As the Premier League enters a new phase of its footballing spectacle, an epic exhibition and show were put on to cheer up their respective fans. The six teams who competed in the English football league’s boxing day encounter scored a total of 28 goals. On Boxing Day, a new record for the most goals scored by a small number of teams was set.
A 9 goals thriller at the Etihad stadium was enough to keep the champion at the top of the table, while Arsenal run rampage on Norwich City at their home ground to maintain their champion leagues hope, while Tottenham goes easy on Crystal Palace with a 3 Goal win as Zaha sees red, Southampton shocked West Ham at the London Stadium with a hard-fought 3-2 away wins against the Hammers, Chelsea thump past Villa at the Villa part with a brace from Jorginho and a goal for Lukaku was enough to keep their title hope alive, Brighton eases past Brentford with a 2-0 win adding to the winless run of Brentford.
Manchester City Tramples On The Foxes
A 9 goal thriller at the Etihad stadium was enough to keep the Pep Guardiola team at the top of the league as they run riot on Brendan Rodgers men.
All that Manchester City needed was 25 minutes to put 4 past the Foxes with an opening goal from Debrune, a penalty from Mahrez to put the host on 2 early goals lead, and Gundogan adding to their misery to make it 3 goals lead before a second penalty was awarded to the blues after an impressive display, which was converted by Sterling.
A second-half comeback was nearly imminent with an early 3 goals by the Foxes with a goal from Maddison, Lookman, and Iheanacho, but their hope was dashed by a 69 minutes goal from Laporte before Raheem Sterling sealed the victory for the leader.
The wins mean a 12th consecutive win in a row for Pep Guardiola’s side and also extend their lead by 6 points over second-place arch-rival Liverpool with a game in hand.
Arsenal Runs Wild On Norwich With An Unequalled 5
An impressive display was put in place by the Gunners as they continue their running form with a 5 goal bashing of Norwich, 2 goals from Bukayo Saka, and 1 each from Tierney, Lacazette, and Smith Rowe was enough for Arsenal to continue the misery of Norwich.
The wins for Arsenal were their consecutive 4 wins in a row conceding a goalkeeping a clean sheet in the other 3 matches. The win means a secured top 4 for Arsenal at the moment with games in hand for Tottenham and Manchester United while they lose put Norwich at the down of the table with Newcastle who has a game in hand to play.
Lucas Moura Steals The Show For Hotspur As Zaha Sees Red
The Brazilian was the man of the show as Tottenham eased past Crystal Palace with a comfortable 3-0 victory at the White Hart Lane. Lucas Moura was the man of the day with an impressive display providing a brace of assists with a goal for Tottenham.
Providing an assist for Kane who gave Tottenham the lead before he was provided an assist by Emerson Royal. Wilfred Zaha was sent off before the end of the first half with a second successive yellow card before being given the red card.
The Brazilian was the man to show for as Tottenham ease past Crystal Palace with a comfortable 3-0 victory at the White Hart Lane.
Lucas Moura was the man of the day with an impressive display providing a brace of assists with a goal for Tottenham. Providing an assist for Kane who gave Tottenham the lead before he was provided an assist by Emerson Royal. Wilfred Zaha was sent off before the end of the first half with a second successive yellow card before being given the red card.
The Unexpected: Southampton Shocks West Ham
The Saint’s victory over West Ham meant their first win in 6 matches in the Premier League and their first win over West Ham since 2017.
The match was a fantastic show of goals with Saint taking the lead before Michail Antonio with an assist from Dawson put the game to draw, with both sides playing a well-sweetened match. The Saint was lucky again to take another lead with a penalty converted by Ward-Prowse but their lead was cut-short again with a goal from Said Benraham.
A goal from Jan Bednarek in the 70th mins was enough to seal the victory for the Saint adding to the winless streak of West ham.
Jorginho Saves Chelsea Once Again as Lukaku Fires Warning
A win for the blues at Villa park put an end to their poor display form in the Premier League and also close the gap on Liverpool who has a game in hand and trailing Man City by 6 points.
The match was a complicated match with an own goal from Recce James who head past Eduardo Mendy. Chelsea was later put back in the match with a goal converted from the spot-kick by Jorginho. With both teams attacking each other, the first half ended with a draw.
The introduction of Lukaku at the beginning of the second half put the Chelsea team at the highest advantage. It took Lukaku only 11mins before putting Chelsea in the lead with a header goal assisted by Hudson Odoi. Both teams pose a threat to each other at the goal post while Chelsea missed two clinical chances from Mount and Odoi who could have ended the game early in Chelsea favors.
The attacking prowess of Aston Villa provided a great avenue for Chelsea to counter-attack for Lukaku who was later fouled in the Villa post by Ezri Konsa in the 92nd minute. Jorginho converted the penalty making it 2 from the spot-kick, the match ended 1-3 in Chelsea’s favor keeping their title hope alive. The goal from Lukaku put an end to his 3 monthly goal drought in the premier league.
Losing their last 2 fixtures on boxing day, Chelsea’s victory against Aston Villa meant their first-ever victory on boxing day since the departure of Hazard in 2018.
Brighton Goes Easy On Brentford
Brighton Hove was the lucky team on their boxing day match against Brentford. Goals from Trossard and Maupay were enough to seal the victory for the Hove against Brentford who lost their previous match against Chelsea in the league cup.