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Matchweek 23 - Seventh Heaven

Matchweek 23 - Seventh Heaven

Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Jack and Rich talk about the latest action from the Premier League. They keep you up to date with our prediction competition and have lots of football English for you to learn.

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Introduction  

Rich: Hello my name’s Rich and welcome to our weekly round-up section called ‘This Week’ on Premier Skills English.

Jack: Hi there. I’m Jack. We’ve got lots of interesting words and phrases to help you talk about football in English.

Rich: We want you to use and practise these phrases by interacting with Premier League fans from around the world in our comments section.

Jack: If you listen to us on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, you can leave your comments in the review section. We do read all the reviews and would love to hear from you.

Rich: You can find all our latest content on the Premier Skills English homepage or the Premier Skills-British Council Facebook page. 

Jack: Let’s start with our headlines!

Headlines

Rich: Liverpool beat Palace in seven-goal thriller.

Jack: Liverpool beat Crystal Palace by four goals to three to maintain their four-point lead at the Premier League summit. That lead looked in danger when Andros Townsend scored a fantastic breakaway goal for Palace and when the team from London equalised in the second half to make it two all. However, Liverpool first came back with two goals from Mohamed Salah, and then goals from Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane saw them home. James Milner saw red late on and Palace grabbed a late consolation goal but Liverpool hung on to the points.

Rich: United in seventh heaven.

Jack: Manchester United beat Brighton 2-1 and have now won all seven games under Ole Gunnar Solsjkaer. Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford have been in sensational form for the new manager and it was this pair who grabbed the goals again. Pogba scored a first-half penalty and Rashford scored a brilliant individual goal. United are now only three points behind Arsenal and Chelsea in the final Champions League spot.

Rich: Wolves and Leicester in Premier League classic.

Jack: The match at Liverpool wasn’t the only 4-3 result of the weekend. Wolves and Leicester played one of the games of the season at Molineux. Wolves went into an early 2-0 lead but Leicester came back with two goals of their own in the second half. Wolves went back in front but Leicester equalised with two minutes left to play. It looked like it would be a draw but then, with virtually the last kick of the game, Diogo Jota got his hat-trick and Wolves had a dramatic 4-3 win.

Rich: I saw the highlights of that match - there were a lot of them!

Jack: There were a lot of goals this weekend - 33 of them. Great to watch if you’re not a defender!

Vocabulary alert!

Rich: In our vocabulary alert, we look at some football English that we used in the headlines.

Jack: Our six words and phrases this week are: summit, consolation goal, thriller, two-all, to hang on, and to be in seventh heaven.

Rich: Let’s start with the word summit. Liverpool have a four-point lead at the Premier League summit. Where is the summit?

Jack: The summit is the top of the Premier League table - first place. We usually use summit to describe the top of mountains. The summit of Mount Everest is the world’s highest peak - 8848 metres.

Rich: The next phrase is a consolation goal. Crystal Palace were losing 4-2 and scored a consolation goal with the last kick of the game to make it 4-3.

Jack: A consolation goal is a goal for the losing team that doesn’t affect the result of the match.

Rich: The next word is a thriller. When a match is very exciting, the score changes from one to side to the other and there are lots of goals we often say the match is a thriller.

Jack: It’s the same word we use to describe stories or films that are exciting and often about crime: they are thrillers.

Rich: The next phrase is two-all. Crystal Palace equalised to make it two-all against Liverpool. Two all means two goals to each team. You can say one-all, two all, three all and so on.

Jack: But you can’t say nill all. You say nil-nil or goalless draw.

Rich: The next phrase is to hang on. Liverpool had a player sent off and the opposition scored a late goal but hung on to win.

Jack: To hang on is a phrasal verb and in a football context means to manage to do something when it’s difficult.

Rich: The final phrase is to be in seventh heaven. Manchester United are in seventh heaven.

Jack: This is an idiom and generally means to be in a very, very happy place.

Rich: That’s definitely where Manchester United are at the moment.

Football Awards

Rich: Right, every week, we give out three Matchweek awards. 

Jack: The awards are Player of the Week, Team of the Week and Goal of the Week.

Rich: In the comments section, you need to tell us if you agree with our choices.

Jack: Let’s start with Player of the Week. There were some strong performances in the Premier League last weekend. 

Rich: Raheem Sterling was great for Manchester City in their 3-0 win at Huddersfield, Laurent Koscielny kept a clean sheet for Arsenal and scored a goal with his shoulder against Chelsea, and Marcus Rashford scored again for Manchester United.

Jack: But our Player of the Week is Wolverhampton Wanderers striker Diogo Jota. A hat-trick including an injury-time winner. Brilliant!

Rich: What about our Team of the Week? A really difficult choice this week. Two seven-goal thrillers and big wins for Manchester City and Newcastle United. But our Team of the Week is Arsenal. A 2-0 win against Chelsea and the race for the Champions League is wide open.

Jack: Finally, Goal of the Week. Another great goal by Marcus Rashford for United, James Ward Prowse scored a brilliant goal for Southampton,  but our Goal of the Week goes to Bournemouth’s Callum Wilson. His goal against West Ham was stunning. Check it out if you haven’t seen it!

Matchweek Prediction 

Jack: Every week, Rich predicts the result of one Premier League match and we want you to make your prediction, too.

Rich: This weekend we have FA Cup matches so Matchweek 24 is ten days away - matches will be played in midweek on the 29th and 30th of January.

Jack: And what match are you looking at?

Rich: I’m going to predict a tricky away match for Manchester City. City are away to Newcastle United. Newcastle won their last home match 3-0 and there is always a big match atmosphere at St.James Park. City, however, are in really good form and have scored twenty-two goals in their last four matches and have conceded none. I think this will be a more difficult match than most people expect. I think Newcastle will take the lead but City will come back and win. My final prediction is Newcastle United 1-2 Manchester City

Jack: I don’t know why but I’m going for a surprise draw. I think it ’ll finish two-all.

Rich: We will see. Make your predictions on the page below. You get one point if you predict the right result and three points if you predict the right score.

Jack: Right, that’s all we have time for. I hope you have enjoyed this football round-up. Join the discussion at the bottom of the page. 

Rich: Bye for now and enjoy your football.

Results

Matchweek 23:

Wolves 4-3 Leicester City

Bournemouth 2-0 West Ham

Liverpool 4-3 Crystal Palace

Manchester Utd 2-1 Brighton

Newcastle Utd 3-0 Cardiff City 

Southampton 2-1 Everton

Watford 0-0 Burnley

Arsenal 2-0 Chelsea

Huddersfield 0-3 Manchester City

Fulham 1-2 Tottenham

Harry who? Harry Winks got an injury-time winner for Tottenham against Fulham.

Vocabulary Alert

Football English

We looked at six words and phrases that you can learn to improve your English. Take a look at the phrases in bold. Do you undertand what they mean?

Liverpool beat Palace in seven-goal thriller.

Liverpool have a four-point lead at the Premier League summit.

Crystal Palace equalised to make it two-all against Liverpool.

Crystal Palace were losing 4-2 and scored a consolation goal with the last kick of the game to make it 4-3.

Liverpool had a player sent off and the opposition scored a late goal but hung on to win.

Manchester United are in seventh heaven after winning at the weekend.

Can you use the words in bold in a different sentence? Write a sentence at the bottom of the page. If you're not sure, listen to the audio for more explanations and examples.

Leroy Sane opens the scoring in Manchester City's 3-0 win at Huddersfield Town.

Matchweek Awards

Do you agree with our choices?

Player of the Week: Diogo Jota (Wolves)

Diogo Jota became the first Wolves player to score a top division hat-trick since 1977!

Team of the Week: Arsenal

Laurent Koscielny helped Arsenal keep a clean sheet and scored a goal off his shoulder in their 2-0 win against Chelsea.

Goal of the Week: Callum Wilson (Bournemouth)

Callum Wilson scored a cracker in Bournemouth's 2-0 win against West Ham.

The Big Matche

Newcastle v Man City

The big match in Matchweek 24 is Newcastle Utd v Manchester City. Rich thinks City will win but Jack thinks it will finish in a draw. Do you agree?

What are your predictions? Have a listen to what Rich and Jack say and then enter our prediction competition below. You get one point for the correct result and three points for predicting the exact score.

Where are you in our prediction league?

Who will be our Premier League Prediction Champion?

Form

Premier League Prediction: Newcastle v Man City

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Check out the league table for our prediction competition. What position are you in?

See results table

Manchester Utd have now won all seven matches they've played with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as manager.

Four Questions

What do you think?

Jack and Rich have spoken about Matchweek 22 in the Premier League. Now it's your turn! Have a look at the questions and write your answers in the comments section below.

  1. Rich and Jack chose Diogo Jota of Wolves as Player of the Week. Do you agree? 
  2. Jack and Rich selected Arsenal as their Team of the Week. Do you agree?
  3. Rich picked Callum Wilson's goal for Bournemouth as Goal of the Week? Did you see it? Do you agree?
  4. Use this week's vocabulary: Who do you think will finish at the Premier League summit this season? When was the last time you were in seventh heaven?

Don't forget to make your prediction for this week's Big Match!

Let's get the conversation started and create a community!

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hsn's picture
hsn
18/02/2022
TR
5560
points

Phrases
• Getting many points from individual goals mightn't be beneficial for long term. At this point, cooperation and coordination in the squad briefly "team spirit" should be examined.
• He was virtually to bump other car but his excellent reflex protected him.
• I like matches in which many goals taken place.Four-all is preferred-:)


hsn's picture
hsn
18/02/2022 17:13
Turkey
Tottenham Hotspur
5560

Phrases
• Getting many points from individual goals mightn't be beneficial for long term. At this point, cooperation and coordination in the squad briefly "team spirit" should be examined.
• He was virtually to bump other car but his excellent reflex protected him.
• I like matches in which many goals taken place.Four-all is preferred-:)

Ahmed Adam Mamado's picture
Ahmed Adam Mamado
28/01/2019
SD
2903
points

Despite Liverpool are now only 4 points clear from their nearest rivals on the top of the table, and of course realising that Man City are on a devastating form and scoring goals for fun, in addition to the fact that the Premier League is completely unpredictable, I still believe that The Reds will hang on until May and hopefully finish this campaign at the PL submit. By then, every LFC fan will be in seventh heaven.


Ahmed Adam Mamado's picture
Ahmed Adam Mamado
28/01/2019 09:08
Sudan
Liverpool
2903

Despite Liverpool are now only 4 points clear from their nearest rivals on the top of the table, and of course realising that Man City are on a devastating form and scoring goals for fun, in addition to the fact that the Premier League is completely unpredictable, I still believe that The Reds will hang on until May and hopefully finish this campaign at the PL submit. By then, every LFC fan will be in seventh heaven.

Ahmed Adam Mamado's picture
Ahmed Adam Mamado
28/01/2019
SD
2903
points

I watched Arsenal-Chelsea from start to finish and caught up with most of Liverpool-Palace. While I was hugely disappointed by the Blues as I was expecting a high-octane attacking football in this London derby, the Gunners put in a fantastic performance and comfortably defeated the West London side. The Reds showed their class as well having come from behind to win all three points, but we have to remember that the Eagles also played really well and scored 3 goals against the strongest PL defence so far, something no team had been able do it this season. Having said that, no doubt that Arsenal were Team of The Week meanwhile, the LFC vs CPFC game was Match of The Week.


Ahmed Adam Mamado's picture
Ahmed Adam Mamado
28/01/2019 08:43
Sudan
Liverpool
2903

I watched Arsenal-Chelsea from start to finish and caught up with most of Liverpool-Palace. While I was hugely disappointed by the Blues as I was expecting a high-octane attacking football in this London derby, the Gunners put in a fantastic performance and comfortably defeated the West London side. The Reds showed their class as well having come from behind to win all three points, but we have to remember that the Eagles also played really well and scored 3 goals against the strongest PL defence so far, something no team had been able do it this season. Having said that, no doubt that Arsenal were Team of The Week meanwhile, the LFC vs CPFC game was Match of The Week.

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Rafael Robson
27/01/2019
BR
615
points

I totally agree with your choices this week. I think Liverpool will finish at the Premier League summit this season.
2012 was the last time my Brazilian team Corinthians was in seventh heaven. They won for the first time the continental championship beating Boca Jrs and in December they saw off Chelsea 1-0 in Japan. Great times.


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Rafael Robson
27/01/2019 13:54
Brazil
Tottenham Hotspur
615

I totally agree with your choices this week. I think Liverpool will finish at the Premier League summit this season.
2012 was the last time my Brazilian team Corinthians was in seventh heaven. They won for the first time the continental championship beating Boca Jrs and in December they saw off Chelsea 1-0 in Japan. Great times.

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elghoul
24/01/2019
DZ
3988
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A player who scores his first hat-trick deserves  to be awarded even if his name is not familiar to me. Without  any doubt Diego Jota enters the PL story this week.

I have been lucky seeing the Gunners beating the Blues and putting them struggling on to be between five top teams on the table this season.

I didn't see Callum Wilson's craker this week.

At the Premier League summit I would add to the two first candidates which are City and Liverpool, Man United, Tottenham and Arsenal. Paul Pogba and his team mates are in the seventh heaven at which door I am still looking for.


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elghoul
24/01/2019 14:51
Algeria
Manchester City
3988

A player who scores his first hat-trick deserves  to be awarded even if his name is not familiar to me. Without  any doubt Diego Jota enters the PL story this week.

I have been lucky seeing the Gunners beating the Blues and putting them struggling on to be between five top teams on the table this season.

I didn't see Callum Wilson's craker this week.

At the Premier League summit I would add to the two first candidates which are City and Liverpool, Man United, Tottenham and Arsenal. Paul Pogba and his team mates are in the seventh heaven at which door I am still looking for.

Khaldoun83's picture
Khaldoun83
23/01/2019
DZ
325
points

Since I didn't watch any game during this week I wont judge your choices. However, I would say that Manchester United is doing well under the new manager.


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Khaldoun83
23/01/2019 14:03
Algeria
Liverpool
325

Since I didn't watch any game during this week I wont judge your choices. However, I would say that Manchester United is doing well under the new manager.

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Lyndz@
17/02/2019
GB
27
points

Manchester United look like the team everyone wants them to be (except liverpool fans). Attack, Attack, Attack.


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Lyndz@
17/02/2019 15:56
United Kingdom
Manchester United
27

Manchester United look like the team everyone wants them to be (except liverpool fans). Attack, Attack, Attack.

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