The English Premier League sees some incredible moments every year. Just like each year this year too, the league had its own great moments in 2016. So, let us have a look at the top 8 moments of EPL in 2016.
- Klopp’s moods
Klopp had many ups and down in terms of his performance as well as mood. In the victory match of Liverpool over Norwich with a score of 5 to 4, the game saw an incredible attack play, along with a wide open defense, and crazy celebrations.
Although Norwich were leading 3 to 1 ahead in the game’s second half, they had to recover with a score of 4 to 4 during injury period, prior to the late goal of Adam Lallana that indignantly disappointed Norwich. In this match, everyone jumped over Klopp, Llana tore off his shirt, and Klopp lost his glasses. It was a great spectacle.
- Newcastle’s condemnation
Sunderland improved a lot under Sam Allardye. Adding to this, the club won with a score of 3 to 0 at Everton in one of the most important games of the season for the club. This meant that Newcastle, the former side of Allardyce, was censured to the Championship; though they may return back in the next season. Allardyce is a successful manger of England with a win record of 100 per cent after just 1 game within 58 days of taking charge. And, right now he is at Crystal Palace.
- Misery of Mourinho
Jose Mourinho has got many names from the British press, such as ‘The Happy One’ and ‘The Special One.’ Furthermore, after Jose returned to his former club Chelsea as the new gaffer of Manchester United, he was named as ‘The humiliated one.’ After merely 30 seconds, the Men of Mourinho were down with a score of 1 to 0 because of Pedro. Moreover, by the game’s end, the score was 4 to 0.
- Rise of Rashford
Marcus Rashford, the teenage star, was locally born and brought up in Wythenshawe. He scored two times in his debut football game for United in opposition to FC Midtylland. After three days, he again won in a match against Arsenal in a 3 to 2 win.
After this, a lot of searches were made on the internet regarding Rashford and his background. Soon, the world learned about this debutante, who is now considered one of the brightest future celebrities of England.
- Adieu to Upton Park
After 112 years on May 10, West Ham bid farewell to Upton Park in order to move over to the Olympic Stadium. The final game of the club was against Manchester United, in which they lost with a score of 2 to 1.
There were still 18 minutes left following 2 goals from Anthony Martial. However, the goals from Winston Reid and Michail Antonio gave West Ham a richly deserved ultimate win at Upton Park. After this match, there was a closing ceremony, which was beautified by light shows and fireworks.
- Chaos at Manchester City vs. Chelsea match
In the match between Manchester City and Chelsea, which took place at the Etihad Stadium, there was a major chaos. There was drama everywhere in the stadium, when both sides clashed against each other in a horrible confrontation at the game’s end.
Nevertheless, the victory of Chelsea over City with a score of 3 to 1, under Antonio Conte (the new manager) stood out. As compared to Chelsea’s great performance in 2016, one year before this result, the club was in turmoil. But after a year, the club improved under the Italian.
- Arsene Wenger’s 20 years
Arsene Wenger completed his 20 years in September 2016. The Frenchman was in charge of Arsenal since twenty years, when he was picked up from Japan’s league. Wenger is now the country’s longest serving manager after two decades. In this duration, his club earned 15 trophies, one stadium, and spent nearly 700m on new players for the club.
Wenger commemorated his anniversary at Turf Motor after the club won over Burnley with a score of 1 to 0. However, there are still some fans of the Arsenal club, who think that the French tactician should now leave the club, at least after losing a game.
- Great start of Guardiola
One of the great moments in the Premier League of 2016 was how amazingly Pep Guardiola handled Manchester City. He arrived with 3 Bundesliga titles as well as 3 La Liga titles to his name. Under his guidance, City won incredible. In its winning matches, one was against Bournemouth, where it won terrifically with a score of 4 to 0.
However, the winning run ultimately finished in September in the 11th game of Guardiola, in which City had a draw with Celtic in the Champions League. Since then, a lot of things have changed. Both Guardiola and City are now facing the league’s toughness. Nevertheless, the start of Guardiola with Manchester City was a great moment in 2016.
So, these are some of the top moments of the EPL 2016. We hope that this year goes much better than the last one in the English Premier League.
