Wednesday, 12 October 2016

English Premier League Week 4

This week was the International EPL break due to the 2018 World Cup Qualifiers. As a result almost every EPL team had a player called up to International duty. Here a list of the key players that stood out in the qualifiers with their associated nationalities.


  • David Ospina of Arsenal: kept a clean sheet for Columbia's 1-0 victory over Peru
  • Granit Xhaka of Arsenal: captained Switzerland to a 2-1 victory over Andorra 
  • Diego Costa of Chelsea: scored in Spain's 2-0 win over Albania 
  • James McArthur of Crystal Place: came on as 2nd half substitute, scoring a last minute equaliser for Scotland against Lithuania (1-1)
  • Christian Benteke of Crystal Place: scored a hat-trick that include THE FASTEST GOAL EVER SCORED IN A WORLD CUP QUALIFIER (7 SECONDS) for Belgium against Gibraltar (6-0)
  • Seamus Coleman of Everton: scored his first international goal for Republic of Ireland to lead to a 1-0 victory over Georgia
  • Roberto Firmino of Liverpool: as a 2nd half substitute scored Brazil's 5th goal over Bolivia (5-0)
  • Jordan Henderson of Liverpool: was man of the match, assisting England's opening goal against Malta (2-0)
  • Aleksander Kolarov of Manchester City: played two full games for both of Serbia's victories over Moldova (3-0) and Austria (3-2)
  • Paul Pogba of Manchester United: scored the winning goal for France against The Netherlands (1-0)
  • Dusan Tadic of Southhampton: scored the final goal in Serbia's 3-0 win over Moldova
  • Heung-Min Son of Tottenham: scored the winning goal in Korea's 3-2 victory over Qatar

Here is footage of the Benteke's 7 second goal: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM9lKZoSyGs


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