Continuation of the 4th day of the Premier League this Saturday afternoon with several great meetings on the lawns of England. Manchester City received Fulham to continue their clear round in the Championship. For that, Pep Guardiola (still absent from the bench for health concerns), relied on the latest recruit Jérémy Doku as a holder. The opportunity for him to score points against a Fulham team which started without Palhinha after his abortive transfer to Bayern Munich in the last moments.
The start of the match was in favor of the Cityzens who, as in the first days, were unable to materialize their domination with goals. We had to wait for a good serve from Erling Haaland for Julian Alvarez for the opener at the half-hour mark (31st). But the Cottagers equalized in stride thanks to Ream (33rd). Finally, the match changed just before half-time with the goal of Nathan Aké (45th + 5). Because when he returned from the locker room, the inevitable Erling Haaland punished the opponent three times, thus scoring his 40th, 41st and 43rd goals in the Premier League since his debut (in 39 matches please). Manchester City therefore largely won (5-1) and remained in the lead with 4 wins in as many matches.
Heung-min Son delights, Chelsea disappoints
As a dolphin of the Skyblues, we now find Tottenham. The formation of Ange Postecoglou completely crushed the promoted Burnley who had nevertheless opened the scoring. But the Spurs steamroller made Vincent Kompany’s men give in. In the absence of Harry Kane left for Bayern Munich, it is Heung-min Son who treats. The South Korean scored a hat-trick in this match as Romero and Maddisson found the net (5-2).
Finally, in other matches, Chelsea was again disappointing at home, losing to Nottingham Forest. Sweden’s Elanga scored the only goal of the game. The teammates of Malo Gusto and Axel Disasi could not make the difference in this match (0-1) with weak offensive animation. Only two forwards started at kick-off: Sterling and Jackson. For his part, Brentford snatched a draw against Bournemouth (2-2) in added time.
4 p.m. results
- Manchester City 4-1 Fulham (Alvarez, Ake, Haaland x3 / Ream)
- Burnley 2-5 Tottenham (Foster, Brownhill / Heung-min Son x3, Maddison, Romero)
- Chelsea 0-1 Nottingham Forest (Elanga)
- Brentford 2-2 Bournemouth (Jensen, Mbeumo / Solanke, Brooks)
