The English Premier League wrapped up its fourth weekend of motion on Monday, Sept. 14.
Manchester Metropolis and Arsenal stay tied on the high of the desk with an ideal 12 factors from 4 video games apiece; Coventry Metropolis stays firmly in final place with zero factors from its opening rounds of fixtures.
Listed below are the important thing storylines from a busy weekend of EPL motion.
Hull saved its unbelievable undefeated season rolling
4 matchdays, 4 sturdy outcomes: Regardless of being favorites for relegation earlier than the season started, newly-promoted Hull Metropolis is sitting fairly within the Champions League locations with an undefeated Premier League report. It drew 2-2 with Chelsea (a professional title contender) on Matchday 4 to tug off its most spectacular outcome but.
“We had been enjoying an excellent group with some excellent gamers in a really demanding stadium and I simply needed us to remain calm and persist with the tactical plan,” said Hull coach (and Premier League Manager of the Month for August) Serge Jakirovic. “If we performed our personal recreation we knew we’d create some possibilities.”
Create it did. Hull’s two objectives — each from Algerian winger Mohamed Belloumi — had been elegant, clever strikes that got here off the again of intentional build-up play. Hull is not simply combating for security at this level: It is combating for the highest of the desk.
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