11/20/2016

Back with a Bang!

Yaya celebrating a goal after his return to the team.
The biggest news of  premier league's return from international break is the return of Yaya Toure. He and his agent had been in an uncomfortable situation considering the future of Toure. The 33-year-old Ivorian has been out in the cold since the end of August, with his manager Pep Guardiola saying he would not be picked until his agent, Dimitri Seluk, apologized for comments made when Toure was left out of City's Champions League squad. Toure issued a statement at the start of November. That was enough for Guardiola and Toure marked his return to the team in style.

A few days after Yaya apologized, it was a surprise to see that he was in the starting XI for City against Crystal Palace. And what a return it was. 
Toure exchanged passes with Aguero and Nolito before a one-two with Nolito in the box and finishing in the top left corner via a slight deflection.
Crystal Palace equalized through Conner Wickham due to some poor defending from Zabaleta. Then in the final 10 minutes Yaya again slots home the lead and eventual winner through an inch-perfect pass from the ever brilliant Kevin De Bruyne.
City are joint top of the table with Liverpool.

Premier League also had a top level match when Machester United faced Arsenal! Mourinho and Arsene share an unpleasant relationship which intensifies the match even further. United dominated the match statistics and didn't let Arsenal play the attacking, flowy game they're known for, managing hardly a shot on target. United scored through Mata and were looking to win it until Olivier Giroud, a substitute in the 73rd minute, scored the  equalizer in the dying stages of the match to bring Arsenal a share of the spoils and ruin the night for the United fans.


Off to Spain where the Madrid Derby resulted in quite a surprising outcome. The mighty defense of Atletico Madrid was demolished by Los Blancos! Real Madrid displayed one of their best performances with Ronaldo the main man. Cristiano scored another hattrick to add to his tally and Isco displayed a brilliant performance. 





Barcelona suffered a major setback in their quest for the La Liga title when they lost to Malaga, with two of their players being sent of at 68th minute and 98th minute( stoppage time) . Barcelona were without the sick Lionel Messi and the suspended Luis Suarez. Neymar showed his brilliance once or twice with slick skills but they were unable to break down the Malaga defense. This leaves them 4 points adrift the table in second position, behind leaders Real Madrid.

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