Key events
That, then, is us – thanks for your comments and company; it was as we expected, and as we could never have expected. Peace out.
Daniel Sturridge was good on the Isidor miss. He said if you’ve got the skill to do it, rounding the keeper is the safe option and Isidor executed, he just didn’t bargain for the man on the line. But he’d have shot earlier because he felt Alisson gave an angle for it. He’s a really good pundit, and is now saying that when Salah goes to Afcon, Slot has a chance to play Wirtz behind Isak and Ekitike, and in front of last season’s midfield. I daresay Cody Gakpo would have a problem with that, but they do have to get Wirtz going.
What a great addition to the Premier League Sunderland have been, and what a great appointment Regis le Bris was. The football side of the club – the scouting, the talent ID, the analysts and so on – are doing an amazing job, and the gear is good as well.
United, though, are expert at losing games they should’t at times it’s important to win them, and I’d also expect them find it hard over Christmas, with Amad and Mbeumo in particular, but also Mazraouoi, playing in Afcon. Two defenders at wing-back is miserable in Amorim’s system.
If Manchester United beat West Ham 10-0 tomorrow, they go into the top four, and they’re currently ninth; if they win they’re fifth, level on points with Chelsea. There really isn’t that much between third and about 16th.
The Premier League table
Tonight’s classified football results
Arsenal 2-0 Brentford
Brighton & Hove Albion 3-4 Aston Villa
Burnley 0-1 Crystal Palace
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-1 Nottingham Forest
Leeds United 3-1 Chelsea
Liverpool 1-1 Sunderland
Gary Neville really enjoyed Ethan Ampadu’s performance tonight in the middle of the Leeds midfield, and I wonder if Farke has found something. They’re at home to Liverpool on Saturday evening; tasty.
FULL TIME: Liverpool 1-1 Sunderland
Another poor performance from Liverpool, who didn’t really look like winnng it and almost lost it; I think we can say Sunderland will be staying up.
FULL TIME: Leeds United 3-2 Chelsea
Leeds move out of the bottom three, three ahead of West Ham who play tomorrow; Chelsea drop to fourth, three points behind Villa.
We’ve one minute of six left at Elland Road, ad Leeds are almost there. They’re playing 3-5-2 tonight, and perhaps it suits them – the two strikers, together, are a lot, they don’t lose the numbers game in midfield, and Tanaka still has freedom.
Sunderland seem to have 54 defenders inside their own box; they’re doing a pretty good job, and Roefs collects then out of nothing unleashes a glorious pass, AND OH MY DAYS ISIDORE IS AWAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE! He goes around the keeper, this to win it … and Chiesa gets back to kick off the line! That is brilliant work, but really, Isidore had to find a way of scoring from where he first collected possession – however he chose to do it.
Liverpool are pushing for an equaliser. There are going to be seven additional minutes.
Garnacho crosses, straight to the keeper. That’s the other side of it – the side that means United upgraded on him when they got Mbeumo and Cunha in the positions he could play. The manager seemed to want rid of him for reasons that weren’t strictly football-related; as a player he was good for the squad but not the starting XI.
“For those of us of A Certain Age,” says Fran Burke, “here’s the audio to go with your MBM midweek football:
This version is just before my time, but the tune is the tune.
GOAL! Liverpool 1-1 Sunderland (Wirtz 82)
FINALLY! Jones wins the second ball, finds Wirtz, and he weaves inside one tackle, away from another, and leathers a shot that flicks off the defender and whooshes past Roefs, into the side-netting, halfway up! NOISE!
“Liverpool should bring Isak on,” chortles Tanay Padhi. “He could really make an impact in a game like this you’d think.”
Sticking him in when Ekitike had earned the right to start was a big error, in mine. He wasn’t fit, having not had a pre-season, and it made no sense to drop a match-winner tp get him in. It probably wasn’t fair on the player either.
Sunderland look fitter and smoother than Liverpool. They also look more confident and more cohesive.
GOAL! Leeds United 3-1 Chelsea (Calvert-Lewin 72)
Gusto plays to Chalobah inside the box, it’s not really one you want, but instead of lashing it, he takes a touch, he’s robbed by Okafor the ball goes across goal and he wins a slide-tackle with the keeper, the ball breaks, and Calvert-Lewin finishes!
“Ao Tanaka has been the revelation of the season for me,” says Kári Tulinius. “I hadn’t seen him before August, but every time I watch him play he moves in such a unique way, changing the shape of the Leeds attack in unpredictable ways. Defenders are usually caught out of position, which gives him an extra few seconds to manoeuvre.”
He was great in the Championship last season BUT EXCUSE ME WHILE I INTERRUPT MYSELF!
Back in Leeds, Garnacho goes down the outside, exactly that thing you don’t want him doing to you, cuts back and Palmer swivels … to shoot wide.
I think all criticism of Liverpool must be delivered through the prism of their mate and his brother died in tragic circumstances during the summer, but this is not good at all.
WHAT A GOAL! Liverpool 0-1 Sunderland (Talbi 67)
Oh my goodness me! Van Djk gets in a tangle, gibes it a way, then when a quick short pass finds Talbi, backs off, and the shot, as he turns away, is lashed across him and into the far side-netting from 20 yards! Things happen at night!
At Anfield, Salah came on for Gakpo at half-time; I’ve not watched the game as intently as the others as Rob is on it on the MBM, but I’ve seen very little from him or anyone else.
Garnacho has replaced Gittens. I have reservations about him as a player – I want better creation, much better – but none at all about him as a sub. Not what you need when you’re knackered and the game is stretched – as this one is.
Phew! Our early fixtures are now over,; we’ve just the small matter of Leeds 2-1 Chelsea and Liverpool 0-0 Sunderland for dessert.
In Scotland, Killie have equalised against Hearts – they’re playing the 90th minute – while Dundee United lead Rangers 2-1 and Celtic lead Dundee 1-0.
FULL TIME: Brighton 3-4 Aston Villa
What a game! Villa move third, six points off leaders Arsenal, pending Chelsea’s game; Brighton sit seventh in-running.
FULL TIME: Wolves 0-1 Nottingham Forest
Wolves remain bottom with two points; Forest move 16th.
Source From: Premier League | The Guardian
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