Barclays Premier League Thread

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Premier League - Team of the Week 3


Darlow (Newcastle)



Cash - Mings (Aston Villa) - Bednarek (Southampton) - Masuaku (West Ham)



Mount (Chelsea) - McGinn - Hourihane (Aston Villa) - March (Brighton)



Robinson (West Bromwich) - Vardy (Leicester)

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The ties will be played on the week commencing 21 December 2020.

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Premier League - Team of the Week 4


Darlow (Newcastle)



Aurier (Tottenham) - Cresswell (West Ham) - Zouma - Chilwell (Chelsea)



Rodriguez (Everton) - Jorginho (Chelsea) - McGinn - Grealish (Aston Villa)



Watkins (Aston Villa) - Kane (Tottenham)

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Man City's best Premier League XI


Hart



Zabaleta - Kompany - Laporte - Kolarov



Toure - Fernandinho - Silva



De Bruyne - Aguero - Sterling

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Calvert-Lewin claims Player of the Month award

Dominic Calvert-Lewin has added to a dream start to the season by being named the EA SPORTS Player of the Month for September.

The striker's 5 goals in the month helped Everton win their opening 3 matches of a Premier League season for the first time since 1993-1994.

As a result, he earned his first call-up to the senior England squad and marked his debut with the opening goal in a 3-0 win over Wales on Thursday.

Calvert-Lewin kicked off September with a headed winner at Tottenham Hotspur on the opening weekend, before scoring his first Premier League hat-trick in a 5-2 victory over West Bromwich Albion and rounding off the month with another goal at Crystal Palace.

The 23-year-old wins the award for the first time and is the first Everton player to claim the prize since Romelu Lukaku in March 2017.

Ancelotti earns Manager of the Month award



Carlo Ancelotti has been named the Barclays Manager of the Month for September.

Ancelotti claims the prize after leading Everton to a 100% start with victories over Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion and Crystal Palace in the month.

It is the fifth time the 61-year-old has won the award and his first since April 2011. His other 4 came at Chelsea.

With Dominic Calvert-Lewin earning September's EA SPORTS Player of the Month prize, this is the first time Everton have claimed an awards double since defender Phil Jagielka and manager David Moyes topped the shortlists in February 2009.

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Saint-Maximin signs new 6-year deal



Allan Saint-Maximin has signed a new 6-year deal at Newcastle.

The French winger signed an initial 6-year deal when he signed for £16 million from Nice last summer, but has now agreed on an additional year and bumper pay rise.

The new deal will keep him contracted to Newcastle until 2026 and brings him in line with the club's top earners.

The 23-year-old quickly established himself as a fan favourite last season. His direct, attacking style of play led to 4 goals in 30 appearances.

He has continued in a similar vein this season and scored one and provided an assist in the 3-1 win against Burnley in Newcastle's last match.

His value to the side is clear, Newcastle have won 12 of the 26 Premier League games Saint-Maximin has started, but only one of the 16 where he wasn't in the starting XI.




https://www.fullmatchesandshows.com/...h-october-2020

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Zabaleta announces retirement

Former Manchester City and West Ham defender Pablo Zabaleta has announced his retirement from football.

Zabaleta joined Manchester City from Espanyol in 2008 and went on to play 333 games and win 2 Premier League titles.

The right-back would also win the FA Cup in 2011 and the League Cup in 2014 and 2016 during a successful 9-year stay at the club which saw him become a firm fan favourite.

Zabaleta, capped 58 times by Argentina, then went on to spend 3 seasons at West Ham, playing a further 80 games, before he left the Hammers at the end of his contract earlier this summer.

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Premier League - Team of the Week 5


Pope (Burnley)



Wan-Bissaka - Maguire (Man United) - Basham (Sheffield) - Digne (Everton)



Rodriguez (Everton) - Fernandes (Man United) - Lookman (Fulham) - Son (Tottenham)



Rashford (Man United) - Kane (Tottenham)

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Premier League - Team of the Week 6


Meslier (Leeds)



Dallas - Ayling (Leeds) - Vestergaard (Southampton) - Cancelo (Man City)



Townsend (Crystal Palace) - Ward-Prowse (Southampton) - Cairney (Fulham) - Mane (Liverpool)



Bamford (Leeds) - Zaha (Crystal Palace)

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Premier League - Team of the Week 7


McCarthy (Southampton)



Walker (Man City) - Magalhaes (Arsenal) - Silva (Chelsea) - Cancelo (Man City)



Semedo (Wolverhampton) - Ward-Prowse (Southampton) - Mount (Chelsea) - Grealish (Aston Villa)



Ings (Southampton) - Vardy (Leicester)

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Premier League - Team of the Week 8


Fabianski (West Ham)



Cash (Aston Villa) - Cresswell (West Ham) - Dann (Crystal Palace) - Chilwell (Chelsea)



Ziyech (Chelsea) - Fernandes (Man United) - Soucek (West Ham) - Eze (Crystal Palace)



Watkins (Aston Villa) - Kane (Tottenham)

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Guardiola signs new City contract

Pep Guardiola has committed his future to Manchester City by agreeing a new 2-year deal at the club.

Guardiola, 49-year-old, had just 7 months left on his previous contract but the new deal, which runs to the summer of 2023, would stretch his City stay to 7 years from his arrival in 2016.

City have won 6 major trophies, including 2 Premier League titles, since Guardiola took over.

It is already Guardiola's longest stay as a manager, after 4 years in charge of Barcelona and 3 at Bayern Munchen.




https://www.fullmatchesandshows.com/...-november-2020

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Son claims Player of the Month award



Son Heung-min has won the EA SPORTS Player of the Month award for October.

The Tottenham Hotspur winger scored in all 3 matches to end the month as the joint-leader in the race for the Golden Boot.

Son's best performance came in Spurs' 6-1 win at Manchester United as he netted 2 goals and set up another.

The 28-year-old followed that with another goal and assist against West Ham before heading in a late winner at Burnley.

He is the first Spurs player to win the award since Lucas Moura in August 2018.

Espirito Santo earns Manager of the Month award



Nuno Espirito Santo has been named the Barclays Manager of the Month for October.

Nuno claims the prize after leading Wolverhampton Wanderers to an unbeaten month in which they won against Fulham, Leeds and Crystal Palace.

They conceded only one goal in their 4 fixtures, and the head coach dedicated the award to his coaching staff after they bounced back from successive defeats in September.

The 46-year-old receives the award for a third time, having also earned the accolade in September 2018 and June 2020.

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Premier League - Team of the Week 9


Lloris (Tottenham)



Milner (Liverpool) - Zouma (Chelsea) - Maguire (Man United) - Robertson (Liverpool)



Jota (Liverpool) - Fernandes (Man United) - Doucoure - Digne (Everton)



Firmino (Liverpool) - Calvert-Lewin (Everton)

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Premier League - Team of the Week 10


Meslier (Leeds)



Reid (Fulham) - Ogbonna (West Ham) - Stones - Mendy (Man City)



Mahrez - De Bruyne (Man City) - Ward-Prowse (Southampton) - Grealish (Aston Villa)



Joelinton (Newcastle) - EL Matador (Man United)

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Premier League - Team of the Week 11


Kelleher (Liverpool)



Wan-Bissaka (Man United) - Vestergaard (Southampton) - Matip (Liverpool) - Van Aanholt (Crystal Palace)



Salah (Liverpool) - De Bruyne (Man City) - Mount (Chelsea) - Eze (Crystal Palace)



Benteke - Zaha (Crystal Palace)

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Premier League - Team of the Week 12


Martinez (Aston Villa)



Lowton - Mee (Burnley) - Bednarek (Southampton) - Shaw (Man United)



Albrighton - Maddison (Leicester) - Romeu (Southampton) - Justin (Leicester)



Vardy (Leicester) - Adams (Southampton)

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Premier League - Team of the Week 13


Pope (Burnley)



Coufal (West Ham) - Webster (Brighton) - Tarkowski (Burnley) - Alioski (Leeds)



Salah (Liverpool) - Gundogan (Man City) - Podence (Wolverhampton) - Rashford (Man United)



McGoldrick (Sheffield) - Firmino (Liverpool)

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Premier League - Team of the Week 14


Moraes (Man City)



Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) - Silva (Chelsea) - Fabinho - Robertson (Liverpool)



Traore (Aston Villa) - McTominay - Fernandes (Man United) - El Ghazi (Aston Villa)



Martial (Man United) - Firmino (Liverpool)

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Fernandes wins Player of the Month award

Bruno Fernandes has won the EA SPORTS Player of the Month award for the third time in 2020 after claiming November's prize.

The Manchester United star scored 4 goals in as many matches, netting twice and providing an assist in a fine performance at Everton before getting on the scoresheet in wins over West Bromwich Albion and Southampton.

Fernandes, who only moved to Old Trafford at the end of January 2020, is the first player to win the award 3 times in a calendar year since Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane did so in 2017.

The Portuguese adds to his EA SPORTS awards from February and June after selections by a panel of experts and club captains were combined with those in a public vote.

Mourinho earns Manager of the Month award



Jose Mourinho has been named the Barclays Manager of the Month for November.

Mourinho claims the prize after going through the month unbeaten to lead Tottenham Hotspur to the top of the Premier League table.

Spurs secured one-goal victories over Brighton & Hove Albion and West Bromwich Albion, a 2-0 win over Manchester City and a 0-0 draw at Chelsea, their third clean sheet in 4 matches.

The Portuguese picked out the "complete performance" against Man City as his highlight of November.