Premier League: Match Week 13 Results

Manchester City proved the biggest winner of a tense 1-1 draw between Arsenal and Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Manchester City’s 3-2 win over Leeds the day before helped City to leapfrog over Chelsea and finish the weekend five points behind Arsenal. Despite conceding a second half equalizer, Chelsea should be content with a hard-earned point. Defensive midfielder Moises Caicedo was red carded in the 38th minute to reduce the Blues to ten men. Despite a formational shift by Chelsea Manager Enzo Maresca to essentially “park the bus,” Chelsea then shocked the Gunners with an early second half goal to take the lead. Defender Trevoh Chalobah headed in an opening goal from a corner against an Arsenal defense which was playing without the injured center back pairing of Gabriel Magalhaes and William Saliba. Neither side would come out a winner, however, after Mikel Merino equalized for Arsenal in the 59th minute.

Manchester City, meanwhile, made hard work of its victory over Leeds by squandering a two-goal lead before Phil Foden saved the day with a stoppage time winner, Foden’s second goal of the match. While Leeds came away with nothing from its comeback attempt, another promoted side completed the job.

Sunderland went down 2-0 to Bournemouth before coming all the way back in a 3-2 victory which gave the Black Cats their fourth win at the Stadium of Light this season. Substitute Brian Brobbey netted the winner for just his second goal of the season to move newly promoted Sunderland to sixth position in the table. It was the first time in 11 matches that Bournemouth lost after scoring first. Saturday’s loss by the Cherries extended their winless run to four league matches, a streak which has seen them drop from the top half of the table.

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Aston Villa, meanwhile, has been trending up and defeated Wolves 1-0 for a seventh league victory in Villa’s last eight Premier League matches. A strike from the edge of the box by Boubacar Kamara in the 67th minute secured victory in the West Midlands Derby, keeping Wolverhampton winless on the season.

Fifth place Brighton remained two points behind Aston Villa and ahead of Sunderland on goal differential after the Seagulls’ 2-0 defeat of Nottingham Forest. The visiting Seagulls came to play, witnessed by the launch of a Premier League record nine shots in the opening 20 minutes of play. There was, of course, a revenge card to be played as Brighton lost this same fixture last season by a 7-0 margin to a Forest side then managed by Nuno Espirito Santo.

Weekend’s results prompted the whinging of at least two Premier League managers. Thomas Frank did little to endear himself to the Spurs’ faithful in his first season in charge by criticizing his club’s supporters for their booing of goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario following a first half gaffe which cost his team a goal in a 2-1 loss to Fulham. A give-away by Vicario gave the Cottagers their second goal of the match after only six minutes of play had transpired, marking the earliest that Spurs went down by two goals at home in the club’s Premier League history. While Vicario was singled out, the entire squad was booed off the pitch at halftime and final time. Frank would be well served to focus more on the performance of his club than the behavior of the fans. It seems ludicrous that the manager would pick a fight with home supporters that have watched Frank’s team win only one of the seven matches at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium this season. Saturday’s loss marked the 10th Premier League home defeat of this calendar year, tying the club record with a month to go.

Crystal Palace Manager Oliver Glasner targeted his criticism in a different direction, calling out the Palace Board and Chairman Steve Parish for a lack of investment this past off-season. Glasner’s remarks came after his Eagles had their wings clipped 2-1 by Manchester United at Selhurst Park. Glasner’s point is well taken but there may be no one at fault here. A manager like Glasner could well bring the Eagles to greater heights with a more robust roster. But can Crystal Palace afford to provide him with that? For all the criticism he receives, Steve Parish is the one who rescued the club from administration and has kept them in the Premier League for the past 13 seasons. Crystal Palace revenues are in the middle of the table, consistent with their performance on the pitch. Parish is understandably conservative when it comes to rolling the dice and gambling on expensive transfers. Unfortunately, a long term for Glasner and Parish may not work and that is not necessarily either party’s fault.

Brentford suffered the departure of a highly regarded manager after last season. As noted, Thomas Frank has not necessarily found the pastures to be greener at Tottenham. The Bees, meanwhile, are doing just fine under new manager Keith Andrews. Brentford defeated Burnley 3-1 on Saturday to move ahead of Spurs in the Premier League table.

Nuno Espirito Santo, meanwhile, is working his second managerial job of this season. The manager was axed by Nottingham Forest after Santo went public with his issues with the club owner. He quickly landed at West Ham where he now sits a point behind his former club in the table. His Hammers were 2-0 losers at home on Saturday to a Liverpool squad which had lost nine of 12 matches entering the game at London Stadium. Alexander Isak, the high priced and underperforming Liverpool forward, opened the scoring with his first Premier League goal. Liverpool’s insurance goal by Cody Gakpo came in stoppage time against ten-man West Ham after the Hammers Lucas Paqueta received two yellow cards for dissent and exited the pitch in the 84th minute. Liverpool Manager Arne Slot benched Mohamed Salah for the match which could create some interesting drama.

Newcastle looks like a new team following the international break. One week after defeating Manchester City, the Magpies steamrolled Everton at Hill Dickinson Stadium as defender Malick Thiaw was the unlikely scorer of a brace to help celebrate Newcastle Manager Eddie Howe’s 48th birthday.

The Premier League schedule now finds a higher gear with a congested December schedule. Match “Week” 14 plays out over Tuesday and Wednesday before another full weekend of games. A match to keep an eye on is Aston Villa’s visit to Brighton on Wednesday as a win by the homestanding Seagulls would boost Brighton past Aston Villa into the Premier League’s top four.