In the shadow of the terrifying incident of Tom Lockyer’s collapse in her match Bournemouth with the LutonSaturday’s first games for the 17th matchday of the Premier League have been completed.
The Luton captain collapsed on the pitch and in the 65th minute of the match, leaving on a stretcher and with initial reports saying medics said he was awake and responsive. The game was stopped with the score at 1-1.
THE Manchester City “stumbled” again, this time in her home match with Crystal Palace! Despite leading 2-0 and in complete control of the game, Guardiola’s side conceded two goals in the final 20 minutes and equalized on penalties at 90’+5′, dropping two more valuable points in the title race and going without a win for the third time in a row her home game, for the first time since 2016!
THE Gryllis opened the scoring in the 24th minute, scoring in a third consecutive game for the first time in his career, while the young Lewis “wrote” the 2-0 in the 54th minute, when everything seemed to be decided. However, Crystal Palace managed to pull off the big upset, initially drawing level with the Mateta in the 76th minute, and equalizing in the fifth minute of stoppage time, when o Foden kicked Mateta in his attempt to clear the ball, with Olise to perform accurately from the 11 steps, for the final 2-2! That left the champions with just one win in their last six Premier League games and -3 (with a game in hand) off the top.
Three-point breath was taken by Chelseaprevailing 2-0 her Sheffield United at Stamford Bridge and returning to positive results after two successive unsuccessful attempts. After a mediocre quality first half, o Palmer gave the lead to the Londoners with his sixth goal of the year and Jackson he made it 2-0 in the 61st minute, lifting his team to 10th in the table and leaving Sheffield United behind.
Back to the positive results and for the Newcastlewhich overcame its midweek ban from European competitions, with a hat-trick against Fulham. The Mexican striker, Raul Jimenez, left the Londoners with ten men from the 22nd minute when he was red-carded for dangerous play, with the home side capitalizing on their numerical advantage in the second half when they scored all three of their goals. The youngster Miley scored for the first time in the Premier League, in the 57th minute, o Almiron made it 2-0 in the 64th minute, before o Bern form the final 3-0 in 82′!
In detail, the program of the 17th matchday:
Friday (15/12)
Nottingham Forest-Tottenham 0-2
(45+2′ Richarlison, 65′ Kulusevski)
Saturday (16/12)
Manchester City-Crystal Palace 2-2
(24′ Grillis, 54′ Lewis – 76′ Mateta, 90’+5′ pen. Olisse)
Newcastle-Fulham 3-0
(57′ Miley, 64′ Almiron, 82′ Byrne)
Chelsea-Sheffield United 2-0
(54′ Palmer, 61′ Jackson)
Bournemouth-Luton (65th minute stoppage time with the score at 1-1 due to Lockyer’s collapse)
Burnley-Everton (19:30)
Sunday (17/12)
Arsenal-Brighton (16:00)
West Ham-Wolves (16:00)
Brentford-Aston Villa (16:00)
Liverpool-Manchester United (18:30)
The schedule for the next (18th) matchday:
Thursday (21/12)
Crystal Palace-Brighton (22:00)
Friday (22/12)
Aston Villa-Sheffield United (22:00)
Saturday (23/12)
West Ham-Manchester United (14:30)
Manchester City-Bradford (postponed)
Luton-Newcastle (17:00)
Nottingham Forest-Bournemouth (17:00)
Tottenham-Everton (17:00)
Fulham-Burnley (17:00)
Liverpool-Arsenal (19:30)
Sunday (24/12)
Wolves-Chelsea (15:00)
Source: Sport Fm
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