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==Quarter-finals==
==Quarter-finals==
On 18 May 2019, the first leg of the quarter-finals of the tournament took place. On this occasion, {{wp|THFC|Tottenham Hotspur}} staged an upset by defeating {{wp|Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal}} 3-1 whilst {{wp|Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea}} and {{wp|Manchester City}} defeated their opponents {{wp|Manchester United}} and {{wp|Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool}} 2-1 and 2-0 respectively to ensure an advantage for the ensuing leg with {{wp|Wolverhampton Wanderers}} also following suit by a 1-0 victory over {{wp|Burnley F.C.|Burnley}}.
On 18 May 2019, the first leg of the quarter-finals of the tournament took place. In this, {{wp|Tottenham Hotspur}} started off strong with a 2-0 win over {{wp|Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal}} while both {{wp|Manchester City}} and {{wp|Burnley F.C.|Burnley}} each recorded a dominant victory over their opponents, namely {{wp|Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool}} and {{wp|Wolverhampton Wanderers}}, defeating them 4-0 and 5-1 respectively. In contrast, both {{wp|Manchester United}} and {{wp|Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea}} drew 1-1 in the first leg, leaving the true winner uncertain for the second leg. Among some notable moments include a {{wp|Sergio Agüero}} hat-trick against {{wp|Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool}} as well as {{wp|Virgil van Dijk}}'s sending-off, leaving him unable to participate in the second leg for which he was suspended.


Then, on 25 May 2019, the second leg of the quarter-finals took place. On this occasion, {{wp|THFC|Tottenham Hotspur}} strengthened their initial position via two additional goals to win 5-2 on aggregate over {{wp|Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal}}, which was similarly observed with {{wp|Wolverhampton Wanderers}} scoring thrice in the second leg to mark a final 4-1 victory by aggregate against {{wp|Burnley F.C.|Burnley}}. In the meantime, {{wp|Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea}} maintained the initial scoreline of 2-1 against {{wp|Manchester United}} whilst {{wp|Manchester City}} found a single goal in the second leg to eventually win by 3-1 on aggregate.  
Then, on 25 May 2019, the second leg of the quarter-finals took place with {{wp|Tottenham Hotspur}} reinforcing their early lead with two further goals in the second leg against {{wp|Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal}}, which was similarly done by {{wp|Manchester City}}, whom reinforced their early lead via a 2-1 win over {{wp|Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool}} to win 6-1 on aggregate. In the meantime, {{wp|Manchester United}} scored thrice in the second leg to mark a final 4-2 win on aggregate against {{wp|Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea}} while {{wp|Burnley F.C.|Burnley}}'s 5-1 lead over {{wp|Wolverhampton Wanderers}} remained mostly unchanged, with neither sides able to score any additional goals in the second leg. Meanwhile, {{wp|Tottenham Hotspur}} winger, {{wp|Son Heung-min}}, despite his club's victory, was otherwise suspended for the first leg of the semi-finals after having picked up his second cumulative yellow card.


==Draw==
==Draw==
For the semi-finals, the four remaining clubs are drawn against each other via a lucky draw held on 28 May 2019. The results of the draw, which was televised live on {{wp|BBC Sport}} and {{wp|Sky Sport}}, are as follows:
For the semi-finals, the four remaining clubs are drawn against each other via a lucky draw held on 28 May 2019. The results of the draw, which was televised live on {{wp|BBC Sport}} and {{wp|Sky Sport}}, are as follows:
* {{wp|Wolverhampton Wanderers}} V {{wp|Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea}}
* {{wp|Burnley F.C.|Burnley}} V {{wp|Manchester United}}
* {{wp|Manchester City}} V {{wp|THFC|Tottenham Hotspur}}
* {{wp|Manchester City}} V {{wp|THFC|Tottenham Hotspur}}


==Semi-Finals==
==Semi-Finals==
On 1 June 2019, the first leg of the semi-finals took place, with {{wp|Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea}} comfortably defeating {{wp|Wolverhampton Wanderers}} 3-1 whilst {{wp|Manchester City}} and {{wp|THFC|Tottenham Hotspur}} found themselves tied at 2-2 for the ensuing second leg with {{wp|Sergio Agüero}} scoring an important 63rd-minute equaliser after goals from {{wp|Harry Kane}} and {{wp|Dele Alli}} in the 45th and 46th minutes respectively nulified {{wp|Manchester City}}'s initial lead through {{wp|İlkay Gündoğan}}'s 43rd-minute goal.
On 1 June 2019, the first leg of the semi-finals took place. Against initial expectations, {{wp|Manchester United}] were held to a 1-1 draw against {{wp|Burnley F.C.|Burnley}} while {{wp|Tottenham Hotspur}}, via two penalty goals from {{wp|Erik Lamela}} and an additional goal from {{wp|Mousa Dembélé (Belgian footballer)|Mousa Dembélé}}, marked a surprise 3-1 win over {{wp|Manchester City}}, whose lone goal came via {{wp|Fernandinho (footballer, born May 1985)|Fernandinho}} at the 92nd minute in extra time. Meanwhile, in a second red card instance of the tournament, {{wp|Manchester United}} defender, {{wp|Ashley Young}} was sent off, leaving him ineligible to participate in the second half while {{wp|Tottenham Hotspur}} winger, {{wp|Son Heung-min}}, having served his initial suspension, is otherwise eligible to return for the second leg.  


On 8 June 2019, the second leg of the semi-finals took place, with {{wp|Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea}} going on to comfortably win 7-1 on aggregate by scoring four goals in the second leg in which both {{wp|Eden Hazard}} and {{wp|Álvaro Morata}} scored twice each in the second leg to seal the club's promotion to the finals. In the meantime, in a highly-anticipated second leg at {{wp|Tottenham Hotspur Stadium}}, favourites {{wp|Manchester City}} were defeated 4-6 on aggregate by {{wp|THFC|Tottenham Hotspur}} whom scored four goals to {{wp|Manchester City}}'s two in the second leg via a brace from {{wp|Harry Kane}} and individual goals from {{wp|Christian Eriksen}} and {{wp|Son Heung-min}} whilst {{wp|Manchester City}} scored via {{wp|Sergio Agüero}} and {{wp|Kevin De Bruyne}}.
On 8 June 2019, the second leg of the semi-finals took place. In this, despite overwhelming dominance, {{wp|Manchester United}} failed to break the deadlock against {{wp|Burnley F.C.|Burnley}}, resulting in a penalty shootout which they eventually won 5-3 to progress to the finals. Meanwhile, in a close match between the other two semi-finalists, {{wp|Tottenham Hotspur}}, despite a narrow 1-2 loss in the second leg, successfully held on to their initial 3-1 lead and eventually concluded the match with a final 4-3 win on aggregate, with {{wp|Dele Alli}} scoring once to ensure his club's progress to the finals after {{wp|Manchester City}} briefly tied their opponents on aggregate via goals from {{wp|David Silva}} and {{wp|Kevin De Bruyne}}. Despite this, {{wp|Tottenham Hotspur}} defender, {{wp|Ben Davies (footballer, born 1993)|Ben Davies}}, having picked up a red card, is rendered ineligible for the finals. At the same time, {{wp|Manchester United}} defender, {{wp|Ashley Young}}, is otherwise eligible for the finals, having served his initial suspension for the second leg.


==Finals & Third-place Playoffs==
==Finals & Third-place Playoffs==
On 15 June 2019, the final match of the tournament was held at {{wp|Wembley Stadium}}, {{wp|London}}, pitting {{wp|THFC|Tottenham Hotspur}} against {{wp|Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea}}. In the ensuing fixture, which lasted for a full 120 minutes, {{wp|THFC|Tottenham Hotspur}} initially took the lead via a 31st-minute goal from {{wp|Dele Alli}} until a 77th-minute goal from {{wp|Eden Hazard}} saw {{wp|Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea}} pull one back to level with their opponents, causing the match to go into extra time where after no further attempts proved successful, a penalty shootout was held to determine the final victor. In the end, {{wp|THFC|Tottenham Hotspur}} narrowly won 4-3 on penalties despite an unsuccessful attempt by {{wp|Lucas Moura}}, whose mistake was otherwise overshadowed by similar unsuccessful attempts from the {{wp|Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea}} side by {{wp|David Luiz}} and {{wp|Willian (footballer, born 1988)|Willian}}, thereby ultimately allowing {{wp|Kieran Trippier}} to score the winning penalty past goalkeeper, {{wp|Kepa Arrizabalaga|Kepa}}.
On 15 June 2019, the final match of the tournament was held at {{wp|Wembley Stadium}}, {{wp|London}}, pitting {{wp|Manchester United}} against {{wp|Tottenham Hotspur}}. In front of a sold-out crowd at {{wp|Wembley Stadium}}, {{wp|Tottenham Hotspur}} ultimately emerged victorious via a 5-0 win over {{wp|Manchester United}}, with captain, {{wp|Harry Kane}} scoring twice to add onto goals by teammates, {{wp|Danny Rose (footballer, born 1990)|Danny Rose}}, {{wp|Son Heung-min}}, and {{wp|Mousa Dembélé (Belgian footballer)|Mousa Dembélé}}.


In the meantime, at the {{wp|Old Trafford}} stadium in {{wp|Manchester}}, the third-place playoff match between {{wp|Manchester City}} and {{wp|Wolverhampton Wanderers}} took place. In this instance, {{wp|Manchester City}} largely met expectations by marking a dominant 4-0 victory over {{wp|Wolverhampton Wanderers}} in an ultimately one-sided match, with {{wp|Kevin De Bruyne}} and {{wp|Raheem Sterling}}'s individual goals in the 78th and 85th minutes respectively aided by two own goals from {{wp|Willy Boly}} in the first half.
In the meantime, for the third-place playoff match at {{wp|Old Trafford}}, {{wp|Manchester}}, {{wp|Manchester City}} emerged victorious over {{wp|Burnley F.C.|Burnley}} via a 3-1 win during which, despite a dominant performance and goals from {{wp|David Silva}} and {{wp|Vincent Kompany}}, {{wp|Manchester City}} was almost held to a draw after a late {{wp|Matěj Vydra}} goal saw {{wp|Burnley F.C.|Burnley}} came close to equalising with their opponents before a {{wp|Leroy Sané}} goal in extra time confirmed {{wp|Manchester City}}'s final 3-1 victory.


==Aftermath==
==Aftermath==
In terms of viewership, revenue, and attendance, the tournament proved to be an overwhelming success with the stadiums used for each match being mostly at near capacity, with {{wp|Wembley Stadium}} and {{wp|Old Trafford}} both seeing seats nearly filled by spectators.
By the end of the tournament, the distinction of top goalscorer and top assister both went to {{wp|Manchester City}} players, namely {{wp|Sergio Agüero}} and {{wp|Kevin De Bruyne}} with four goals and four assists in total respectively. In the meantime, {{wp|Tottenham Hotspur}} captain, {{wp|Harry Kane}} was named the best player of the tournament.
 
Meanwhile, in terms of reactions, despite an initially lukewarm response towards the quarter-finals, given that the two weakest teams, {{wp|Wolverhampton Wanderers}} and {{wp|Burnley F.C.|Burnley}} were drawn against one another rather than against a stronger {{wp|Premier League}} club, the semi-finals were otherwise met with a more enthusiastic response with many pundits expressing much shock at {{wp|THFC|Tottenham Hotspur}}'s surprise victory over favourites {{wp|Manchester City}} despite a hard-fought match between the two clubs. Similarly, {{wp|THFC|Tottenham Hotspur}}'s narrow victory over {{wp|Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea}} in the finals was also the subject of much coverage and surprise whilst the third-place playoffs, which featured heavyweights {{wp|Manchester City}} against minnows {{wp|Wolverhampton Wanderers}} received a more indifferent and lukewarm response with most observers accurately predicting a {{wp|Manchester City}} victory.
 
Despite his club's loss in the finals, {{wp|Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea}}'s {{wp|Eden Hazard}} nonetheless finished the tournament as its top goalscorer with six goals to his name, followed by {{wp|THFC|Tottenham Hotspur}}'s {{wp|Dele Alli}} with 3 goals. In the meantime, {{wp|Dele Alli|Alli}} himself was named the tournament's best player.

Revision as of 16:48, 18 July 2023

The Premier Cup was a one-off football tournament held to mark the coronation of Queen Alexandra on 1 August 2019. Contested between eight English football clubs, the tournament lasted for over five weeks, beginning from 18 May 2019 to 15 June 2019.

Initially envisioned to include Scottish clubs of the Scottish Premiership as well, the tournament ultimately came to include eight Premier League clubs, namely:

In total, the tournament consists of four stages, namely the quarter-finals, semi-finals, finals, and the third-place playoffs, all of which, barring the latter two, are two-legged occasions played at both home and away. Meanwhile, the clubs that compete in the tournament are drawn against one another at random via a lucky draw, and their fixtures in the quarter-finals and semi-finals are played simultaneously. Similarly, both the finals and the third-place playoffs also take place at simultaneous times with the finals being held at Wembley Stadium in London and the third-place playoffs at the Old Trafford stadium in Manchester.

Draw

For the quarter-finals, the eight clubs competing in the tournament are randomly grouped into four groups of two via a lucky draw held on 15 May 2019. The results of the draw, which was televised live on BBC Sport and Sky Sport, are as follows:

Quarter-finals

On 18 May 2019, the first leg of the quarter-finals of the tournament took place. In this, Tottenham Hotspur started off strong with a 2-0 win over Arsenal while both Manchester City and Burnley each recorded a dominant victory over their opponents, namely Liverpool and Wolverhampton Wanderers, defeating them 4-0 and 5-1 respectively. In contrast, both Manchester United and Chelsea drew 1-1 in the first leg, leaving the true winner uncertain for the second leg. Among some notable moments include a Sergio Agüero hat-trick against Liverpool as well as Virgil van Dijk's sending-off, leaving him unable to participate in the second leg for which he was suspended.

Then, on 25 May 2019, the second leg of the quarter-finals took place with Tottenham Hotspur reinforcing their early lead with two further goals in the second leg against Arsenal, which was similarly done by Manchester City, whom reinforced their early lead via a 2-1 win over Liverpool to win 6-1 on aggregate. In the meantime, Manchester United scored thrice in the second leg to mark a final 4-2 win on aggregate against Chelsea while Burnley's 5-1 lead over Wolverhampton Wanderers remained mostly unchanged, with neither sides able to score any additional goals in the second leg. Meanwhile, Tottenham Hotspur winger, Son Heung-min, despite his club's victory, was otherwise suspended for the first leg of the semi-finals after having picked up his second cumulative yellow card.

Draw

For the semi-finals, the four remaining clubs are drawn against each other via a lucky draw held on 28 May 2019. The results of the draw, which was televised live on BBC Sport and Sky Sport, are as follows:

Semi-Finals

On 1 June 2019, the first leg of the semi-finals took place. Against initial expectations, {{wp|Manchester United}] were held to a 1-1 draw against Burnley while Tottenham Hotspur, via two penalty goals from Erik Lamela and an additional goal from Mousa Dembélé, marked a surprise 3-1 win over Manchester City, whose lone goal came via Fernandinho at the 92nd minute in extra time. Meanwhile, in a second red card instance of the tournament, Manchester United defender, Ashley Young was sent off, leaving him ineligible to participate in the second half while Tottenham Hotspur winger, Son Heung-min, having served his initial suspension, is otherwise eligible to return for the second leg.

On 8 June 2019, the second leg of the semi-finals took place. In this, despite overwhelming dominance, Manchester United failed to break the deadlock against Burnley, resulting in a penalty shootout which they eventually won 5-3 to progress to the finals. Meanwhile, in a close match between the other two semi-finalists, Tottenham Hotspur, despite a narrow 1-2 loss in the second leg, successfully held on to their initial 3-1 lead and eventually concluded the match with a final 4-3 win on aggregate, with Dele Alli scoring once to ensure his club's progress to the finals after Manchester City briefly tied their opponents on aggregate via goals from David Silva and Kevin De Bruyne. Despite this, Tottenham Hotspur defender, Ben Davies, having picked up a red card, is rendered ineligible for the finals. At the same time, Manchester United defender, Ashley Young, is otherwise eligible for the finals, having served his initial suspension for the second leg.

Finals & Third-place Playoffs

On 15 June 2019, the final match of the tournament was held at Wembley Stadium, London, pitting Manchester United against Tottenham Hotspur. In front of a sold-out crowd at Wembley Stadium, Tottenham Hotspur ultimately emerged victorious via a 5-0 win over Manchester United, with captain, Harry Kane scoring twice to add onto goals by teammates, Danny Rose, Son Heung-min, and Mousa Dembélé.

In the meantime, for the third-place playoff match at Old Trafford, Manchester, Manchester City emerged victorious over Burnley via a 3-1 win during which, despite a dominant performance and goals from David Silva and Vincent Kompany, Manchester City was almost held to a draw after a late Matěj Vydra goal saw Burnley came close to equalising with their opponents before a Leroy Sané goal in extra time confirmed Manchester City's final 3-1 victory.

Aftermath

By the end of the tournament, the distinction of top goalscorer and top assister both went to Manchester City players, namely Sergio Agüero and Kevin De Bruyne with four goals and four assists in total respectively. In the meantime, Tottenham Hotspur captain, Harry Kane was named the best player of the tournament.

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