The Drought is over as it rains goals!

Hello you lovely lot and welcome to another Strike! There were a lot of goals over the weekend and some players finally ended their long goal drought, Harry Kane was on the score sheet in Tottenham's very impressive win over Man City. Alexis Sanchez scored a hat trick as Arsenal came from a goal down to beat Leicester 5-2 in a cracking game at the King Power. Wayne Rooney also scored as Man United moved to the top of the league after beating the very disappointing Sunderland side.

So let's go over all the games and all the talking points,

Tottenham 4 - 1 Man City - I thought Man City would bounce back from their defeat to West Ham last week but losing Joe Hart due to a bad back wasn't the best way to start the day but for the first half hour they were well on top and deserved their goal which was dispatched by Kevin De Bruyne after a long run from Yaya Toure even though it may have been just offside. The goal that got Spurs level was again offside but this time it wasn't close and Man City will be disappointed but it wasn't great defending and Eric Dier's finish was top drawer. Spurs were ahead just after the break which again looked offside but it was poor goalkeeping by Willy Caballero and the third goal was again just offside but take nothing away from Harry Kane's finish which was very good from a player who keeps going and deserved his goal. Man City were all over the place for Lamela's goal and it summed up a very poor day for the boys in blue but Spurs were well worth their win.


Leicester 2 - 5 Arsenal - What a cracking of football this was, Jamie Vardy put The Foxes one up after 15 minutes and they looked well worth their lead but Theo Walcott calmly equalised 6 minutes later and then Alexis Sanchez finally got on the score sheet this season. In the second half, Arsenal looked class and were soon ahead from a Sanchez header and then a few minutes later, he completed his hat tick with a delightful shot into the bottom corner. Jamie Vardy's second goal of the afternoon was another fine finish but Oliver Giroud rounded off a very good afternoon for The Gunners who finally clicked into top gear. Leicester play some lovely football and will cause every team problems.

Liverpool 3 - 2 Aston Villa - This was a game that Liverpool simply couldn't afford to lose and they started off superb with a lovely finish from James Milner. It was good to see Daniel Sturridge back amongst the goals but the Liverpool defending was again very poor and Rudy Gestede punished them and on another day, Villa could have nicked a draw. A win is a win for Liverpool but it wasn't pretty.

Manchester United 3 - 0 Sunderland - Somehow, Manchester United are sitting on top of the league, I don't know how but they have been going about their business and winning football matches although they aren't very exciting to watch they are getting the results. Sunderland were again woeful at the back and pretty much gifted the win to United, Wayne Rooney even bagged himself a goal in a very easy win. Man United travel to The Emirates next Sunday which could be an absolute thriller.

Southampton 3 - 1 Swansea - The Saints are back to their best with another good performance against a Swansea side who don't seem right to me, not scoring many and leaking at the back. Ryan Bertrand made his first start of the season which was good to see from an England point of view.

Stoke City 2 - 1 Bournemouth - A serious looking injury for Callum Wilson kind of took the shine off which was very entertaining game at The Britannia. Stoke finally got a league win under their belt and will look to push on from here. As for Bournemouth, they only play one way and that is attack, it will lead to a few defeats but they are a good side to watch.

West Ham 2 - 2 Norwich - West Ham can beat the big sides away from home but when it comes to games they probably should win, they don't. I like the way Norwich play football and they will feel they really should have come away with a win and if it wasn't for a very late goal from Kouyate, they would have.

Newcastle 2 - 2 Chelsea - Newcastle needed a performance and they didn't let their fans down. Ayoze Perez put them one nil up just before the break and when Wijnaldum made it two, I thought that Jose Mourinho's poor record at Newcastle was going to continue but two late goals got them a very hard fought draw. Chelsea looked all over the place and if Newcastle had a little bit more confidence then Chelsea wouldn't have got anything.

Watford 0 - 1 Crystal Palace - Another win for The Eagles who are flying high and you don't have to like Alan Pardew but what a job he is doing there. Yohan Cabaye won the game with a cool finish from the spot to put Palace up to 6th in the league.


There is a game tonight between West Brom and Everton which I shall go over tomorrow, so hopefully it will have plenty of goals! It is also Champions League and Europa League week so I will go through all the games that the British sides have.

Until then :)