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English Premier League: Ross Barkley (90'+4) Everton 3-0 Newcastle

Gameweek 24 for the ESPN FC Premier Fantasy period involved many statements through the league's top teams.

Leicester informed all of us they are now in it to win it with a rousing triumph over Liverpool, while guy City proved they could win unsightly at Sunderland.

Spurs moved as much as 3rd while having energy on their side, leapfrogging an Arsenal staff which are winless in four and floundering, and also the much-derided Manchester United hit three maintain their light name hopes alive.

WEEKLY MIRACLES

For these types of a multi-national league, it had been the English movie stars which caught the attention.

Both Wayne Rooney (£8.1m) and Dele Alli (£6.2m) signed up an objective and an aid, the latter from just 45 mins of action, and three other home-grown stars impressed that little more.

Jamie Vardy (£9.1m) moved six league suits without rating, but his support against Liverpool, including a goal associated with the period contender, suggests he now has three in two. He had been medical from the Reds: two shots, two goals.

Jamie Vardy is back to top kind but remains a pricey buy.

Vardy's 11-point haul had been coordinated by Harry Kane (£8.7m) as Spurs dispatched Norwich with all the minimum of hassle. Kane was in the thick from it at Carrow Road, with nine penalty area details and six efforts, in which he now has four targets from his last three league excursions.

Two charges and on a clean sheet produced 16 things for Ross Barkley (£7.7m) in an all-action screen that involved a midfield-leading seven efforts and the opportunity every 13.6 moments. His targets had been his first in the league since belated November and then he is up to second when you look at the midfielders' chart.

TEAMSHEET TALK

Southampton manager Ronald Koeman rang the modifications against Arsenal, reverting to a-flat back four that meant the workbench for Matt Targett (£6.0m) after three consecutive begins.

Ryan Bertrand (£6.5m) had been relocated to full-back to allow even more midfield energy, with Victor Wanyama (£5.9m) and Oriol Romeu (£4.7m) deployed when you look at the "double pivot."

Although celebrity associated with the show had been goalkeeper Fraser Forster (£6.1m), who made 10 spares, eight that arrived in a moment 50 % of unrelenting Arsenal pressure.

Koeman admitted after ward that his gamble, while making a fourth successive clean sheet, only paid courtesy of Forster's brilliance, so a return for Targett in a wing-back system could be on the cards when it comes to go to of western Ham on Saturday.

Fraser Forster is back and in outstanding type for Southampton.

The only great for Arsenal fans had been the full 90 moments from Alexis Sanchez (£9.1m), whom racked up nine punishment location variations, had five attempts and averaged a chance every 19.4 moments.

Manchester City will always be in four tournaments this year, and outgoing manager Manuel Pellegrini is needing to slice and change to keep a squad missing six crucial people since fresh that you can.

The Sky Blues started the Sunderland match in a 4-4-2 with FA Cup hat-trick hero Kelechi Iheanacho (£5.5m) alongside Sergio Aguero (£9.8m) up front.

City reverted to a five-man midfield for last half and fit-again Aleksandar Kolarov (£6.5m) was given a 12-minute run-out at the conclusion of the encounter, which could imply a return to the bench for Gael Clichy (£6.3m), who's got begun five of City's last six suits throughout competitions.

THE FIGURES GAME

An underwhelming transfer screen led on to a low-key GW24 for a number of late-January signings.

Newcastle winger Andros Townsend (£5.4m) ended up being truly the only brand-new kid for the full 90 moments, but his debut had been a distinctly forgettable one. The Magpies destroyed 3-0 to Everton and Townsend was reduced to one opportunity produced, a single penalty area touch and no shots.

He will a cure for better against western Brom on the weekend - only Crystal Palace have permitted much more shots beyond your field compared to Baggies' 161 in 2010.

New teammate Seydou Doumbia (£6.0m) did not even log in to the pitch at Everton, but with the Magpies' strikers managing only two objectives between them during the last four gameweeks, their time looks like coming eventually when his work license is approved.

Swansea striker Alberto Paloschi (£5.5m) fared instead better in 48 minutes he had been given against West Brom. The Italian fired in three efforts, had five penalty location details and averaged a chance every 16 minutes.

Oumar Niasse (£6.5m) don't result in the squad for Everton, but the type and fitness of Romelu Lukaku (£9.2m) could indicate he can play some part in Saturday's trip to Stoke. Lukaku has actually a back problem which, when coupled with a run of five matches without a goal, reveals pitch-time for Niasse is imminent.