2023-09-02 16:19:15
West Ham will not stay top of the Premier League for long. The Hammers, leaders after their Friday success at Luton Town (2-1), have indeed given up first place to defending champions Manchester City, who, this Saturday afternoon, largely beat Fulham at home (5-1 ), as part of the 4th day of the Premier League.
The final score of this meeting does not necessarily reflect its content, because the Sky Blues, hardly creative in the first period, first struggled in the game against the Cottagers, like a Rodri, so important last season , who turned out to be very busy this Saturday afternoon, notably losing 8 balloons. In addition, Jérémy Doku, for his first outing, made very few differences, while Nathan Aké made two errors in a row (relaunch and placement) which led to Fulham equalizing, from a corner, via Tim Ream (1-1, 33rd).
But despite these individual failures, City was able to count, as often, on the fascinating efficiency of Erling Haaland, author of a clear decisive pass for Julian Alvarez (1-0, 31st), before scoring a hat-trick. first following a deep pass from his Argentinian friend (3-1, 58th), then on penalty (4-1, 70th) after a foul from Issa Diop, and finally by taking a center back by Sergio Gomez (1-5, 90 + 6th).
Meanwhile, Aké had also scored with a header from a Phil Foden corner, a goal that could have been canceled due to the illegal positioning of Manuel Akanji (2-1, 45 + 5th).
At the same time, Chelsea confirmed their difficult start to the season, losing at Stamford Bridge against Nottingham Forest (0-1). The only goal of the match was scored by Anthony Elanga (0-1, 48th), well served in depth by Taiwo Awoniyi, after an action triggered by a loose ball in midfield by Moisés Caicedo, the rookie who cost the Blues 133 million euros.
A hat-trick for Heung-Min Son
In addition, Tottenham signed the card of the afternoon, going to win (5-2) at Burnley, who had opened the scoring by Lyle Foster, who took advantage of a center back from Luca Koleosho (1-0, 4th). But Spurs then displayed their enchanting attacking game. Heung-Min Son took the opportunity to score a nice hat-trick, via a ball stung from the right (1-1, 16th), a recovery from a cross from Manor Solomon (1-4, 63rd) and a strike from the left, after a marvelous opening of Pedro Porro (1-5, 66th).
A little earlier Cristian Romero had scored on a powerful shot following a poorly cleared ball (1-2, 45 + 2nd) and James Maddison on a rolled jewel (1-3, 54th). In added time, Josh Brownhill saved the honor for Burnley, close, taking advantage of good service from Josh Cullen (2-5, 90 + 4th).
Finally, the last match of the afternoon, Brentford-Bournemouth ended with the score of 2-2. At the end of these four meetings, City therefore regained the lead in the Premier League, two points ahead of Tottenham and three ahead of West Ham. Forest is now in 9th place, while Chelsea remains stuck in 11th place, with only 4 points in 4 matches.
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