Tuesday 26 December 2017

City Benefit Without Playing While Reds Rout Swans

Game-week 20 began the second half of the Premier League season with a bumper Boxing Day featuring eight games, the remaining two games in the following days will follow in a smaller post.

Tottenham Hotspur romped to a 5-2 win over Southampton in Tuesday's early game.

Harry Kane opened the scoring on 23 minutes to break Alan Shearer's record for PL goals in a calendar year before doubling the lead six minutes before the break. Dele Alli and Heung-Min Son extended the lead further before Sofiane Boufal cut the gap for the Saints which was restored three minutes later by Kane's hat-trick effort. Saints had the last say as Dusan Tadic stuck eight minutes from the end. 

Bournemouth and West Ham United remain either side of the relegation zone after a 3-3 draw.

The Hammers struck the opener inside seven minutes through James Collins with the Cherries drawing level with a 29th minute equaliser from Dan Gosling.  Nathan Aké put the hosts ahead on 57 minutes before a seven minute brace from Marko Arnautovic looked to have sealed an away win, Callum Wilson denied such a win with an added time leveller. 


Chelsea close the gap on the top two with a 2-0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion. 

The Blues went ahead two minutes into the second half through Alvaro Morata and wrapped up the points on the hour mark with Marcos Alonso's strike.

Huddersfield Town and Stoke City moved clear of the drop zone with a share of the points in a 1-1 draw. 

The Terries wasted no time in taking the lead as Tom Ince fired them ahead inside nine minutes. They were to be denied a win though as Ramadan Sobhi struck his second goal in as many games on the hour. 




Manchester United secured a point late on as they drew 2-2 with Burnley.

The Clarets flew out of the blocks with Ashley Barnes striking the opening goal  with just three minutes on the clock. The lead was doubled on 36 minutes by Steven Defour's effort. United pulled one back on 52 minutes with Jesse Lingard's slotting in before he struck a second late on to salvage a point.

Watford ended their losing streak with a 2-1 win over Leicester City.

The Foxes struck the opening goal through Riyad Mahrez eight minutes before the break but would go into the interval level as Molla Wague scored against his former club.  The Foxes gifted the points to the Hornets though as Kasper Schmeichel was unfortunate to deflect into his own net on 65 minutes. 



West Bromwich Albion remain in the drop zone after drawing 0-0 with Everton.

The draw sees the Baggies remain 19th and three points off safety while the Toffees continued their unbeaten start under Sam Allardyce. 

Tuesday's action ended with Liverpool regaining fourth with a 5-0 thrashing of bottom side Swansea City.

The Reds raced into the lead with a sixth minute opener from Philippe Coutinho. The narrow lead lasted into the interval before the hosts ran riot in the second half, Roberto Firmino firing in a brace either side first Anfield goal for local lad Trent Alexander-Arnold.  The rout was completed with eight minutes to go as Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scored the Red's fifth. 

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