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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
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