Feisty, end-to-end, and attractive football was on display in Gameweek 11 of the 2024/25 Premier League season.
The Seagulls upset the defending champions, while Liverpool capitalised against an out-of-form Aston Villa. Brentford and Bournemouth entertained in a feisty affair, while the Cottagers continued to impress.
This Gameweek proved yet again why the Premier League is considered the most competitive league in the world, where there are no easy games even for the top sides.
Let’s take a look at all the action from Gameweek 11 of the 2024/25 Premier League.
Brentford’s impressive home record continued as they came from behind twice to beat an in-form Cherries outfit.
The visitors were in command in the early period, having had two clear chances through Antoine Semenyo and Marcos Senesi inside the first 15 minutes. Under immense pressure, a sloppy back pass from Brentford defender Sepp van den Berg was pounced on by Evanilson outside the box and he kept his composure to round off Brentford goalie Mark Flekken to open the scoring in the 17th minute. Brentford restored parity through Yoanne Wissa’s well-directed header into the Bournemouth net ten minutes later, though, and the two sides went into the break tied at 1-1.
The second half saw a frantic ten-minute period of end-to-end football from both sides. First, Bournemouth regained the lead through a short corner routine and a superb one-two, resulting in Justin Kluivert scoring in the 49th minute. Brentford then responded within a minute from a Mikkel Damsgaard near-post shot that should have been saved by Kepa Arrizabalaga, whose poor performance in general also raised questions over Andoni Iraola’s decision to bench Mark Travers, who was outstanding in the last two games.
The third Brentford goal was absolutely breathtaking, involving Vitaly Janelt’s dummy to Lewis Potter and a beautiful ball behind the Bournemouth defence for Wissa to dink it over Kepa in the 58th minute. Bournemouth had a late chance and almost equalised in stoppage time when Dean Huijsen’s close-range header hit the crossbar.
The Hammers’ struggles continued in Gameweek 11 as they had to settle for a draw against Everton.
The first half was quite drab and uneventful at times, barring Crysensio Summerville tracking back to produce an important last-ditch tackle on Abdoulaye Doucouré to deny a certain goal and West Ham getting a shot on target in the 44th minute through Jarrod Bowen, which was saved by Jordan Pickford.
Sean Dyche’s side started the second half well and keeper Lukasz Fabianski was called into action to keep out a header by Jesper Lindstrøm. The Hammers came alive in the last 15 minutes and saw a host of opportunities go begging. An effort from Summerville hit the post in the 73rd minute. However, West Ham’s best chances came late in the game when Pickford first saved from a Danny Ings low shot and tipped over another deflected shot from the former Liverpool forward deep into stoppage time.
While West Ham will rue the missed chances and their lack of finishing, Everton will be happy with a point from a difficult away game.
Crystal Palace’s underwhelming season continued as they dropped points against the Cottagers at home. Ravaged by injuries, Oliver Glasner’s side only had one decent chance in the first half when Jean-Phillipe Mateta’s shot beat Bernd Leno but was cleared off the line by Fulham defender Joachim Andersen late in the first half. Fulham had a host of chances early on but couldn’t capitalise, though towards the end of the first half Maxence Lacroix’s pass out from the back was latched on to by Emile Smith Rowe, who played a one-two with Raúl Jiménez before his low shot nestled into the far corner for the lead.
Smith Rowe was celebrating again not long after the restart when Fulham hit Palace on the counter. Jiménez led the move from left to right, Alex Iwobi delivered a teasing cross, and Smith Rowe was at the end of it, though VAR denied the goal for a marginal offside. Fulham attacked persistently but couldn’t find a second goal, and anxious moments continued until the sending-off of Daichi Kamada for a poor foul in the 76th minute. Last weekend’s hero Harry Wilson then came off the bench and closed out the game in the 83rd minute by scoring from an Iwobi through ball. Wilson scored another in stoppage time, but VAR disallowed the goal for handball
Pep Guardiola’s Man City continued to struggle with a loss against the Seagulls after the upset at Bournemouth last weekend.
The Cityzens did start the game with intent and dominated possession in the first half and it looked like they were back in form. Savinho forced a smart save out of Bart Verbruggen from a tight angle on the right before Erling Haaland’s volley on the stretch went well wide in the early stages. However, Haaland found his goal-scoring touch back in the 23rd minute from his follow-up shot after his initial shot had been smothered by Verbruggen. Brighton looked like they were struggling to gain control as another Haaland shot a few minutes later was saved by Verbruggen. However, the Seagulls started imposing themselves by the end of first half and went into the break with momentum on their side.
After the break, the hosts started to attack in waves while the visitors tried to wrestle the control back. Brighton missed several decent chances before a poor defensive scramble in the box led to their equaliser. Kaoru Mitoma’s teasing ball in the box was met by City defenders, but they failed to clear and João Pedro guided the ball home in the 78th minute. Six minutes later, Premier League debutant Matt O’ Riley escaped the City back line to score past Ederson to the delight of the home fans.
With this loss, Pep Guardiola has now lost four consecutive games as a manager for the first time in his career. It will be interesting to see how he goes about turning this around after the international break.
Wolves went into this game without a single win in the league this season and desperately needed a home win against relegation strugglers Southampton.
The home side were out of the traps instantly when the Saints lost possession in their own half and Matheus Cunha picked the ball up and drove forward to find a weighted pass to Pablo Sarabia, who went around the keeper to score. Wolves had the lead in the second minute of the game, but that didn’t deter Southampton from playing well as they kept the majority of the possession and thought they had equalised through Ryan Manning in the 12th minute only for the goal to be chalked off by VAR due to a foul on Nelson Semedo.
Wolves came back after the restart looking to double their advantage, with Cunha yet again proving to be their star performer. In the 51st minute, the Brazilian curled in a shot into the top left corner from outside the box to make it 2-0. Southampton still played aggressively but their decision-making in the final third continued to be an issue until the full-time whistle.
Liverpool took advantage of Man City’s upset against Brighton by beating Aston Villa. The Villans came with a different ploy to Anfield and looked like waiting for Liverpool to attack rather than attacking themselves. Liverpool scored first in the 20th minute through a swift counter-attacking move from an Aston Villa corner when Mo Salah was brought down by Leon Bailey, but the referee played the advantage and Darwin Núñez continued his run to beat Emi Martínez. Liverpool were particularly dangerous on most Aston Villa corners, and ten minutes later Salah passed to Núñez on the counter to create another glorious opportunity, though this time the Uruguayan striker’s shot sailed over the bar. Aston Villa did have great opportunities to equalise through set pieces before the end of first half but Caoimhín Kelleher came to Liverpool’s rescue on two occasions to hold on to the 1-0 lead.
The second half saw Liverpool comfortable in possession and building up patiently from the back. Aston Villa didn’t have many clear-cut chances, though they did have a frantic ten-minute period of ascendancy after the 75th minute. However, pushing for a goal left them vulnerable at the back and Liverpool hit them again on the counter as Salah did not miss in front of goal in the 84th minute.
With this win, the Merseyside Reds remain top of the table with a five-point gap to Man City in the second place, heading gleefully into the international break.
Tottenham had produced an exceptional performance against Aston Villa last weekend and everyone expected them to walk away with an easy three points against a winless Ipswich side, but it was not to be.
Both teams started in blistering fashion, with Ipswich registering their first attack inside the opening two minutes as Sammie Szmodics forced a save from Guglielmo Vicario at the near post. Spurs weren’t to be left behind and had a chance of their own in the fourth minute from a Son Heung-min cross into the box, but Brennan Johnson could only poke it wide of the mark. Nine minutes in, Ipswich again could have scored as centre-back Cameron Burgess hit the post with a header, though they did open the scoring from an overhead kick by Szmodics in the 31st minute before doubling their advantage ten minutes later as Szmodics turned provider for a close-range finish from Liam Delap.
Four minutes into the restart, Spurs thought they had pulled one back, but Dominic Solanke’s goal was correctly dismissed by VAR for handball. Rodrigo Bentancur headed into the net from a Pedro Porro corner kick in the 69th minute, giving Spurs a lifeline. However, Spurs couldn’t muster any clear-cut opportunities except for a late Solanke chance that was saved by Arijanet Muric, and the visitors held on to grab three massive points away from home.
Man United thumped a poor Leicester City at Old Trafford to continue their decent run of form, producing an emphatic victory in Rudd van Nistelrooy’s last game as interim boss before Rúben Amorim takes charge during the international break.
The Red Devils dominated this game from start to finish, with the Foxes looking to avert the pressure. The hosts opened the scoring through captain Bruno Fernandes in the 17th minute when his curled shot found the bottom corner with aplomb. Fernandes was then also involved in United’s second goal in the 38th minute when Victor Kristiansen deflected his shot into his own goal. The first half ended with Amad Diallo getting past Leicester defenders and shooting on goal only for Mads Hermansen to beat his effort away.
Foxes had a mountain to climb in the second half and could hardly have any attempt on goal except for a Wilfred Ndidi close range shot that was saved by André Onana early on in the half. United kept hold of the possession and control of the game. The Red Devils wrapped up the win in the 82nd minute through an Alejandro Garnacho effort from a curving Fernandes pass that Hermansen had no chance of saving.
Nottingham Forest’s impressive run was halted at home by a feisty Newcastle United. Fresh from their win against Arsenal last weekend, the Magpies produced an inspired second half display to douse the Forest fire. The home side found the opener through an unmarked Murillo header from an Anthony Elanga free kick in the 22nd minute. However, Newcastle applied pressure on the home side post that early goal and dominated possession without finding a goal going into the break.
The away side took control of the game in the second half. Newcastle came close from a Bruno Guimarães shot from outside the box that went sailing over before restoring parity in the 54th minute from an Anthony Gordon corner as Alexander Isak scored from close range. Newcastle then took the lead with a curling Joelinton shot into the bottom left in the 72nd minute. The away side continued to attack and wrapped up the game from substitute Harvey Barnes’ near-post finish in the 83rd minute.
The Super Sunday Derby fixture ended in a draw after an exhilarating second half tussle between Chelsea and Arsenal. Cole Palmer tested Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya as early as the second minute with a powerful shot from distance, but the Spaniard was up to the task.
Chelsea had one of the best chances of the game when Pedro Neto’s inviting cross found fullback Malo Gusto on the far post, but he headed over the crossbar. Three minutes later, it was the visitors who could have scored but Gabriel Martinelli’s shot was saved by Robert Sánchez. Arsenal thought they had taken the lead just after the half-hour mark from a quickly-taken free kick by Declan Rice that Kai Havertz converted, but post a lengthy VAR review resulted in the goal being denied for offside.
Early in the second half, a cross from Noni Madueke from the left was sent over the bar by Wesley Fofana. The game came alive in the 60th minute when a Martin Ødegaard cross found Martinelli, who sneaked the ball in at the near post. Chelsea didn’t give up, however. Ten minutes later, an uninterrupted Pedro Neto struck a shot into the bottom right corner from outside the box to restore parity. Arsenal did have a late chance to nick all three points, but William Saliba’s teasing pass was poked wide by Leandro Trossard.
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