Arsenal's Martin Odegaard celebrates with teammates after scoring their first goal in their Premier League clash against Burnley at Turf Moor on Saturday. Photo: Craig Brough/Reuters |
Many people
have applauded the FG for taking this step especially when other countries like
India, China, South Africa, Ghana etc have also decided on a home-grown digital
currency.Martin Odegaard scored his first goal since his
permanent switch to Arsenal on Saturday to further ease the pressure on Mikel
Arteta as Sadio Mane helped fire Liverpool to the top of the Premier League.
Defending champions Manchester City dropped
two points at home to Southampton after a 0-0 stalemate while struggling Wolves
lost their fourth match in five against 10-man Brentford.
Arsenal were rock bottom of the table before
last week's fixtures but wins against Norwich and now Burnley lifted them to
the relative comfort of 12th spot before the late kick-off between Aston Villa
and Everton.
Odegaard, who signed from Real Madrid last
month after spending part of last season at the Emirates on loan, broke the
deadlock in the 30th minute, curling home a free-kick to give the visitors a
1-0 lead at Turf Moor.
Arsenal breathed a sigh of relief when VAR
overturned a penalty awarded to Burnley in the second half after Matej Vydra
tumbled to the turf following a challenge by goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale.
Liverpool forward Mane continued his
eye-catching run against Crystal Palace, netting in his ninth league match in a
row against the London side to send Jurgen Klopp's men top of the table with a
3-0 win.
Mohamed Salah's glancing header from
Konstantinos Tsimikas' corner was kept out by goalkeeper Vicente Guaita but
Mane pounced to lash home his 100th goal for Liverpool in all competitions.
Salah doubled the Reds' lead in the 78th
minute before Naby Keita sealed the win with a sweetly struck volley.
Liverpool, champions in 2020, have made an
impressive start to the season, scoring 12 goals in their opening five games
and conceding just once.
City drop points
Manchester City will rue their inability to
beat Southampton at the Etihad after consecutive 5-0 home wins.
It could have been worse for them after
referee Jon Moss pointed to the spot when Kyle Walker bundled into the back of
Adam Armstrong in the area, showing the England international a red card.
But the incident was reviewed by VAR and Moss
eventually decided to overturn both decisions.
The build-up to City's match was dominated by
a row over attendance levels at the Etihad, with manager Pep Guardiola urging
fans to fill empty seats in comments that irritated some supporters.
But fans were frustrated by battling
Southampton, who kept City's attackers at bay despite relentless pressure.
The home side thought they had snatched
victory in the dying minutes after goalkeeper Alex McCarthy saved a Phil Foden
header and Raheem Sterling tucked in the rebound but the flag was raised.
Watford beat Norwich 3-1 to condemn the newly
promoted Canaries to their fifth consecutive defeat.
Watford took the lead in the 17th minute
through Emmanuel Dennis but Teemu Pukki equalised before half time. Ismaila
Sarr put the visitors back in front in the 63rd minute and scored again with 10
minutes to go.
In the early kick-off, Ivan Toney scored a
goal and created another as 10-man Brentford beat Wolves 2-0 to maintain their
impressive start to their first Premier League campaign.
The 25-year-old striker won and converted a
penalty before setting up Bryan Mbeumo as the Bees prevailed at Molineux
despite Shandon Baptiste's red card in the second half.
Tottenham host Chelsea on Sunday while
Cristiano Ronaldo's Manchester United travel to West Ham.
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