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Tottenham Hotspur 4- 0 West Brom
Graham Taylor died this week. Former manager of Watford (took them through four divisions into the old Premiership before it became the Premier League), former manager of Aston Villa. Former England Manager (although his stint didn't go too well). Friend of Elton John (an owner of Watford), sports broadcaster and a true gent to all who knew him. All football grounds were asked to do a minute of observance re: clapping, and to wear a black armband for observance.
Spurs are wearing these shirts all this week but listen, Chinese New Year isn't until January 28. It's supposed to be bad luck to say this before it actually happens. So don't. Speaking of which, I need to clean my house and get some red envelopes
I guess y'all want narrative or no? Basically, Chelsea and West Bromich Albion are Spurs bogey teams. They come out more losing than winning. Last season in the run up to the title, WBA held Spurs to a draw which saw them lost points to Leicester, which was before *that* Chelsea game which was LIT.
Coming into this game was the notion of Spurs supposedly having moved on from last season. Pulis's WBA had held Chelsea off until 87 minutes into the match when Costa (wantaway to China Costa) nicked a goal
So the questions coming in were, "Have Spurs learnt from last season? Can Pochettino and his charges move on? Yes and yes. Kane got a hattrick too. Came out for the ball afterwards. Oh, and 3-4-3 with Spurs? Is now a thing. Kiss the midfield goodbye, Dier.
Verts twisted an ankle, it seems. Wimmer, you got next
Hull City 3- 1 AFC Bournemouth
Bournemouth started brightly, but I wasn't fooled. I know that the cherries can't defend for toffee. Also Silva won his first match with Hull against the Swans. He lost to Mourinho, but that's a hospital pass, you know? So I did expect Hull to put on a good showing. I think I should be a pundit, don't you?
Hull roared back. I wish English pundits would have a cup of shut the hell up though. I mean, Silva is an experienced coach who's worked with solid teams. Didn't you think that he'd have a plan against the cherries porous defence (they must miss Ake, eh?)
Also, Hull aren't a bad side. They are just... ravaged by injuries
Swansea City 0- 4 Arsenal
Giroud is on fire. If Arsenal don't want to pay Sanchez the exorbitant fees he's wanting, Giroud can do a job, no?
Swansea had a good twenty minutes and then they just fell apart. I expected better from Siggy (not pictured), NGL
Ki Sung Yeung got booked for diving even though he got fouled
Sanchez threw a strop because he got called off the pitch early
Iwobe's celebration for his goal!
Leicester City 0 -3 Chelsea
Alonso scored a brace. Costa who?
Leicester seems not to be bothered. If it's not Champions League, they don't care
la liga
Barcelona 5 - 0 Las Palmas
I'm trying to read the match report but it won't come up on my phone? So let's just say that Barcelona is back to business
Messi isn't my steeze, but I've always found his profile okay to look at. He's gotten rid of the blonde, too. Amaze
Striking photo
Atletico Madrid 1- 0 Real Betis
A narrow win! But three points are three points!
Three points! ATM are forth in the table. RM lead the pack with 40 points
serie a
ligue 1
Rennes 0 -1 Paris Saint Germain
Scoring in your new league, like...
OP: Done! Sorry for this post going up so early, but I have a hike tomorrow. Anyway, cheers, jeers, corrections and commentary pushback, you know the drill! I'm for bed now, good night! If I've missed some tags, please fill in the rest of 'em.