Our weekly Premier League awards honour the most effective – and worst – of the soccer motion from the weekend.
Second of the Week
All soccer video games are a sport of two halves, however not at all times fairly like Brighton vs Tottenham. Spurs appeared out of sight at half-time with a slick efficiency from the guests rewarded with a wholesome cushion, because the in-form Brennan Johnson and James Maddison put the North Londoners 2-0 up on the break. Whereas not fairly job carried out, the sport actually felt over.
Brighton, nonetheless, are product of sterner stuff. Yankuba Minteh’s aim three minutes after the restart breathed life into the Amex Stadium, earlier than Georginio Rutter equalised simply ten minutes later. With Ange Postecoglou’s facet towards the ropes, Brighton accomplished the comeback when Danny Welbeck headed house from Rutter’s cross, a candy second for the evergreen ex-Arsenal ahead.
By no means surrender pic.twitter.com/sWnQIcRmG0
— Danny Welbeck (@DannyWelbeck) October 6, 2024
Postecoglou’s thunderous stare painted a thousand phrases. The Australian declared this because the worst defeat of his Tottenham tenure.
Postecoglou manufacturers Brighton the worst defeat of Tottenham tenure
Participant of the Week
Bukayo Saka is sort of good. There appears to be a pattern in the direction of dismissing the Arsenal winger of world-class standing, however the numbers don’t lie. In Europe’s prime 5 leagues this season, Saka leads from the entrance for assists (7), possibilities created (13) and key passes (27).
Final weekend, Saka grew to become the primary Premier League participant in a decade to take seven photographs and create seven possibilities in a single sport towards Leicester. This weekend, he did it once more towards Southampton.
Within the final ten years, Bukayo Saka is the one participant within the Premier League to have created 7+ possibilities & taken 7+ photographs in a single Premier League sport on two separate events.
He has carried out it in back-to-back video games:
7 photographs + 8 possibilities created vs. Leicester Metropolis
7 photographs + 7… pic.twitter.com/HMLucEy0Gx
— Statman Dave (@StatmanDave) October 5, 2024
After enjoying the move for Kai Havertz’s opener, a beautiful back-post cross picked out Gabriel Martinelli for Arsenal’s second. He sealed the comeback win with a 3rd of his personal, slammed in on his ‘weaker’ proper experience.
It’s straightforward to overlook that Saka continues to be simply 23 years previous. He now has extra Premier League assists (42) than Arsenal nice Robert Pires.
Saka’s starring function wasn’t sufficient to entertain everybody, nonetheless, with sub ‘keeper Neto taking trip of the conflict to compensate for some relaxation…
As simply mentioned on the radio – appears to be like very very like Neto (I believe) is quick asleep pic.twitter.com/a8rXfDMC1N
— Max Rushden (@maxrushden) October 6, 2024
Aim of the Week
Hits don’t come a lot sweeter than this.
Jeremy Doku sealed three factors for Manchester Metropolis this weekend with a wonderful end towards Fulham, a strike that sped and swerved previous Bernd Leno in a flash.
Wow, @JeremyDoku! pic.twitter.com/ErN3cCd02K
— Manchester Metropolis (@ManCity) October 5, 2024
Help of the Week
Take a bow, Raul Jimenez.
The Mexican’s magical help noticed Fulham threaten a shock at Manchester Metropolis, as Jimenez audaciously assisted Andreas Pereira’s opener with an excellent back-heel. Beautiful.
That help from Raúl. pic.twitter.com/2fdFal7Hx4
— Fulham Soccer Membership (@FulhamFC) October 5, 2024
Save of the Week
It’s truthful to say the Everton followers loved this one.
Jordan Pickford was the hero with a penalty save from pantomime villain Anthony Gordon, because the ex-Evertonian noticed his spot-kick stopped within the goalless draw with Newcastle at Goodison Park. Gordon is way from the most well-liked participant in these components and the Toffees took enjoyment of seeing him falter.
https://t.co/fCxiR5mTxo pic.twitter.com/aMC9rG215D
— Everton (@Everton) October 6, 2024
Purple card of the Week
Yeah, this can be a made up award however James Ward-Prowse’s dismissal at Chelsea is an all-timer. After his mis-control left the Nottingham Forest midfielder in all types of bother, Ward-Prowse went into rugby-mode to cease Nicolas Jackson from racing by means of. The tip consequence was inevitable.
The one manner James Ward-Prowse might cease Nicolas Jackson from getting the ball on a break… pic.twitter.com/gS2vdLbPET
— ESPN UK (@ESPNUK) October 6, 2024
Stat of the Week
Regardless of how laborious Tottenham attempt to depart the Spursy jibes behind, it at all times appears to return again and hang-out them…
10 – That is the tenth time that Tottenham have misplaced a Premier League sport wherein they led by 2+ targets, the primary membership to hit double figures for this, and a minimum of three greater than another facet within the competitors’s historical past. Spursy. pic.twitter.com/9Xe0zx7ntq
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) October 6, 2024
Tweet of the Week
It’s uncanny.
Mf that’s Erling Haaland https://t.co/5fSLnv118d
— ͏͏͏𝐉𝐚𝐲 ⌖ (@cagiago_) October 5, 2024
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