At the end of the afternoon, Arsenal (3rd, 17 pts) will try at Bournemouth to put pressure on their podium neighbors, Liverpool (1st, 18 pts) and Manchester City (2nd, 17 pts), engaged on Sunday. In the meantime, the “Gunners” feel the breath of Aston Villa (4th, 17 pts) in their necks. The Birmingham club, trailing Fulham after five minutes, equalized four minutes later and made the difference in the second half (3-1).
The prize for the “comeback”, however, goes to Leicester. The “Foxes” were in a very bad position at Southampton, with two goals behind on the hour mark, but they obtained an improbable 3-2 victory with a goal from Jamie Vardy and another from Jordan Ayew at the end of the game. additional time. Leicester are breathing a little easier with this second victory in the league, the second in a row, which takes them back to 13th place.
There is also better for Everton, sixteenth after winning 2-0 at promoted Ipswich. Sean Dyche’s “Toffees” are undefeated over the past month, a great performance considering their limited squad.
Better for Manchester United
The biggest breath of fresh air on Saturday was surely obtained by Manchester United and their coach Erik ten Hag, fourteenth at kick-off and under great pressure after three league matches without winning or scoring a goal. The residents of Old Trafford restored order in front of their supporters, who had not tasted victory at home since the first day of the Premier League…
Alejandro Garnacho (48th, 1-1) and Rasmus Hojlund (62nd, 2-1), with two nice goals as a bonus, erased the visitors’ goal (45th+5, 0-1) and rewarded the offensive ambitions of their partners . Manchester United, moved up to 10th place, will try to continue their recovery next weekend at West Ham.
The “Hammers” struck hard at the start of the match at Tottenham, opening the scoring in the first twenty minutes. But the “Spurs” were on a roll and logically finally won 3-1. Ange Postecoglou’s team, pushed by their noisy supporters, made the difference in the second half by scoring three goals in the space of eight minutes.
Alphonse Areola lost to a shot from Yves Bissouma (52nd, 2-1) and was unlucky on a ball from Son Heung-min which he pushed back into the legs of Jean-Clair Todibo, then touched up without stop it (55th, 3-1). The French defender was then stunned by the leg passes of the South Korean captain of Tottenham, scorer after several weeks in the infirmary (60th, 4-1).
The results of the 8th day:
Tottenham 4 – 1 West Ham
Manchester United 2 – 1 Brentford
Fulham 1 – 3 Aston Villa
Newcastle 0 – 1 Brighton
Southampton 2 – 3 Leicester
Ipsiwich Town 0 – 2 Everton
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