Premier League: Iwobi Stars, Man Utd As Chelsea Move To The Zenith Of The League.

  Premier League Round Up: Iwobi Stars, Man Utd Win, As Chelsea Move To The Zenith Of The League. By Omolagba Oluwayemi Chelsea went top of the Premier League as they came from behind to beat Leeds United in their first game in front of fans for nine months BSNsports.com.ng reports. Former Blues striker Patrick Bamford, who spent five years at Chelsea without making a senior appearance, gave Leeds an early lead at Stamford Bridge after getting between defender Kurt Zouma and keeper Edouard Mendy. Timo Werner then somehow managed to miss from point-blank range after Olivier Giroud's flicked header from a corner, the Germany forward hitting the underside of the bar before Leeds cleared. However, Giroud marked his first league start of the season with his fifth goal of the week having scored Chelsea's four against Sevilla in the Champions League on Tuesday. Chelsea, who welcomed 2,000 fans back to Stamford Bridge after coronavirus restrictions were eased, went ahead as Zouma headed in from Mason Mount's corner. Substitute Christian Pulisic added a late third from Werner's pass, with the United States winger becoming the 13th different player to score for Chelsea in the Premier League this season. It is almost getting to the point where Manchester United going behind away from home might actually seem like a good thing to manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and the club's supporters. Last week they were 2-0 down at Southampton and turned things around in the second half to win 3-2 after the introduction of Cavani and again yesterday were a goal down against West Ham and with the introduction of Fenandes and Rashford, thing turned around with the team winning 3-1. West Ham should probably have put the game out of sight long before Fernandes got his boots dirty. They deservedly went ahead through Tomas Soucek, in front of their 2,000 fans and had the chances for plenty more, two golden opportunities for Pablo Fornals, a couple more for Jarrod Bowen, and also Sébastien Haller. It was a harsh lesson in efficiency, a glorious missed opportunity to rechristen a stadium resounding to the familiar sound of actual human noise. Manchester City were in exhibition mode, winning this 10th Premier League outing with ease. City were ahead as early as the fifth minute, though before this Mahrez put in Sterling only for his shot to be too close to Alphonse Areola, in a first illustration of the profligacy Guardiola bemoaned. Seconds later Fulham were behind. Jonathan Moss denied a handball appeal to wave play on and City could thank the referee as De Bruyne rolled possession to Sterling. This time the finish was true, to Areola’s right. Moss awarded a spot-kick for Manchester City after Sterling was brought down in the penalty box and De Bruyne buried the resulting kick. In the early kick-off, Calvert-Lewin rescues point for Everton to leave Burnley in bottom three. Everton began woefully, sloppy passing by Alex Iwobi and Allan in their own half surrendering possession to Robbie Brady, who lost no time in tucking a shot inside Jordan Pickford’s right upright from a couple of yards outside the penalty area. It was the second goal Burnley have scored in the league at home this season and they hardly had to work for it. Indeed, with under three minutes on the clock they had barely broken sweat. That left the visitors 42 minutes to find an equaliser. Iwobi bounced back after a poor performance against Leeds last week and has shown that he may have finally found the consistency which has hindered him throughout his career. The Nigerian has found form as a right-wing back but has shown everyone that he can hold down a more natural right-back position when Ancelotti switched the Toffees into a 4-3-3. Iwobi also completed 50% of his dribbles and completed 83% of his passes, one problem is his 20% cross completion rate.