He played with fire once more but this time it didn’t burn Tottenham, which was imposed 2-1 by Everton at home and made it three consecutive defeats, while reducing the gap at the top of the Premier League to three points.
Angelos Postecoglou’s team seemed to clear the match with their goals Richarlison (9′) and Sean (18′)but the “sweets” were very threatening in the second half and, after seeing their goal disallowed for an offensive foul, they finally managed to reduce the score with a nice shot by Andre Gomes in 82′.
Even bigger chances followed, with Vicarios and a crossbar denying the visitors a full recovery. So Sean Dice’s team suffered their first defeat after four league wins in a row.
In the Nottinghamhis debut Nuno Espirito Santo on the bench of Forest was combined with painful defeat, 3-2, by Bournemouth at the end.
The hosts stayed with ten at 23′ due to Boli’s dismissal but they managed to take the lead with Elanga (47′), with Solanke turning the tide by scoring at 51′ and 58′!
Wood leveled the match again in the 74th minute, but the hot one Solanke he leveled Nottingham in stoppage time, scoring a hat-trick and sealing the Cherries’ fifth win in the last six matches.
From there, they took a deep breath Luton and Burnley. The newcomers beat Newcastle 1-0 with a goal by Townsend (25′), and the “Clarets” won 2-0 (Otober, 66′ Berge) away from Fulham, in the first match of the division where the whistle blew female referee.
The program of the 18th matchday
Thursday, 21/12
Crystal Palace-Brighton 1-1
(45′ Agiou – 82′ Welbeck)
Friday, 22/12
Aston Villa-Sheffield United 1-1
(90’+8′ Zaniolo – 87′ Archer)
Saturday, 23/12
West Ham-Manchester United 2-0
(72′ Bowen, 78′ Kundous)
Manchester City-Bradford (postponed)
Luton-Newcastle 1-0
(25′ Townsend)
Nottingham Forest-Bournemouth 2-3
(47′ Elanga, 74′ Wood – 51′, 58′, 90+4′ Solanke)
Tottenham-Everton 2-1
(9′ Richarlison, 18′ Sean – 82′ Andre Gomes)
Fulham-Burnley 0-2
(47′ Oduber, 66′ Berge)
Liverpool-Arsenal (19:30)
Sunday, 24/12
Wolves-Chelsea (15:00)
Next matchday (19th)
Tuesday, 26/12
Newcastle-Nottingham Forest (14:30)
Bournemouth-Fulham (17:00)
Sheffield United-Luton (17:00)
Burnley-Liverpool (19:30)
Manchester United-Aston Villa (22:00)
Tuesday, 27/12
Brentford-Wolves (21:30)
Chelsea-Crystal Palace (21:30)
Everton-Manchester City (22:15)
Thursday, 28/12
Brighton-Tottenham (21:30)
Arsenal-West Ham (22:15)
Source: Sport Fm
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