33rd minute as the Villa had already sealed an
who have played four matches – ball came to Salah in the box emphatic win over the Premier
PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE plus Leicester and Arsenal. and he cracked it in. League champions to cap a day of
The quartet are three points But within moments the visi- shocks in the Premier League. C
Team P W D L F A GD Pts.
Everton 4 4 0 0 12 5 7 12
Aston Villa 3 3 0 0 11 2 9 9
Leicester City 4 3 0 1 12 7 5 9
Arsenal 4 3 0 1 8 5 3 9
Liverpool 4 3 0 1 11 11 0 9
Tottenham 4 2 1 1 12 5 7 7
Chelsea 4 2 1 1 10 6 4 7
Leeds United 4 2 1 1 9 8 1 7
Newcastle United 4 2 1 1 6 5 1 7
West Ham United 4 2 0 2 8 4 4 6
Southampton 4 2 0 2 5 6 -1 6
Crystal Palace 4 2 0 2 5 7 -2 6
Wolves 4 2 0 2 4 7 -3 6
Manchester City 3 1 1 1 6 7 -1 4
Brighton 4 1 0 3 8 10 -2 3
Manchester United 3 1 0 2 5 11 -6 3
West Brom 4 0 1 3 5 13 -8 1
Burnley 3 0 0 3 3 8 -5 0
Sheffield United 4 0 0 4 1 6 -5 0
Fulham 4 0 0 4 3 11 -8 0
PREMIER LEAGUE FIXTURES
Saturday October 17th
Chelsea v Southampton (10am)
Everton v Liverpool (7.30am)
Leicester City v Aston Villa (10am)
Manchester City v Arsenal (12.30pm)
Newcastle United v Manchester United (10am)
Sheffield United v Fulham (10am)
West Bromwich Albion v Burnley (10am)
Sunday October 18th
Crystal Palace v Brighton & Hove Albion (9am)
Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham United (11.30am)
Monday October 19th
Leeds United v Wolverhampton Wanderers (3pm)
Ollie Watkins slams in Aston Villa’s second goal as Joe Gomez of Liverpool tries in vain to block his effort