Pep Guardiola may have signed a new contract at Manchester City, but there was no turnaround in fortunes for the Premier League champions. (More Football News)
City were humbled 4-0 by Tottenham at the Eti🔯had Stadium on Saturday, losing a fifth straight game in all competitions.
Liverpool capitalised on that result, coming froꦫm behind to beat lowly Southampton 3-2 on Sunday and moving eight points clear at the top in the⭕ process.
Ruben Amorim made💎 his bow as Man💎chester United boss in a 1-1 draw with Ipswich Town at Portman Road, while Chelsea and Arsenal are hot on Man City's heels.
We also sওaw a managerial departure, with Leicester City parting ways with Steve Cooper after four league matches without a win.
But, who were the unlucky losers, and lucky winners, from the weekend's Premier League f🍷ixtures?
Unlucky losers: Fulham
Man City were not the only team to ship four goals on Saturday, with Fulham also having that unwanted badge of honour fo🐼llowing their 4-1 home loss to Wolves.
But while Wolves were excellent on the counter and clinical when their chances came, it is fair to say Fulham were unfortunate to concede four times, given they on♌ly gave up 1.3 expected goals against (xGA).
Indeed, Fulham and Wol🤪ves both had 10 shots, while both teams also had 2⭕3 touches in the opponents' box.
It was a bad day at the office for Marco Silva, but he can at least take sola🌼ce that the numbers suggest they were some🤡what unfortunate.
Unlucky losers: Bournemouth
Bournemouth were beaten 2-1 by Brighton on Saturday, as the Seagulls h🌸el🐼d off their south coast rivals despite Carlos Baleba's red card.
David Brooks pulled one ba𒁏ck for Bournemouth late on, as Andoni Iraola's team fell short of their 1.6 x🐬G.
Brighton, on the other hand, accumulated just 0.9 xG, the thi꧅rd-lowest total of any of the 18 games to have been played across Saturday and Sunday.
Bournemouth had 19 shots but only got five of them on targetඣ. Brighton, on the other hand, sent four of their six attempts on target.
Lucky winners: Tottenham
Time for some controversy...
Spurs were brilliant against City, with James Maddison marking his 28th birthday with a first-half double be🃏fore Pedro Porro and Brennan Johns𒊎on got in on the act after the break.
Yet,🐽 the metrics suggest Tottenham were fortunate to keep a clean sheet, with City - who had 23 atte🐲mpts - accumulating 2.1 xG.
That is not to say Spurs were not impressive going the other way. They finished with 2.5 xG from just nine shots, shoꦑwing they created high-calibre chances.
But should it really have been 4-0? The numbers suggest not, 𒀰but then again, stats must always be used within context and should not be all we go off.
