Premier League Review – Matchday Eight
Saturday 1st October, 2022
Arsenal 3-1 Spurs (12:30 BT Sport)
Bournemouth 0-0 Brentford (15.00)
Crystal Palace 1-2 Chelsea (15.00)
Fulham 1-4 Newcastle (15.00)
Fulham’s Nathaniel Chalobah was sent off in the 8th minute for a high challenge on Sean Longstaff. “The Cottagers” never recovered and Almiron scored two of Newcastle’s goals.
Liverpool 3-3 Brighton (15.00)
Leandro Trossard scored a hat-trick in this game.
Southampton 1-2 Everton (15.00)
West Ham 2-0 Wolves (17.30 SKY)
Wolves manager Bruno Lage was sacked following this game and Wolves are said to be in talks with Julen Lopetegui, who this week was sacked by Sevilla.
Sunday 2nd October, 2022
Manchester City 6-3 Manchester United (14.00 SKY)
Here is an interesting BBC article about Erling Haaland’s record-breaking potential going into this game. After a third successive home hat-trick in the Premier League, the phenomenon of this man continues. He already has 14 Premier League goals and 5 Champions League goals for City. Haaland is just 22 years old.
Leeds 0-0 Aston Villa (16.30 SKY)
Monday 3rd October, 2022
Leicester 4-0 Nottingham Forest (20.00 SKY)
Leicester’s first win of the season lifted them above Forest in a game which carried the sub-title of “El Sackico”. Maddison scored two of the Leicester goals.
Later in the week, Forest announced they had given Steve Cooper a new contract, taking him until 2025.
Fixtures & results - 01-03.10.22
Saturday 1st October, 2022
Arsenal 3-1 Spurs (12:30 BT Sport)
B'mouth 0-0 Brentford (15.00)
C. Palace 1-2 Chelsea (15.00)
Fulham 1-4 Newcastle (15.00)
Liverpool 3-3 Brighton (15.00)
S'hampton 1-2 Everton (15.00)
West Ham 2-0 Wolves (17.30 SKY)
Sunday 2nd October, 2022
Man City 6-3 Man Utd (14.00 SKY)
Leeds 0-0 A. Villa (16.30 SKY)
Monday 3rd October, 2022
Leicester 4-0 Nott'm F'st (20.00 SKY)
Premier League Table
P W D L F-A GD Pts
1. Arsenal 8 7 0 1 20-8 12 21
2. Man City 8 6 2 0 29-9 20 20
3. Spurs 8 5 2 1 19-10 9 17
4. Brighton 7 4 2 1 14-8 6 14
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5. Chelsea 7 4 1 2 10-10 0 13
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6. Man Utd 7 4 0 3 11-14 -3 12
7. Newcastle 8 2 5 1 12-8 4 11
8. Fulham 8 3 2 3 13-15 -2 11
9. Liverpool 7 2 4 1 18-9 9 10
10. Brentford 8 2 4 2 15-12 3 10
11. Everton 8 2 4 2 7-7 0 10
12. Leeds 7 2 3 2 10-10 0 9
13. B'mouth 8 2 3 3 6-19 -13 9
14. A. Villa 8 2 2 4 6-10 -4 8
15. West Ham 8 2 1 5 5-9 -4 7
16. S'hampton 8 2 1 5 8-13 -5 7
17. C. Palace 7 1 3 3 8-11 -3 6
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18. Wolves 8 1 3 4 3-9 -6 6
19. Leicester 8 1 1 6 14-22 -8 4
20. Nottm F 8 1 1 6 6-21 -15 4
