Friday 13 / December / 2024
LONDON: Tottenham is the new leader of the Premier League after Harry Kane's 150th Premier League goal gave them a 1-0 win away to West Brom on Sunday.
Jose Mourinho's side looked tired in its sixth game in three weeks and West Brom was the better team in the first half, but a late moment of hesitation from home keeper Sam Johnstone allowed Kane to nod home his 150th Premier League goal and give Spurs three vital points.
The north London team went top of the table after Manchester City drew 1-1 at home to Liverpool.
Sadio Mane drew a penalty for Mohamed Salah to put Liverpool ahead in the 13th minute before Kevin de Bruyne teed up Gabriel Jesus for City's equalizer. De Bruyne produced an impressive performance, but blotted his copybook when he dragged a 42nd minute penalty wide after Joe Gomez was penalized for handball.
Leicester City's Jamie Vardy doesn't tend to miss penalties and his 15th minute spot-kick gave Brendan Rodgers' side their sixth win from eight league matches to highlight that last season was no flash in the pan.
Jack Grealish produced a magnificent display as Aston Villa ended a run of three straight defeats with a 3-0 win away to Arsenal.
The Aston Villa midfielder had a hand in his side's first half opening goal which was scored by Trezeguet after deflecting off Bukayo Saka, before setting up Ollie Watkins to make it 2-0 with 18 minutes left to play and giving another assist to the same striker two minutes later.
Manchester United bounced back from their midweek defeat in Turkey with an impressive 3-1 win away to Everton.
There had been speculation that a defeat could hasten Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's departure as coach, and things started badly for United when Bernard opened the scoring for Everton in the 19th minute after a long ball from the back.
Bruno Fernandes equalized with a header six minutes later and then set up Marcus Rashford to put United ahead in the 32nd minute, before Edinson Cavani confirmed the win in injury time to confirm Everton's third consecutive defeat.
Chelsea's excellent form continued with a 4-1 win at home to winless Sheffield United. Although David McGoldrick put United ahead with only their fourth goal of the season, Chelsea responded in style with goals from Tammy Abraham after 24 minutes and Ben Chilwell 10 minutes later, before second half efforts from Thiago Silva and Timo Werner put the icing on Chelsea's win.
Crystal Palace enjoyed a 4-1 win with Scott Dann, Eberechi Eze and Jordan Ayew all on the scoresheet at home to Leeds United, who continue to ship goals at a worrying rate.
Saturday ended with late drama as West Ham beat Fulham 1-0 thanks to a 92nd minute goal from Tomas Soucek following a defensive error from Ola Ania.
Fulham then wasted a penalty when Ademola Lookman failed to fool West Ham keeper Lukasz Fabianski with a chip into the middle of the goal, only for Fabianski to hold his ground and make a simple save.
On Friday, Southampton beat Newcastle United 2-0 to move top of the league for 48 hours.
