It seems
remarkable that the penultimate month of the year had so many moments to spoil
us with from its beginning, all the way to the end of its stay. The Champions
League captured some rather unusual stuff, the World Cup qualifiers were some
of the most exciting ones to date. Quite frankly. WHO DECIDES TO SHOOT FROM THE
HALF WAY LINE AND PUT IT IN THE BACK OF THE NET IN THE FINAL QUALIFYING MATCH
FOR THE WORLD CUP???? And of course, there’s the Premier League, which at the
moment, is in a state where one small mistake can be the difference between placing
in the Top 5 or end up fighting for survival. The start of the season has been
nothing but exciting. I haven’t seen such excitement in nearly 15 years or so.
Despite Arsenal still being on the top of the table, their performance has
dropped significantly, whereas Chelsea’s has improved DRASTICALLY! This was
seen during the London derby on the last day of the month, when the teams
played against one another, and despite the draw and with a man less in the
team, Chelsea were the better team. Blimey, even the teams above Wolverhampton
have a chance to escape the Relegation Zone. I don’t want to hold you out on
the report any longer, so let’s jump in to see who did a YAY, and who did a NAY
in the selected matches of my monthly Premier League report coverage. And I
have to be very quick with it because December’s matches begin TOMORROW!!!
One team’s perfect
win streak loss from a currently formidable side is a sign of drop in form.
Some might even say, Arsenal being on the top is like seeing an elephant
sitting on a tree. They’re bound to fall down soon. And their super lucky run
of wins and not conceding goals ended when they faced the Black Cats in their
very own domain.
In
the 36th minute, Sunderland made everyone smile and feel happy
when Ballard scored and made the Gooners goon tears. And to add insult to
injury, Brobbey scored in the stoppage time of the second half, denying Saka's and Trossard's goals scored in the second half as goals that may
have saved Arsenal's arse.
What’s shocking
is how bad Arsenal were during this entire match. They had so much difficulty
trying to break into Sunderland’s half, or even do anything. Sunderland were in
full control. Shame they didn’t win the match. Would’ve loved to see the
meltdown of Arsenal fans all over social media. As it stands now, Sunderland
are 6th, with some drop in form; and Arsenal are in 1st,
with a MASSIVE drop in form.
Get Doku’d.
What? I’m not
saying anything else about this game. City’s form is all over the place and
Liverpool JUST managed to win a game after getting spanked for 9 games in a
row.
The only reason
I’m putting this game here is because of the incident in the 13th minute
that saw Gueye get sent off.
United were
arse. ‘Nuff said.
But the red card
in the 13th minute was the most bizarre shit I’ve ever seen.
So basically,
United had an attack and missed. Everton’s players were caught lacking and
such. Gueye was the most furious player out of everyone for his team’s guard
dropping moment. He started arguing with Everton’s centre-back Michael Keane
(who is a Man United academy player) about the situation. Keane, with the help
of his teammate Jordan Pickford, tried to calm Gueye down and prevent an
escalation of the situation. In a bit of rage, Gueye slapped Keane very hard
and the referee upon seeing what’s going on, dealt the red card without a
second thought. Even after all of that, the two players had a hard time trying
to get their teammate out of the stadium. Even other players from Everton
couldn’t get him out.
Manchester
United and the rest were watching the whole incident like toddlers watching two
adults turning an argument into fighting one another during a family gathering.
At least Everton’s
goal was amazing.
Maybe there is some fight left in the Wolves.
Villa actually
struggled to beat the team that’s currently on a track to surpass the legendary
Derby County for “Worst Team of The Season” medal. They didn’t have many
chances, apart from the one Kamara scored in the 67th minute, which later
would end up being the winning goal. Wolverhampton did really well to not embarrass
themselves in this game. They even had a good possession game and even did bits
in attacking. Their defending was very rough, as it led them to have 4 players
yellow carded. That rough defending also cost them the entire match. Usually,
the entire team would collapse once the game kicks off, but this time, their
defence was the team’s downfall.
Villa in the
meanwhile are in 3rd, right behind Chelsea and City. Wolverhampton
remain 20th with only 2 points so far. As the youngsters say, THEY’RE
COOKED!!!
STANDINGS
Things that I
didn’t mention, but should’ve: Chelsea playing REALLY well. Like super well.
They start to remind me of the Chelsea I grew up watching, and even the one
from 10 or so years ago. Brighton doing wonders; Liverpool and United being
awful; Spurs being Spurs and lastly… Looking at the table really makes me feel
excited. JUST LOOK AT IT!
Anyways, that’ll
do for now. Tomorrow kicks off the brand new matchweek and the December
calendar as a whole. December is also loved particularly due to Boxing Day, in
which all the teams play each other on that day. But this year, only the
Manchester and Newcastle get to play due to bullshit reasons (thanks UEFA).
Until next time
Ѓорѓи
„GioGio“ Илиев
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