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MANCHESTER, England: Champions Liverpool were shattered 7-2 at Aston Villa and Manchester United were humiliated 6-1 at home by Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday (October 4) on one of the most astonishing days of Premier results League.
In addition to the upsets, Leicester City, which had a 100 percent record in the first three games, were beaten 3-0 at home by West Ham United.
While Spurs’ victory at Old Trafford against a United side reduced to 10 men in the first half was the worst joint defeat in the Premier League era for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side, even that remarkable result was overshadowed. by the magnitude of Liverpool’s defeat.
“All the things you shouldn’t do in football we did tonight,” said Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp, adding that his team had “lost the plot.”
An impressive first-half hat-trick from Ollie Watkins helped end the champions’ winning start to the season in extraordinary fashion.
Liverpool got off to a bad start at Villa Park when a poor pass from goalkeeper Adrián, a substitute for Alisson’s visitors after the Brazilian injured his shoulder, gave Watkins the first goal in the fourth minute.
Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins celebrates his fourth goal and completes his hat-trick with Ezri Konsa. (Photo: Pool via REUTERS / Rui Vieira)
While there was good luck with Watkins’ first goal in the Villa jersey, his second was of pure quality as he cut inside before shooting into the top corner to make it 2-0 in the 22nd minute.
Mohamed Salah’s excellent shot seemed to have brought Liverpool back into play in the 33rd, but John McGinn’s deflected effort two minutes later restored Villa’s two-goal lead.
Watkins completed his hat-trick in 39 minutes, with former Everton midfielder Ross Barkley, on his debut after joining Villa on loan, making it five, 10 minutes into the second half.
Salah gave Liverpool hope at the hour mark, before a late double by Jack Grealish completed a completely unexpected victory for a team that only escaped relegation on the final day of last season.
RAMPANT FOOTREST
The Spurs were rampant when José Mourinho inflicted a crushing defeat on his former club, which will intensify the pressure on Solskjaer and United CEO Ed Woodward.
Son Heung-min and Harry Kane each scored twice for Spurs, while United’s Anthony Martial was sent off in the 28th minute.
“It is history for Tottenham, history for my boys and I cannot deny that it is also history for me,” said delighted Mourinho, whose team was playing its fourth game in eight days.
United had taken a second-minute lead on a Bruno Fernandes penalty, but Spurs responded quickly, taking advantage of a terrible United defense as Tanguy Ndombele and Son put them 2-1 ahead.
United were reduced to 10 men after Martial was sent off following a collision with Erik Lamela in a corner and then Harry Kane made it 3-1.
Son added his second shortly before the break when United collapsed with Harry Maguire and Eric Bailly completely ineffective in the center of defense.
A goal from Serge Aurier and a penalty from Harry Kane in the second half completed a memorable victory for Spurs, which equaled United’s 6-1 loss to Manchester City in October 2011.
Tottenham Hotspur’s Harry Kane scores his sixth goal from the penalty spot. (Photo: Pool via REUTERS / Carl Recine)
Leicester was riding high after their impressive 5-2 win at Manchester City a week ago, but was brought down by an impressive West Ham.
Michail Antonio headed West Ham to a 14-minute lead and Pablo Fornals made it 2-0 with a shot from close range 20 minutes later.
Declan Rice hit the bottom of the bar for West Ham after a solo run from inside his own half before Jarrod Bowen secured victory with seven minutes remaining after a wonderful pass from Fornals.
Arsenal scored twice in four minutes to inflict a fourth straight loss on struggling Sheffield United, with Bukayo Saka and Nicolas Pepe on target in the second half.
Saka put the Gunners ahead with a header in the 61st minute before substitute Pepe added a second three minutes later.
Irish forward David McGoldrick gave his team hope with a brilliant curling effort in the 84th minute, but Arsenal stood their ground to continue their progress with Mikel Arteta.
Southampton beat an insipid West Bromwich Albion 2-0 with goals on either side of the break from Moussa Djenepo and Oriol Romeu at St Mary’s Stadium.
Pedro Neto’s goal early in the second half earned Wolverhampton Wanderers a 1-0 win over Fulham at Molineux, leaving the visitors entrenched at the bottom of the standings after their fourth consecutive league loss.
