There were enough crazy stories in the 7th round of the Premier League, and the bizarre madness of the script earned enough traffic. The huge controversy between Tottenham and Liverpool, Manchester City's first defeat of the season against the underdogs, Villa slaughtered the Seagulls, promoted Maluton won his first victory, Chelsea Modrick broke the goal drought... After this round, from Manchester City in first to Brighton in sixth, there is only a difference of 3 points.
Wolves 2-1 Manchester City
If you were to predict a team that sent Manchester City to their first league defeat before the start of this round of the Premier League, not many people would mention Wolves by name. Against Wolves, Guardiola accumulated three yellow cards and could not command on the spot, but this did not delay Manchester City's unsuspenseful dominance, both possession and shots were crushed, but Wolves scored two goals with only one shot on target. In the 13th minute, Ruben Dias accidentally made an own goal, and although Alvarez equalized from a set-piece, Hwang Hee-chan quickly scored the winning goal. In the second game of Rodri's suspension, the Blue Moon suffered two consecutive defeats, and it was clear that the coach's team had a problem with his waist. With Manchester City's upset defeat to Wolves, there have been no winning teams in the five major leagues this season.
Manchester United 0-1 Crystal Palace
"Manchester City two heroes hand in hand, who does not lose is the dog", such a joke was fulfilled again in this round. Manchester United, who have been in a slump this season, have lost again. At home against the mediocre Crystal Palace, Manchester United had the advantage of the whole game, with possession rate of nearly 80%, but was fatally hit by the opponent. For the first time in their history, the Reds have lost four of their first seven Premier League games of the season and are just 10th in the table, setting their worst start in the same period in their history. Now this Manchester United team can't attack (seven goals) and neither defend (conceding 11 goals). After seven rounds, United have scored just seven goals, with only one by Marcus Rashford and no Premier League goals account for other strikers, including Hoylen.
But United's problems aren't just up front, isn't Ten Hach not? Now there is really not much time left for him in this situation, it seems that the manager is stable, but in fact, Manchester United is not ready for a frustrated start, and if so, it has long been changed.
Bournemouth 0-4 Arsenal
Super Blue Moon's loss gave hope to the chasers. At the same time, the Arsenal completed a bloodless slaughter, and Saka opened the scoring in the first half and Odegaard extended the score with a penalty. Kai Havertz scored his first goal from the penalty in the second half and Ben White's header sealed 4-0. This match is not only the third time in the history of the Gunners that they have started three consecutive away games in the Premier League, but it also marks Arsenal's first unbeaten run in the opening seven rounds of the Premier League since the 2007-08 season. Mikel Arteta's side closed the gap to one point with this victory and joined Tottenham as the only unbeaten team this season. The fly in the ointment was Saka's second-half injury that could affect the next crucial league game against Manchester City.
Tottenham 2-1 Liverpool
Tottenham, who were also unbeaten before the game, went head-to-head with Liverpool, but the conversation seemed to have been playing against Liverpool from start to finish. In the 26th minute, Jones stepped on Bissouma in a scramble and the referee changed the yellow card to red after watching the VAR, and Liverpool played ten for the second time of the season.
34 minutes Dias inserted a single goal, the referee raised the flag to indicate offside, and then the referee verified that the VAR penalty was indeed offside, but using the color of the turf as a frame of reference, Dias was obviously not in the offside position at the moment of the pass, but absurdly, the VAR shot was not even crossed. Just two minutes after Dias' goal was invalidated, Rishalyson assisted Son Heung-min to break the deadlock, playing one less man and falling behind, Liverpool were cornered as they did against Newcastle United. Before the end of the first half, Van Dijk crossed with a header, Gakpo turned and scored hard, and the tenacious Reds equalized the score!
Liverpool, who were numerically inferior, could only fight hard, and Alisson made a series of world-class saves. An even bigger catastrophe lay ahead – in the 66th and 69th minutes, Jota received two yellow cards in three minutes, and Liverpool received their second ruby card for the game and could only play with nine. It was Liverpool's first time since 2011 that they had been sent off in a single Premier League match, coincidentally last away to Tottenham. But the first yellow card, judging from the replay, was Udogi who tripped himself. Liverpool, 9-11, held out until the last minute, when Tottenham's cross was sent to an inadvertent own goal by Matip and the Reds lost 2-1 for their first defeat of the season.
After the match, the referee company issued an apology, but Klopp did not appreciate it, and Uncle Scumbag replied: "I have never seen such a game, with such an unfair and crazy decision." What is the use of apologizing? We won't get points either. ”
Aston Villa 6-1 Brighton
Facing the imposing Seagulls of the season and the Premier League's No. 1 firepower, Watkins scored a hat-trick reminiscent of Villa's 7-2 win over Liverpool three years ago. Fathi's first goal since landing in the Premier League was only a face-saving for Brighton. Looking at the entire year 2023, Villa have already accumulated 58 points, second only to Manchester City, the leader who has won three consecutive titles at the Premier League level, and has overwhelmed a number of giants. Villa's point-stealing efficiency this season has also been phenomenal, with 15 points after seven rounds of the Premier League. Emery's disciples tend to open wide, with 18 goals second only to Brighton, and 11 goals conceded to relegation teams. An average of four goals per game made Villa's game a delight.
Other matches:
Nottingham Forest 1-1 Brentford
Fulham 0-2 Chelsea
Everton 1-2 Luton
West Ham 2-0 Sheffield United
Newcastle 2-0 Burnley