Perpetual underachievers in the Premier League, Tottenham showed on Sunday that they can challenge for top-flight finishes this season as “Spurs” drew 2-2 against Arsenal in a highly-anticipated home game in north London. It is about one of the Premier League’s biggest classic matches.
Mikel Arteta coached by a youthful Arsenal emerged as the number one challenger to Manchester City last season, while Tottenham’s troubled season ended in eighth place, their worst performance since the 2008-2009 season.
Tottenham’s new head coach Ange Postecoglou has modified the team’s way of playing to be more active and attacking than before, although the team’s long-time star striker Harry Kane left for Bayern Munich.
Before today’s derby, the league balance of both early seasons was four wins and one draw.
Arsenal took the lead in the match in the 26th minute when Bukayo Sakan the shot bounced off a Tottenham defender Cristian Romero through to the network. Tottenham equalized a couple of minutes before half-time when James Maddison broke through from the side and passed from the touch of the end line For Son Heung-Minwho kicked the ball into the back corner.
In the second half, Romero and Son were again in a prominent role. Romero handled the ball in his own penalty area in the 54th minute and Arsenal’s Saka put his side back in front from a penalty.
Just a minute later, Maddison grabbed the ball From Jorginho and passed the rivaka after a spurt to Son, who made no mistake.
Son, who wore the captain’s armband in the match, is second in the Premier League’s scoring market after scoring five goals in six matches. He rose to number six on the club’s all-time scorers list.
The injury of star player James Maddison, who moved from the relegation team Leicester in the summer, brought grief to Tottenham and its supporters. He hurt his knee. Moved to Arsenal for a record sum Declan Rice left the field already during the break due to injury.
Liverpool and Brighton passed
With the London giants tied for points, Liverpool rose from third place to second in the Premier League when they defeated West Ham 3–1. Tottenham is fourth and Arsenal fifth.
Mohamed Salah gave Liverpool a 1–0 lead with a penalty kick. Jarrod Bowen however, headed the equalizer at the end of a quick attack.
After an hour of play, the Midfield acquired by Liverpool for this season Alexis McAllister sent a dangling ball in front of West Ham’s goal, and Darwin Nunez finished straight out of the air. Diogo Jota struck Final readings in the 85th minute.
Brighton, continuing their upbeat performances from last season, beat Bournemouth 3–1 and also moved past Arsenal and Tottenham into third place. Bournemouth took the lead in the match, but Brighton came out on top Kaoru Mitoman trailed by two goals.
Chelsea is plowing, Sheffield United even worse
Last season’s crisis team, Chelsea, continues its underhanded tactics. It lost 0–1 to Aston Villa in Sunday’s round of matches. The team has won one of its six matches, drawn twice and lost the rest.
A French parcel arrived from Lyon Malo Gusto received a straight red card in the 58th minute, and Aston Villa Ollie Watkins completed the winning goal in the 73rd minute.
Newcastle claimed Sunday’s last match with a knock-out 8-0 victory away from Sheffield United. To top it all off, Newcastle had eight different goalscorers, six of them in the starting line-up.
They succeeded in scoring Sean Longstaff, Dan Burn, Sven Botman, Callum Wilson, Anthony Gordon, Miguel Almiron, Bruno Guimaraes and Alexander Isak. Newcastle became the club with the most goals in one Premier League match.
– I don’t even remember all the goal scorers, Newcastle head coach Eddie Howe was joking.
Newcastle rose to eighth in the series, nine points.
The loss was the biggest in Sheffield’s club history. It continues the series as a jumbo. It, like Luton and Burnley, has collected one league point.
City dominate despite injuries
The Premier League season has kicked off under the command of reigning champion Manchester City. Pep Guardiola’s the group has won all six of their matches and leads the league by two points to Liverpool.
City have 18, Liverpool 16, Brighton 15, Tottenham and Arsenal 14.
Winner of last year’s goal exchange, top Norwegian Erling Haaland has rattled the opponents’ goal nets already eight times and leads the scoring statistics again.
Even the injuries haven’t slowed down the blue team of Manchester. Midfield Maestro Kevin De Bruyne injured his hamstring again in the opening game of the season and will be sidelined for months.
Also Mateo Kovacic, John Stones and Jack Grealish and Bernardo Silva have suffered injuries.
– They play a lot. The fewer games, the fewer injuries. We have had a lot of matches in a row without rest. We demand a lot from the players and sometimes they can’t keep up, Guardiola said on Friday.
City, which also won the Champions League and FA Cup last season, played a total of 60 competitive matches.
Riots in Manchester
Another team from Manchester, United, has started its season sluggishly. It took the important points on Saturday, when the promotion Burnley narrowly fell 1-0 Bruno Fernandes by hitting However, after the match, the club received some unpleasant news.
Star striker Marcus Rashford crashed his 800,000 euro luxury car into a light post near the team’s training center after the match. Rashford survived Kolar According to The Telegraph with a start, but shocked.
The United players have been in the middle of the commotion since the beginning of the season. The club loaned its best player by Mason Greenwood from the beginning of the season to the Spanish Getafe. Greenwood was charged in 2022 with sexual assault and battery. The criminal charges were dismissed in February of this year, but the 21-year-old striker did not train with the team that much.
At the beginning of September, it was reported that I was following another Brazilian striker Antonia is suspected of assaulting his girlfriend. Both Sao Paulo and Greater Manchester police are investigating the incident. Antony has denied the claims, stating that he trusts the ongoing police investigation.
Antony is also sidelined from the team’s activities for the time being.
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Updated at 20:31, added the result of the match between Newcastle and Sheffield United.