Barclays Premier League 2014-2015 Manchester United vs. Tottenham Hotspur

This was a good game between Manchester United and Tottenham. There were many great plays. The 1st good play came in minute 19. Juan Mata made a pass to Radamel Falcao whose shot was saved by Hugo Lloris. Two minutes later Harry Kane made a pass to Andres Townsend and De Gea saved his left-footed shot. Only 1 minute later Juan Mata took a free kick that deflected off the post. Robin Van Persie rebounded but a last minute clearance by Vlad Chiriches caused Tottenam to preserve their tie. You'd already know by now that this was a game with any chances. In minute 39 Van Persie receives a through ball from Michael Carrick, fakes a shot against Lloris, but the French keeper put a stop to his shot and then cleared the ball. Then in inute 45 Lloris is just able to tip out a far-range shot from Ashley Young. After that Manchester United started getting sloppy. They couldn't put any more shots in and the game ended that way. My man of the match is Hugo Lloris. Thanks to his outstanding goalkeeping Manchester United didn't win and Tottenham picked up a point. This was a very weird game; so many chances, yet it ended in a scoreless draw.  

Barclays Premier League 2014-2015 Southampton vs. Chelsea

This was a well-fought game. Chelsea, who had gone on a 5 game winning streak since their defeat to Newcastle, takes on Southampton, an underdog team that is in 4th place. The game started off in minute 8 when Fabregas takes a corner. Fraser Forster feels comfortable jumping up to punch it out but fails. John Terry tries to reach Forster's height but the ball hits the wrong side of his head and the abll goes backwards. Then in minute 17 Dusan Tadic gives a high through ball to Sadio Mané. Mané runs down the center and then comfortably chips it over Thibaut Courtois to score the 1st goal. That was a good goal, well-played-out and strong. The lead didn't last too long, though, as Chelsea got a last minute 1st half equalizer. Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin fouls Diego Costa but he stays strong and passes to Fabregas. Fabregas chips it to Eden Hazard, who evades 3 defenders and takes a shot past Fraser Forster. In minute 55 a common thing happened for Chelsea. Fabregas got booked for diving. Chelsea is known for flopping. Nemanja Matic, Diego Costa, Willian, and now Fabregas have all gotten yellows for diving. It was a clear flop, so the referee did a good job. In minute 87 Schneiderlin gets ssent of for a 2nd yellow card and Southampton lost hope off a victory. The game ended 1-1. My man of the match was Hazard. He scored 1 goal, and dominated the mifield. He traumatized the Southampton defense with exellent passes and dribbles and was a key player in this hard-fought tie.    

Barclays Premier League 2014-2015 Chelsea vs. Stoke City

This was an interesting game between Chelsea and Stoke City. The game started out in minute 2 when Fabregas takes a corner. After moving around in the area John Terry gets something on it and scores to the left corner. That was Terry's 1st goal of the season. After playing for many years in Chelsea, the whole squad knows that he is the best on the team for that; pushing his way through the box and scoring headers. The next goal came in minute 78. Willian was running down the sideline and then passed it to John Obi-Mikel. Mikel ran around a midfielder and passed to Eden Hazard. Hazard played it out to Fabregas who does a fake shot then slips it past Asmir Begovic. That's how the game ended. My man of the match was Fabregas. Assisting 1 and scoring one, Fabregas added another of each to his 14 assists and 1 goal.

Barclays Premier League 2014-2015 Arsenal vs. Newcastle United

Arsenal and Newcastle, 2 teams that are 6th and 8th place so far, face off. Newcastle had gotten a lot of public media interest for being the 1st team to beat Chelsea since March and were looking forward to continuing their winning streak. The game started off in minute 15 as Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain intercepts a pass. The ball goes right to French striker Olivier Giroud who passes it to Alexis Sanchez, on the left wing. Giroud calls for the return and Sanchez displays a great cross back to the Frenchman and he heads it in. It was a well-set-up play. Newcastle almost scored the equalizer, when Jack Colback takes a free kick that is headed by defender Michael Williamson. Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny makes a very nice save and the ball rebounds to Papiss Cisse, only for his shot to be denied by Szczesny agin before it is cleared.   The next goal came in minute 54, as Santi Cazorla makes  a pass to Sanchez on the left. Sanchez makes a nice defence-splitting pass back to Cazorla, who evades Fabricio Coloccini's tackle and chips it over Jak Alnwick. Not only 4 minutes later, Oxlade-Chamberlain is running up the middle before making a pass to Hector Bellerin. Bellerin crosses the ball to Giroud right near the right post, who chips it way over Alnwick. Newcastle come back in minute 63, when Colback wins a free kick just outside the area. He crosses it to Ayoze Perez at chest-level, and Perez heads it into the far post. The last goal came in minute 88 when Cazorla gives a through ball to Danny Welbeck. While Welbeck gets it, Paul Dummett shoves him to the ground. Cazorla takes the penalty, chips it to the center, and Arsenal wins 4-1.  
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Barclays Premier League 2014-2015 Manchester United vs. Liverpool

This was a very good game between two good teams: Manchester United vs. Liverpool. Although Liverpool had a very bad start this season, their team consists of very good players, who can't seem to find the net too often. As for Manchester United, they also had a bad start but now are 3rd place in the league and have a 4-game winning streak. The game started out in minute 12, when Ecuadorian midfielder Antonio Valencia nutmegs Joe Allen and sends a pass to Wayne Rooney, who shoots into the left corner, as goalkeeper Brad Jones dives to the right. Manchester United continued with a goal in minute 40. Ashley Young makes a cross intended for Robin Van Persie and Van Persie heads it off-target but Juan Mata with perfect positioning heads it in at the last second doubling the lead for the Red Devils. Liverpool almost scored one though, as a faulty pass from John Evans leads Raheem Sterling to a one-on-one with David De Gea. De Gea saves it, as he doesn't fall for Sterling's trick. Liverpool gets another golden chance in minute 68. Philippe Coutinho makes a very nice through ball to Sterling. Sterling avoids a slide tackle by Phil Jones before turning around and passing to Italian Mario Balotelli. Balotelli had just been fined by FA for posting a racist and anti-Semitic post on Instagram. He was signed by Liverpool this summer for 16 million pounds and was still looking forward to his 1st premier league goal. Unfortunately for him, De Gea was in goal. He dived high to the right, tipped the ball off a bit, and the ball cannoned off the crossbar. The third goal was defined in minute 71 when John Evans takes the ball away from Kolo Toure and passes it to Mata. Mata runs down the field and then passes to Rooney on the left wing. Rooney's cross to Van Persie is intercepted and poorly cleared by Dejan Lovren. Mata receives the ball again, passes to Van Persie, and Van Persie scores with an "open" half-goal as Brad Jones wasn't expecting that change of play. That is how the game ended. My man of the match was David De Gea. He had 8 fabulous saves, and if it wasn't for his skill Manchester United probably would've lost.
 

Barclays Premier League 2014-2015 Chelsea vs. Hull City

This game is an interesting game. Chelsea, after ending their 14 game unbeaten run with 2-1 defeat to Newcastle, take on Hull City, who have not won a game in 9 matches. The game started off in minute 7 when John Obi-Mikel takes the ball from Hull City midfielder Sone Aluko and then passes it to Nemanja Matic. I thought that it was a foul because Mikel used his hand to push Aluko down to the ground. Anyway, Matic plays it wide to Brazilian midfielder Oscar on the left. Oscar jukes past Hull City defender James Chester and delivers a beautiful cross for Eden Hazard who heads home to the left side. Chelsea was dominating in the game by possession and shots on target. Then in minute 60 just as Filipe Luis was about to shoot from a bit outside the area, Tom Huddlestone puts in a very strong tackle. This was a very risky move, since he already had been given a booking 45 minutes earlier. He bent Luis' ankle and got sent off immediately. Not just 2 yellows, but a yellow and then a direct red. After that the game was practically Chelsea's. Hull City manager Steve Bruce adjusted the formation so that the Tigers were missing a defender, not a midfielder. But Chelsea kept putting the pressure in, and finally a goal came in minute 68. It all started with a corner, as Willian makes the short pass to Hazard. Hazard's cross is cleared by David Meyler, but Hazard recuperates from midfield. He runs all the way down and passes to Branislav Ivanovic and looks for the return. Ivanovic lets all the players keep running before making a perfectly-placed heel pass back to Hazard. Hazard makes a through ball to Spanish attacker Diego Costa, and he scores his 12th goal of the season, 2nd in the league behind Sergio Aguero. The game ended that way. My man of the match is Eden Hazard. He scored the opener with a beautiful header, and later assisted one to Diego Costa. He was very involved in plays, replacing the suspended Cesc Fabregas.    
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