6 of the Best Moments From a Thrilling Premier League Weekend

Published on: 27 November 2016

The Premier League continued in dramatic fashion this weekend; there was a nine-goal thriller in south-Wales as Swansea left it late to beat Crystal Palace 5-4, Jose Mourinho was banished to the stands for the second time in a month and Tottenham ended their unbeaten run after losing 2-1 at Stamford Bridge.


But as ever with the Premier League, there were far more scintillating moments for supporters across the country to purr over.

Best Goal

There were two stunning strikes at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, Christian Eriksen fired Spurs into the lead inwith a sweetly-struck effort early on, while Chelsea winger Pedro equalised with an equally sweet curling effort on the stroke of half-time.


Pedro's goal in particular took Tottenham's defence and Hugo Lloris by surprise as he swivelled on the edge of the box before delicately curling the ball inch-perfectlyinto the top-right corner, much to the delight of the Stamford Bridge faithful who saw their side go top after breaking the Lilywhites' unbeaten record.

Best Save

West Ham's Irish goalkeeper Darren Randolph was in inspiredform as his side held Manchester United to a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford on Sunday. The 29-year-old made a string of saves to frustrate Mourinho's side, oneof which in the second-halfwas particularly spectacular as he somehownudgedHenrikh Mkhitaryan's close-range effort onto the inside of the post.


He also made a smart save to prevent starlet Marcus Rashfordfrom scoring his fourth Premier League goal of the season, this time stopping the 19-year-old's one-on-one effortafter the youngster broke clear of a disorganised West Ham defence.

Best Assist

Manchester United's record-signing Paul Pogba redeemed himself with a wonderful assist for Zlatan Ibrahimovic against West Ham, but he was on the receiving end of a hounding from the travelling supporters after he was booked for a shameful dive just minutes before United's equaliser.


The wizard-like pass for Zlatan's equaliser showed the Old Trafford faithful a glimmer of his £89m price-tag, the 23-year-old picked up the ball mid-way through the opposition half before knocking a pin-point lob over a scrambling West Ham defence and directly onto Ibrahimovic's toe.


It was the Frenchman's first assist of the season, but he must start to contribute more to avoid being called the worst signing in Premier League history.

Best Comeback

Bob Bradley's secured his first win as Swansea manager on Saturday as his side came from behind twice to beat the demoralised Crystal Palace 5-4 at the Liberty Stadium.The visitors took the lead in the 19th minute through winger Wilfried Zaha, only for Swansea to equalise 15 minutes later thanks to a fine free-kick by talisman Gylfi Sigurdsson.


The final 25 minutes was where the game really came to life, with an average of a goal scored every three-and-a-half minutes.Dutchman Leroy Fer scored a two-minute brace to put the Swans 3-1 up, that was until Palace pegged back three goals in quick succession to make it 3-4 with five minutes to go.


With Swansea teetering on the edge of another defeat, World Cup winner Fernando Llorente used his experience to score twice in stoppage time to steal all three-points. It was an utterly thrilling affair and by far the craziest Premier League game so far this season.

Best Touchline Bust-Up

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho was sent to the stands for the second time in a month on Sunday after he violently reacted to Paul Pogba's yellow-card for diving. The Special One threw his toys out of the pram, despite Pogba's blatant simulation, taking his frustration out on the drinks holder with a kick.


The incident was enough to see referee Jon Moss send off the United head honcho, leaving assistant Rui Faria to take charge for the remainder of the 1-1 draw.

Best Atmosphere

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp was seen gesturing angrily to the Anfield faithful in the first-half after a decidedly quiet Kop failed to get behind their team.


But they finally shot into life 15 minutes from the end, responding to Divock Origi's opener with a cacophonous noise, spurring the Reds on to scoring a second goal in stoppage-time with James Milner scoring from the penalty spot after Sadio Mane was brought down by Sunderland's Didier Ndong.


It is at times like this, when Liverpool are winning, where Anfield really earns the title of having the best atmosphere in English football.

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