Tottenham jumps to the top… McTominay saves United with a fatal victory… and Chelsea continues its uprising
Tottenham Hotspur jumped to the top of the English Premier League with a 1-0 win over its host Luton Town, despite playing the second half with 10 players, while Manchester United snatched a difficult 2-1 victory over its guest Brentford thanks to two goals from substitute Scott McTominay in stoppage time. Chelsea continued its uprising with a huge 4-1 victory over host Burnley in the eighth stage of the English Premier League.
The round concludes today (Sunday) with four matches, the most notable of which is the summit meeting between defending champion Manchester City and its host Arsenal, while Newcastle, buoyed by its sweeping victory over Paris Saint-Germain 4-1 in the Champions League, clashes with West Ham, Liverpool meets Brighton, and Wolverhampton meets Aston Villa. .
Tottenham continued its wonderful performances and results since the beginning of the season under the leadership of its new Australian coach, Ange Postecoglou, and emerged victorious from the stronghold of Luton Town with a goal scored by Dutch defender Micky van de Ven after a pass from James Maddison in the 52nd minute.
Tottenham maintained its unbeaten record in 8 matches, raising its score to 20 points, two points ahead of Manchester City, which is visiting third-ranked Arsenal today, while Luton’s score stopped at 4 points.
Tottenham midfielder Yves Bissouma was sent off in the last minute of the first half after receiving a second warning for a fall, and despite that, the team succeeded in snatching a victory that allowed them to jump to the top. Luton wasted several opportunities to snatch a tie after withstanding pressure from Tottenham at the beginning, but suffered its sixth defeat in the league.
Tottenham coach Postecoglou said: “The team showed great character and flexibility, which we emphasized a lot in the past matches, and then at Luton Stadium.” He added: “We started very well, and we should have been ahead by three or four goals, but the expulsion came and the match changed.”
On the other hand, Luton coach Rob Edwards said: “Tottenham were the best in the beginning, and luck was on our side in the first 10 minutes or so, then we entered the atmosphere of the match, and we had several chances to score, and we deserved a better result.”
At Old Trafford, Manchester United snatched a difficult victory over its guest, Brentford, 2-1, with two fatal goals in stoppage time against its guest, Brentford, scored by Scottish substitute Scott McTominay.
The “Red Devils” advanced to ninth place with 12 points, while Brentford is in 14th place with 7 points.
The scenario of a third loss in a row for United was almost repeated against Brentford after falling to Crystal Palace 0-1 locally in the previous stage, and against Galatasaray in Turkey 2-3 on the continent in the second round of the Champions League, until the last minutes of the match after Danish Matthijs Jensen had opened the match. Registration for guests at minute 26.
However, United turned the tables on their guest after McTominay equalized in the 90th minute (3+90), then came back and added the second 4 minutes later in a crazy scenario that saved their Dutch coach Erik Ten Hag from the guillotine of possible dismissal as the pressures on him increased, and turned United’s grief into joy.
The scenario of mistakes was repeated in this match after the hosts conceded an early goal following a tackle in United’s defence, after Swedish Victor Lindelof made a mistake in clearing the ball and it reached Jensen, who shot it to pass under the hand of goalkeeper Onana, who was responsible for a large part of this goal.
To the sound of boos that accompanied the end of the first half, Ten Hag brought on Dane Christian Eriksen instead of Casemiro after the break, then made three more changes in the final minutes, the most notable of which was to savior McTominay, who turned the match around.
Chelsea continued its progress in the standings after a difficult start, and achieved its third victory in a row, sweeping away host Burnley 4-1.
Burnley opened the scoring through Frenchman Wilson Odubert in the 15th minute, but the response came as a shock with four goals through Belgian Amin Al-Dakhil in the 42nd minute (his own goal), Cole Palmer (50 from a penalty kick), Raheem Sterling (65), and Senegalese Nicolas. Jackson (74). Chelsea advanced to tenth place with 11 points, while Burnley is in 18th place with 4 points. Everton breathed a sigh of relief by defeating its guest Bournemouth 3-0, moving it 4 points away from danger. James Garner (8), Jack Harrison (37), and Malian Abdoulaye Doucouré (60) took turns scoring the Everton hat-trick. Fulham won over Sheffield United 3-1.
Tottenham player Van de Ven (right) scores his team’s winning goal against Luton to take the lead (DPA)
Champions Manchester City will host runners-up Arsenal today (Sunday) in a confrontation that could once again determine the features of the race to win the title, which is expected to be open to more than one team this season.
For this reason, in addition to other reasons, City coach Josep Guardiola confirmed that the match at the Emirates Stadium in London, despite its importance, will not be the most important confrontation that his team will play during the next two months.
But the most important for City will be matches in the next two or three rounds of the Champions League, through which they can secure promotion to the early knockout stages after starting the group stage with two consecutive wins so far.
City, which collected 18 points from the first 7 local rounds after 6 wins and one defeat, overcame the effects of its first defeat in the Premier League this season early last week, and won 3-1 over German Leipzig in the second round thanks to goals from Phil Foden, Julián Alvarez and Jeremy Doku. Last Wednesday.
If Guardiola’s team maintains this level, it could early reserve its place in the round of 16 in the first European club championship, and then shift its full focus to the domestic league during most of the winter. Guardiola said: “The Champions League is the most important thing so far. What I want is for us to be one of the teams actually competing for the (English) title when February comes, and when the Champions League resumes in the knockout stage… We want to be very close to Leading the (English) league, and succeeding in the last 10 matches in our tournament. “Let’s do it again.”
This method worked last season when City surpassed rival Arsenal in the end, and clinched the title before the final round of the season.
As for Arsenal, which collected 17 points from the first 7 local rounds after 5 wins and 2 draws, it may find the task more difficult this season given the high ceiling of expectations and its return to the Champions League after an absence that lasted 6 years, as it lost last Tuesday at the French Stade de Lens 2-1. .
McTominay celebrates scoring the two rescue goals and United’s victory (AP) cut out
Arsenal also ended a streak of consecutive losses that lasted over 8 matches against City by winning the Community Shield match on penalties after a 1-1 draw at the beginning of last August, which is in favor of the psychological state of the team of Spanish coach Mikel Arteta, who said: “We emphasize one thing, which is “We have to be in our best shape… to have a chance.”
Arteta asked his players to stop the series of defeats against City since 2015, which had reached 12 times, and he explained: “When I came here, I thought that we had not won at Old Trafford for 18 years, and 17 years at Stamford Bridge, and we were able to break the series of defeats; So let’s change this situation.” There are doubts about the possibility of Bukayo Saka, Arsenal’s current top scorer, participating after he left early against Lens due to a muscle injury.
Meanwhile, City’s outstanding midfielder Rodri will be absent due to the 3-match ban imposed on him for being intentionally rude, and being sent off in a previous match.
Newcastle, ecstatic with its landslide victory over Paris Saint-Germain 4-1 in the second round of the Champions League, will also play West Ham today in a new test of the ambitions of coach Eddie Howe, who declared that Newcastle has the ability to become the largest club in the world. Howe’s team confirmed its emergence as a real force with its broad victory over the French champions, and this was a clear declaration of intentions from Newcastle in its first season in the main continental competition in 20 years.
After rebuilding through Howe’s astute management and the financial muscle of the club’s Saudi owners, Newcastle are developing significantly into a global brand. Newcastle club president Yasser Al-Rumayyan did not hide his long-term ambition, saying in the documentary: “We are Newcastle United,” which was published recently, that he wants to make the club number one in the world.
Howe, who spoke to Al-Rumayyan after the Saint-Germain match, acknowledged that his team is still far from the strength and prestige of clubs such as the French capital club, Manchester City, Spanish Real Madrid, or German Bayern Munich, but when asked if there is any reason that prevents his team from being the largest club… Football, he said: “No, but we are not the number one club in the world at the moment, and we have to try to work to achieve that, and these things take time. There is no magic wand. We have to be calm and realize that we are in the early stages of the season. “We have a lot to prove before we can say anything about what we did.”
He continued: “We have just put ourselves in a good position in our Champions League group, and we are still working on formulating our position in the English Premier League.” Before traveling to face West Ham (Sunday), Howe admitted that his decision to take over in Newcastle in November 2021 was a moment that changed his life. He explained: “Fortunately, it has been a wonderful journey so far. I loved every second of it. The feeling that I am doing something very special in my life is always there, and it is something that I never take for granted.”
Newcastle’s task will not be easy in hosting West Ham, which is having a good season, and proved this by defeating German club Freiburg 2-1 on Thursday in the European League (Europa League), extending its undefeated European record to 17 matches, which is a record at the English club level, noting that He won the Conference League title last season.
West Ham coach David Moyes said: “Playing 17 European matches without defeat gives me a lot of pride. But the most important thing was to win and continue to win the English Premier League.”
Today, Liverpool will also play against Brighton, and Wolverhampton against Aston Villa.
2023-10-08 02:28:30
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