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A chaotic Premier League weekend gives us plenty to unpack. Mike’s moment of the week sees the Dyche revival stall as Brighton halt Forest at the City Ground, while Jamie marvels at Woltemade’s wonder-goal in Newcastle’s biggest away win in years. Dylan relives Fulham’s lightning-quick double that stunned Spurs and pushed them to a historic tenth home defeat of the calendar year.
We move into our three marquee matchups, starting in London where ten-man Chelsea held Arsenal in a fiery 1-1 draw. We break down the contrasting disciplinary records of both sides, why Merino appears to be the new Peter Crouch, and that Arsenal’s superb start still isn’t their best under Arteta.
Then it’s off to Villa Park, where a thunderbolt from Boubacar Kamara edged Wolves, prompting a deep dive into Rob Edwards’ high-energy blueprint and whether it will be good enough to keep them in the division (spoiler: it won’t)! As well as going over Villa’s growing defensive maturity under Unai Emery.
Lastly, we head to Selhurst Park as Manchester United mounted a rare fightback: Zirkzee ends a near year-long drought, Mateta’s perfect penalty record continues, and Bruno Fernandes climbs another rung on United’s all-time assist ladder.
In “One Thing We Learned,” Brentford’s conveyor belt of number nines rolls on, Phil Foden keeps City breathing in the title race, and Sunderland complete their first-ever comeback from two goals down in the Premier League. And finally… the bin juice game of the week: West Ham 0–2 Liverpool, featuring Isak snapping his scoring drought in a match that will not live in the memory for all that long.
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