PL: MU and Garnacho crush West Ham, Chelsea swept by Wolverhampton

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By: Manu Tournoux

This Sunday, the 23rd day of the Premier League continued with a top-of-the-table duel between Manchester United (8th) and West Ham (6th). After a fairly calm start to the match, Manchester United was able to take the lead with a magnificent inspiration from Rasmus Hojlund (23rd). Mastering the end of the first act, Erik ten Hag’s team then took off via Alejandro Garnacho (49th). The Argentine winger even scored twice at the end of the match (85th). With this 3-0 victory, Manchester United doubles its opponent and climbs to 6th place, eight points from the qualifying places in the Champions League.

Premier League live ranking

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Team


Pts


J


DIF


G


NOT


D


BP


B.C.


6

Man United
Man United


38

23

-1

12

2

9

31

32

7

West Ham
West Ham

36

23

0

10

6

7

36

36

8

Brighton
Brighton

35

23

4

9

8

6

42

38

9

Newcastle
Newcastle

33

23

11

10

3

10

48

37

10

Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton


32

23

0

9

5

9

37

37

11

Chelsea
Chelsea

31

23

-1

9

4

10

38

39

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A mid-table duel, the meeting between Chelsea and Wolverhampton was taken in the right direction by the Blues who quickly found the fault via Cole Palmer well served by Moisés Caicedo (19th). Yes, but there you have it, a loss of ball by Moisés Caicedo led to Matheus Cunha’s equalizer (22nd) when Axel Disasi scored against his camp (43rd). Overthrowing their opponent, Wolverhampton took off thanks to a double (63rd) then a hat-trick (80th sp) from Matheus Cunha. Thiago Silva (86th) saved his honor but in vain. With this 4-2 victory, Wolverhampton (10th) overtakes Chelsea (11th). For its part, Bournemouth (12th) shared the points with Nottingham Forest (16th) following a 1-1 draw.

Afternoon matches

  • Bournemouth 1-1 Nottingham Forest: Justin Kluivert (5th) for the Cherries, Callum Hudson-Odoi (45th for Forest

  • Chelsea 2-4 Wolverhampton : Cole Palmer (19th) and Thiago Silva (86th) for Chelsea; Matheus Cunha (22nd, 63rd and 80th sp) and Disasi (43rd, CSC) for Chelsea

  • Manchester United 3-0 West Ham: Rasmus Hojlund (23rd) and Alejandro Garnacho (49th and 85th) for Manchester United