Today a another "Premier" league match was played between "Burnley" and London's "Crystal Palace" clubs.
The students of Sean Dyche, who had a decent start to the season, punished the "eagles" with their first points already in the third minute, when Chung-Yong Lee made a mistake. His very poor pass was intercepted by Chris Wood for a goal.
However, later in the game the whole "Crystal Palace" team tried to press the opponents and controlled the ball for a longer time, so it was not easy for the home team to resist.
Moreover, more than half of the game "Burnley" had to do without their injured goalkeeper Tom Heaton, who was replaced by Nick Pope making his debut in the English championship.
Fortunately for the fans gathered at "Turf Moor", the latter did not make any mistakes and "Burnley" secured a victory by a minimal score. This allowed the team to rise to seventh place, while "Crystal Palace" remained at the bottom.
Burnley survive a late flurry to take their first home #PL win of the season#BURCRY pic.twitter.com/nDAsKGr1O1
— Premier League (@premierleague) September 10, 2017
In the evening, there was a clash between "Swansea City" and "Newcastle United". Although there were no goals, the game was quite interesting to watch.
Rafa Benitez's disciples had their first good chance already halfway through the first half, when Joselu's header was blocked. However, shortly after everything could have turned upside down after Alfie Mawson's attempt.
In the 60th minute "Swansea's" striker Tammy Abraham was already close to goal, and shortly after he was responded to by Ayoze Perez with a dangerous attack.
Finally, the ball found its way into the goal after a corner, which was taken by Matt Richie. The goal was scored by defender Jamaal Lascelles. Later it became clear that this shot was decisive, as "Swansea" could not find an equalizer.
This was the second consecutive victory for "Newcastle", after which they overtook London's "Arsenal".
Results:
"Burnley" 1 - 0 "Crystal Palace" [1-0] 3' Chris Wood
"Swansea City" 0 - 1 "Newcastle United" [0-1] 76' Jamaal Lascelles
