English Premier League Highlights 28 to 29 August

 Scores

Manchester City 5 Arsenal 0
Aston Villa 1 Brentford 1
Everton 2 Brighton & Hove Albion 0
Southampton 2 Newcastle United 2
Leicester City 2 Norwich City 1
West Ham United 2 Crystal Palace 2
Liverpool 1 Chelsea 1
Burnley 1 Leeds United 1
Tottenham Hotspur 1 Watford 0
Manchester United 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0

Notable Goals
  • Ferran Torres, Manchester City - 21 year old winger Ferran Torres scored his first two goals (2) for Manchester city this season in City's 5-0 rout of Arsenal on Saturday. Torres scored 7 goals during the 2020-21 Premier League campaign, his first with City after previously playing for Valencia (Spain).
  • Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Everton - Calvert-Lewin made it goals in three straight matches (3) as Everton knocked off previously unbeaten Brighton & Hove Albion. Calvert-Lewin, 24, scored 16 goals for Everton during the 2020-21 season.
  • Callum Wilson, Newcastle United - Wilson, now in his second season with Newcastle United, scored his second goal of the season in Newcastle's 2-2 draw with Southampton. Wilson scored 12 goals in 26 matches in his first season with the club. He scored 14 goals during the 2018-19 season for AFC Bournemouth.
  • Jamie Vardy, Leicester City - The 34 year-old Vardy is looking to make it seven straight seasons with double-digit Premier League goals for Leicester City. He's now got two in Leicester City's first three matches. 
  • Michail Antonio, West Ham United - Antonio, 31, is coming off of back-to-back 10 goal seasons for West Ham, but with goals in all three matches (4), he finds himself atop the EPL scoring table three matches into the season. Antonio, notably, has never played a match for England.
  • Conor Gallagher, Crystal Palace - The 21 year-old Gallagher, on loan from Chelsea, scored his first two goals for Crystal Palace in their 2-2 draw with West Ham United on Saturday. Gallagher equaled his scoring output from last season where he spent the season on loan to West Bromwich Albion. 
  • Mohamed Salah, Liverpool - With a converted penalty against Chelsea (2), Salah now has 97 Premier League goals for Liverpool. 
  • Son Heung-Min, Tottenham Hotspur - Son scored his second goal of the season as Tottenham are now the last perfect team in EPL on the strength of three 1-0 victories.
  • Mason Greenwood, Manchester United - The teenaged Greenwood continues his hot start to the 2021-22 campaign with goal in all three United matches (3).

Clean Sheets
  • Ederson, Manchester City vs Arsenal - (2)
  • Jordan Pickford, Everton vs Brighton & Hove Albion - (1)
  • Hugo Lloris, Tottenham Hotspur vs Watford (3)
  • David de Gea, Manchester United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers (1)

Top 4 (Champions League)

1. Tottenham Hotspur
2. West Ham United
3. Manchester United
4. Chelsea


Bottom 3 (Relegation)

20. Arsenal
19. Norwich City
18. Wolverhampton Wanderers

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