Our Premier League awards honour the best – and worst – of the weekend’s action, featuring Bournemouth’s big win and a super save from Aaron Ramsdale.
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Moment of the Week
Is Ange Postecoglou debunking the Spursy narrative?
Spurs produced a stunning second-half fightback to thrash Aston Villa 4-1 on Sunday, emerging as a team transformed after the break. Trailing to Morgan Rogers’ opener, Spurs staged a turnaround to earn a comfortable win over their top-four rivals.
Aston Villa had lost just once in the Premier League this season but struggled to live with Spurs in the second half. Spurs have now won three of their last four games after going a goal behind and 10 Premier League games in which they’ve trailed since the start of last season – no team in the division has managed more.
Chip shop’s open 🍟 pic.twitter.com/7xX9VQEvIL
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) November 4, 2024
Player of the Week
The queue of clubs tracking Antoine Semenyo might just have grown a little longer this weekend. Semenyo has started the season in fine form for Bournemouth but produced his best performance yet in the 2-1 win over Manchester City.
He tormented the depleted champions with powerful ball-carrying, immaculate technique and work rate, ending the contest with the most duels won (11) and most dribbles (3) after opening the scoring on the south coast.
Few players will give Pep Guardiola’s side a tougher time this season.
What’s better…
😍 The assist from @kerkezofficial
🔥 The turn and finish from @antoinesemenyo1
🥹 The three different celebrations? pic.twitter.com/qPTo4YrHXc
— AFC Bournemouth 🍒 (@afcbournemouth) November 3, 2024
Goal of the Week
What a way to mark your 100th appearance for the club.
Leif Davis was one of the standout players in Ipswich Town’s promotion and scored his first Premier League goal during the club’s 1-1 draw with Leicester this weekend.
This is an absurdly good goal from the left-back, the sort of technique that helped him contribute 18 assists in the Championship last season.
Marking his Town century in style! 🚀#IPSLEI pic.twitter.com/JwXavomkN2
— IPSWICH TOWN (@IpswichTown) November 2, 2024
Save of the Week
Southampton snapped up Aaron Ramsdale from the Arsenal bench in the summer, handing the England international the chance to play regular first-team football.
Russell Martin admitted it was a tough task to persuade Ramsdale to swap North London for a potential relegation battle, but he will be delighted to have done so after this weekend’s performance.
Ramsdale made a string of saves as Southampton beat Everton 1-0 to claim their first win of the season, with the best of the lot this effort to deny Michael Keane. A good goalkeeper can make the world of difference.
“WHAT. A. SAVE.” 😱
Wait for the replay… ⛔️ pic.twitter.com/nQHVYbbDTN
— Southampton FC (@SouthamptonFC) November 3, 2024
Stat of the Week
Manchester United remain rooted in the bottom half after the club’s worst start to a season in the Premier League era.
It’s the club worst start to a campaign since 1986/87, when the Red Devils sacked their underperforming manager and brought in an exciting new coach with a track record of success in another league.
Ruben Amorim will be hoping to follow in the footsteps of a certain Sir Alex Ferguson…
12 – With just 12 points won, this is Manchester United’s worst return after 10 games of a league campaign since 1986-87 (8). Construction. pic.twitter.com/j98JW1zVrW
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) November 3, 2024
Tweet of the Week
Put set-piece coaches stood on the touchline in Room 101.
😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/mMe1tJRCQ2
— Sumeet (@flameosumeet) October 31, 2024
Quote of the Week
Big fan of Nottingham Forest’s Ola Aina explaining his wonder goal, with Ribena in hand, by saying “I was knackered so I just hit it.”
Ola Aina drops a hilarious post-match after scoring an absolute screamer 🧃
‘I was knackered so I just hit it’
Free to watch highlights 📲 https://t.co/sg50CrT9vQ pic.twitter.com/oDsrDken7v
— Optus Sport (@OptusSport) November 2, 2024
Donkey of the Week
Julen Lopetegui just can’t get going as West Ham manager. The Spaniard’s certainly not been helped by Edson Alvarez, who duly collected his second red card of the season at Nottingham Forest. Madness from the Mexican.
Edson Álvarez has been sent off twice in his last three West Ham starts 😳 pic.twitter.com/8284niBFn4
— B/R Football (@brfootball) November 2, 2024
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