Premier League Awards: Marinakis meltdown, Cash clears | OneFootball

Our Premier League Awards honour the best – and worst – of the weekend action, featuring Eberechi Eze, Evangelos Marinakis and more.

Moment of the Week

An absolutely absurd outburst from Evangelos Marinakis takes our Moment of the Week award. The Nottingham Forest owner took to the pitch to remonstrate with Nuno Espirito Santo, following the club’s draw with Leicester City. You’d be forgiven for thinking Forest were fighting for their lives at the bottom, after Marinakis’ bizarre berating of a manager who has exceeded all expectations this season.

Forest’s draw dented their Champions League hopes, but did confirm a place in European competition next season for the first time in 30 years.

The owner’s frustration arose after two disappointing dropped points, a continuation of Forest’s stumble down the run-in, and a result that leaves their top-five ambitions out of their own hands.

However, context needed. Back in August, this fixture might have been viewed as a potential relegation six-pointer. Marinakis should remember that.

Player of the Week

Crystal Palace earned their first away win at Tottenham Hotspur in 28 years with a familiar face the catalyst.

Eberechi Eze scored both goals in the 2-0 victory to continue his good goalscoring form, a positive omen ahead of next week’s FA Cup final.

Eze capped two brilliant counter-attacks for Palace, twice sweeping in to make it 12 goals for the campaign in all competitions – a new personal best.

He started and finished the second, surging forward from the edge of his own box before releasing Ismaila Sarr with an audacious outside-of-the-boot pass. After charging the length of the pitch to join the breakaway, he kept his cool to slam home.

Eze will be the key to Palace’s hopes of a first-ever major trophy next weekend.

Goal of the Week

Palace also take home the Goal of the Week after a clinical counter to open the scoring at Spurs.

Some wonderful one-touch football in the build-up led to Daniel Munoz racing away, with the Colombian road-runner bursting clear before squaring for Eberechi Eze to turn home. From back to front in a flash for Oliver Glasner’s side.

Save of the Week

Why have one Save of the Week when you can have two in a matter of seconds?

Aston Villa’s Emiliano Martinez and Matty Cash combined to deny Bournemouth a last-gasp equaliser this weekend. The Argentine’s reactions kept out Antoine Semenyo’s effort, only for the loose ball to head to the unmarked Daniel Jebbison at the back post.

Out of nowhere, Cash charged in to clear from under his own crossbar and earn Aston Villa a result that might just lead to Champions League football again.

Stat of the Week

The Theatre of Dreams has become a nightmare for Manchester United this season.

A 2-0 defeat at home to West Ham was the clubs’ ninth league loss at Old Trafford this season, their joint-most in a league campaign and most for 62 years.

They’ve gone 1-0 down 12 times at Old Trafford during the current campaign, with only relegated Leicester conceding the first goal on more occasions (15).

Tweet of the Week

Southampton were not taking Manchester City’s post-match comments lightly.

Some superb trolling from the Saints.

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A week to forget for…

Trent Alexander-Arnold. Boos rang around Anfield after the right-back’s introduction against Arsenal, following the announcement he will leave Liverpool in the summer.

Football’s tribalism means there will always be some – perhaps even a majority – angered by his decision, but this feels a sad and strange end to his time with the club.

Alexander-Arnold has been integral to some of Liverpool’s greatest highs of the modern era, a player who has spent two decades with the Reds and achieved it all.

Sure, he’s chosen to leave at a time when Liverpool are on top and a free transfer exit stings. But Alexander-Arnold has achieved it all and the lure of Real Madrid, a new challenge, culture, language, and life experience is strong. Football fans often struggle with objectivity and this is an example of that. His exit hurts, no doubt, but it shouldn’t diminish what has come before.

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