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Premier League HOT or NOT
What is sexy - and not sexy - in football this week…
HOT
Marko Arnautovic
There’s always been a faint touch of Zlatan about the Stoke City forward in terms of physical presence, swagger and the fact his name ends in “ovic”. Maybe not so much in terms of playing ability or effectiveness, but recent events suggest the Austrian forward is emerging into a player somewhere near as good as he thinks he is. Two goals against Manchester City in the Potters’ dominant 2-0 victory on Saturday mean this is already the most prolific Premier League season of Arnautovic’s career. He had enough chances to score five goals against City. In fact, if he was Zlatan he would have done.
Scott Dann
Anyone tipping the centre-back for an England cap a couple of years ago, when he was part of a Blackburn Rovers team struggling to make an impression in the Championship, would have been considered mad as hell. But Alan Pardew now does it regularly without anyone questioning his sanity or judgement. Not only has Dann been solid at the back for Crystal Palace, his strike at Everton on Monday night means he has the same amount of goals this season as Diego Costa and Eden Hazard combined (three). Even then, the 28-year-old might have to wait until Pardew replaces Roy Hodgson before he gets his first international call-up
Riyad Mahrez
There aren’t many teams where you could score 10 goals in 14 league games from midfield and manage to slip under the radar, but the form of Jamie Vardy has left Algerian winger Mahrez playing second fiddle in recent weeks. It was impossible not to notice him scoring a hat-trick against Swansea though, as the table-topping Foxes got so hot that some people have even started to accept they might actually be a genuinely good side. Mahrez also has six assists this season and, along with Mesut Ozil, can rightfully call himself the Premier League’s outstanding midfielder. The difference is that Ozil cost about £40m and Mahrez cost about £400,000.
NOT
Stamford Bridge
“I’m proud of the record, but I don’t think it has an influence in the future,” said Jose Mourinho in his best attempt at modesty as he prepared for his 100th home game as Chelsea manager earlier this season, having lost just once in the previous 99. He was dead right it wouldn’t have an influence. Not only did the Blues get beaten by Crystal Palace in that 100th match, they have since been turned over by Southampton, Liverpool and now Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge. One commentator described the latest defeat as “the cherry on top of Chelsea’s problem cake”. And whatever a problem cake is exactly, it sounds like it tastes disgusting.
Fernando
Manchester City’s tough-tackling midfielder spotted the perfect opportunity to make one of his tough tackles as Stoke’s Xerdhan Shaqiri collected the ball in midfield at the Britannia Stadium on Saturday. But as Fernando steamed in to recover possession, Shaqiri surprised him by performing a textbook dragback and pirouetting towards goal. As the Swiss winger made the incisive forward pass that created Stoke’s opener, Fernando was still running in the opposite direction – his body having failed to acknowledge what his brain must have already recognised with bitter resignation: he had just been twined, big time.
The West Ham way
The Hammers’ attacking foursome of Dimitri Payet, Manuel Lanzini, Victor Moses and Diafra Sakho has terrorised defences from the Emirates to the Etihad this season, as Slaven Bilic’s side played with a creative verve rarely seen under previous manager Sam Allardyce. But in the space of four weeks, Bilic has lost them all, one-by-one, to injury. Tuesday’s news that Lanzini has joined Payet, Sakho and Moses in facing a lengthy spell on the sidelines means Bilic will have to rely on his back-up attack in the coming weeks and months. In other words, Andy Carroll and Nikica Jelavic - try playing the West Ham way with that. Allardyce would have been in his element.
