England midfielder Barkley will inherit the number eight shirt once worn by Chelsea’s record scorer Frank Lampard after joining the London club from Everton on Friday.
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Wenger was responding to a reporter’s question after Giroud won a point for Arsenal at St Mary Stadium in the first match on Sunday against Southampton.
Arsene Wenger’s men are one of the form teams in the league and remain unbeaten since their opening day loss against Liverpool.
They have scored nine goals in their last two games in all competitions and will be favourites going into the game against the Potters
Jose Mourinho’s men come into the game on the back of a 4-0 thrashing of Feyenoord in the group stages of the Europa League, having failed to win in any of their last three home games in the league.
Chelsea’s faultless form since switching to a 3-4-3 formation saw Conte name an unchanged side for a fifth consecutive Premier League game – the first time Chelsea have ever done so in the Premier League
An unfortunate own goal from Kevin Wimmer had earlier opened the scoring in a derby clash containing minimal clear-cut chances, but neither side truly did enough to claim bragging rights
The Brazilian navigated FC Ifeanyiubah through difficult fixtures against fellow title contenders, Enugu Rangers and Wikki Tourists, defeating both teams 2-0 and 1-0 respectively and that feat had in between a 1-0 win at Warri Wolves having early lost 0-2 at Plateau United. This meant that Everton helped the Nnewi club earn nine points
in four matches
“We are studying the offer and it is very likely we will accept it. We are interested in the player’s development and not the money that is being offered.
The hosts have been hit with a £375,000 fine, while Spurs will have to fork out £225,000 as punishment for the scenes that occurred during the 2-2 draw on May 2
Olivier Giroud, after ending his 15-match Premier League scoring drought last weekend, made it two in two and six straight games with a goal against Villa by heading home a cross from Nacho Monreal
Antonio Valencia was played in down the right on the overlap, before cutting inside and floating a ball towards the back post where Martial – matchwinner at Wembley last weekend – ghosted in to fire the ball home from close range
Jurgen Klopp made eight changes to his side ahead of Thursday’s Europa League semi-final second leg against Villarreal, and it told as Liverpool struggled to get into any sort of rhythm in the first half
However, with Manchester City and Liverpool making it to the quarter-finals of the Champions League and Europa League respectively this season, and Roma, Juventus and Lazio all crashing out of European competition, England will retain the fourth spot
However, scratch the surface even just a little bit and it becomes clear very quickly that ahead of their meeting at Goodison Park today, it is the hosting Toffees that have the more optimistic outlook out of the two clubs
“From next season we will move away from title sponsorship and the competition will be known simply as the Premier League, a decision which provided the opportunity to consider how we wanted to present ourselves as an organisation and competition,” said Premier League Managing Director, Richard Masters
“I haven’t heard anything from my analysts about that (challenge),” said Pardew, whose team have slid to 11th after three consecutive defeats after Harry Kane and Nacer Chadli heaped more woe on Palace
The Cherries continued to dictate the play, but Leicester were inches from breaking the deadlock midway through the half when the league’s joint top scorer, Jamie Vardy, pounced on a wayward shot from strike partner Leonardo Ulloa and toe-poked against the inside of the post from close range
The result has left Leicester second in the top flight behind Arsenal on goal difference, but Man City have jumped above Tottenham Hotspur into third
The hosts were three goals to the good inside 22 minutes as they cruised to the win, leaving Sunderland now five points adrift of safety in 19th place
Bournemouth took the lead after just two minutes in rather fortuitous circumstances, as an in-swinging Junior Stanislas corner evaded United keeper David de Gea and his defence, before reaching the top corner of the net