Our Premier League Awards from the weekend action, featuring Antoine Semenyo morphing into Rory Delap and a Julio Enciso stunner.
Moment of the Week
Bournemouth leapfrogged to the front of the race for eighth, a position that could yet secure European football for next season. The Cherries upset an Arsenal side who are largely going through the motions in the run-in, even if Mikel Arteta’s lineup did not exactly scream one eye on Paris Saint-Germain this week.
Bournemouth have won plaudits for their high-intensity brand of football this season but there was something refreshing about their equaliser at the Emirates. Antoine Semenyo channelled his inner Rory Delap to launch a long throw into a panicked penalty box, with Dean Huijsen heading home. Modern football is fixated with intricate passing and robotic patterns of play. Sometimes there’s more than one way to skin a cat.
Semenyo long throw ✅
Superb header ✅
Chill Guy celebration ✅ pic.twitter.com/fRxOkJ8vFS— AFC Bournemouth 🍒 (@afcbournemouth) May 3, 2025
Player of the Week
After a recent dip, Cole Palmer was back in his usual groove this weekend. Palmer orchestrated Chelsea’s 3-1 win over Liverpool as the Blues beat the newly-crowned champions at Stamford Bridge.
The 22-year-old was involved in the early opener and came close when he hit the post, having shifted past Conor Bradley with ease before catching Alisson out with a deceiving effort. It looked like it might not be his day, but a stoppage-time penalty was perfectly placed to end his goal drought. Palmer looked back in full flow and that’s a big boost to the Champions League-chasing Blues.
Cole Palmer scored his first goal since January 14, and his teammates were just as hyped as he was 🫶 pic.twitter.com/9025xBIinU
— B/R Football (@brfootball) May 4, 2025
Goal of the Week
Julio Enciso has quite the catalogue when it comes to spectacular goals and the Paraguayan added another to his list this weekend. The 2022/23 Goal of the Season winner auditioned for the award again with a brilliant strike in Ipswich’s draw at Everton.
Jordan Pickford had no chance.
A wonderstrike from Julio Enciso. 🚀 pic.twitter.com/RO96o9WJHQ
— Ipswich Town (@IpswichTown) May 3, 2025
Stat of the Week
Ever wondered which Premier League player has scored the most goals with 100% of their haul coming from their left foot?
Probably not, but we’re here to tell you anyway.
Dwight McNeil leaves Psycho in his wake.
21 – Dwight McNeil is now the outright top Premier League goalscorer to have scored 100% of his goals with his left foot, overtaking Stuart Pearce’s previous record of 20. Sinister. #EVEIPS pic.twitter.com/Ge0ZiKyFVl
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) May 3, 2025
Tweet of the Week
Wataru Endo was handed a rare start for Liverpool at Chelsea this week.
It made a change from his usual role, coming off the bench to kick lumps out of the opposition late on.
Cult hero.
This is the greatest stat in the history of the Premier League. Let him lift the trophy. Give him a ten year deal. What a fella. pic.twitter.com/MK3ad7rEDV
— George Trad (@thegeorgetrad) April 28, 2025
A week to forget for…
Jarell Quansah. Liverpool suffered from a title hangover at Chelsea with the champions second-best at Stamford Bridge.
Quansah was given a rare outing in a rotated team and endured an afternoon to forget. First, Virgil van Dijk’s attempted clearance cannoned off the defender for an own goal, before he clumsily brought down Moises Caicedo for a stoppage-time penalty.
A learning curve for the 22-year-old.
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