{"id":549024,"date":"2020-04-09T06:56:54","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T10:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=549024"},"modified":"2024-04-10T10:04:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T14:04:12","slug":"stand-out-premier-league-season-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/04\/09\/stand-out-premier-league-season-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier League Stand-Out Moments From the Season So Far"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2019\/20 Premier League season may be at a pause currently, but there have been plenty of stand-out moments from the earlier part of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Coronavirus has brought a sudden halt to the game we love with so much pattern.<\/p>\n<p>We have become so accustomed to have football to watch at our fingertips that we suddenly find ourselves losing hours to gardening, house maintenance and cooking.<\/p>\n<p>Trying to find a guide on how to pause our Sky Sports subscriptions has emerged as a popular Google search.<\/p>\n<h2>Stand-Out Premier League Moments<\/h2>\n<h3>Sheffield United<\/h3>\n<p>Bookmakers MGM offer excellent promotional offers but few could have predicted how well Sheffield United have settled in the top-flight.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Wilder\u2019s men have produced several excellent performances to take points from the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>No one is certain how the final standings will be determined but the Blades have made themselves firm contenders for a spot in the Europa League.<\/p>\n<h3>Liverpool\u2019s Unbeaten Premier League Run Brought to an End<\/h3>\n<p>Jurgen Klopp has engineered a Liverpool side fearful of no-one and playing with such creativity and class that they have been unstoppable this season.<\/p>\n<p>Near-unstoppable, we should say. The Reds were on an almighty run of 44 games unbeaten in the Premier League but fell to a remarkable 3-0 defeat at Watford at the end of February.<\/p>\n<p>It is unlikely that the defeat will in any way stop Liverpool from claiming their highly-anticipated first top-flight title in 30 years, but it is a guaranteed stand-out moment.<\/p>\n<h3>Newcastle United&#8217;s Defeat of Manchester United<\/h3>\n<p>Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has found himself treading on thin ice at various stages this season but none more so after a defeat to Newcastle United.<\/p>\n<p>Both sides entered on a five-game winless run, yet it was a great opportunity for the Red Devils to begin a spell of form.<\/p>\n<p>But it was Steve Bruce\u2019s Magpies who ended up on top as Matty Longstaff scored midway through the second-half to consign United to defeat.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"czQsoWWvQ7tLJ868ILAQhg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1204210071\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'czQsoWWvQ7tLJ868ILAQhg',sig:'AAAyNRAC0U-4byw-oEI5din-OoFOADcw_79a7fJlUk8=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1204210071',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2019\/20 Premier League season may be at a pause currently, but there have been plenty of stand-out moments from the earlier part of the campaign. Coronavirus has brought a sudden halt to the game we love with so much pattern. 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