Week 5 of the English Premier League saw some shocking results, which included Manchester United’s implosion on their way to a 3-5 loss to newly-promoted Leicester City. The Foxes are tied for 6th, with none other than the defending Premier League champs. Yes, it is early, but the top of the table has some new faces with Chelsea leading the way, followed by Southampton and Aston Villa.
The league saw some spectacular goals this past weekend, making it all the tougher to award someone the number one spot. Here are our 5 favorite goals from week 5 of the Barclays Premier League:
5: QPR’s shows his clutch gene with this fantastic free kick in the 88’ to tie Stoke City:
4: West Ham explode out of the gate to take a 2-0 lead over Liverpool in the 7’ with this cheeky chip from Diafra Sakho:
3: Hull City’s Mohamed Diame sells two pump fakes to his right before cutting back and ripping one with his left foot to give Hull City a 2-0 lead in the 68’:
2: Angel Di Maria continues his brilliance with a spectacular, left-footed chip from 16 out to give United an early 2-0 lead at the 16’:
1: Hull City displays a great team goal after Ahmed Elmohamady receives a great back heel pass, which he serves into the box, setting up Nikica Jelavic for a splendid scissor kick goal to give Hull a 1-0 lead in the 48’.
