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If ever a weekend provided shocking results, then last weekend was it. Liverpool, fresh from a surprise victory over Man City, succumbed to a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Nottingham Forest while Aston Villa enjoyed a 4-0 thrashing of Brentford after saying goodbye to Steven Gerrard.
Everton surprised all with a 3-0 triumph over Crystal Palace, Southampton played really well in holding Arsenal to a 1-1 stalemate and Newcastle went to London and beat Spurs 2-1 while Leicester trounced Wolves 4-0.
It was such a wild weekend that Woody and I only managed to collect 3 points in our predictions while Chippy Boy scraped together just two points. I scored all my points from Saturday’s encounters, with City winning 3-1 against Brighton with the Seagulls ruining my 3-0 score line, and then predicting a draw between Chelsea and United.
Chippy said City would win 6-0 (yeah-right) while Woody went pointless. Sunday saw both Chippy and myself go pointless while Woody picked up a point each for Villa, Fulham and Leicester’s victories. Chippy then nabbed a point in Monday’s game when West Ham beat Bournemouth 2-0.
Liverpool’s loss to Forest showed just how hot and cold Jurgen Klop’s men are playing. But Forest were good value for money, looking to hit the Reds on the counter at every opportunity while Man United’s late equaliser against Graham Potter’s men brought back memories of “Fergie Time”.
Arsenal started brightly against Southampton but then looked flat as the men from St Mary’s dominated the second half and had many opportunities to win the game. Arsenal felt hard done by as Gabriel Jesus was brought down in the box with the referee waving the striker to get up. Arsenal did score late on but Kieren Tierney’s cross happened just after the ball crossed the byline.
For once I can say “Thank You Newcastle” as they beat Spurs. But of course the victory lifted Newcastle to 4th on the log which gave Woody ample reason to crow from the roof tops like a cocky numpty.
Of course we have to give him some time in the sun considering Newcastle have had to endure time in the Championship and having Steve Bruce as their manager. Live it up Woody, live it up!
Arsenal, who lost mid-week to PSV in the Europa League, will have to bring their A-game when they host Forest on Sunday. City, who start the weekend’s festivities by travelling to Leicester, will look to take top spot from the Gunners with a victory.
Woody has seemed to have given up on predicting, although he does lead the standings, by calling every game this weekend to end 1-1. Chippy is going for the reverse psychology of calling West Ham to win at Old Trafford and irritating Woody, calling for Villa to win 2-1 at St Jame’s Park.
I though of trying to play catch-up in the Fantasy Premier League by using my “Triple Captain” card, and even though I did top-score, I only top-scored by 3 points. “I Give Up!”
All I can hope for now is for Arsenal to trounce Forest to stay top of the log, Newcastle to win so that Woody doesn’t mope around on Saturday evening with plenty of guests at his house and for Spurs to lose again – just to make North London even more red than what is currently is.
