Tottenham opened a weekend of Premier League football with a 4-0 win over Watford. Dele Alli and Heung-Min Son ran the show and were involved in every single goal, whether it was scoring themselves, assisting the goals or being part of the successful attacks. Some more good news for Spurs was the return of Harry Kane as a substitute after being out for nearly a month. Kane had a shot cleared off the line and and a free-kick which rattled off the bar, but with the talent he has I’m sure he’ll get back to scoring ways soon. Despite early promises, it was a rare off day for Watford, but Spurs were absolutely brilliant and their young players shone in a good team.
Also, West Ham beat Swansea in a vital victory for the club. Cheikhou Kouyate scored an absolutely wonderful 25-yard strike just before half-time and the Hammers could have got more if it wasn’t for Lukasz Fabianski’s saves. Captain Mark Noble said it was the biggest West Ham win in years and his words were echoed by manager Slaven Bilic. Swansea are now in more trouble at the bottom of the table, but West Ham look like they’re on the up from now.
Moving on, Liverpool beat Stoke 2-1. Stoke went ahead first through a Jon Walters header, and they were on track to pull off a shock victory. However, Klopp brought on Coutinho and Firmino at half-time and they both scored to win the game for Liverpool. The victory was a relief for The Reds and brings them closer to a top four finish.
Lastly, Everton won against Leicester in a six goal thriller. In the first ten minutes it was 2-1 to Leicester after they came back from Davies’ 30 second strike. Goals followed from Lukaku (2) and Jagielka. Leicester’s weakened line up helped Everton, but it was an understandable change from Shakespeare because they don’t want their players to get injured before their big clash with Atletico Madrid on Wednesday.