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Premier League Round Seven: The good, the bad and the ugly

By Michael Peters

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The Good

Victory at last!

Stoke City finally won a Premier League match! The Potters defeated Bournemouth 2-1 to climb out of the relegation zone and into 17th place in the table.

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Jonathan Walters put Stoke into the lead 33 minutes into the match before Dan Gosling leveled on 76 minutes. In an instant that familiar feeling of tossing points away had crept back into the Britannia Stadium. Would they ever find a win?

Then, Mame Biram Diouf came to the rescue and headed home a goal on 83 minutes to put The Potters back into the lead – this time for good.

You can see it on Walters’ face just how badly Stoke needed to take all three points.

Why this match was so important: Stoke were winless on the season, and the longer that goes on the harder it becomes to break the rut. Stoke’s next match is a visit to Villa Park to take on Tim Sherwood’s Aston Villa.

Stoke’s victory put them two points ahead of The Villains, who sit directly behind them in the table. If Stoke can find a way to win this game, they would likely find themselves five, six and seven points ahead of the three teams in the relegation zone.

Considering Newcastle face a trip to an angry Manchester City side, and Sunderland are next on West Ham’s list of road scalps to collect this season – this is a scenario The Potters would do well to take advantage of.

The droughts are over!

Harry Kane, Alexis Sanchez and Wayne Rooney can all take a deep breath. The burden that they could conceivably go the length of the season without scoring a Premier League goal can finally be put to bed.

What a burden that must have been.

Honestly, no one thought they would go the entire season without scoring, but with some of the coverage these three drew – particularly Kane and Rooney – one had to wonder whether people actually thought it could happen.

Sanchez played a pivotal role in securing Arsenal’s 5-2 comeback victory against Leicester City, and was fantastic during the match.

Rooney’s goal was Manchester United’s second of the match and put Sunderland away, while Kane’s goal was from a rebound.

Here is the kicker, though, Kane’s goal should not have counted as he was in an offside position. Kane will take it anyways as he desperately needed to break his duck.

Plus, it certainly put a smile on England manager Roy Hodgson’s face – it does not look like he cares that it was in an offside position.

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