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• The Guardian Monday 12 Aug ust 2019

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Football Premier League

Weekend

at a glance

How they stand

Stats with a story

Leading goalscorers

Raheem Sterling

Manchester City

Team of the weekend

P GD Pts

1  Manchester City 1 + 5 3

2  Manchester United 1 + 4 3

3  Liverpool 1 +3 3

4  Brighton 1 +3 3

5  Burnley 1 +3 3

6  Tottenham 1 +2 3

7  Arsenal 1 +1 3

8  Bournemouth 1 0 1

9  Sheffi eld United 1 0 1

10  Crystal Palace 1 0 1

11  Everton 1 0 1

12  Leicester 1 0 1

13  Wolves 1 0 1

14  Newcastle 1 -1 0

15  Aston Villa 1 -2 0

16  Norwich 1 -3 0

17  Southampton 1 -3 0

18  Watford 1 -3 0

19  Chelsea 1 -4 0

20  West Ham 1 -5 0

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Bournemouth 1

Mepham 62

Sheffi eld United 1

Sharp 88

Eddie Howe has a quality problem

when it comes to goalkeepers.

In the end it was the 21-year-old

Aaron Ramsdale, who has

been capped at youth level by

England and shone in League

One with AFC Wimbledon

during the second half of last

season, who got the nod ahead

of Artur Boruc, Mark Travers

and Asmir Begovic to make his

Bournemouth debut against his

former club, having left Sheffi eld

United for around £800,000 on

deadline day in January 2017.

At the time Chris Wilder was six

months into his dream job – and

about to tie the knot with wife-

to-be Francesca. “I sold him

an hour before I got married in

London,” Wilder said. “He tried

to balls that up. Myself and the

chief executive sold him and then

that got done and within the hour

I was married.” Ben Fisher

Man of the match

George Baldock Sheffi eld United

Burnley 3

Barnes 63 70, Gudmundsson 75

Southampton 0

“I got reminded by my old man that

it had been 400-and-something days

since I played a league game,” said

Nick Pope. It was 454 days but the

goalkeeper who had made a swift

journey from obscurity to eminence

appeared to have bought a return

ticket during last season as he was

fi rst injured and then an understudy.

But Burnley nevertheless gave

him a four-year deal in May – “the

manager and the club proved what

they were telling me was true, they

really wanted to keep me,” – and

with Tom Heaton sold to Aston Villa,

Sean Dyche faced the same decision

that confronted Gareth Southgate

before the 2018 World Cup: Joe Hart

or Pope? They arrowed in on the

same answer and Pope justifi ed his

manager’s faith with a fl ying save

from Nathan Redmond at 0-0. “I

think I do have to prove myself all

over again,” Pope said. This was an

excellent start. Richard Jolly

Man of the match

Ashley Barnes Burnley

Crystal Palace 0

Everton 0

The reception aff orded to wantaway

Wilfried Zaha when he came off

the bench on Saturday not only

went down well with the Ivory

Coast forward, who expressed his

thanks after the match on Twitter :

“appreciate the support today

2019/20”. Having submitted a

transfer request and be en sent home

from training after Palace blocked

a potential transfer to Goodison

Park, Roy Hodgson had feared the

worst for the 26-year-old when he

was introduced. “It was very nice

that they are that forgiving,” he said.

“I’m pretty sure he must have been

thinking, ‘I wonder how they are

going to react to me?’ He knows they

love him but of course when you do

make public statements like ‘I want

to leave the club’ then you do run

the risk of the fans not being happy.

But that wasn’t the case. Hopefully

now we can draw a line under it,”

said Hodgson. Ed Aarons

Man of the match

James McArthur Crystal Palace

Leicester 0

Wolves 0

Faced with little time before the

closure of the transfer window after

the sale of Harry Maguire, and with

everyone knowing they had an extra

£80m in their pockets, Leicester

were unable to buy a new central

defender before the start of the

season. That means Caglar Soyuncu,

signed last year from Freiburg, will

get a chance to claim a regular place.

Although he is not as powerful

in the air as Maguire, he made a

good enough start to the season to

earn acclaim from his teammates

after the 0-0 draw with Wolves.

“He got a round of applause from

the players [in the dressing room]

afterwards so he certainly impressed

them,” said Brendan Rodgers.

“He’s a young player and playing

alongside a top-class centre-half

in Jonny [Evans]. Jonny will help

in his positioning in the game. But

I thought he was excellent. He did

really well.” Paul Doyle

Man of the match

Willy Boly Wolves

Liverpool 4

Hanley 7og, Salah 19, Van Dijk 28, Origi 42

Norwich 1

Pukki 64

It is easy to criticise Norwich’s

tactics at Anfi eld: against the

European champions, the

newcomers pursued an attacking

approach that left them open, and

were duly clouted. However, most

weeks they will be playing sides

far less good than Liverpool – for

whom they still caused problems

with their pacy and purposeful

play. Teemu Pukki showed enough,

both in front of goal and in general

play, to suggest that he belongs in

the top division, while Emi Buendía

looks to have the touch and agility

necessary to supply him. Promoted

sides often pick up points at the

start of the season, still grooved and

confi dent from the previous one,

and – with Newcastle, Chelsea and

West Ham the next three games

for Daniel Farke’s side before the

fi rst international break, Norwich

now have a chance to announce

themselves properly. Daniel Harris

Man of the match

Mohamed Salah Liverpool

2 Ashley Barnes Burnley

2 Harry KaneTottenham

2 Marcus Rashford Manchester Utd

1 Sergio Agüero Manchester City

1 Florin Andone Brighton

1 P-E AubameyangArsenal

1 Jóhann Gudmundsson Burnley

1 Daniel James Manchester United

1 Gabriel Jesus Manchester City

1 Anthony MartialManchester Utd

1 Neal Maupay Brighton

1 John McGinn Aston Villa

1 Chris Mepham Bournemouth

(six other players also on 1 goal)

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• The last shot on target – of fi ve in total – in
  Saturday’s scoreless match between Crystal Palace
  and Everton came after 62 minutes, from Everton’s
  Gylfi  Sigurdsson.


• West Ham’s 5-0 defeat by Manchester City meant the
  Hammers have lost their last four opening fi xtures to a
  Premier League season, including each of the last three
  by an aggregate score of 0-13.


• Saturday’s 3-1 comeback defeat of Aston Villa
  meant Tottenham have won 37 Premier League
  games after fi nding themselves behind at half-time,
  more than any other club.

Referee Kevin Friend Attendance 10,714 Referee Graham Scott Attendance 19,784 Referee Jon Moss Attendance 25,151 Referee Andre Marriner Attendance 32,015 Referee Michael Oliver Attendance 53,333

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Player of the weekend

Raheem Sterling

Manchester City

VAR delayed the

celebrations for the second

goal of his hat-trick at West

Ham – a perfectly judged

chip – but there were

no other doubts about

someone starting the

season in devastating form.

• Tom Heaton
  Aston Villa


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  Lewis Dunk
  Brighton

  
  


• 
  

  Harry Maguire
  Man Utd

  
  


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  A Maitland-Niles
  Arsenal

  
  


• 
  

  Jordan Henderson
  Liverpool

  
  


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  Raheem Sterling
  Man City

  
  


• 
  

  Rodri
  Man City

  
  


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  John Lundstram
  Sheff Utd

  
  


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  Erik Pieters
  Burnley

  
  


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  Ashley Barnes
  Burnley

  
  


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  Harry Kane
  Tottenham

  
  

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