EPL Saturday round up: Aguero's 5 goal thriller, Cabaye continues to lead the charge for Palace
The eight-game week of the Premier League kickstarted with an early match between Crystal Palace and West Brom at Selhurst Park. The Eagles enjoyed a 2-0 victory over the Baggies courtesy of Bolasie’s opener in the 68th minute followed up by Yohan Cabaye’s winner in the dying minutes of the game. The Frenchman has been impressive ever since his arrival and he gave a standout performance for his new club once again, by providing an assist to Bolasie’s goal and scoring one himself.
Despite making a strong start to their season, Manchester City have lost their lead at the top by suffering two league defeats so far. Pellegrini’s men went behind early on in the game to Newcastle United through Mitrovic’s goal in the 18th minute. The home side levelled the match when Sergio Aguero scored his third goal of the season in the league on the stroke of the half-time break. The Argentine ace man went on to stun all of the attendants at the Etihad by scoring 4 goals in the second half – making him the third player to score 5 goals this season in the top five European leagues. City made a remarkable comeback ending the game at 6-1 at full time.
Leicester City continue with their impressive start to their season by capping off another 2-1 victory in their away trip to Norwich City. Jamie Vardy scored his sixth goal of the season, making him one of the top scorers in the Premier League this season. Schlupp doubled his side’ s lead in the second half before Norwich pulled one back in the second half through Mbokani which was not enough for the home team to save a point.
Both the newly promoted teams in the league, Bournemouth and Watford shared a point each in their eight-game of the season. Both Murray and Ighalo registered their names on the scoring sheet. Stoke City, on the other hand, picked up a crucial three points in their away visit to Villa Park. Arnautovic scored the winner for Stoke in the 55th minute.
West Ham got themselves back in the game despite trailing by two goals to rock bottom side, Sunderland. Arsenal loanee Carl Jenkinson pulled one back for the Hammers before the half-time break and Dimitri Payet continues to impress everyone in his debut season by scoring the equalizer in the 60th minute.
Aguero’s 5 goals steal the show
The Manchester City striker was in untouchable form in front of goal, as he smashed five goals past Newcastle United’s goalkeeper Krul at the Etihad stadium.
The home side was behind before Aguero levelled the score for the Manchester outfit before half-time. The striker was not done for the night as he went on to hit four more in a blistering start to the second half, with all the four goals being scored in less than 20 minutes.
Aguero is now the third player to score 5 goals this season in the top five European league. The Argentina International’s stellar performance was enough to take Manchester back to the top of the table with 18 points, jumping above their cross-town rivals Manchester United.
Kevin De Bruyne put the icing on the cake with a stunning volley while David Silva made a great comeback by racking up two assists after his injury.