Tottenham 2-2 Manchester United
Super Sunday started off with a mouth watering clash as both Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur were looking to bounce back from disappointing results last weekend. A win was needed by both sides and they gave it a good go. It was Spurs who opened the scoring in the 18th minute as Kyle Walker cleverly blasted the ball under the jumping United wall from a free-kick after Paulinho had been fouled by Jonny Evans. It was then the turn of United’s man in form, Wayne Rooney, who poked home the equaliser in the 32nd minute after Walker made a complete mess of Phil Jones’ clearance and allowed the ball to drop at the feet of the striker. The teams went in level at the break and the match was poised for a tight second-half affair. No one would have expected Spurs second goal scorer but a moment of pure brilliance saw Sandro smash the ball into the top right corner of the United net and send the White Hart Lane faithful into raptures. Moussa Dembele was credited with the assist but it required a mazy run from Sandro to produce some space for the shot. The lead, however, was short lived as Danny Welbeck was brought down in the area by Hugo Lloris and a penalty was awarded. Up stepped Rooney again to get his second of the game and keep up his brilliant run of performances. That was how the scores remained, neither side happy with the result but a pulsating affair which could have gone either way.
Bonus Points: Rooney (3); Walker (2) Sandro (2) Dembele (2)
Hull City 3-1 Liverpool
With the news that Daniel Sturridge is out for between 6-8 weeks, the mood in the Liverpool camp was a bit sombre prior to kick off, and their day did not improve from there. An absolute shambles of a performance saw them slump to their second away defeat. Credit must be given to Hull however as the tactics of Steve Bruce were spot on. Jake Livermore opened the scoring with an ambitious effort that looped in over Simon Mignolet in the 20th minute, with David Meyler being credited with the assist. Liverpool then bounced back seven minutes later with a well worked free kick that saw Steven Gerrard curve the ball into the bottom of the Hull net. With 18mins to go, The KC Stadium went into overdrive as Meyler turned into goal scorer to notch his first goal for the Tigers. Insult was then added to injury in the 87th minute as a Tom Huddlestone shot which was clearly going wide was turned into the net by Martin Skrtel and confirmed the three points for Hull. Those fantasy managers that captained Luis Suarez would not have been happy.
Bonus Points: Meyler (3); Gerrard (2); Livermore (1)
Chelsea 3-1 Southampton
What a crazy start to this one as Southampton opened the scoring after just 13 seconds of play. It was Jay Rodriguez who latched onto a loose pass from Michael Essien to slot home past Petr Cech. A forced change then saw the injured Oscar replaced by Frank Lampard just before the half time break. Second half and it was up to two Chelsea defenders to get them on top of this game. On 55mins, Chelsea equalised through a close range headed finish by Gary Cahill after a scramble in the box, which saw Demba Ba hit the post and the rebound put in by the defender. In the scramble, Saint’s keeper Artur Boruc suffered a dislocated finger and had to be withdrawn, being replaced by Paolo Gazzaniga. Seven minutes later, a Juan Mata cross was headed home by John Terry to put the Blues into the lead, which they didn’t surrender. The game and three points were then sealed in the last minute as Demba Ba scored his first goal of the season after striking home Ramires’ ball into the box. The result takes Mourinho’s men into second place, four points behind Arsenal, though many fantasy managers will be more concerned about the injuries to Oscar and Boruc.
Bonus Points: Terry (3); Ba (3); Mata (1); Rodriguez (1)
Manchester City 3-0 Swansea
Alvero Negredo got things up and running in the 8th minute as he converted a free kick to give City the lead. That was how the score remained going into the break, although Jonathan De Guzman had a fantastic opportunity to level things up. From then onwards it was plain sailing for City and they got their second and third through Samir Nasri, rewarding fantasy managers who held onto him. The first coming from an assist from Yaya Toure and then the second to wrap up the game was provided by Pablo Zabaleta in the 77th minute. For once fantasy managers were left utterly disappointed as Sergio Aguero’s only telling contribution to fantasy managers was to pick up a yellow card.
Bonus Points: Nasri (3) ; Zabaleta (2); Yaya Toure (1)
This article was written by Migs
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Nice summary of the day !
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Cheers Migs!
Guys what happened to Oscar will he be fit to play Sunderland.
That’s what I’ve been asking. Looking to replace him with Wally. Might be a risk since Wally only played 1 minute last game. Think it’s a build up proces though and maybe because there is a tuesday game ahead. Hoping he will get more time.
I think Oscar got a knock. DOn’t know how serious though.
To be precise he played 6 minutes… but the fpl site doesn’t count injury time…. 😉 And he got an assist in that amount of time! I got him so I’m also hoping he gets more time…
And yeah oscar is injured but we don’t know how serious it is. I doubt he’ll play the next two atleast. Mata is his replacement so with their nice fixtures you could also have a look at him…
Shit, seems everybody is talking on a different article. >.<
Yo Blue. Nice to me, yes!!!!!!!!! Finally someone that’s happy to see me. :thumbup:
Anyway got a nice score?
Aaah btw, got Oscar injury update. This is what he tweeted to social media:
“Very happy with the win and everything is all right with me #ComeOnChelsea”
Raz – crap score mate, 57 this week, but could have been worse. I had Zabaleta and Nasri! Putting the finishing touches to the grave in which Benteke will be buried. Nice work with your haul this week!
I’m giving thought to bringing Hazard in this week. What do you think mate? Nervous about rotation given he played 90 minutes.
Hazard is too inconsistent for my liking. Plus, I don’t like the geezer. Literally, can’t stand him. Only have that with a few players, it’s the body language, everything. Annoying dwarf.
Unsure what I will do, I know Wally (when fit and playing) will be an FPL must. However, he didn’t get as much playing time as I guessed he would. Wenger might bring him back slowly. If I do pick him I hope he plays more tuesday, he’s a beast.
Raz – cheers mate
Guys good news on Oscar:
http://m.101greatgoals.com/blog/chelseas-brazilian-star-oscar-posts-a-positive-injury-update-on-instagram/
Points down. 😉
BORUC NEWS!
@SimonPeach: Boruc will be out until mid-January with the issue. Davis also injured, so looks as if @PauloGazza25 will start for #SaintsFC against #AVFC.
Simon Peach is with the press association for London and the South Coast.
interesting.
gazzaniga plus davis would be a seriously low cost keeper team…!
Oscar update. Injury not serious according to himself:
“Very happy with the win and everything is all right with me #ComeOnChelsea”
Hmm I wonder If he’ll be risked with Chelsea’s easier fixture(s).
Wondering same. He’s Mou’s fav pet though. Not taking a hit for the transfer so maybe bringing in Wally now makes sense? What you think?
I think Wally is a bit of a risk… I brought him in last week for Ozil which didn’t turn out so well. If he gets the game time tho then I see him playing really well. And like you said there is more chance of him getting that game time considering the tuesday fixture…
Chelsea have great fixtures so having some coverage is essential. I have Lampard, Oscar and Cahill….
So I’m not really sure mate, sorry :/
Your gonna have to decide for yourself unfortunately.
Hmmm, could go for superdwarf Hazard. But don’t like the geezer. >.<
Aaarghh……… always when I get Hazard he does nothing.
And at the moment I have Oscar/Terry for Chelsea coverage.
So if Oscars fine, are you still looking to get Wally in?
Hmmm, depends PvR. If Mou says he’ll play I”ll probably keep him and keep my FT. But Mou could take a precautionary move and not risk a more serious injury. Unsure what is up. We’ll see. Wait and see, just 2 more days till next game now. >.<
Now off. Cya.