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The Football Faithful » Burnley
19h ago
Our weekly Premier League awards honour the best – and worst – of the football action from the weekend. Moment of the Week
No shortage of candidates for this award, with big wins for Aston Villa, Spurs and Fulham all unfortunate to miss out. Bournemouth take the honours for our Moment of the Week, after securing a first ever win at Manchester United.
The Cherries did not just go to Old Trafford and beat Manchester United, Andoni Iraola’s side swept aside the 13-time Premier League champions in ruthless fashion.
Dominic Solanke looked every inch the centre-forward Jose Mourinho once believed wa ..read more
The Football Faithful » Burnley
19h ago
Following the latest round of Premier League action we look at five things we learned from the weekend fixtures. Elliott a game-changer, but Liverpool need anchor
Liverpool escaped from Crystal Palace with a 2-1 win that moved the Reds top of the table, but there was little convincing about the performance of Jurgen Klopp’s side. A controversial red card saw the game turn in Liverpool’s favour, after Jordan Ayew was dismissed for two bookings, with Palace leading.
Harvey Elliott continued his habit of influencing games off the bench, as the 20-year-old fired in a stoppage-time winner. Elliott ..read more
The Football Faithful » Burnley
19h ago
Each week we delve through the top-flight action and select our Premier League Team of the Week from the weekend’s finest performers. Here is our Premier League Team of the Week for Matchday 16. Goalkeeper: Alisson – Liverpool
Alisson returned to the Liverpool side at Crystal Palace and made to big interventions to ensure the Reds escaped Selhurst Park with all three points.
The Brazil international sprawled to deny Odsonne Edouard with the game goalless, before getting down low to keep out Joachim Andersen’s header in stoppage time. Not overly active for much of the campaign, but alert and at ..read more
The Football Faithful » Burnley
3d ago
Our weekly Premier League awards honour the best – and worst – of the football action from the midweek fixtures.
Moment of the Week
Declan Rice is developing a welcome habit of scoring big goals for Arsenal. The midfielder has netted three times since signing for the Gunners from West Ham, with each crucial to results.
His first came with a stoppage-time winner against Manchester United at the Emirates, before a wonderful first-time hit was the catalyst for a comeback draw at Chelsea.
Rice was the hero again as Arsenal edged a seven-goal thriller with Luton, heading home a 97th-minute winner ..read more
The Football Faithful » Burnley
3d ago
Here is our Premier League Team of the Week for Matchday 15 after the midweek schedule of top-flight football.
Goalkeeper: Lukasz Fabianski – West Ham
David Moyes made a big call with the return of Lukasz Fabianski to the West Ham side, with the 38-year-old preferred to Alphonse Areola for the win at Tottenham. The Poland international’s distribution left much to be desired in the first half, but his experience was key to West Ham remaining in the game.
He made five saves, including four from inside the box, and while few of the efforts truly stretched the veteran, he added calming presence to ..read more
The Football Faithful » Burnley
6d ago
There’s a full midweek schedule of Premier League action this week and ahead of the latest round of fixtures we’ve picked out some of the division’s major talking points.
Record number of goals and cards!
The opening months of the Premier League season have been engrossing and the statistics point towards more eventful action than ever before.
Sunday was a thoroughly entertaining a day of Premier League football, with 24 goals scored across the six games. There has been an average of 3.16 goals per game in the Premier League this season, the highest on record in the top-flight for 58 years ..read more
The Football Faithful » Burnley
1w ago
Following the latest round of Premier League action we look at five things we learned from the weekend fixtures. Blades battered at record-breaking Burnley
How Vincent Kompany needed this. After a sickening late defeat to West Ham last weekend, Burnley got off to a dream start after scoring inside 15 seconds against Sheffield United.
From there, the Clarets grew in confidence and freed from pressure ran riot against their relegation rivals. Goals for Zeki Amdouni and Luca Koleosho will do the summer signings a world of good, as Burnley won 5-0 for the first time in the Premier League era.
Thr ..read more
The Football Faithful » Burnley
1w ago
Our weekly Premier League awards honour the best – and worst – of the football action from the weekend. Moment of the Week
Sunday proved to be a thrilling day of Premier League action, with barnstormers right across the day’s fixtures.
There was elite entertainment at Stamford Bridge and Anfield, but perhaps the best viewing was found at the Etihad. Spurs fought back to earn a point at Manchester City in a 3-3 draw, in a gripping game that saw Dejan Kulusevski power home a late equaliser for the visitors.
The lead had exchanged hands before Jack Grealish looked to have won it for Man City, onl ..read more
The Football Faithful » Burnley
1w ago
Here is our Premier League Team of the Week for Matchday 14 after an action-packed weekend of top-flight football. Goalkeeper: Emiliano Martinez – Aston Villa
Aston Villa equalised late on to earn a point at Bournemouth this weekend, but Unai Emery’s side would have been out of the contest long before had it not been for Emi Martinez.
The World Cup winner made some crucial saves on the south coast, including one sprawling stop to deny Dominic Solanke from point-blank range. A great goalkeeper earns his team several points a season and Martinez made sure Villa got a result this weekend.
Right-b ..read more
The Football Faithful » Burnley
1w ago
The draw for the FA Cup third round has been made with a glamour tie between two of the Premier League’s top clubs.
Arsenal will host Liverpool at the Emirates in an early match up between two of the favourites, with Premier League teams entering the competition in the third round.
There will be a first Tyne-Wear derby since Sunderland’s relegation from the Premier League in 2016, as the promotion chasing Black Cats host North East rivals Newcastle.
Non-league Maidstone United, who have reached the third round for the first time since being reformed after upsetting League Two Barrow – will ho ..read more