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2020 Manchester United And Chelsea Play

28th,

October Out Drab Draw At Old Trafford

The 22-year-old’s last-gasp
nearly
Cavani
dinson
Mendy again produced a fine
| PREMIER LEAGUE RESULTS Efor Manchester United as effort secured Tuesday’s superb 2- save when Mata took aim from
scored with his first touch
EXAMINER Aston Villa Friday October 23rd Bamford 55, 67, 74 Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men Champions League and eyebrows United team-mates were more
the edge of the box, although his
1 win at Paris St Germain in the
0-3
Leeds United
fought out a goalless draw with
were raised at Solskjaer’s decision
focused on what they felt was a
H/T: 0-0
penalty.
Chelsea in the pouring rain.
to move away from that selection
The VAR decided Rashford
Having lost this season’s previ-
IRISH Fulham Saturday October 24th Crystal Palace ous Premier League home match- and the 3-5-2 system that worked had not been fouled by N’Golo
1-2
so well that night.
Cairney 95+
Riedewald 8
Zaha 63
Red Card: Kamara (Fulham) 88 min es to Crystal Palace and Instead it was Chelsea lining up Kante after checking the incident
H/T: 0-1 Tottenham in chastening fashion, with a three-man backline on a and Chelsea also had penalty
the Red Devils were looking to wet evening in which neither side claims overlooked before half-
Liverpool 2-1 Sheffield United
Firmino 41 Berge 13 (pen) make it third time lucky as their was able to get a foothold on pro- time as Maguire got away with
Jota 64 top-four rivals arrived at an empty ceedings during an opening 20 unceremoniously throwing
H/T: 1-1
Old Trafford. minutes devoid of any notable Azpilicueta to the deck when
Manchester United 0-0 Chelsea But neither side fully mastered goal threat. heading away a free-kick.
H/T: 0-0
the challenging conditions in the Chelsea had United penned The second period started in a
West Ham United 1-1 Manchester City north-west, where substitute back but could not ask any serious similarly uneventful fashion to
Antonio 18 Foden 51 Cavani went close to making a questions, with the only potential the first, with Solskjaer turning to
H/T: 1-0
dream debut impact that would early flashpoint seemingly missed Pogba and Cavani just 13 minutes
Sunday October 25th have compounded Chelsea’s exas- by on-field officials and the VAR after the restart.
Arsenal 0-1 Leicester City peration at the lack of video assis- as Fernandes appeared to swipe at The latter was close to making
Vardy 80
H/T: 0-0 tant referee intervention. Jorginho’s face. an immediate impact for his new
Blues skipper Cesar Azpilicueta The first shot on target of the club, sending a smart first-time
Southampton 2-0 Everton
Ward-Prowse 27 could not believe Harry Maguire evening took 28 minutes to occur flick into the side-netting when
Adams 35 got away with wrestling him to and David De Gea easily stopped peeling away to meet a
Red Card: Digne (Everton) 72 min
H/T: 2-0 the ground in the box towards the Reece James’ attempt to catch Fernandes cross.
end of a first half in which him out at a free-kick, with Kai Havertz and Pulisic could
Wolves xxx Newcastle United Edouard Mendy impressively Chelsea goalkeeper Mendy inex- not quite get on a whipped cross
xxx
H/T: xxx denied Marcus Rashford and Juan plicably coming closest for from impressive Chelsea right-
Mata after nearly passing into his United. back James, whose tough 50-50
Monday October 26th
Brighton & Hove Albion 1-1 West Bromwich Albion own net. The Blues’ new number one with Pogba led to a break in play
Livermore 40 (og) Grant 83 Solskjaer turned to Paul Pogba confidently turned and played a that took away building momen-
H/T: 1-0
and deadline-day acquisition pass across his goal that was tum.
Burnley 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur Cavani early in the second half, nearer to finding his own goal Lampard turned to Tammy
Son Heung-Min 76 with the latter going close to find- than its intended target, with the Abraham and Mason Mount in
H/T: 0-0
ing the net seconds after coming keeper breathing a sigh of relief the search for a winner that
on when flicking a Bruno when seeing it roll wide for a cor- looked most likely to go the host-
PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE Fernandes cross into the side-net- ner. s’ way as they probed, with
ting. The goalkeepers got busier as Mason Greenwood thrown into
Team P W D L F A GD Pts. United pushed hard for a the first half wore on, with De the mix.
Everton 6 4 1 1 14 9 5 13 breakthrough but a first home vic- Gea making a comfortable save United would have snatched
Liverpool 6 4 1 1 15 14 1 13 tory of the season evaded them, from Christian Pulisic and Mendy victory at the end had Mendy not
Aston Villa 5 4 0 1 12 5 7 12
Leicester City 6 4 0 2 13 8 5 12 with Mendy denying Rashford a producing a superb stop with his produced a fantastic save to pre-
Tottenham 6 3 2 1 16 8 8 11 dream end to a remarkable week feet to prevent Rashford netting vent Rashford bending a shot
Leeds United 6 3 1 2 12 9 3 10 in the closing stages. on the break in the 35th minute. home from the edge of the box. C
Southampton 6 3 1 2 10 9 1 10
Crystal Palace 6 3 1 2 8 9 -1 10
Wolves 6 3 1 2 6 8 -2 10
Chelsea 6 2 3 1 13 9 4 9
Arsenal 6 3 0 3 8 7 1 9
West Ham United 6 2 2 2 12 8 4 8
Manchester City 5 2 2 1 8 8 0 8
Newcastle United 6 2 2 2 8 10 -2 8
Manchester United 5 2 1 2 9 12 -3 7
Brighton 6 1 2 3 10 12 -2 5
West Brom 6 0 3 3 6 14 -8 3
Burnley 5 0 1 4 3 9 -6 1
Sheffield United 6 0 1 5 3 9 -6 1
Fulham 6 0 1 5 5 14 -9 1
PREMIER LEAGUE FIXTURES

Friday October 30th
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Crystal Palace (4pm)
Saturday October 31st
Burnley v Chelsea (11am)
Liverpool v West Ham United(1.30pm)
Sheffield United v Manchester City (8.30am)
Sunday November 1st
Aston Villa v Southampton (7am)
Manchester United v Arsenal (11.30am)
Newcastle United v Everton (9am)
Tottenham Hotspur v Brighton & Hove Albion (2.15pm)
Monday November 2nd
Fulham v West Bromwich Albion (12.30pm)
Leeds United v Leicester City (3pm) Chelsea’s Kurt Zouma takes the ball away from danger