From Jamie Vardy putting Spurs in their place to Manchester City poised to make a run for the top four after an awful two month stretch, this match week was wonderful and quite damaging for some clubs. Is the title race just down to two teams? Or can Newcastle and City keep a run of form to put pressure on Arsenal and the league leaders, Liverpool? Let’s break it down.

Bournemouth- 5 v. Nottingham Forest- 0

The defending game plan that Forest rolled out there with was absolutely abysmal. Every time Bournemouth came back down the field on a counter attack, Forest were literally shaking in their boots. If you look at the stats of this game, it would be safe to assume that this game was fairly even matched. But that was no where near the case. Forest’s attacks looked very uncoordinated and unconvincing. They just lacked a serious threat the entire match. And Bournemouth took advantage. Converting 50% of the shots on target is how you win the game. Thanks to a hat-trick from Dango Outtara, Bournemouth won this game without a worry. There is no one playing better in the league right now than Justin Kluivert. It was apparent from the first whistle that this guy was going to have a say in this game no matter what. Shoutout to my American captain, Tyler Adams. Adams is really starting to play well after a couple of injuries, he had two assists along with Kluivert’s goal and an assist. Go on Bournemouth.

Brighton & Hove Albion- 0 v. Everton- 1

Someone tell Brighton that Everton are not a good football club. This entire game was so frustrating to watch, especially if you root for Brighton. I could only imagine. These guys controlled the entire match. 68% of the possession, nine corners, and 14 shot attempts. Nothing to show for it. The only reason why Everton even had a look on goal was because of a dumb penalty giveaway just before the halftime whistle. The Brighton defender is fighting for a 50/50 ball inside the box, goes down, and swipes the ball away as he’s falling. I mean the referee is going to call that every time. Everton literally had three shot attempts with one on target. They scored the penalty and then just defended with their lives. Hats off to them. I am once again asking for Brighton to strengthen their attack. 23 matches in, with 10 draws. That form is not going to be sustainable for this league. It’ll catch up to them. Same goes for Everton. Injury prone dumpster fire Calvert-Lewin cannot be your main man up top moving forward. He just can’t. That guy needs to retire.

Liverpool- 4 v. Ipswich Town- 1

What a shame. I guess keeping a clean sheet against Ipswich isn’t for everyone? Weird.

Wolverhampton- 0 v. Arsenal- 1

Wolves. Up a man after 40minutes after Lewis-Skelly’s red card. Controlled possession. Still lost the match. Do you see what I’ve been saying? Do you understand why I hate this club so much? Consistently ship off their young talent to bigger clubs and do nothing about it. They had the possession, they had more shots on target than Arsenal, and they had more men on the field for 30 minutes. Until Joao Gomes picked up his second yellow in the 70th minute. This got received a yellow in the first half after a foul. But he wasn’t going to get a card for the foul. He got the card for booting the ball away after. Wolves are now 4-4-15 on the season and sit in 18th place. In the relegation zone. Their last win in the league was on 12/26 against Manchester United. They went the entire month of January without a win in the league and looking ahead, they will probably go the entire month of February without a win as well. Good. They will be going back down to the Championship where they belong. Shameful.

Manchester City- 3 v. Chelsea- 1

City’s first big test of the new year. Season starts in January. Season starts in January. Season starts in January. Don’t forget the script. Don’t forget the storyline. After that Chelsea goal in the third minute, I thought this was going to be another one of those games where City was going to have to dominate possession and constantly try to break down Chelsea as they sat back with nine men behind the ball. But I was wrong. Quite frankly, I was not worried. Not even a little bit. After that Josko Gvardiol goal just before halftime, I knew it was over. And with that, I was correct. Chelsea stood no chance. Haaland and Foden took over and just ran through that Chelsea defense like it was a training session. By the way, Josko could have been on hat trick watch before the first half whistle. He was honestly our only attacking threat in the first half. Send Leipzig another 90 million. What a player. Chelsea manager Maresca was right, Chelsea are not in a title race. That was apparent on Saturday. Go and get me a holding midfielder. I have seen some reports of a move for Joshua Kimmich before the window closes. Give him to me. If he signs, pray for those two red mafia clubs at the top.

Tottenham Hotspur- 1 v. Leicester City- 2

AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH. Let’s all laugh at Tottenham! AHAHAHAHHAHAHA. What a sad sad state those guys are in. They somehow manage to get Richarlison on the scoresheet and were feeling good going into half up 1-0. It’s Leicester we’re talking about here. They belong in the Championship. They stink! Shame on you! Out come Leicester and just give it to those Spurs players for a solid five minutes. Jamie Vardy goal, 46th minute. El Khannouss goal, 50th minute. Right out the gate, Spurs just get punched in the mouth. Stunned. 56 year old Jamie Vardy reminding the Spurs faithful that he literally won the league with Leicester before Spurs have. He reminds them every time. He just owns them. And Spurs crumbled. All I have to say is that Spurs are only eight points above the relegation zone. The next match week is in February. Something to keep your eye on. Time may be up Big Ange.

Aston Villa- 1 v. West Ham United- 1

Snooze fest alert. Just like every Villa game goes, a goal is scored under ten minutes in. And then, nothing. A whole lot of nothing. It was a very evenly matched game between these two. West Ham wing back Emerson connected for a goal in the 70th minute to tie it up. And then, nothing. These guys were juts out there for cardio. Stinker all around. West Ham, please sign a new attacker. Your fans are begging. Mutuals are begging. Be a serious club for once.

Fulham- 0 v. Manchester United- 1

The Premier League script writers left us a couple of snooze fests for this Sunday, huh? Stinker. 0-0 at halftime. United had one shot on target and zero corners. The attacking threat from the boys in red was disgusting. No creativity, no explosiveness, just down right bad. It seems like they are missing a player that brings those things to the pitch but I don’t know. If you know who I am talking about, let me know. I can’t think of the guy. United got saved by a Lisandro Martinez shot that got deflected and then in. Literally saved the game for them. Fulham looked more likely to hold the ball in the final 15 and go for the winner. I don’t know. Good for United, I guess. They’re still in the bottom half of the table in 12th. 8-5-10 on the season, that’s pretty good right? Know your place Red Devils. Your rivals are Spurs and Brentford down there. Weak. Pathetic.