SPORTS: EPL: No bags of tricks in the second week

Adekanmbi Ademola




The English Premier League  resumed  for the second  week after a round of fixtures which generated optimism for the coming week. The new boys once again found  themselves in the same boat they were in the last round of fixtures.
Cardiff City played a goaless draw against Newcastle United  in an eye-opener which served as a game of Redemption for Cardiff despite Newcastle's Isaac Hayden being sent off in the 66th minute.

 Cardiff City and Newcastle earned their first point at the end of the match.


Everton were favourites to beat Southampton when the game kicked off and it took Theo Walcott only fifteen minutes to put Everton ahead before Richarlison made it two before half-time.  Newly signed Danny Ings pulled one back for southampton but was not enough to demoralise Everton as they went on to win the game 2-1



No bag of tricks for  wolverhampton wanderers and Fulham as they  were taught the art of magic  without tutorials  when they visited their hosts, Leicester City and  Tottenham Hotspur Respectively.

Leicester City beat Wolves by two goals despite being reduced  ten men after Jamie Vardy was sent off for a rough tackle on the wolves defender who did not pose a threat whatsoever to leicester's lead.



Tottenham survived an initial scare after Mitrovic of fulham cancelled out Lucas Moura's goal  as Tottenham found themselves running back and  forth to defend against Fulham's pacy attack. The tides turned in Tottenham's favour when Kieran Trippier scored a stunning freekick before Harry Kane Sealed  the win from close range for the men in white.



Elsewhere,West Ham United  lost to Bournemouth by two goals to one, giving Manuel Pellegrini, West Ham's Manager, a very depressing week as his team stumbles after making commendable recruitments to the team.




There were no surprises either as Chelsea beat Arsenal by three goals to two. A goal from Pedro in the ninth minute and another by Morata in the twentieth minute sent chelsea fans on a full grown excitement but was short-lived  when Mhkitaryan and Iwobi scored in a space of five minutes to bring Arsenal  level with Chelsea.

The Chelsea loyalists would have the last laugh when substitute, Eden Harzard played a low pass to Marcus Alonso who effortlessly put the ball between the legs of Peter Cech in the Arsenal goal with 10 minutes to go.





The Teams which were expected to win came out on top on saturday which begs the question if truly the concept believed to be the "Bag of Tricks" truly exist.

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