Premier League: Week 12 saw Manchester United dominating Tottenham, Liverpool’s revival, Chelsea’s inconsistent spell
Week 12 of the Premier League saw a series of capricious results as Brighton clashed with Nottingham Forest, Crystal Palace went head to head with Wolves, Bournemouth vs Southampton, Jurgen Klaup’s Liverpool battled it out against David Moyes’s West Ham, Brentford vs Chelsea, Newcastle vs Everton.
The fixture also saw Premier league giants, Manchester United locking horns with counterpart, Tottenham, Fulham matching up against Aston Villa, and Leicester City clash with Leeds United. The most anticipated match between the league’s top two teams, Manchester City and Arsenal was postponed due to security reasons.
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The first fixture of week 12 was an inconclusive one as Brighton failed to find the net despite having 7 shots on target, whereas Nottingham Forest could only defend the seagulls as they only had 29% of ball possession throughout the match as the match concluded in the nil-nil tie. Brentford vs Chelsea also followed suit as Cesar Azpilicueta and company failed to find precision in the attacking third and the match concluded in a 0-0 tie.
Crystal Palace’s clash with the Wolves saw a comeback from the home side after the Wolves drew first after which Crystal Palace returned with a better mentality in the second half and scored 2 goals as the match ended in the favor of Palace in a 2-1 win over Wolves. Bournemouth and Southhampton was an underwhelming match as the home side felt the dent in their confidence in the starting minutes of the game and the match resulted in a 1-0 win for Southampton over Bournemouth.
Finally, Liverpool was seen slowly moving toward consistency as the home side was able to get away with a win against West Ham in their fixture which resulted in a 1-0 win over West Ham. Whereas, Chelsea failed to find any clinical mentality as they couldn’t find the net in their fixture against Brentford as the match ended in a nill-nill tie.
The most anticipated match of the week between premier league giants, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspurs ended in a surprising win for the home side as the Red Devils dominated the game and incessantly asked questions from Spurs’ Goalkeeper as well as defense which led to the match ending in a 2-0 win for Manchester United over Tottenham.
Whereas, Newcastle were able to sneak past Everton as the match resulted in Newcastle favor after scoring one goal in the first half. Similarly, Fullham’s clash with Aston Villa was a spectacle of dominance by Fullham over Aston Villa as the match resulted in 3-0 win for Fullham.
Leicester City’s inconsistent performance continued as they were able to clench a victory against Leeds United by scoring 2 goals. The match up between the fox’s and Leeds ended in a 2-0 victory for Leicester City.
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