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· 16 September 2017
Tottenham did not have his clothes of light this Saturday, against Swansea (0-0), during the 5th day of the Premier League.
Tottenham were only two-half in the first half of the season when they were confident, but dulled after their victory in the UEFA Champions League against Borussia Dortmund (3-1) on Wednesday. The Spurs were much more worried the Welsh in the first twenty minutes of the second, but without concluding. Harry Kane shot in the crossbar (58th).
Paul Clément’s team has managed, with a certain degree of mastery, what it has come to seek: a 0-0.
It is a bad operation for the North London club (5th with eight points), which leaves Manchester City escaping, and misses the opportunity to silence the superstitious: Tottenham did not win any of its first three matches in his provisional stage of Wembley.
. City: a goal every eighteen minutes
Previously, Manchester City had crushed Watford (0-6), putting pressure on its big rival, Manchester United, which will have to win Sunday before Everton to remain co-leader.
After Liverpool (5-0) and Feyenoord Rotterdam (0-4) in the Champions League, the Citizens continue to crush everything in their path. In Watford, the players of Pep Guardiola folded the match in the half hour of play, thanks to a double of Sergio Agüero (27th, 31st). Gabriel Jesus (37th), Nicolas Otamendi (63rd) and again Agüero (81st) and Raheem Sterling (89th on penalty kick) added to the Hornets.
City have scored 15 goals in their last three games in a week. That is a goal every eighteen minutes. However, it will be necessary to wait some time – and in particular the trip to Chelsea on 30 September – to draw solid conclusions about this team. Last year she won her first six Premier League matches before lining up very irregular performances and never regaining her initial momentum.
Manchester City is provisional leader with thirteen points. Manchester United will be able to become co-leader if he wins Sunday against Everton (15:00 GMT) while Chelsea will want to stay in the top three by beating Arsenal (12:30 GMT).
. Burnley frustrates Liverpool
The Reds could not overcome Burnley (1-1), a “small” team decidedly solid since it had previously achieved very good results in Chelsea (2-3) and Tottenham (1-1) . Here are the players of Sean Dyche stuck in seventh position (8 points) after having faced three of the five best teams of the championship on their ground!
Liverpool returned to Manchester City (5-0) and in front of Sevilla (2-2) after a magnificent victory but probably trompe-l’oeil against Arsenal (4-0) at the end of August. ).
Faced with Burnley on Saturday, the Reds deserved better because they shot 35 times to the goal, in addition to the 24 attempts Wednesday in the Champions League. These three goals scored for this staggering number of 59 attempts clearly represent an extremely low conversion ratio.
Returning from injury and a summer agitated by the incessant solicitations of FC Barcelona, Philippe Coutinho was established for the first time of the season but did not bring the extra precision needed.
. Crystal Palace at the bottom of the abyss
The first game of the day was marked by a new defeat by Crystal Palace against Southampton (0-1). The fifth in five matches, without scoring what is more, unprecedented at this level in England. This failure is painful and very worrying for the Eagles because the replacement of Franck de Boer by Roy Hodgson was supposed to offer new perspectives.
Also note that Gareth Barry, West Bromwich midfielder, equaled the record of appearances in the Premier League, against West Ham (0-0). Only Ryan Giggs has played 632 games so far.
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