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EPL SEASON REVIEW
FACTS
None of the
first 46 Premier League games this season ended 0-0. It’s the joint-longest run without a goalless draw from the start of a PL campaign (level with 2020- 21).
In their 8-0
win over Sheffield United, Newcastle became the first side to have eight different players score in a Premier League match.
TEAM W-D-L PTS
Manchester City 28-7-3 91
Arsenal 28-5-5 89
Liverpool 24-10-4 82
Aston Villa 20-8-10 68
Tottenham 20-6-12 66
‘IN THE END JURGEN KLOPP WOULD ONLY CELEBRATE WINNING THE EFL CUP IN HIS FINAL SEASON AT LIVERPOOL’
Luton Town 6-8-24 26
Burnley 5-9-24 24
Sheffield United 3-7-28 16
ABOVE:
Liverpool bid farewell to their immensely popular head coach at the end of the campaign
FAR RIGHT:
Alexander Isak of Newcastle United
RIGHT:
Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah (centre) at the end of the Premier League match at Anfield, Liverpoo
NAME TEAM GOALS
SEASON
STATISTICS
2023 / 24 SEASON TABLE
Chelsea
Newcastle Manchester United West Ham
Crystal Palace Brighton Bournemouth Fullham
Wolves
Everton
Brentford Nottenham Forest
Champs Lge. Europa Lge.
18-9-11 63 18-6-14 60 18-6-14 60 14-10-14 52 13-10-15 49 12-12-14 48 13-8-17 48 13-8-17 47 13-7-18 46 13-9-16 40 10-9-19 39 9-9-20 32
Relegation
2023 / 24 LEADING SCORERS
were just two teams left. The campaign was one of high drama and legal proceedings. VAR has been more controversial than ever and there is now serious talk at the top
of the English game of it being scrapped altogether. Manchester United continued
to struggle under the leadership of Erik ten Hag, and Ange Postecoglou became a cult figure for his typically Australian manner and for keeping Tottenham in the hunt for
a Champions League place even after the club lost their talismanic striker and captain, Harry Kane, in the summer.
It was refreshingly welcome for only
two clubs to feel the need to sack their managers during the entire season. At a time when it is regularly said that head coaches are never given enough time to develop their teams these days, only Sheffield United and Nottingham Forest parted ways with theirs, with the latter’s decision vindicated by
the fact that Forest will be back for a third successive top-flight campaign in August. Roy Hodgson also left his job in charge of Crystal Palace but resigned before being pushed out. Oliver Glasner then turned the Eagles into an unbeaten side for the final seven games of the season in a sign of possible good things to come at the South London club.
As far as the title race went, in the end,
it took Phil Foden just 79 seconds to extinguish the hope of some real final day drama. That’s all it took for the Premier
Erling Haaland Cole Palmer Alexander Isak Dominic Solanke Ollie Watkins Phil Foden
M. Salah
S. Heung-Min Bukayo Saka
J-P Mateta Jarrod Bowen Nicolas Jackson Chris Wood
Kai Havertz Yoane Wissa Leandro Trossard Matheus Cunha Hwang Hee-Chan
Man. City 27 Chelsea 22 Newcastle 21 Bournemouth 19 Aston Villa 19 Man. City 19 Liverpool 18 Tottenham 17 Arsenal 16 Crystal Palace 16 West Ham 16 Chelsea 14 Nottingham 14 Arsenal 13 Brentford 12 Arsenal 12 Wolves 12 Wolves 12
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