My stand out player to date in my view has been James Rodriguez of Everton FC. He has taken to the Premier League "like a duck to water". The 29-year-old Columbia attacking midfielder was signed in the offseason from Spanish giants Real Madrid for a fee believed to be around 20 million pounds. He signed on a two-year contract for the Toffees. In the opening four games of the season James has scored three goals and assisted two and in general, has been at the hub of everything that Everton have done well in the attacking third of the pitch. A huge factor getting James to the Premier League was the fact that his old manager who he played under at Real Madrid is the current Everton gaffer. Italian Carlo Ancelotti is the man in question that attracted the flamboyant winger to the Premier League. They had a very good relationship at Real Madrid and they wanted to rekindle that at Everton. James has formed a frightening partnership with Everton duo Richarlison and Dominic
In an incident-packed final day Aston Villa secured their Premier League status by picking up a valuable point away at West Ham United. Jack Grealish thought he had won the game for the Villians with an 85th-minute strike but just thirty seconds later the hammers drew level through a heavily deflected effort from substitute Andriy Yarmolenko.
Bournemouth had a tricky away fixture against Everton who have been in terrible form. The Cherries picked up the victory 3-1 through goals from King from the spot, Solanke and Stanislas with ten minutes remaining. They were praying Aston Villa and Watford would both lose.
Watford's fate was sealed in the first half against Arsenal. The home side raced into a three-goal lead with two goals from leading marksman Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and a rare goal from left-back Keiran Tierney. The game was to finish 3-2 to the hosts with the Hornets clawing their way back with captain Troy Deeney and former gunner Danny Welbeck reduced the deficit but to no avail.
Leeds United and West Bromwich Albion have been promoted into the Premier League from the Championship. One more team will be promoted via the playoffs. Those teams include two London based sides, in Fulham and Brentford, and two Welsh teams in Cardiff and Swansea. My money is on Swansea to make the step up and join the elite in the Premier League. Only time will tell.
Key Words and Expressions
fortnight- A period of two weeks (14 days)
incident-packed- A situation where lots of things happened.
tricky- A challenging situation.
terrible form- The current way the are team playing in recent weeks is not good.
praying- To deeply want something to improve and get better.
fate was sealed- The end goal was evident. Usually a bad thing.
rare goal- A goal scored by a player that doesn't usually score.
clawing their way back- Coming back slowly from a bad situation.
reduced the deficit- In football terms. Losing by two or more goals and getting a goal back.
London based sides- Teams that play in London.
Put the correct word or expressions in the blanks
Manchester United went down 2-0 early on but they are trying to ____________________ by playing some great attacking football.
He had been given two warnings at work already. His ___________________________ when he arrived late to work for the third time this week.
The goal keeper came up for a corner a scored a ______________ to rescue a point for West Ham United.
I think Manchester City will easily beat Arsenal. The Gunners haven't won an away game in over two months. They are in ____________________ away from home.
On arrival into South Korea everyone must undergo a __________________ of quarantine to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
I got into a ________________ situation at work yesterday. I felt so shy.
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