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Nuno Espírito Santo’s Wolverhampton, with six Portuguese in the eleven, suffered a strong defeat (4-0) this Sunday in London, against West Ham, on the third day of the English league.
West Ham’s secret to its success was to give the initiative to the wolves and to go on the counterattack quickly, causing damage to the defensive organization of the most Portuguese team in England: Rui Patrício, João Moutinho, Rúben Neves, Pedro Neto, Rúben Vinagre, accompanied by debutant Nelson Semedo, and Vitinha and Fábio Silva were also used as substitutes.
West Ham opened the scoring in the 17th minute, by Jarrod Bowen, a result that came at half-time, very flattering for the wolves, due to the opportunities that the Londoners missed.
In the second half, West Ham was more effective and the result increased to 4-0, in a rise that began with Bowen’s encore in the 57th minute, followed by an own goal by Mexican striker Raúl Jiménez, in the 66. and a goal from French striker Sabastien Haller, at 90 + 3, who entered at 88 to hand forward Michail António.
In the rest of the games this Sunday of the third day, the highlight was the draw conceded by Tottenham, by José Mourinho, in the final seconds of the game against Newcastle, who managed to tie a penalty in 90 + 7 minutes.
In London, even without the reinforcement of Gareth Bale available, the ‘spurs’ took the lead after 25 minutes, through the Brazilian Lucas Moura, precisely one of the Welshman’s competitors in the fight for a place in the eleven.
When everything was on track for Mourinho’s team to take the second consecutive victory in the Premier League, referee Peter Bankes was alerted by the video referee (VAR) for a -very dubious- violation of Eric Dier inside the Tottenham area and ended up scoring a Penalty with which Callum Wilson sealed the tie, at 90 + 7 minutes.
But the biggest surprise was Leicester’s 5-2 victory at Manchester City, notably the hat-trick of striker Jamie Vardy, who helped the foxes rise to the top of the English league.
The home team, without João Cancelo and Bernardo Silva, both injured, opened the scoring after four minutes, through Algerian Riyad Mahrez, but Leicester responded at the end of the first half, with a penalty converted by Vardy, in the 38..
In the second half, the English international completed the hat-trick and the return, with goals in the 54th and 58th minutes, the latter, again, from a penalty, and James Maddison further extended the advantage, in the 77th, against the Dutch Nathan. Aké is reduced to the formation of Pep Guardiola, at 84.
Leicester took another penalty in the 88th minute, and Belgian Youri Tielemans consummated the foxes’ third victory in the same number of games, allowing them to climb to first place, with nine points, the same as Everton and two more. than Arsenal. and Liverpool, who meet on Monday.
Manchester City, coming off a win over Wolverhampton, have not conceded five goals at home since February 2003, at the time in a 5-1 loss to Arsenal.
Leeds, who had beaten Fulham in the previous round (4-3), added their second consecutive victory, against Sheffield United, and again by the narrowest margin (1-0), thanks to a late goal from striker Patrick Bamford. 88 minutes.
The Whites, who had the Portuguese international Hélder Costa among the starters, occupy the sixth place, with six points, while Sheffield United is the last classified, after having registered the third defeat in the same number of games.
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