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 weꦦre humbled 4-0 by Tottenham at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday, losing a fifth straight game in all competitions.
Liverpool capitalised on that result, coming from behind to beat lowly S𝔉outhampton 3-2 on Sunday and moving eight points clear at the top in the process.
Ruben Amo🐲rim made✤ his bow as Manchester 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 saw a managerial departure, with Leicester City parting ways with S💖teve Cooper after four league matches without a win.
But, who 𝕴were the unlucky losers, and lucky winners, from the weekend's Premier League fixtures?
Unlucky losers: Fulham
Man City were not the only team to ship four goals on Saturday, with Fulham also ha🃏ving that unwanted badge of honour following theജir 4-1 home loss to Wolves.
But while Wolves we♔re excellent on the counter and clinical when their chances came, it is fair to say Fulham were unfortunate to concede four times, give🌄n they only gave up 1.3 expected goals against (xGA).
Indeed, Fulham and Wolves both had 10 shots, while both teams also had 23 touches in the opponentꦚs𝓡' box.
It was a bad day at the office for Mar𒊎co Silva, but he can at least take solace that the numbers suggest they were somewhat unfortunate𒐪.
Unlucky losers: Bournemouth
Bournemouth were beaten 2-1 by Brighton on Saturday, as the Seagulls held off their south coast rivals✃ despite Carlos Baleba's red card.
David Brooks pull♔ed one back for Bournemouth late on, as Andoni Iraola's team fell short of their 1.6 xG.
Brighton, on♏ the other hand, accumulated just 0.9 xG, the third-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 target. Brighton, on the other hand, sent four of their six attempts on tar༺get.
Lucky winners: Tottenham
Time for some controversy...
Spurs were brilliant against City, with James Maddison marking his 28th birthday with a first-haꦫlf double before Pedro Porro an💯d Brennan Johnson got in on the act after the break.
Yet, the meꦺtrics suggest Tottenham were fortunate to keep a clean sheet, with City - who had 23 attempts - 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, showing th✅ey created high-calibre chances.
But should it really have been 4-0? Tℱhe number♊s suggest not, but then again, stats must always be used within context and should not be all we go off.
