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EPL Roundup

Oct 06, 2019

Liverpool have maintined their perfect start to the EPL season, after beating Leicester 2-1 at Anfield. 

Leicester looked set to claim a draw, after James Maddison cancelled out Sadio Mane's opener, but James Milner scored an injury time penalty, to make it 8 wins in 8 matches for the Reds. 

It's also Liverpool's 17th consecutive win in the league, just one short of the all-time record set by Man City. 

Brighton stunned Tottenham 3-nil 

Burnley defeated Everton 1-nil 

Aston Villa crushed Norwich 5-1 

Crystal Palace edged West Ham 2-1 

And Watford and Sheffield United played out a goalless draw. 
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Leicester have condemned the racised abuse that midfielder Hamza Choudhury suffered online, following last night's 2-1 defeat to Liverpool. 

His social media accounts were flooded with abuse after he tackled and injured Reds star Mohamad Salah.

Choudhury is the latest Premier League player to be racially abused online this season, with Marcus Rashford, Paul Pogba and Tammy Abraham also being targeted.

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Former Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has confirmed that he is considering taking up a technical role at FIFA.

But IF he takes the job, he says it won't prevent him from returning to management.

The Frenchman has been out of work since May 2018, when he ended his 22 year stint at Arsenal.