Tension in premier league week 18 on the international boxing day as Man City faces Everton at Etihad, Liverpool versus Leicester at Anfield with Manchester united visiting Wolves while Chelsea is set to battle Fulham as Nottingham faces Tottenham and
Newcastle ready for Aston Villa, Bournemouth and Crystal Palace to battle for a win while Southampton struggling West Ham to see who will come out of relegation zone.
Something must be done
Manchester City set to start the match at Etihad without Kyle Walker, Jack Grealish, Ederson, Matheus Nunes, John Stones who are not even on the bench for City today, remember, Manchester City suffers 2:1 defeat from Aston Villa on Saturday after playing 13 matches with just one win which caused Pep Guardiola to drop them for Ortega, Lewis, Akanji, Ake, Gvardiol, Kovacic, B. Silva, Savinho, Foden, Doku, Haaland while Everton goes with Pickford; Coleman, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko; Harrison, Gueye, Mangala, Doucouré, Ndiaye; Calvert-Lewin
Meanwhile Manchester City have conceded 28 goals in the last 13 games in all the competitions, it's only FC Heidenheim that have conceded 28 more goals across all competitions than Manchester City with 26 among sides from Europe's top five leagues this season. ***We have to ADD PLAYERS in January… definitely! We struggled especially at the back, in the middle, I think even the players asked ourselves… we are going to add some players?! Please!". Pep Guardiola, Manchester City coach told news men.
Fulham performance in the second half was incredible one
Another terrible experience for Haaland as he loss penalty shot at 52 minutes against Everton, the match ended in 1:1 draw after Eling Haaland missed penalty causing Manchester City only one win in thirteen match with three draws. This is how Manchester City matches been over the weeks, it started with 2-1 loss to Tottenham then 2-1 loss to Bournemouth before lossing 4-1 to Sporting with 2-1 loss to Brighton then 4-0 loss to Spurs the second time. They managed to pay their first 3-3 draw with Feyenoord after straight five defeat, played 2-0 loss to Liverpool before comes their first win in 8 matches 3-0 versus Nottingham Forest then play 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace, before another defeat 2-0 defeat to Juventus in champion league, 2-1 loss to Manchester United, a 2-1 loss to Aston Villa in premier league week 17 and a1-1 draw to Everton today
Meanwhile, Chelsea faced Fulham with Sanchez, Gusto, Tosin, Colwill, Cucurella; Enzo Fernández, Caicedo; Pedro Neto, Palmer, Madueke; Jackson and Fulham with Leno; Castagne, Andersen, Diop, Bassey, Robinson; Lukic, Andreas Pereira, Iwobi; Raúl Jiménez, Adama Traoré. Chelsea played 0:0 draw against Everton in their last match, it was seen that the Chelsea coach, Enzo Maresca lacks ability to read the game which is really to costing team, p a play like Gusto as Left back when he has Veiga could’ve filled the role. Also, Disasi is still seeing to be a liability due to his performance. He is the coach but one thing is certain, poor decisions already can cost the entire team which was seen in their last game. Palmer is a good and great player but was ineffective which could have been replaced, yet he waited until the last minute to make changes. If Chelsea really wants to be title contender, they should have stronger tactics and quicker adjustments.
It's so surprising how Nottingham Forest pick form this season, the only club that defeat Liverpool so far
Today's result is something else, Chelsea loss comfortably to Fulham after leading in first half, Fulham maximize the second half with first-ever win in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge, Enzo Maresca suffers his third premier league game as Chelsea Coach. Newcastle had comfortable win against Aston Villa after a stunning opener from Anthony Gordon, sadly J. Duran was sent off the field with a red card at 32 minutes which gave Newcastle 3:0 clear against Aston Villa. Nottingham Forest are up to third on the premier league table with one point behind Chelsea after defeating Spur. Nottingham secure their third position with 24 goals scored and conceded only 29 goals, having 34 points in 18 games, what an outstanding performance this season.
West Ham flocked Southampton 1:0 with Jarrod Bowen been very difference for West Ham at Southampton. Bournemouth and Crystal Palace game ended in goalless draw with Kepa and Dean Henderson maintaining clean sheets in goal. Merry Christmas and prosperous new year in advance, enjoy football with me.
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