Skiddle's open goal: A weekly roundup of football news and events | Skiddle
Here's our roundup of the latest Premier League action.
Date published: 13th Feb 2023
Another weekend goes by and another Premier League manager is sacked. Nathan Jones was relieved of the hot seat at Southampton after the side embarrassingly lost 2-1 at home to Wolves despite the away side being down to 10 men since the 27th minute. Special mention goes to Bednarek for one of the most embarrassing own goals of the season.
Nathan Jones won't go down in favourable history at Southampton as he lost nine of his 14 games in charge, declared himself as one of the best managers in Europe and upset the fans after their defeat to Brentford. The Saints find themselves rooted to the bottom of the table on 15 points.
There were quite a few draws across the weekend with one of the more dramatic ones being Arsenal drawing at home to Brentford. The away side are in brilliant form under Thomas Frank and caused the league leaders all sorts of problems, the result was a fair reflection of the match.
Crystal Palace's draw with Brighton will prove controversial as the away side were wrongly ruled out a goal by VAR after the offside line was drawn from the wrong player. It stunted Brighton's momentum at the top of the table. In another part of London, Chesea's all-star multi-million 11 couldn't click to get past West Ham.
The game finished 1-1, but again we're talking about VAR as somehow a full-on goalkeeper save from Soucek wasn't penalised for handball in the dying moments. Tottenham visited Leicester and went ahead through Bentancur but the game completely flipped on its head after that.
Nampalys Mendy scored a screamer and Leicester turned on the style, Maddison and Barnes starring as the dismantled their hapless opponents 4-1. New season, same old Spursy Spurs. The Manchester sides continued their title bids successfully, with United labouring to an eventual 2-0 win away at Leeds and City making easy work of Aston Villa, winning 3-1.
It means that the gap has been closed to Arsenal and the game between Arsenal and Manchester City in the week could be a title decider. Arsenal will have the home advantage. For more footy action take a look at the events below.
When: Saturday 6th May
Where: Joshua Brooks, Manchester
Manchester United will be taking on Newcastle United in the final of this year's Carabao Cup. At this screening in Manchester, you can assemble with all your fellow United fans and cheer on the Red Devils as they look to confirm just how successfully Erik Ten Hag's reign has started.
When: Saturday 11th March
Where: Hanley Town Football Club, Stoke On Trent
Hanley Town will be in action at home against Kidsgrove. With the away side only a few places above them in the table, Hanley will be looking to take full advantage of being at home. You can get down and join the home crowd as Hanley look to avoid relegation in a new league.
Pre-match Legend Meal Liverpool vs Brentford
When: Saturday 6th May
Where: Hotel Tia, Liverpool
Liverpool will be taking on Brentford in May and will be looking to take revenge as they were soundly thrashed at Brentford's ground. Here, you'll get a luxury experience as not only will you receive a pre-match meal but you'll get to quiz a club legend too. There's no better way to build optimism for the match.
Check out our What's On Guide to discover even more rowdy raves and sweaty gigs taking place over the coming weeks and months. For festivals, lifestyle events and more, head on over to our Things To Do page or be inspired by the event selections on our Inspire Me page.
