LONDON – Fans of Premier League challengers Liverpool and Tottenham have been waiting since March to watch their victory from the stands.
They were disappointed.
Spurs enthusiasts, until 2000 under the restrictions of the coronavirus and not outdoor enthusiasts, won a 2-0 victory over North London’s rival Arsenal, Tottenham’s first home game since enthusiasts were able to return to stadiums in England.
Liverpool’s 2,000 fans at Anfield have broadcast the first version of “You’ll Never Walk Alone” at the stadium since the pandemic interrupted last season in March. Liverpool responded with a 4-0 win over Wolverhampton in the point-to-point lead to the Tottenham league.
EPINIERS IN CONTROL
The reliable duo of Harry Kane and Son Heung-min followed in the back when Tottenham beat his former rival and remained on the board’s most sensible as they continued with what would be the club’s first English league name since 1961.
Kane first played Son to score with a long, curly shot, then the 28-year-old South Korean helped Kane score from close range just before the end of the first half.
“We just feel good. We’re at an age where we’d probably be at our peak in terms of game understanding, mutual understanding,” Kane, 27, told Sky Sports. He and Son combined for 12 goals in the season.
ANFIELD CELEBRATES
Liverpool enthusiasts missed the official birthday party when their club finished their long wait for the name last season, but they had a lot to smile about in a direct win over the Wolves.
There was a purpose for Mohamed Salah after the Egyptian showed a clever to grab the Wolves’ defense ball, Conor Coady, and then an impressive shot by Georginio Wijnaldum. the first of the defense in 14 months. The opposite purpose of Nelson Semedo’s appearance completely extinguished the Wolves’ last hopes of returning.
It is Liverpool’s biggest margin of victory in the EPL since defeating Crystal Palace 4-0 in June, and fit long before Diogo Jota, a key Liverpool striker since his arrival from the Wolves, left the bench at 73 to face his former club.
VARDY WINNER
Jamie Vardy scored the purpose of the win in the minute when Leicester remained in the Champions League standings with a 2–1 win over Sheffield United.
Vardy’s purpose meant the end of a four-match winning streak in all competitions for Leicester. Sheffield has a point in his first 11 league games this season.
It is the worst start to the season of any team in the history of the PLA and a dramatic contrast to last season, when Sheffield, ascended through Chris Wilder, a wonderful pillar in the most sensitive part of the table and challenged the clubs established by a position in European competition.
ZAHA BACK IN STYLE
Fans returned when Crystal Palace won 5-1 at West Bromwich Albion (Hawthorns Stadium is on a domain issue for stricter coronavirus restrictions), but Wilfried Zaha has triumphantly returned from his own encounter with the virus.
Zaha scored twice for Palace in his first game since recovering from the coronavirus, and Christian Benteke also scored two. A one-sided game after a red card for Matheus Pereira of West Brom in the 34th minute after appearing to catch an opponent in the abdomen with his boot.
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