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Tuesday, 23 September 2014







Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers says he is enjoying working with Mario Balotelli.


The Reds signed the Italy international striker from AC Milan last month and the former Manchester City player opened his scoring account for his new club in their 2-1 Champions League victory over Ludogorets on Tuesday.


Then on Sunday he was the victim of racial abuse on Twitter after he reacted to Manchester United's shock defeat to Leicester by tweeting: "Man Utd...LOL".


Merseyside Police have since confirmed they are looking into the matter, and Liverpool on Monday emphasised that, with that being the case, neither they nor Rodgers would be making any comment on it at his press conference ahead of Tuesday's Capital One Cup home clash with Middlesbrough.


But the manager did say about Balotelli: "Every player is different and individual, and I have really enjoyed working with him so far.


"He is a good guy, he wants to do well for the club and he has shown me that he cares enough about the club (for me) to devote that time to him.


"For me, he is not complicated - he is a football player who wants to do well in his life and his career, and if he continues to give everything and work tirelessly for the cause, then there will always be an opportunity here for him."












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Premier League: Brendan Rodgers says Mario Balotelli is a 'good guy'

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Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers says he is enjoying working with Mario Balotelli.


The Reds signed the Italy international striker from AC Milan last month and the former Manchester City player opened his scoring account for his new club in their 2-1 Champions League victory over Ludogorets on Tuesday.


Then on Sunday he was the victim of racial abuse on Twitter after he reacted to Manchester United's shock defeat to Leicester by tweeting: "Man Utd...LOL".


Merseyside Police have since confirmed they are looking into the matter, and Liverpool on Monday emphasised that, with that being the case, neither they nor Rodgers would be making any comment on it at his press conference ahead of Tuesday's Capital One Cup home clash with Middlesbrough.


But the manager did say about Balotelli: "Every player is different and individual, and I have really enjoyed working with him so far.


"He is a good guy, he wants to do well for the club and he has shown me that he cares enough about the club (for me) to devote that time to him.


"For me, he is not complicated - he is a football player who wants to do well in his life and his career, and if he continues to give everything and work tirelessly for the cause, then there will always be an opportunity here for him."












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Brendan Rodgers remains hopeful that Liverpool can overcome their sluggish start, but admits he needs to lift the squad’s morale.


The Reds have already suffered three Premier League defeats this season, with Saturday’s 3-1 loss at West Ham leaving them seven points behind leaders Chelsea.


Boss Rodgers has revealed how the mood is low in his new-look squad, but he still believes they can emerge as genuine title contenders.


"Of course, you're not all smiles because when you lose games, it's not a feeling we've been used to a lot, especially in the last season or so,” he told the club’s official website.


"But you have to refocus and you have to move on. That's the nature of this level at the top end.


"Us as coaches and managers, we analyse the performance, and it's my job to ensure the confidence is retained within the group.


"It hasn't been a great start by any means, but I have worked with the team enough and I know the players and how they do respond. That honesty in the group and how hard they want to work, it gives me great hope.


"It is a long campaign and we've got a lot of games. As I said, we haven't made a great start by any means, but we'll improve. We've shown in my time here, my team will get better in the second half of the season.”


Liverpool were left with an uphill task after leaking two early goals at West Ham, while Aston Villa also exposed their defensive fragility in the recent 1-0 win at Anfield.


Rodgers accepts his side must raise their standards as they prepare for the Capital One Cup visit of Middlesbrough and Sunday’s Merseyside derby with Everton.


“As a team and a squad, we all respect that we can be much better,” he said. “We're still looking to find our performance level, which apart from Tottenham we haven't quite been at. But it's something I have no doubt about.


"We've been here before. When I first came in, there were a lot of games and new players coming in and, at that time, it was a new manager, but we eventually got to where we wanted to be.


"It's a combination of continual hard work on the training field - working even harder - and looking to really ensure we retain that confidence.


"And obviously cutting out mistakes. We've made mistakes in games, and we just need to make sure that under pressure - which you come under in games - you think clearly."












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Premier League: Brendan Rodgers still confident that Liverpool can mount a title challenge

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Brendan Rodgers remains hopeful that Liverpool can overcome their sluggish start, but admits he needs to lift the squad’s morale.


The Reds have already suffered three Premier League defeats this season, with Saturday’s 3-1 loss at West Ham leaving them seven points behind leaders Chelsea.


Boss Rodgers has revealed how the mood is low in his new-look squad, but he still believes they can emerge as genuine title contenders.


"Of course, you're not all smiles because when you lose games, it's not a feeling we've been used to a lot, especially in the last season or so,” he told the club’s official website.


"But you have to refocus and you have to move on. That's the nature of this level at the top end.


"Us as coaches and managers, we analyse the performance, and it's my job to ensure the confidence is retained within the group.


"It hasn't been a great start by any means, but I have worked with the team enough and I know the players and how they do respond. That honesty in the group and how hard they want to work, it gives me great hope.


"It is a long campaign and we've got a lot of games. As I said, we haven't made a great start by any means, but we'll improve. We've shown in my time here, my team will get better in the second half of the season.”


Liverpool were left with an uphill task after leaking two early goals at West Ham, while Aston Villa also exposed their defensive fragility in the recent 1-0 win at Anfield.


Rodgers accepts his side must raise their standards as they prepare for the Capital One Cup visit of Middlesbrough and Sunday’s Merseyside derby with Everton.


“As a team and a squad, we all respect that we can be much better,” he said. “We're still looking to find our performance level, which apart from Tottenham we haven't quite been at. But it's something I have no doubt about.


"We've been here before. When I first came in, there were a lot of games and new players coming in and, at that time, it was a new manager, but we eventually got to where we wanted to be.


"It's a combination of continual hard work on the training field - working even harder - and looking to really ensure we retain that confidence.


"And obviously cutting out mistakes. We've made mistakes in games, and we just need to make sure that under pressure - which you come under in games - you think clearly."












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It’s been a rocky start to the season for Liverpool, and goalkeeper Simon Mignolet is one of the men coming increasingly under the spotlight.


LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - Saturday, September 13, 2014: Liverpool's goalkeeper Simon Mignolet looks dejected as Aston Villa score the only goal of the game during the Premier League match at Anfield. (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)


When Brendan Rodgers arrived at Anfield he had a series of problems he needed to fix, one of which was the goalkeeping situation. Pepe Reina hadn’t quite been himself for 2 seasons and in the summer before his second year in charge, Rodgers acted ruthlessly by sending the Spaniard on a season loan Napoli to reunite with former Reds manager Rafael Benitez. The ‘committee’ decided that Belgian keeper Simon Mignolet was the man to fill the gap.


His life at Anfield couldn’t really have started any better with a last minute penalty save earning the Reds 3 vital points in the 1-0 victory over Stoke on the opening day of the season. But as the season progressed mistakes crept in, cleans sheets became a rarity and questions were raised. Rodgers has put his faith in him by not signing another goalkeeper, was that a mistake? Let’s look at what the stats say.


Clean Sheets


One of the obvious places to start when assessing a goalkeeper is clean sheets. If a team doesn’t concede it means they only have to score 1 goal to win the game, which is fairly obvious but George Graham’s Arsenal and more recently Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea both had great success by applying this principle.


Premier League Clean Sheets 2013/14


Petr Cech – 16

Wojciech Szczensy – 16

Tim Howard – 15

Artur Boruc – 14

Hugo Lloris – 14

Joe Hart – 14

David De Gea – 12

Simon Mignolet – 8


Obviously the style of Liverpool’s play means that the opposition will probably score more goals, but Arsenal don’t exactly play a defensive game and Wojciech Szczesny had the joint highest number of clean sheets. And for all Manchester United’s woes, David De Gea managed to make 12 clean sheets, 4 more than the Belgian.


Indeed, even John Ruddy, Julian Speroni, Vito Mannone and Brad Guzan kept more clean sheets than Mignolet last season.


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The most worrying part of Mignolet’s game for me is the amount of errors he makes. Even more concerning is that he’s still making the same mistakes this season, he doesn’t appear to have improved his game.


Against Ludogorets, he came running out towards the attacker but he was never going to get there before him, instead getting caught in goalkeeper’s no man’s land. He made up his mind for the forward and it gave him the easy job of simply taking the ball around him and placing the ball into the empty net. Had it not been for an even worse mistake by the Ludogorets keeper, that would have cost us two points and even more importantly it would have dented our confidence greatly.


It is to be accepted that goalkeepers will make mistakes and the likelihood is that when they do they will be punished for it, but you don’t want them to occur in important games. At the Ethihad last season for example, Mignolet flopped at a poor shot from Alvaro Negredo which ended up being the winner. Title’s often come down to fine margins, who knows what would have happened if we’d have drawn that game.


Crosses and Decision Making


Another area of his game Mignolet needs to improve on is his ability to deal with crosses. 50% of the goals we conceded in the first 16 games last season came from crosses. Even more remarkable is that Mignolet only claimed 12 crosses in this period whereas Aston Villa’s Guzan claimed 48. The Belgian’s ability to deal with crosses is very surprising when you consider his size; which suggests his decision making when choosing whether to come for a cross or not is the real problem here.


LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - Saturday, September 21, 2013: Liverpool's goalkeeper Simon Mignolet in action against Southampton during the Premiership match at Anfield. (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)


With the style of play Liverpool utilised last year, a goalkeeper with good technical ability with the ball at his feet would have been highly beneficial for us. He could have offered another passing option whilst in possession and alert to the ball over the top of our defence if it was played. Unfortunately he’s quite poor when the ball’s played back to him and his passes regularly don’t find its target, putting us under pressure when our defence isn’t organised. It’s not a necessity to have a goalkeeper who can pass, but it can be the difference between a very good team and a title winning team.


We shouldn’t write Mignolet off just yet, we should support him for as long as he remains at Anfield. However, an upgrade in this department might be one way to improve our defensive deficiencies and having a world class goal keeper behind them may also improve the performance of our back four. At the end of the day, we can’t improve on the 101 goals we scored last year but we can certainly improve the 50 we conceded.


Jake Askham



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Simon Mignolet’s form puts Liverpool keeper under the spotlight

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It’s been a rocky start to the season for Liverpool, and goalkeeper Simon Mignolet is one of the men coming increasingly under the spotlight.


LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - Saturday, September 13, 2014: Liverpool's goalkeeper Simon Mignolet looks dejected as Aston Villa score the only goal of the game during the Premier League match at Anfield. (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)


When Brendan Rodgers arrived at Anfield he had a series of problems he needed to fix, one of which was the goalkeeping situation. Pepe Reina hadn’t quite been himself for 2 seasons and in the summer before his second year in charge, Rodgers acted ruthlessly by sending the Spaniard on a season loan Napoli to reunite with former Reds manager Rafael Benitez. The ‘committee’ decided that Belgian keeper Simon Mignolet was the man to fill the gap.


His life at Anfield couldn’t really have started any better with a last minute penalty save earning the Reds 3 vital points in the 1-0 victory over Stoke on the opening day of the season. But as the season progressed mistakes crept in, cleans sheets became a rarity and questions were raised. Rodgers has put his faith in him by not signing another goalkeeper, was that a mistake? Let’s look at what the stats say.


Clean Sheets


One of the obvious places to start when assessing a goalkeeper is clean sheets. If a team doesn’t concede it means they only have to score 1 goal to win the game, which is fairly obvious but George Graham’s Arsenal and more recently Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea both had great success by applying this principle.


Premier League Clean Sheets 2013/14


Petr Cech – 16

Wojciech Szczensy – 16

Tim Howard – 15

Artur Boruc – 14

Hugo Lloris – 14

Joe Hart – 14

David De Gea – 12

Simon Mignolet – 8


Obviously the style of Liverpool’s play means that the opposition will probably score more goals, but Arsenal don’t exactly play a defensive game and Wojciech Szczesny had the joint highest number of clean sheets. And for all Manchester United’s woes, David De Gea managed to make 12 clean sheets, 4 more than the Belgian.


Indeed, even John Ruddy, Julian Speroni, Vito Mannone and Brad Guzan kept more clean sheets than Mignolet last season.


keepercomparison


The most worrying part of Mignolet’s game for me is the amount of errors he makes. Even more concerning is that he’s still making the same mistakes this season, he doesn’t appear to have improved his game.


Against Ludogorets, he came running out towards the attacker but he was never going to get there before him, instead getting caught in goalkeeper’s no man’s land. He made up his mind for the forward and it gave him the easy job of simply taking the ball around him and placing the ball into the empty net. Had it not been for an even worse mistake by the Ludogorets keeper, that would have cost us two points and even more importantly it would have dented our confidence greatly.


It is to be accepted that goalkeepers will make mistakes and the likelihood is that when they do they will be punished for it, but you don’t want them to occur in important games. At the Ethihad last season for example, Mignolet flopped at a poor shot from Alvaro Negredo which ended up being the winner. Title’s often come down to fine margins, who knows what would have happened if we’d have drawn that game.


Crosses and Decision Making


Another area of his game Mignolet needs to improve on is his ability to deal with crosses. 50% of the goals we conceded in the first 16 games last season came from crosses. Even more remarkable is that Mignolet only claimed 12 crosses in this period whereas Aston Villa’s Guzan claimed 48. The Belgian’s ability to deal with crosses is very surprising when you consider his size; which suggests his decision making when choosing whether to come for a cross or not is the real problem here.


LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - Saturday, September 21, 2013: Liverpool's goalkeeper Simon Mignolet in action against Southampton during the Premiership match at Anfield. (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)


With the style of play Liverpool utilised last year, a goalkeeper with good technical ability with the ball at his feet would have been highly beneficial for us. He could have offered another passing option whilst in possession and alert to the ball over the top of our defence if it was played. Unfortunately he’s quite poor when the ball’s played back to him and his passes regularly don’t find its target, putting us under pressure when our defence isn’t organised. It’s not a necessity to have a goalkeeper who can pass, but it can be the difference between a very good team and a title winning team.


We shouldn’t write Mignolet off just yet, we should support him for as long as he remains at Anfield. However, an upgrade in this department might be one way to improve our defensive deficiencies and having a world class goal keeper behind them may also improve the performance of our back four. At the end of the day, we can’t improve on the 101 goals we scored last year but we can certainly improve the 50 we conceded.


Jake Askham



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Monday, 22 September 2014



Yaya Toure: Without a goal or assist in four games


Yaya Toure: Without a goal or assist in four games




Yaya Toure's poor form and another unwanted first for Manchester United feature in our review of the weekend's Premier League statistics.


We look at the statistics from a Premier League weekend which saw Chelsea surrender their 100% record at Manchester City, and Liverpool, Manchester United, Tottenham and Everton all suffer shock defeats.


Queens Park Rangers 2 Stoke City 2



Mame Biram Diouf's goal was the first that Stoke City have scored before half-time in the Premier League this season.


After 10 Premier League appearances without a goal or assist, Peter Crouch scored & assisted for Stoke in this match.


The last three occasions that Crouch has scored and assisted in the same Premier League match have come against former sides (Aston Villa twice, QPR).


Six of Steven Caulker's eight Premier League goals have been headers.


Jordon Mutch's last six assists in the PL have come in home games (five for Cardiff and one for QPR).


Niko Kranjcar scored his first Premier League goal since February 2012.


Kranjcar has now scored three Premier League goals against Stoke City; making them his favourite opponents in the competition.


Stoke are now unbeaten in their last five Premier League away games (W2 D3); their best run since April 2010 (six games). Indeed it is only the second time in PL history that they have gone five away games without defeat.


Aston Villa 0 Arsenal 3



Mesut Özil scored and assisted a goal in the space of one minute & 20 seconds.


This is only the second occasion that Özil has scored and assisted in the same Premier League game.


There were just three minutes & 15 seconds separating the three Arsenal goals against Aston Villa.


Arsenal benefitted from an own goal in a Premier League game for the first time since January 1, 2013.


Danny Welbeck has scored four goals in his last three Premier League starts against Aston Villa.


Welbeck has now scored more goals in the PL against Aston Villa (4) than any other opponent.


Arsenal made more passes (814) than in any Premier League game since April 2012 (828 v Wolves).


Aston Villa have attempted just eight shots on target in five Premier League games this season, fewer than any other side.


Burnley 0 Sunderland 0



Burnley attempted six shots on target in this game, twice as many as they have in any of their other PL matches this season.


The Clarets scored with their first shot on target in the Premier League this season, but have not scored with any of their 14 since.


Burnley have won just one of the last 13 matches in all competitions against Sunderland (W1 D6 L6).


Burnley have become the first team to draw three PL games 0-0 in a row since Blackburn Rovers in December 2009.


Sunderland are yet to win (four points from five games) in 2014-15 - last season they took only one point from their opening eight PL games.


Sunderland have failed to score in consecutive Premier League away games for the first time in 2014.


There were 26 shots (excl. blocked) in this game - no PL goalless draw has seen more since Norwich 0-0 Cardiff (29) in October 2013.


Newcastle United 2 Hull City 2



Nikica Jelavic has scored three goals in his last four PL appearances, after scoring three times in the previous 13.


Only Geovanni (11) has scored more Premier League goals for the Tigers than Jelavic (7).


Hull have scored at least once in nine of their last 10 Premier League away games.


Jack Colback was caught offside in the 54th minute in this game, becoming the first Newcastle player to be caught offside in the league all season (in their 414th minute of action).


Stephen Quinn has provided an assist in all three away appearances in the Premier League this term.


Mohamed Diame has scored in his first two PL appearances for Hull City; he never managed to score in consecutive games in 167 apps for Wigan and West Ham.


Papiss Cisse's first goal was the second fastest by a substitute in the Premier League this term (excluding own goals).


Cissé scored as many goals today as he had in his last 30 Premier League appearances (2).


The Magpies came from two goals down to claim a point in the top flight for the first time since the famous 4-4 draw with Arsenal in February 2011.


None of the last seven competitive meetings between Hull and Newcastle have ended as a home win (four away wins and three draws).


Alan Pardew's side have conceded two or more goals in 10 of their last 13 league games.


Swansea City 0 Southampton 1



Five of Swansea's last six PL red cards have come at home; the other one came at Welsh rivals Cardiff.


Victor Wanyama scored his first goal for Southampton.


Wanyama became the first Kenyan player to score in the Premier League. Players from 91 different nations have now scored in the PL.


Graziano Pelle has scored three goals and assisted one more in his last three Premier League appearances.


Swansea City have gone 377 minutes of league football without a goal against Southampton.


Saints are unbeaten in six league meetings against Swansea now, winning three and drawing three.


There have been just six goals scored in the five Premier League meetings between Southampton and Swansea City.


Southampton have won three successive games for only the third time since returning to the Premier League in August 2012.


Ten points from five games is Southampton's best start to a top-flight season since 1988/89 (also 10).West Ham United 3 Liverpool 1



Liverpool conceded two goals inside the opening 10 minutes of a single PL game for only the second time and for the first time since February 1994.


Raheem Sterling has been involved in nine goals (six goals, three assists) in his last 10 Premier League apps.


Liverpool have lost three of their first five PL games of the season - only the second time that this has happened (2012-13 the previous).


Mario Balotelli has scored just one goal in his last 19 Premier League games, this despite attempting 37 shots (excl. blocked) in these games.


Stewart Downing has more assists this season in five games (3) than he did in the whole of 2013-14 (2 in 32 apps).


Liverpool have set a new club top-flight record of scoring in 17 consecutive away games.


West Ham have only kept one clean sheet in their last 17 Premier League games.


Leicester City 3 Manchester United 5



The Foxes had netted just one goal in their last eight Premier League matches against Manchester United before Sunday.


Manchester United have won only four of their last 18 Premier League games on a Sunday (D7 L7).


For the first time in their 853-game PL history, United threw away a two goal lead to lose.


Leicester are only the sixth team to score 5+ goals vs Man Utd in a PL game (+ Newcastle, Southampton, Chelsea, Man City & WBA).


David Moyes did not see United concede more than four goals in a league game in his time at the club.


The Foxes scored with all five of their shots.


Radamel Falcao provided his first league assist for over two years (last one came for Atletico vs Levante).


This is the first time United have conceded more than three goals in a PL game against a newly-promoted side.


Three of Leonardo Ulloa's five Premier League goals this season have come within two minutes of the opposition scoring.


No Premier League team has conceded more penalties in 2014 than Man Utd (six, level with Tottenham).


Tottenham Hotspur 0 West Bromwich Albion 1



West Bromwich Albion won against Tottenham in the league for the first time in 10 attempts (D5 L4).


This ended a run of nine away league games for WBA without a win at Spurs - they last won at White Hart Lane in November 1984 (D4 L5).


Etienne Capoue has attempted (440) and completed (392) more passes than any other Premier League player this season.


West Brom have won 34 corners this season - only Manchester City (37) and West Ham (36) have been awarded more.


Tottenham had one shot on target in this game - since the start of last season the only other team they have managed one or fewer against in a game is Liverpool (twice, one of which was in their preceding home match).


Tottenham have failed to score in consecutive home games for the first time since August 2010.


Everton 2 Crystal Palace 3



Crystal Palace scored with all three of their shots on target.


Everton have conceded 21 home league goals in 12 Premier League games in 2014 - in 19 matches at Goodison Park in 2013 they leaked 14.


Only Newcastle (25) have conceded more league home goals than Everton in 2014.


The Eagles have scored in their last seven league away games, finding the net 16 times; in their preceding seven away assignments they scored twice.


Palace have scored more goals in their last seven PL away games (16) than their previous 25 (15).


Everton have conceded at least two goals in four consecutive PL home games for the first time since October 2008.


Leighton Baines has scored all 14 of his PL penalties - the player with the next most without missing is Dimitar Berbatov (9).


Leon Osman (26) went clear of Thomas Gravesen and Nick Barmby in fifth place on the list of Everton players with most PL assists.


Tim Howard made his 302nd PL appearance for Everton, drawing him second with David Unsworth - only Osman (325) has made more for the club.


Everton have lost four of their six previous PL home meetings with Palace, winning the other two.


Manchester City 1 Chelsea 1



Manchester City have only failed to score in two of their last 72 home league games.


Yaya Toure has failed to score or assist a goal in four successive PL apps for the first time since between Nov-Dec 2012.


Manchester City have drawn successive matches for the first time since February 2013.


Chelsea have missed out on winning a sixth consecutive league game by drawing against Manchester City.


Frank Lampard has now scored against a record 39 different Premier League clubs.


Frank Lampard scored his first Premier League goal versus Chelsea, in his 11th match against them.


Eight of André Schürrle's 10 Premier League goals have come in away games.


Eight of the last nine Premier League goals scored by Chelsea have been in the second half.


City have conceded exactly one goal in each of their last three home PL games.







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Toure and United set unwanted records

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Yaya Toure: Without a goal or assist in four games


Yaya Toure: Without a goal or assist in four games




Yaya Toure's poor form and another unwanted first for Manchester United feature in our review of the weekend's Premier League statistics.


We look at the statistics from a Premier League weekend which saw Chelsea surrender their 100% record at Manchester City, and Liverpool, Manchester United, Tottenham and Everton all suffer shock defeats.


Queens Park Rangers 2 Stoke City 2



Mame Biram Diouf's goal was the first that Stoke City have scored before half-time in the Premier League this season.


After 10 Premier League appearances without a goal or assist, Peter Crouch scored & assisted for Stoke in this match.


The last three occasions that Crouch has scored and assisted in the same Premier League match have come against former sides (Aston Villa twice, QPR).


Six of Steven Caulker's eight Premier League goals have been headers.


Jordon Mutch's last six assists in the PL have come in home games (five for Cardiff and one for QPR).


Niko Kranjcar scored his first Premier League goal since February 2012.


Kranjcar has now scored three Premier League goals against Stoke City; making them his favourite opponents in the competition.


Stoke are now unbeaten in their last five Premier League away games (W2 D3); their best run since April 2010 (six games). Indeed it is only the second time in PL history that they have gone five away games without defeat.


Aston Villa 0 Arsenal 3



Mesut Özil scored and assisted a goal in the space of one minute & 20 seconds.


This is only the second occasion that Özil has scored and assisted in the same Premier League game.


There were just three minutes & 15 seconds separating the three Arsenal goals against Aston Villa.


Arsenal benefitted from an own goal in a Premier League game for the first time since January 1, 2013.


Danny Welbeck has scored four goals in his last three Premier League starts against Aston Villa.


Welbeck has now scored more goals in the PL against Aston Villa (4) than any other opponent.


Arsenal made more passes (814) than in any Premier League game since April 2012 (828 v Wolves).


Aston Villa have attempted just eight shots on target in five Premier League games this season, fewer than any other side.


Burnley 0 Sunderland 0



Burnley attempted six shots on target in this game, twice as many as they have in any of their other PL matches this season.


The Clarets scored with their first shot on target in the Premier League this season, but have not scored with any of their 14 since.


Burnley have won just one of the last 13 matches in all competitions against Sunderland (W1 D6 L6).


Burnley have become the first team to draw three PL games 0-0 in a row since Blackburn Rovers in December 2009.


Sunderland are yet to win (four points from five games) in 2014-15 - last season they took only one point from their opening eight PL games.


Sunderland have failed to score in consecutive Premier League away games for the first time in 2014.


There were 26 shots (excl. blocked) in this game - no PL goalless draw has seen more since Norwich 0-0 Cardiff (29) in October 2013.


Newcastle United 2 Hull City 2



Nikica Jelavic has scored three goals in his last four PL appearances, after scoring three times in the previous 13.


Only Geovanni (11) has scored more Premier League goals for the Tigers than Jelavic (7).


Hull have scored at least once in nine of their last 10 Premier League away games.


Jack Colback was caught offside in the 54th minute in this game, becoming the first Newcastle player to be caught offside in the league all season (in their 414th minute of action).


Stephen Quinn has provided an assist in all three away appearances in the Premier League this term.


Mohamed Diame has scored in his first two PL appearances for Hull City; he never managed to score in consecutive games in 167 apps for Wigan and West Ham.


Papiss Cisse's first goal was the second fastest by a substitute in the Premier League this term (excluding own goals).


Cissé scored as many goals today as he had in his last 30 Premier League appearances (2).


The Magpies came from two goals down to claim a point in the top flight for the first time since the famous 4-4 draw with Arsenal in February 2011.


None of the last seven competitive meetings between Hull and Newcastle have ended as a home win (four away wins and three draws).


Alan Pardew's side have conceded two or more goals in 10 of their last 13 league games.


Swansea City 0 Southampton 1



Five of Swansea's last six PL red cards have come at home; the other one came at Welsh rivals Cardiff.


Victor Wanyama scored his first goal for Southampton.


Wanyama became the first Kenyan player to score in the Premier League. Players from 91 different nations have now scored in the PL.


Graziano Pelle has scored three goals and assisted one more in his last three Premier League appearances.


Swansea City have gone 377 minutes of league football without a goal against Southampton.


Saints are unbeaten in six league meetings against Swansea now, winning three and drawing three.


There have been just six goals scored in the five Premier League meetings between Southampton and Swansea City.


Southampton have won three successive games for only the third time since returning to the Premier League in August 2012.


Ten points from five games is Southampton's best start to a top-flight season since 1988/89 (also 10).West Ham United 3 Liverpool 1



Liverpool conceded two goals inside the opening 10 minutes of a single PL game for only the second time and for the first time since February 1994.


Raheem Sterling has been involved in nine goals (six goals, three assists) in his last 10 Premier League apps.


Liverpool have lost three of their first five PL games of the season - only the second time that this has happened (2012-13 the previous).


Mario Balotelli has scored just one goal in his last 19 Premier League games, this despite attempting 37 shots (excl. blocked) in these games.


Stewart Downing has more assists this season in five games (3) than he did in the whole of 2013-14 (2 in 32 apps).


Liverpool have set a new club top-flight record of scoring in 17 consecutive away games.


West Ham have only kept one clean sheet in their last 17 Premier League games.


Leicester City 3 Manchester United 5



The Foxes had netted just one goal in their last eight Premier League matches against Manchester United before Sunday.


Manchester United have won only four of their last 18 Premier League games on a Sunday (D7 L7).


For the first time in their 853-game PL history, United threw away a two goal lead to lose.


Leicester are only the sixth team to score 5+ goals vs Man Utd in a PL game (+ Newcastle, Southampton, Chelsea, Man City & WBA).


David Moyes did not see United concede more than four goals in a league game in his time at the club.


The Foxes scored with all five of their shots.


Radamel Falcao provided his first league assist for over two years (last one came for Atletico vs Levante).


This is the first time United have conceded more than three goals in a PL game against a newly-promoted side.


Three of Leonardo Ulloa's five Premier League goals this season have come within two minutes of the opposition scoring.


No Premier League team has conceded more penalties in 2014 than Man Utd (six, level with Tottenham).


Tottenham Hotspur 0 West Bromwich Albion 1



West Bromwich Albion won against Tottenham in the league for the first time in 10 attempts (D5 L4).


This ended a run of nine away league games for WBA without a win at Spurs - they last won at White Hart Lane in November 1984 (D4 L5).


Etienne Capoue has attempted (440) and completed (392) more passes than any other Premier League player this season.


West Brom have won 34 corners this season - only Manchester City (37) and West Ham (36) have been awarded more.


Tottenham had one shot on target in this game - since the start of last season the only other team they have managed one or fewer against in a game is Liverpool (twice, one of which was in their preceding home match).


Tottenham have failed to score in consecutive home games for the first time since August 2010.


Everton 2 Crystal Palace 3



Crystal Palace scored with all three of their shots on target.


Everton have conceded 21 home league goals in 12 Premier League games in 2014 - in 19 matches at Goodison Park in 2013 they leaked 14.


Only Newcastle (25) have conceded more league home goals than Everton in 2014.


The Eagles have scored in their last seven league away games, finding the net 16 times; in their preceding seven away assignments they scored twice.


Palace have scored more goals in their last seven PL away games (16) than their previous 25 (15).


Everton have conceded at least two goals in four consecutive PL home games for the first time since October 2008.


Leighton Baines has scored all 14 of his PL penalties - the player with the next most without missing is Dimitar Berbatov (9).


Leon Osman (26) went clear of Thomas Gravesen and Nick Barmby in fifth place on the list of Everton players with most PL assists.


Tim Howard made his 302nd PL appearance for Everton, drawing him second with David Unsworth - only Osman (325) has made more for the club.


Everton have lost four of their six previous PL home meetings with Palace, winning the other two.


Manchester City 1 Chelsea 1



Manchester City have only failed to score in two of their last 72 home league games.


Yaya Toure has failed to score or assist a goal in four successive PL apps for the first time since between Nov-Dec 2012.


Manchester City have drawn successive matches for the first time since February 2013.


Chelsea have missed out on winning a sixth consecutive league game by drawing against Manchester City.


Frank Lampard has now scored against a record 39 different Premier League clubs.


Frank Lampard scored his first Premier League goal versus Chelsea, in his 11th match against them.


Eight of André Schürrle's 10 Premier League goals have come in away games.


Eight of the last nine Premier League goals scored by Chelsea have been in the second half.


City have conceded exactly one goal in each of their last three home PL games.







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Adakah ketiadaan Joe Allen di bahagian tengah menjadi faktor kurangnya penguasaan bola Liverpool FC sejak 2 perlawanan liga yang lalu ??









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Daniel Agger: Defender left Liverpool and returned to Brondby in the summer


Daniel Agger: Defender left Liverpool and returned to Brondby in the summer




Daniel Agger insists he left Liverpool because of a rift with Brendan Rodgers and did not feel 'appreciated' by the Reds manager.


The Denmark defender had been a preferred choice of previous Anfield bosses, but he called time on his Reds career after falling out of favour last season.


Agger returned to former club Brondby in the summer after eight years on Merseyside and claimed he could no longer work with Rodgers after a breakdown in their working relationship.


"Let me put it this way, me and the manager were perhaps not on the same page last season. For most of the season at least," he told Danish sports channel TV3 SPORT.


"He and I maybe went wrong with each other because I am very direct. I say things as they are, so I expect people will be the same to me. Maybe it's wrong to expect this sometimes.


"There was much (distance) between us, and for me it was just enough. I felt he didn't appreciate the things I could do and contributed. When I feel that, then it's time to move on.”


Agger was unable to hold down a regular role in the last campaign, despite featuring in some impressive wins, including both Premier League victories over Manchester United.


The 29-year-old Denmark international felt that Rodgers did not value his contribution, forcing him to consider his future.


“When you are a part of the starting 11 for several games in a row and the team have performed well, and you feel that you have played well, then you are left out of the team and don’t feel appreciated, it starts to prey on your mind and you wonder," he said.


“Then at the same time you see the statistics from your game - which are so important all around the world of football - and you don’t understand why you weren’t used more often.”


But Agger still respects the coaching abilities of Rodgers, who so nearly ended the club’s long wait for a league title.


"I think he is an incredibly talented manager. You can't take that away from him. He's good in the way he trains and he is clever in the way he sets the team up. He's an extremely, extremely competent coach," he added.


"The things that went wrong between us is that I say things the way they are and I expect others to treat me the same way. Maybe it is wrong to always expect this.”










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Daniel Agger: Defender left Liverpool and returned to Brondby in the summer


Daniel Agger: Defender left Liverpool and returned to Brondby in the summer




Daniel Agger insists he left Liverpool because of a rift with Brendan Rodgers and did not feel 'appreciated' by the Reds manager.


The Denmark defender had been a preferred choice of previous Anfield bosses, but he called time on his Reds career after falling out of favour last season.


Agger returned to former club Brondby in the summer after eight years on Merseyside and claimed he could no longer work with Rodgers after a breakdown in their working relationship.


"Let me put it this way, me and the manager were perhaps not on the same page last season. For most of the season at least," he told Danish sports channel TV3 SPORT.


"He and I maybe went wrong with each other because I am very direct. I say things as they are, so I expect people will be the same to me. Maybe it's wrong to expect this sometimes.


"There was much (distance) between us, and for me it was just enough. I felt he didn't appreciate the things I could do and contributed. When I feel that, then it's time to move on.”


Agger was unable to hold down a regular role in the last campaign, despite featuring in some impressive wins, including both Premier League victories over Manchester United.


The 29-year-old Denmark international felt that Rodgers did not value his contribution, forcing him to consider his future.


“When you are a part of the starting 11 for several games in a row and the team have performed well, and you feel that you have played well, then you are left out of the team and don’t feel appreciated, it starts to prey on your mind and you wonder," he said.


“Then at the same time you see the statistics from your game - which are so important all around the world of football - and you don’t understand why you weren’t used more often.”


But Agger still respects the coaching abilities of Rodgers, who so nearly ended the club’s long wait for a league title.


"I think he is an incredibly talented manager. You can't take that away from him. He's good in the way he trains and he is clever in the way he sets the team up. He's an extremely, extremely competent coach," he added.


"The things that went wrong between us is that I say things the way they are and I expect others to treat me the same way. Maybe it is wrong to always expect this.”










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