Even though the Premier League 2023 campaign is still young, it has not failed to give us action-packed matches, on- and off-field drama, and world-class football that lures fans all over the world. The Premier League boasts itself to be one of, if not the most competitive, top-flight football leagues where you can witness multiple illustrious clubs like Liverpool, Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Fulham, etc. all competing for football immortality.
A league with this much talent can fairly be held to such expectations that matches will be highly competitive, but at the same time, it’s also fair to foresee ridiculously high-scoring games.
Courtesy of SBOTOP, here’s a trip down memory lane to relieve some of the biggest wins in Premier League history by margin of victory.
Sheffield 0 – 8 Newcastle (Sep. 24, 2023)
Just last month, Newcastle United shook the football world when they made history as the first team in Premier League history to have eight different players score in a single game.
The Magpies took the lead in the 21st minute thanks to a powerful strike from Sean Longstaff. Then, eight minutes later, Dan Burn found the back of the net with an off-balanced header, giving his team their second goal. Less than five minutes later, Trippier launched a free-kick from the right-hand side. Sven Botman timed his leap perfectly and was able to head the ball past a determined Wes Foderingham. Newcastle led 0-3 to end the first half.
Most would expect Newcastle to ease off the attacks and protect their lead in the second half, but Eddie Howe and his club had other things in mind. The Magpies continued their onslaught against Heckingbottom’s squad as they increased their lead to four goals courtesy of Callum Wilson’s header.
Next up was Gordon, who arguably had the best goal of the match and one of the most impressive Premier League 2023 highlights so far. The winger struck a low curling ball that slotted perfectly towards the bottom corner of the net, which bolstered the lead to five.
In the 68th minute, Bruno Guimaraes threaded the ball, slicing multiple Sheffield players, and found its way perfectly towards Miguel Almiron, who coolly struck the ball for the sixth goal before Bruno Guimaraes scored their seventh goal. To put icing on an already well-frosted cake, Alexander Isak went on a beautiful carry, sending Tom Davies the wrong way before he went on and scored Newcastle’s eighth goal.
Liverpool 9 – 0 Bournemouth (Aug. 27, 2022)
Coming into this game, Liverpool found themselves in 16th place in the Premier League table, after a loss to Manchester United and draws against Fulham and Crystal Palace to start their campaign. The Reds were hungry for their first league win, so they did so in the loftiest way possible.
Luis Diaz started the demolition job just a few minutes into the match. Roberto Firmino elegantly fired a bending cross that found a leaping Diaz, who headed the ball over a towering Mark Travers for the opening goal. Harvey Elliot quickly followed up with a powerful left-foot strike from 20 yards in the sixth minute to give the Reds an early two-goal lead.
Trent Alexander-Arnold followed with the goal of the match. The right-back, primarily known for his defence, struck a stunning goal from 25 yards. Travers had no chance of getting to the ball and found itself at the back of the net to give Liverpool a commanding 3-0 lead.
After assisting on two of the first three goals, Firmino then bagged one for himself. He scored an acrobatic goal from a botched cross from Salah. Liverpool led 4-0 in just 31 minutes. The Reds netted their fifth right before halftime courtesy of Virgil van Dijk’s header from a corner kick.
Chris Mepham joined the scoring barrage, but for the wrong team. Mepham scored an own goal just a few seconds after the start of the second half, bringing Liverpool’s lead to six.
Firmino had the game of his career as he scored a second in the afternoon before getting benched. Anfield gave the Brazilian a well-deserved standing ovation as he left the field.
Fabio Carvalho then scored his first Premier League goal for Liverpool with 10 minutes left in regulation. Diaz then ended the match as he had opened it, scoring with a header, which caps off a historic 9-0 win over Bournemouth.
Manchester City 8 – 0 Watford (Sept. 21, 2019)
The Sky Blues are currently the heavy favourites in the Premier League 2023 odds to win it all, as they remain one of England’s most dominant clubs. But their most dominant win came a few years ago when they squashed Watford 8-0 at Etihad Stadium.
Manchester City came from a humbling defeat at Norwich, but they quickly redeemed themselves against Watford by scoring five goals in just 18 minutes, the fastest any side has gone 5-0 ahead in a Premier League match. Talk about venting frustration.
Guardiola made it clear that they were out for blood as he stated post-match: “What I like the most is normally when it’s 5-0 at halftime, the second half is not serious, it’s boring,”. Guardiola added, “But we did the opposite and we were more aggressive and made a very good second half.”
David Silva wasted no time and began the blitz in the opening minute of the match with a close-range goal. Six minutes later, Ben Foster curiously gave away a penalty when he rushed from his line, that sent Franchman Riyad Mahrez tumbling. Aguero took the penalty to give City a 2-0 lead.
Mahrez had the last laugh as he scored the third goal after 12 minutes when his free kick deflected off Cleverly. Just three minutes later, Bernardo Silva headed in City’s fourth goal from an Otamendi corner. This sparked what would be Bernardo Silva’s magnum opus.
Otamendi got himself a goal of his own in the 18th minute to give the Sky Blues the quickest 5-0 lead in Premier League history.
Bernardo Silva then continued the hot streak as he scored the next two goals for Manchester City. Bernardo not only helped Man City make Premier League history, he fulfilled personal achievements as well by scoring his first professional hat trick.
After assisting on two goals, it’s only fitting that it would be De Bruyne who would cap the historic night for City. He launched a powerful right-footed strike to give the Sky Blues their eighth and final goal of the match.
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