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With the second week of the UEFA Champions League in the books, the English Premier League is back!
In the eighth round of the Premier League in, movements in the league table are inevitable. Liverpool FC slipped down to second and are on quite a dry spell having lost to Napoli in their Champions League encounter and sharing the spoils with Chelsea in their last encounter in the PL.
Manchester City then took advantage of the slump by The Reds and moved up to first while Manchester United slipped down to 10th after a disappointing defeat against West Ham United. We now look into the top three premier league matches to watch for this week.
#1 Tottenham vs Cardiff City - 06/10/2018
Currently, on a roll with two consecutive wins in the league, Tottenham Hotspur are looking to extend their winning run to three after a valiant performance despite their defeat at the hands of FC Barcelona in the mid-week Champions League tie.
Despite Harry Kane being back to his old self after scoring against the Blaugrana, Mauricio Pochettino will still miss the services of Dele Alli, Mousa Dembele, Christian Eriksen and Jan Vertonghen who are all out for their match against Cardiff City due to injury.
Pochettino still has several players to call upon as the likes of Kieran Trippier, Danny Rose and Heung-Min Son can be brought in.
On the other hand, in spite of facing a win-less Cardiff City, they still have to be careful as the Bluebirds have shown signs of life. After losing a tight encounter against Burnley last week, they will look to upset the giants and earn their first three points in the league at the hands of Tottenham.
After two matches against London clubs Arsenal and Chelsea, Cardiff made a promising statement in their 2nd of September encounter against Arsenal where the gunners needed to go down the stretch to earn their victory at the city of Cardiff Stadium.
#2 Manchester United vs Newcastle United - 06/10/2018
Currently sitting in 10th place in the league table, Manchester United has been on a bit of a slump as they are winless over the last five matches. They might've produced a reasonable result against Valencia in the mid-week Champions League encounter but that didn't overshadow the disappointing result they got out against West Ham United.
In an unprecedented matter, the Red Devils were defeated by West Ham United 3-1. What's more disappointing was the way they were defeated. The back-line was disorganized while the offence lacked the finishing edge. Marcus Rashford's goal was not enough to bring life to a divided Manchester United team.
With an ongoing rift between Paul Pogba and manager Jose Mourinho, they walked out of the London Stadium with the worst Premier League start of their club in 29 years.
Nevertheless, despite this match being a must-win situation for Mourinho to keep his job, he should keep in mind that Newcastle is another club who are yet to notch a win in the Premier League.
#1 Liverpool vs Manchester City - Anfield 07/10/2018
Anything else better than ending your Premier League weekend with a clash for the top spot between Liverpool and Manchester City? I don't think so. Only separated by seven goals at the top spot, The Reds and the Cityzens will be looking to break the deadlock in points in their first meeting of this season.
After dropping points in their last encounter against Chelsea, Liverpool were then defeated away from home against Napoli.
Back in the Premier League, they will look to earn a bit of an advantage against co-title hopefuls Manchester City when they face each other at Anfield. Over the last five matches between the two, Liverpool has been the more dominant side.
Most importantly, when the two met in the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals, Liverpool won both the home and away leg in a convincing manner. Although Manchester City is on a four-game winning streak, they cannot relax and hope for Liverpool to slip up as that would cost them the all-important three points.
