The Premier League got flipped on its head on Saturday. Leicester City are now top, thanks to losses by Arsenal and Manchester City. Manchester United got an away win thanks to a late own goal. Chelsea actually won. Bournemouth scored goals away from home and got a point. Everything is very strange.
Premier League Saturday dominated by Roberto Firmino and Troy Deeney’s butt
This league is very weird and fun.
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Except Aston Villa getting dump trucked. That wasn’t strange at all.
Saturday’s scores
Watford FC 1-2 Manchester United
Chelsea 1-0 Norwich City
Everton 4-0 Aston Villa
Newcastle United 0-3 Leicester City
Southampton 0-1 Stoke City
Swansea City 2-2 AFC Bournemouth
West Bromwich Albion 2-1 Arsenal
Manchester City 1-4 Liverpool
MVP of the week: Troy Deeney’s butt
Troy Deeney has a big butt, and it does wonderful things. It makes him one of the best hold-up strikers in the Premier League. Central defenders are utterly baffled about how to get around it. It is glorious.
It also helps Bastian Schweinsteiger score game-winning goals.
Troy Deeney’s butt gets it done on both ends of the pitch.
Y’all, Aston Villa are bad
Our Villains blog is super, super done.
It’s halftime! That means we don’t have to watch Villa for a while! YAYYYY
— 7500 To Holte (@7500toHolte) November 21, 2015 Next Thursday, when we go around the table and say what we’re thankful for, I’m going to say "That I’m not watching Aston Villa."
— 7500 To Holte (@7500toHolte) November 21, 2015 You know, at least we could say "Well, the differential isn’t atrocious" before today. Now even that is gone.
— 7500 To Holte (@7500toHolte) November 21, 2015 Find a local Villa supporter and give them a hug.
Jamie Vardy is unstoppable
Not only did he tie Ruud van Nistelrooy’s record for consecutive games with a goal by 10, but this was the goal. Look at this goal!
That looks like some Cristiano Ronaldo stuff.
Oh no, Santi. Noooooo.
Arsenal won a penalty that gave them a chance to get back into the game late against West Brom. Santi Cazorla slipped and put it into outer space. Arsenal fans took this very well.
what the SHIT was that, Santi, my lord, he put it over the bar
— The Short Fuse (@TheShortFuse) November 21, 2015 Santi has been bad this year, that was poo icing on his poo cake
— The Short Fuse (@TheShortFuse) November 21, 2015 would call for Santi to be benched forever, but he and Flamini are our last remaining CMs
— The Short Fuse (@TheShortFuse) November 21, 2015 sorry i can't really see clearly through the veil of tears
— The Short Fuse (@TheShortFuse) November 21, 2015 Everton are young, fun, and they might be really good
Mad to think, Everton's best players aren't even in their prime yet and will have numerous EPL games under their belt when they are.
— Royal Blue Mersey (@RBMersey) November 21, 2015 Imagine Everton turned up and played like that every week, they've got the ability to do it. No doubt.
— Royal Blue Mersey (@RBMersey) November 21, 2015 This game was very much over after a sumptuous first half from Everton. Still, no slacking off in the second half has been a delight.
— Royal Blue Mersey (@RBMersey) November 21, 2015 As bad as Aston Villa were, a big part of the beatdown they suffered had to do with Everton being fantastic. Ross Barkley, Gerard Deulofeu, Romelu Lukaku and John Stones were all spectacular. They’re all 22 or younger.
Roberto Firmino has arrived
Look at the pass on Coutinho’s first goal!
Liverpool fans have been waiting to see that from Firmino for a while. He went on to add a tap-in goal of his own a few minutes later. If he’s finally hitting top form, then Liverpool are going to be able to challenge for a Champions League place.
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