The Dozen: the weekend’s best Premier League photos Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Your weekend roundup of the best photography from England’s top flight • Follow us on Instagram for more great sports photography Daffydd Bynon and Steven Bloor Main image: An animated Pep Guardiola watches as his Manchester City side see off Burnley. Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA Sun 22 Oct 2017 15.34 EDT Last modified on Mon 15 Apr 2024 09.00 EDT Watford’s Richarlison comes of worse after the challenge from Chelsea’s David Luiz as Chelsea win 4-2 at Stamford Bridge. Richarlison (with five) has had a hand in more goals than any other Watford player in the Premier League this season (three goals, two assists). Photograph: David Ramos/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Michy Batshuayi scores Chelsea’s second goal. Batshuayi has scored in each of his three Premier League appearances against Watford (four goals in total). Photograph: Darren Walsh/Chelsea FC via Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter The Chelsea manager, Antonio Conte, can’t contain his excitement and jumps into the crowd to celebrate their win. Conte said: ‘The performance was good because to concede the equaliser at the end of the first and then go down in first part of the second half, our confidence in that moment was low. But my players showed me we have the attitude to fight and change the situation and get a different result.’ Photograph: Lee Mills/ikimages/Rex/Shutterstock Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Crystal Palace’s Wilfried Zaha evades the tackle from Newcastle United’s Mikel Merino as The Magpies win 1-0 at St James’ Park thanks to Merino’s goal, his first Premier League goal for the club. Photograph: Scott Heppell/Reuters Share on Facebook Share on Twitter A distraught José Mourinho after Manchester United lose 2-1 to Huddersfield Town at the John Smith’s Stadium. Mourinho has failed to win all 19 Premier League games in which his side have been two goals behind (drawn one, lost 18) - that draw coming against Newcastle in September 2015 when managing Chelsea. Photograph: Mark Leech/Offside Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Swansea’s Alfie Mawson watches his strike fly past Leicester’s Kasper Schmeichel as Leicester win 2-1 at the Liberty Stadium. Since the start of 2015-16, Swansea have scored 11 own goals, more than twice as many as any other side. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Stoke’s Ryan Shawcross gets between Bournemouth’s Benik Afobe and Nathan Ake as The Cherries secure a 2-1 away win at the Bet365 Stadium. Stoke have now lost five of their last 10 home league games. Photograph: Tony Marshall/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Manchester City’s Gabriel Jesus connects with Burnley’s Ben Mee as City win 3-0 at the Etihad Stadium. This is Manchester City’s joint-best points return after nine games of a Premier League season, alongside 2011-12. The only team who have more more points at this stage of a season were Chelsea (27) in 2005-06. Photograph: Matt McNulty/JMP/REX/Shutterstock Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Pep Guardiola watches as his team beat Burnley. City have 25 points this season; only once has Guardiola (27 with Bayern Munich in 2015-16) won more points as a manager from the opening nine games of the season. Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Southampton’s Fraser Forster looses control of the ball, but The Saints see out the win, beating West Bromwich Albion 1-0 at St Mary’s. Of Premier League fixtures played at least 15 times, games between these two sides have averaged only 1.47 goals per game (22 goals in 15 games), fewer than any other clash. Photograph: Steve Bardens/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Arsenal’s Alexis Sánchez connects with the ball ahead of Everton’s Jonjoe Kenny as The Gunners win 5-2 at Goodison Park. This is now Everton’s worst points tally (eight) after nine games of a Premier League season since 2005-06, when they had four points but finished the campaign in 11th place. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Liverpool’s James Milner kepps tabs on Tottenham’s Serge Aurier as Spurs win 4-1 at Wembley Stadium. Tottenham’s second goal was the 1,000th that Liverpool have conceded in the Premier League, making them the sixth team to have reached this milestone (Tottenham 1,237, Everton 1,225, Aston Villa 1,186, West Ham 1,163 and Newcastle 1,148). Photograph: Glyn Kirk/AFP/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Topics Premier League The dozen Liverpool Tottenham Hotspur Everton Arsenal Swansea City Leicester City