Talking points from the Premier League weekend
canada goose MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) Premier League leaders Manchester City canada goose outlet montreal won their derby with United 3 1, while Liverpool kept pace with a home win over Fulham. Chelsea and Arsenal were held to home draws. canada goose
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DERBY SHOWED REALITY OF MANCHESTER DIVIDE This should be a golden age for football in Manchester. Champions and Premier League leaders City are playing stylish and attacking winning football but only half of the city in the northwest is buzzing. The neutral can only wonder how glorious the derbies would be if United were also in the title race with the kind of team Alex Ferguson produced for over 20 years.
Sunday 3 1 win for City flattered a United team who were outclassed in every department. Jose Mourinho side managed just one canada goose premium outlet shot on target and that was the penalty converted by Anthony Martial.
After the game Jose Mourinho canada goose outlet buffalo said: way people who don understand football analyse it is with stats. I don go for stats arguing that his team were in the game until the third goal four minutes from the end.
Perhaps he had a point the passing stats (City had 740 to United 380) don reflect the reality that one goal from United in the 80th minute could have undone all the great football from Guardiola team.
But there was never really a feeling inside the ground that such an outcome was likely. United were better than Southampton and canada goose outlet in toronto Shkhtar Donetsk, who both had six put past them at the Etihad in the previous week but were nowhere near as competitive canada goose outlet store montreal against Guardiola men as Liverpool have been in recent encounters.
The stat that tells the real story of the divide in Manchester is the 12 point gap between City https://www.canadagooseoutlete.com and United. Mourinho side canada goose outlet are eighth in the table and the table doesn lie. The derby was a decent effort from an eighth placed team playing the champions.
The derby and the Premier League as a whole need canada goose factory outlet a strong United again.
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United Juan Mata was furious, no doubt believing Sterling was being Guardiola also had strong words with his winger although his concern, judging from his post match comments, was that keeping possession would have been a better way to run down the clock.
canadian goose jacket But there is nothing wrong with a bit of gloating at the end of a derby win. City fans loved it, United supporters would have hated it just what you expect from a derby. canadian goose jacket
uk canada goose outlet Would United legend George Best have been capable of the same? He surely would. But he would have also known there was a risk of his legs being roughly swept away from him by an irate defender. uk canada goose outlet
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Everton must surely have been tempted to focus on Chelsea brilliant Belgian Eden Hazard but it was revealing that their tactical approach canada goose outlet mississauga instead targeted Brazilian deep midfielder Jorginho.
The summer signing from Napoli is the key to Chelsea passing game and by pressing him hard, Everton were able to disrupt Chelsea normal game.
It was reminiscent of the way some teams took on Carlo Ancelotti great Milan side of the early 2000 targeting not the obvious flair of Kaka but the influential passing of Andrea Pirlo.
WILSON CALL UP A WELCOME SIGN FROM SOUTHGATE
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Watford Troy Deeney, one of those overlooked, had raised the question of whether you had more of a chance being a fringe player at a big club than a regular with a less fashionable team.
So the call up of Bournemouth striker Callum Wilson is a welcome sign that Southgate has an open mind. The forward is 26 and worked his way up from League One with Coventry City and loan spells with Kettering and Tamworth to prove himself in the top flight. His case offers hope for many others.
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Television companies demand and receive interviews with players minutes after the final whistle and viewers often groan at the cliched and dull responses that are so often the result.
Austin words were passionate and showed the kind of commitment that fans rightly expect. His interview was also great television and didn cross the line into nasty abuse of the official.