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Here is a look at the Premier League Table for the current 2024/25 season after Week 2, and comparing it to the standings as of Week 1.
Chelsea, as you can see, are the biggest movers up the table- they were 17th in the standings at the end of GW1 and are now in 8th spot after GW2 courtesy of their 6-2 win away at Wolves.
French newspaper L’Equipe had an interesting headline today (August 27, 2024) covering Mason Greenwood and his start at Olympique Marseille. The former Manchester United youngster joined OM earlier this summer for a 30 million euro fee and has already scored 3 goals for his new club, prompting L’Equipe to run an article on him.
The French paper’s cover page had the headline “OM- Greenwood, L’Amour Sans Condition” (Marseille & Greenwood, Unconditional Love”). The article inside had the subheadline “OM, Sweet Home” (a play on Home, Sweet Home using OM)
Noni Madueke scored a stunning fourteen-minute hat trick that saw Chelsea hammer Wolves 6-2 at Molineux on Sunday afteroon. Most pundits felt pre-game that it was a draw or even a Wolves win, and the game was competitive till the interval (2-2) before the home side fell apart early in the second half.
Here are our talking points from the clash.
Cole Palmer in a central role does a Fabregas
There have been many folks asking for Cole Palmer to play in a more central role, and the forward showed what he was capable of in that position, racking up a hat-trick of assists for Noni Madueke in a 14 minute period in the second half.
Palmer became the first Chelsea player to achieve a PL assist hat-trick since Cesc Fabregas did so over 8 years ago (in April 2016 v Bournemouth to be precise).
He also scored a wonderful individual goal, although some pundits felt it should’ve been disallowed because the ball wasn’t stationary.
Madueke stars on the wing for the Blues
Noni Madueke was a constant threat down the right wing for Chelsea- the first shot of the game came from him in the 2nd minute (and the Blues scored from the resulting corner seconds later).
Palmer and Madueke combined very well and made life tough for Rayan Ait-Nouri, who was playing left back for Wolves. All three of Madueke’s goals came in the same area of the pitch.
In the process, Madueke became the 6th youngest Chelsea player to score an EPL hat trick (22y 168d), and it’s only the 5th time that a Premier League hat trick has had the same player assisting all the goals.