Sunday 25 November 2007

25th Nov

West Ham 1 - Tottenham 1

The first of todays 2 games being played, a London Derby from Upton Park. Loads of action and shots on goal. Boa Morte took advantage of a bad ball from Kaboul and stole the ball to pass to Solano who crossed for Cole to make a brilliant finish on the 20th min. Spurs where angry as they appealed for a penalty but on the replay it showed the play off side show a good call from Mike Riley. Dawson brought it all level with a header from a free kick on the 67th min. Jenas played well to keep the ball off the line from a West ham corner and defended well. Spurs where awarded a penalty as Defoe was brought down in the area , Defoe took the penalty and a bad penalty it was . You could read the shot through and thats exactly what Green did and saved the shot no problem. A good London derby game.

West Ham: Green, Neill, Gabbidon, Upson, McCartney, Solano (Spector 82), Mullins, Noble (Parker 63), Etherington, Cole, Boa Morte (Ashton 72).
Subs Not Used: Wright, Collins.

Booked: Cole, Gabbidon, Etherington.

Goals: Cole 20.

Tottenham: Robinson, Chimbonda, Dawson, Kaboul (Bent 54), Bale, Lennon, Jenas, Zokora, Malbranque, Berbatov, Keane (Defoe 78).
Subs Not Used: Cerny, Lee, Boateng.

Booked: Zokora, Chimbonda, Dawson, Defoe.

Goals: Dawson 67.

Att: 34,966
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Fulham 2 - Blackburn 2

A very boring game in the first half and even Andy Gray was begging for a goal to break the boredom, Benni McCarthy was injured very early in the game and was subbed, thank goodness things picked up in the second half. Fulham had a penalty taken by Murphy on the 51st min struck the ball low right throwing Freidel off to the left taking them in front. Emerton brought it level as Blackburn scored on the 57th min, Kamara took Fulham in front again scoring from 4 yds sliding the ball in on the 63rd min , Warnock tapped in the draw goal on the 79th min for Blackburn.

Fulham: Niemi, Konchesky, Stefanovic, Hughes, Baird, Davies, Davis, Murphy, Bouazza, Kamara, Dempsey. Subs: Warner, Bocanegra, Ki-Hyeon, Healy, Kuqi.

Blackburn: Friedel, Ooijer, Nelsen, Samba, Warnock, Bentley, Mokoena, Kerimoglu, Emerton, Pedersen, McCarthy. Subs: Brown, Savage, Khizanishvili, Reid, Roberts.

Referee: Mike Dean (Wirral)

Saturday 24 November 2007

24thNov

After a 2 week break for international games and England getting knocked out of Euro 2008 , oh well, back to what really matters, the Premier League.

Newcastle 0 - Liverpool 3

Big Sam's men just could get started today, Gerrard sunk a 30 yd shot to open the scoring at St James. Gerrard was getting booed by the crowd for his poor performance in the England game. Torres almost scored but hit the woodwork and there was a call for hand ball as Given was out of his area and the ball struck his upper arm just before half time. Second half and Kuyt wasted no time to sore no.2 in within 45th min, Babel then played a good ball through to Gerrard for a brilliant 1 -2 straight back in for Babel to make a simple but brilliant finish, then another shot just going wide shot from Babel , Viduka had a late attempt but off side. 3 goals and the Toon where in bits not 1 shot on target from Newcastle. I am really surprised at Newcastle, specially the likes of Viduka and martins who couldn't get their act together.

Newcastle: Given, Geremi, Beye, Rozehnal, Jose Enrique (Carr 78), Smith, Butt, Emre (Barton 51), N'Zogbia (Milner 59), Viduka, Martins.
Subs Not Used: Harper, Edgar.

Booked: Butt, Beye, Smith.

Liverpool: Reina, Finnan, Carragher, Hyypia, Arbeloa, Gerrard (Crouch 80), Lucas, Sissoko, Kewell (Babel 58), Torres, Kuyt (Riise 76).
Subs Not Used: Itandje, Mascherano.

Booked: Sissoko.

Goals: Gerrard 28, Kuyt 46, Babel 66.

Att: 52,307

Ref: Alan Wiley (Staffordshire).
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Arsenal 2 - Wigan 0

Well you know where to put the save money dont you. But you would have biting your nails as Wigan really held their own looking good to hold the Gunner's to a 0-0 draw. Steve Bruce had his first game to manage today for Wigan. Adabyor almost scored with in the first few mins as Walcott help set up a very good chance but wide it went. Walcott had a shot blocked and still looking for that goal. Rosicky sent a shot high over the goal . Gallas and Heskey booked for a bit of a ding dong and both picked up a yellow, Adabayor with another shot taken high and over the bar. Walcott was stretchered off with an injury. Gallas then managed to score on the 83rd min with a header from a cross from Sagna, it was Rosicky who had all the space in the world on the right and took advantage of it and scored on the 85th min. The gunners keep a very safe lead and even more safe thanks to Bolton.

Arsenal: Almunia, Sagna, Toure, Gallas, Clichy, Eboue (Eduardo 68), Denilson, Diarra, Rosicky, Adebayor, Walcott (Bendtner 79).
Subs Not Used: Lehmann, Senderos, Song Billong.

Booked: Gallas.

Goals: Gallas 83, Rosicky 85.

Wigan: Pollitt, Boyce, Granqvist, Bramble, Kilbane, Brown, Scharner (Skoko 90), Landzaat, Olembe (Heskey 68), Koumas, Bent (Sibierski 84).
Subs Not Used: Kirkland, Hall.

Booked: Brown, Granqvist, Bent, Heskey.

Att: 60,126

Ref: Peter Walton (Northamptonshire).
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Birmingham 0 - Portsmouth 2

Birmingham under a care taker manager due to Steve Bruce moving to Wigan. Muntari opened the scoring after 34 mins to put Portsmouth in front. Ridgewell was taken down in the area and Birmingham appealed for the penalty but not given a very poor call from the ref. Kranjcar took a bullet free kick brilliant shot and sunk goal no.2 on the 82nd min.

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Bolton 1 - Man Utd 0

This was another fixture that you would have put you're money on the Utd to win and so wrong you would have been. Kampo took a free kick into the area and Anelka trned and shot the ball in keeper stood no chance just after 11 mins. Boltons defence where solid and thats how you have to be with Utd or you'll pay the price. Davies pick up a yellow for a late tackle then being taken aside for a talk with the ref. Hargreaves had a shot but went wide. Evra got away without a booking just before half time. Hargreaves took a free kick on target but saved and pushed away by Jaaskelainen. Utd then had another chance on goal but wasted it. A late free kick taken by hargreaves again went just over and landed on the roof of the net, just 1st time in 30 years that Bolton at home have beaten Man Utd, a really good game and a well desearved 3 point to Bolton who climb out of the relegation zone.

Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Hunt, Meite, Andrew O'Brien, Gardner, Campo, Nolan (McCann 83), Guthrie (Wilhelmsson 74), Davies (Speed 70), Anelka, Diouf.
Subs Not Used: Al Habsi, Michalik.

Booked: Davies, Nolan, Hunt.

Goals: Anelka 11.

Man Utd: Van der Sar, Brown (O'Shea 88), Pique (Anderson 59), Ferdinand, Evra, Nani, Carrick, Hargreaves, Giggs, Saha, Tevez.
Subs Not Used: Kuszczak, Fletcher, Eagles.

Att: 25,028

Ref: Mark Clattenburg (Tyne & Wear).
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Derby 0 - Chelsea 2

The smart money on Chelsea would have won as it was a giant slaying a minnow. Derby cannot get started. Derby giving Chelsea so much space and they paid for it with a goal from kalou after 17 mins. Kalou could have made it 2 with a bad header from the defence but in a freak shot he hit it high over the bar at point blank range. Kenny Miller had a flick on goal high and over the keeper and went in but was called off side on the re play showed he was on side ( high time we bring in video ref) Wright Phillips took advantage of a rebounded shot to make it 2 on the 73rd min. Essien was sent off for hitting Kenny Miller in the face as Essien raised his arm and caught Miller in the face twice near the end of the game.

Derby: Bywater, Griffin, Davis, Moore, Leacock, McEveley, Fagan (Earnshaw 86), Oakley (Feilhaber 84), Jones, Miller, Barnes (Howard 75).
Subs Not Used: Price, Mears.

Chelsea: Cudicini, Belletti, Terry, Ben-Haim, Ashley Cole, Obi, Lampard (Pizarro 90), Sidwell (Essien 75), Wright-Phillips, Shevchenko, Kalou.
Subs Not Used: Hilario, Joe Cole, Alex.

Sent Off: Essien (90).

Booked: Ashley Cole.

Goals: Kalou 17, Wright-Phillips 73.

Att: 32,789

Ref: Andre Marriner (W Midlands).


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Everton 7 - Sunderland 1

Wow, what a game the magnificent 7. Cahill almost scored within the first few mins but it was Yakubu managed to flick the ball over the keeper as he cane out to far and score after 12 mins , Cahill scored no.2 from neville's cross on the 17th min. Leadbitter had a go with a header but went into the side netting. Pienaar scored no.3 with brilliant play on the 43rd min, York managed a goal right on 45th min from a pass from Jones. Cahill scored no.4 on the 62nd min , and Chopra missed an open goal very stupid mistake. Yakubu scred Evertons 5th goal with a little flick from a rebound from the keeper 73rd min. Johnson came on an a man with excellent pace he ran and ran and scored no.6 on the 80th min beating Gordon. Osman walked through Sunderlands defence like they wernt there at all and scored no 7 on the 85th min.

Everton: Howard, Neville, Yobo (Jagielka 81), Lescott, Nuno Valente, Arteta, Carsley, Osman, Pienaar, Cahill (Anichebe 74), Yakubu (Johnson 74).
Subs Not Used: Wessels, Gravesen.

Goals: Yakubu 12, Cahill 17, Pienaar 43, Cahill 62, Yakubu 73, Johnson 80, Osman 85.

Sunderland: Gordon, Whitehead, McShane, Higginbotham, Harte, Edwards, Etuhu (Wallace 46), Yorke (Collins 46), Leadbitter, Chopra (Cole 67), Jones.
Subs Not Used: Ward, O'Donovan.

Booked: McShane.

Goals: Yorke 45.

Att: 38,594

Ref: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire).
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Man City 2 - Reading 1

Royals still cant find that win away this season and today was no exception. Sven side is looking very strong and still today they looked strong. Petrov managed to score on the 11th min from a ball which rebounded and smashed the ball in due to very scrapy defence from Reading. Harper took advantage of a pass into the middle and slotted away a goal to take it all level just before half time on the 43rd min. Giovanni missed a chance but it was his pass to Ireland deep into injury time that made it no. 2 shot high right.

Man City: Isaksson, Corluka (Jihai 43), Richards, Dunne, Garrido, Gelson, Hamann, Ireland, Petrov, Elano (Geovanni 58), Mpenza (Samaras 46).
Subs Not Used: Hart, Ball.

Goals: Petrov 11, Ireland 90.

Reading: Hahnemann, Murty, Sonko, Ingimarsson, Shorey, Hunt, Gunnarsson, Harper, Convey, Doyle (Long 85), Kitson.
Subs Not Used: Federici, Oster, Fae, Bikey.

Booked: Hunt, Long.

Goals: Harper 43.

Att: 43,813.

Ref: Steve Tanner (Somerset).




Middlesbrough 0 - Aston Villa 3

The Riverside looking very empty for this game.
Downing had an early shot on goal from left but blocked well. Carew scored for Villa just before half time on the 45th min. But it was Boro's mistake from Cattermol who couldnt clear the ball and sent the ball back in the area for Mellberg to score on the 48th min. Agbonlahor scored the 3rd goal on the 58th min , Villa looked very strong , Boro are struggling.

Middlesbrough: Schwarzer, Young, Woodgate, Wheater, Pogatetz, O'Neil, Cattermole (Rochemback 53), Boateng, Johnson, Aliadiere (Hutchinson 75), Downing.
Subs Not Used: Turnbull, Sanli, Taylor.

Booked: Cattermole, Downing.

Aston Villa: Carson, Mellberg, Knight, Laursen (Davies 84), Bouma, Petrov (Gardner 79), Reo-Coker, Barry, Young, Carew (Maloney 74), Agbonlahor.
Subs Not Used: Taylor, Moore.

Booked: Reo-Coker.

Goals: Carew 45, Mellberg 48, Agbonlahor 58.

Att: 23,900

Ref: Keith Stroud (Hampshire).
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Sunday 11 November 2007

11thNov

Birmingham 1 -Aston Villa 2

Birmingham played a very good game but the ref missed some important fouls . Petrovs low shot hit Ridgewell and went in to take Villa ahead on on 11 mins to count as an own goal. De Ridder was tripped in the area very clear but the ref didnt call it. Forssell came on and scored a brilliant header on 62nd min to take it level. Agbonlahor nodded in a cross from Young to take villa ahead on the 7th min. Very unfair reffing against Birmingham , a brilliant performance from Young and man of the match.

Birmingham: Taylor, Kelly, Djourou, Ridgewell, Schmitz, De Ridder, Muamba, Nafti (Larsson 72), Palacios (Forssell 46), Jerome (O'Connor 75), Kapo.
Subs Not Used: Kingson, McSheffrey.

Booked: De Ridder, Muamba, Kelly.

Goals: Forssell 62.

Aston Villa: Carson, Mellberg, Knight, Laursen, Bouma, Petrov, Reo-Coker, Barry, Young, Carew (Moore 68), Agbonlahor.
Subs Not Used: Taylor, Davies, Gardner, Maloney.

Booked: Barry, Agbonlahor.

Goals: Ridgewell 11 og, Agbonlahor 87.

Att: 26,539

Ref: Steve Bennett (Kent).

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Bolton 0 - Middlesbrough 0

Speed sent a shot into the side netting early into the game followed by Davies just sending a shot wide , Bolton had the better of play. Speed was unlucky with a free kick later in the game and Davies had a 20 yd drive go wide, Downing had a shot denied from 20yds out on target. Bolton happy to take the point as it gets them closer to getting out of the drop zone, Boro just keeping their heads above water in 17th.

Bolton: Jaaskelainen, McCann, Meite, Andrew O'Brien, Cid, Guthrie, Nolan (Giannakopoulos 64), Campo, Speed (Teymourian 80), Gardner, Davies.
Subs Not Used: Al Habsi, Braaten, Michalik.

Booked: Nolan.

Middlesbrough: Schwarzer, Young, Riggott, Wheater, Taylor (Pogatetz 30), O'Neil, Boateng, Cattermole, Downing, Aliadiere, Sanli (Hutchinson 68).
Subs Not Used: Turnbull, Shawky, Lee.

Booked: Wheater, Young.

Att: 17,624

Ref: Lee Probert (Wiltshire).
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Chelsea 1 - Everton 1

Pienaar missed a chance frm Osman across the goal, but they held their own against Chelsea. The first goal didnt come unitil the 70th min from Drogba headed in the ball from a good corner delivered by Kalou, But Cahill stunned the croud with his 90th min overhead kick to bring it even.

Chelsea: Cudicini, Belletti, Alex, Carvalho (Ben-Haim 29), Bridge, Essien, Wright-Phillips (Kalou 64), Obi, Lampard, Joe Cole, Drogba.
Subs Not Used: Hilario, Shevchenko, Pizarro.

Booked: Belletti, Essien.

Goals: Drogba 70.

Everton: Howard, Hibbert, Yobo, Lescott, Nuno Valente, Pienaar, Carsley (Gravesen 76), Neville (McFadden 46), Osman, Cahill, Yakubu (Anichebe 46).
Subs Not Used: Wessels, Jagielka.

Booked: Neville, Pienaar.

Goals: Cahill 90.

Att: 41,683

Ref: Alan Wiley (Staffordshire).

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Man Utd 2 - Blackburn 0

I wouldnt have put money on this scoreline or the scorer to be honest. Blackburn have been very strong and keen to finish top 4, Ronaldo hasnt been firing on all 4 cylinders this season and has still relied on help from Rooney, but today he proved his worth with 2 goals. With his 1st goal coming in on the 34th min with a header and then another on 35th min side footed in , Dunn was sent off after a second yellow for tripping Saha and his first offense for a foul on Tevez, all hope of a come back for Blackburn vanished.

Man Utd: Van der Sar, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Ronaldo, Anderson, Hargreaves (Carrick 77), Giggs, Tevez, Saha (Nani 68).
Subs Not Used: Kuszczak, O'Shea, Fletcher.

Booked: Ronaldo.

Goals: Ronaldo 34, 35.

Blackburn: Friedel, Emerton, Samba, Nelsen, Warnock, Bentley, Dunn, Mokoena, Pedersen, Santa Cruz (Derbyshire 78), McCarthy.
Subs Not Used: Brown, Ooijer, Kerimoglu, Berner.

Sent Off: Dunn (53).

Booked: Dunn, Mokoena, Nelsen, Samba.

Att: 75,710.

Ref: Chris Foy (Merseyside).

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Portsmouth 0 - Man City 0

2 sides looking to finish in a Europe slot this season. Hart was kept busy early in the game and Johnson had an early shot. It was very even play and both evenly matched teams, one of the best shots but unfortunate came from Nugent who hit a rocket shot which took a slight deflection and hit the inside of the far post and rebounded across the goal very unlucky, well deserved point for both sides.

Portsmouth: James, Johnson, Campbell, Distin, Pamarot, Utaka (Taylor 46), Davis, Muntari, Kranjcar, Kanu (Nugent 63), Mwaruwari.
Subs Not Used: Ashdown, Pedro Mendes, Hreidarsson.

Booked: Distin.

Man City: Hart, Corluka, Richards, Dunne, Garrido, Ireland, Hamann, Gelson, Petrov, Elano (Geovanni 90), Vassell (Bianchi 89).
Subs Not Used: Isaksson, Ball, Samaras.

Booked: Garrido.

Att: 19,529

Ref: Mark Halsey (Lancashire).
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Tottenham 4 - Wigan 0

Spurs and turned around under the new management Ramos, Jenas scored after 13 mins to take the lead , Jenas scored again as he got through a sleeping defence to score again on the 26th min, Lennon drove a 25 yd shot that killed the Wigan spirit on the 34th min, Wigan only had 1 shot on target. Bent picked up a through ball for Jenas to slam it home to make it 4 on the 72nd min. Wigan just had no spark and I have nothing to say abouth eir performance as they just lay down to die.

Tottenham: Robinson, Chimbonda, Kaboul, Dawson, Lee, Lennon (Defoe 80), Zokora, Jenas, Malbranque (Tainio 53), Berbatov, Keane (Bent 67).
Subs Not Used: Cerny, Archibald-Henville.

Goals: Jenas 13, 26, Lennon 34, Bent 72.

Wigan: Kirkland, Taylor, Melchiot, Bramble, Scharner, Granqvist, Skoko (Brown 64), Kilbane, Landzaat, Cotterill (Sibierski 39), Bent.
Subs Not Used: Pollitt, Hall, Olembe.

Booked: Skoko, Scharner.

Att: 35,504

Ref: Howard Webb (S Yorkshire).

10th Nov

Derby 0 - West Ham

West Ham had the upper hand with and early attempt but Bywater blocked well. Derby gave away a free kick just outside the area Salano struck a good ball just clipping the underside of the cross bar , it Bowyer who managed to make good of some scrappy defense and control the ball with his arm (not seen by the ref and score on the 42nd min. Etherington made it 2 on 51 mins with and excellent 1 -2 . Spector picked out a shot low right , Lewis blocked but dragged the ball over the line to count as an own goal on 55 mins. Bowyer made it look easy with goal no for precision shot 59th min, Derby gave away another free kick for a Solano on target strike scoring on 69th min, Derby in trouble and had only 1 shot on target and look very weak not a Premier league club and not good enough for the championship, if they play like that they will certainly go down but just stay at the bottom. Billy Davies will be sacked befor Christmas if he isnt then theyve signed their own death warrant.

Derby: Bywater, Mears, Moore, Edworthy, Griffin, Barnes, Oakley, Pearson, Teale (Howard 52), Miller (Fagan 75), Lewis (Earnshaw 58).
Subs Not Used: McEveley, Jones.

Booked: Oakley, Fagan.

West Ham: Green, Neill, Gabbidon, Upson, McCartney (Pantsil 14), Solano, Spector, Bowyer (Collins 72), Etherington, Cole, Boa Morte.
Subs Not Used: Wright, Ljungberg, Camara.

Booked: Pantsil, Bowyer.

Goals: Bowyer 42, Etherington 51, Lewis 55 og, Bowyer 59, Solano 69.

Att: 32,440

Ref: Mark Clattenburg (Tyne & Wear).

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Liverpool 2 - Fulham 0

Hyypia had an Early shot on target and pushed away by Niemi. Gerard was next to make a shot top left but just over the cross bar it went. Fulham gave away a free kick with a brilliant ball delivered to Crouch he headed in just smacking the woodwork and keeping 0-0 up to half time. Niemi saved the day again with a good save and the ball being cleared Benayoun almost getting to it but could only send the ball high over the cross bar. But Benayoun then had another go on target saved by Niemi. Torres quick turn and shoot on the 81st min a low right shot beating Niemi. Fulham defenders where clumsy to give away a penalty as Geraard was brought down but the offense looked like it was out of the area , penalty given and Gerrard scored on 85th min.
Niemi keeping was first class but let down by some poor defending.

Liverpool: Reina, Arbeloa, Carragher, Hyypia, Aurelio, Benayoun, Mascherano (Lucas 81), Gerrard, Riise (Babel 62), Voronin (Torres 70), Crouch.
Subs Not Used: Martin, Finnan.

Goals: Torres 81, Gerrard 85 pen.

Fulham: Niemi, Baird, Hughes, Stefanovic, Bocanegra, Davies, Davis, Murphy, Dempsey (Kamara 69), Kuqi, Healy (Bouazza 60).
Subs Not Used: Warner, Smertin, Leijer.

Booked: Murphy, Dempsey.

Att: 43,073

Ref: Steve Tanner (Somerset).

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Sunderland 1 - Newcastle 1

Big Sam looking for some point here and something to stop the fans booing. But they booed .
Wallace missed an early chance but sent the ball well wide. Leadbitter missed another chance as Sunderland had the leading tempo. Barton up to usual rubbish play by going into Dickson Etuhu he is insistent on playing like a foll and its only a shame the ref didn't see it as it was a straight red offence, Premier league is no place for this kind of rubbish play. Leadbitter wasting another chance sending a good cross away with a poor header. Chopra had a good shot on target but Given blocked and ball kept in play for Newcastle to get the ball away 0 - 0 at half time. Kenwyn Jones had a brilliant run to force the Newcastle defence to send the ball out for a corner quickly taken put into the area for Higginbotham to steer in to the net high right with a header on the 52nd min . But the Toon came back with a goal on 65th min with a good goal from Milner . Sunderland should have had all 3 points

Tuesday 6 November 2007

5th of Nov

Man City 1 - Sunderland 0
Remember remember the 5th of November, well I'm sure Roy Keane doesn't want to remember this day. Sunderland suffered another defeat as they visited Man City. Both Collins and Anthony failed to find the back of the net with headers in the first half and staying at 0 - 0 at half time , but it was Ireland who broke the silence with a brilliant volley on the 67th min followed by a stupid celebration when he pulled his shorts down and stood like superman, FA are looking into this as they where very bad undercrackers. Man city move up to 3rd and still look strong in spite of their heavy defeat at Chelsea they looked like a different team, Sunderland stay mid table.

Man City: Hart, Jihai, Dunne, Corluka, Garrido, Ireland, Hamann, Johnson (Vassell 46), Petrov, Mpenza (Bianchi 57), Elano (Ball 82).
Subs Not Used: Isaksson, Geovanni.

Goals: Ireland 67.

Sunderland: Gordon, Nosworthy, Higginbotham, Collins, Harte, Stokes (Chopra 58), Miller, Etuhu, Leadbitter, Murphy (Wallace 58), Jones.
Subs Not Used: Ward, Kavanagh, Connolly.

Booked: Nosworthy.

Att: 40,038

Ref: Alan Wiley (Staffordshire).

Sunday 4 November 2007

4th Oct

West Ham 1 - Bolton 1

McCartney half volley gave West Ham the lead just after 20 mins, Bolton where not giving up and had chances as Guthrie's low shot hit the woodwork and a shots from El-HadJi Diouf denied. Cole could have made it 2 to West Ham just couldnt get his foot to the ball, Nolan brought it all level in deep into extra time on the 93rd min after getting onto a header from Michalik and slotted the ball away low right, Bolton very happy to take a point from this match although they are still in the drop zone.

West Ham: Green, Neill, Gabbidon, Upson, McCartney, Boa Morte, Solano, Mullins (Spector 50), Bowyer (Pantsil 85), Etherington, Cole (Camara 72).
Subs Not Used: Wright, Reid.

Booked: Bowyer, Pantsil.

Goals: McCartney 20.

Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Hunt (McCann 81), Andrew O'Brien, Meite (Michalik 46), Gardner, Diouf, Guthrie, Nolan, Campo, Speed (Samuel 78), Davies.
Subs Not Used: Al Habsi, Giannakopoulos.

Booked: Hunt.

Goals: Nolan 90.

Att: 33,867

Ref: Peter Walton (Northamptonshire).

Saturday 3 November 2007

3rd Nov

Arsenal 2 - Man Utd 2

Tevez had an early attempt on goal but ending up going wide. Ronaldo Crossed a brilliant ball in from the the right over for Giggs who couldn't Finnish. Giggs then had a shot on goal sending it just over the bar. Tevez and Rooney working well together again and a pass from Tevez through to Rooney was blocked well by the Arsenal defence. Ronaldo managed to squeeze a pass through to Rooney just before half time and Rooney's ricochet shot went in classing as an own goal off Gallas on 45th min. Fabregas brought Arsenal level soon after the second half on 48th min Van Der Sar fumbled the initial save dropping the ball leaving it open for a pass to Fabregas and he made a good finnish. Rooney and Giggs tried some slick play but it didnt work out. Ronaldo made good of some handy work by Evra and slotted away no.2 on the 82nd min. Arsenal had 2 clear chances at this stage of the game and didn't use them but they wouldn't give up and the attacking play payed off when shot after shot was hitting Van Der Sar and it was Gallas that redeemed himself by putting the ball over the line to level it 2 - 2.

Arsenal: Almunia, Sagna, Toure, Gallas, Clichy, Eboue (Walcott 74), Fabregas, Flamini, Rosicky (Eduardo 80), Hleb (Silva 80), Adebayor.
Subs Not Used: Lehmann, Diarra.

Booked: Fabregas.

Goals: Fabregas 48, Gallas 90.

Man Utd: Van der Sar, Brown (O'Shea 71), Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Ronaldo, Anderson (Carrick 76), Hargreaves, Giggs, Tevez (Saha 76), Rooney.
Subs Not Used: Kuszczak, Nani.

Booked: Evra, Hargreaves.

Goals: Gallas 45 og, Ronaldo 82.

Att: 60,161

Ref: Howard Webb (S Yorkshire).

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Newcastle 1 - Portsmouth 4

Newcastle had the early shot on goal to test James. Pamarot sent a 25 yd rocket shot off to take lead after 8 mins shortly followed by Mwaruwari then put away no.2 for Portsmouth on 9th min then followed by Utaka on 11th min it was all one way traffic, the boo,s rang out around the stadium at Newcastle for their poor play. Owen then had a chance on goal and took it, his shot struck Campbell to class as an own goal on the 16th min. Joey Barton still hasn't learnt to play clean football as he gave away a free kick resulting in another Portsmouth goal Kranjcar struck an excellent free kick Newcastle defence almost getting to it and almost debatable if it was an own goal.
Portsmouth sit in a top 4 slot.

Newcastle: Harper, Taylor, Faye, Cacapa (Rozehnal 18), Jose Enrique (Martins 57), N'Zogbia, Butt, Barton, Milner (Emre 69), Smith, Owen.
Subs Not Used: Forster, Geremi.

Booked: Smith, Butt.

Goals: Campbell 16 og.

Portsmouth: James, Pamarot, Distin, Campbell, Johnson, Davis, Muntari (Pedro Mendes 87), Diop, Utaka, Kranjcar, Mwaruwari (Kanu 76).
Subs Not Used: Ashdown, Lauren, Taylor.

Booked: Distin, Davis.

Goals: Pamarot 8, Mwaruwari 9, Utaka 11, Kranjcar 71.

Att: 51,490

Ref: Chris Foy (Merseyside).
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Fulham 3 - Reading 1

Reading keen to break the spell of their bad away play went to Fulham looking for points. But Fulham had Reading under attack and Davies scored after 18th min taking Fulham ahead. Shorey had a free kick just missing Duberry to bring it level. Doyle brought Reading level in the second half on the 54 min. Kamara had a chance on goal but it was also an appeal for hand ball not given and play went on. Dempsey flicked the ball in from Healy's header to score on 72nd min. Fulham kept the pressure on and Davies worked with Healy for Healy to score on the 90th min. Omozusi was sent off for a bad challenge on Harper and earned himself a straight red.

Fulham: Niemi, Stefanovic, Omozusi, Ashton, Hughes, Davies, Murphy, Davis, Bouazza (Kuqi 60), Dempsey, Kamara (Healy 67).
Subs Not Used: Warner, Ki-Hyeon, Leijer.

Sent Off: Omozusi (90).

Booked: Stefanovic, Omozusi, Healy.

Goals: Davies 18, Dempsey 72, Healy 90.

Reading: Hahnemann, Murty (Long 87), Duberry, Sonko, Shorey, Gunnarsson, Harper, Hunt, Lita (Convey 76), Kitson, Doyle.
Subs Not Used: Federici, Ingimarsson, Rosenior.

Goals: Doyle 54.

Att: 22,086

Ref: Mark Clattenburg (Tyne & Wear).

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Everton 3- Birmingham 1

Yakubu opened up the scoring after 10 mins as he struck from close range. Keeping the lead into the second half it wasnt until the 79th min that Kapo managed to bring it level with a header from a corner, Carsley put that to bed by curling a brilliant shot in high right in added time and then another as Vaughan managed to get through the Birmingham defence to put a simple low shot away.

Everton: Howard, Neville, Yobo, Stubbs (Jagielka 22), Lescott, Arteta, Carsley, Osman (Vaughan 80), Pienaar (Gravesen 85), Cahill, Yakubu.
Subs Not Used: Wessels, McFadden.

Goals: Yakubu 10, Carsley 90, Vaughan 90.

Birmingham: Maik Taylor, Kelly, Schmitz, Djourou, Ridgewell, De Ridder (Forssell 79), Muamba, Nafti (McSheffrey 71), Larsson (O'Connor 52), Kapo, Jerome.
Subs Not Used: Kingson, Danns.

Booked: Kelly.

Goals: Kapo 80.

Att: 35,155

Ref: Mike Riley (Yorkshire).

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Middlesbrough 1 - Tottenham 1

Bent and Defoe put up front for Spurs and it payed off as Bent scored with a low shot near post beating Scharzer on the 35th min. Spurs held the lead until the 52nd min when Luke Young struck a brilliant shot (75mph)high left keeper had no chance. There was an appeal for hand ball from Boro as the ball hit a Spurs defender in the last minutes but not given.

Middlesbrough: Schwarzer, Young, Wheater, Riggott, Taylor, O'Neil, Cattermole, Rochemback (Boateng 77), Downing, Aliadiere (Lee 78), Sanli (Hutchinson 72).
Subs Not Used: Turnbull, Hines.

Booked: Lee.

Goals: Young 52.

Tottenham: Robinson, Chimbonda, Kaboul, Dawson, Lee, Lennon, Jenas, Boateng (Zokora 63), Malbranque, Bent (Berbatov 58), Defoe (Keane 58).
Subs Not Used: Cerny, Stalteri.

Goals: Bent 35.

Att: 25,625

Ref: Mike Dean (Wirral).
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Wigan 0 - Chelsea 2

Bebt missed a early chance as Wigan had most the play in the early minute but chelsea then soon turned things around as Lampard put away from a Wright-Phillips cross on the 11th min the pressure was kept up as Chelsea kept going at it and Belletti struck a good ball to go in high right on the 18th min. Wigan just out played but their defence only had to try to stop Chelsea scoring more as their was no attacking play from Wigan.

Wigan: Kirkland, Melchiot, Granqvist, Bramble, Kilbane, Valencia, Brown (Skoko 85), Scharner, Landzaat (Sibierski 82), Koumas, Bent.
Subs Not Used: Pollitt, Aghahowa, Boyce. Booked: Landzaat, Bramble.

Chelsea: Cech, Belletti, Alex, Carvalho, Bridge, Obi, Essien (Sidwell 76), Lampard, Wright-Phillips, Drogba (Kalou 75), Malouda.
Subs Not Used: Cudicini, Shevchenko, Ben-Haim.

Booked: Drogba.

Goals: Lampard 11, Belletti 18.

Att: 19,011

Ref: Steve Bennett (Kent).
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Blackburn 0 - Liverpool 0
2 teams looking to finnish in the top 4 so this was going to be a tough game. Blackburn had chances from Bentley and Dunn but hitting the woodwork. Carragher was working very well to keep the ball away from the Blackburn forwards. Gerrard had alot of chances but Freidel wasnt going to be beaten. A very good game they both matched the pace and kept one another working. Blackburn would have been marked as an underdog but they are firing this season as Liverpool are miss firing and may not even finninsh in the top 6 let alone top 4.

Blackburn: Friedel, Ooijer, Samba, Nelsen, Warnock, Emerton, Bentley, Dunn (Kerimoglu 56), Pedersen, Santa Cruz, McCarthy (Derbyshire 89).
Subs Not Used: Brown, Khizanishvili, Treacy.

Liverpool: Reina, Finnan, Carragher, Hyypia, Riise, Benayoun (Crouch 72), Sissoko, Mascherano, Babel (Kewell 63), Gerrard, Kuyt.
Subs Not Used: Martin, Arbeloa, Lucas.

Booked: Carragher.

Att: 30,033

Ref: Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire).

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Aston Villa 2 - Derby 0

Derby are looking very battered already and its not even christmas. Deby gave away an early corner almost giving Villa an early goal Bywater blocking the shot. Agbonlahor was just wide with a shot but they didnt miss as Laursen struck home scored on the 57th min. Villa kept the attack up with a good attack with a shot from Agbonlahor being blocked but not caught an d rebounded for Reo-coker to send the ball into the path of Young as he struck the ball into the top of the net to seal the winner on the 61st min. Derby just didnt have any play to talk about as they just couldnt get any play forward.

Aston Villa: Carson, Mellberg, Knight (Davies 88), Bouma, Laursen, Young (Maloney 69), Petrov, Reo-Coker, Barry, Moore (Berger 77), Agbonlahor.
Subs Not Used: Taylor, Gardner.

Goals: Laursen 57, Young 61.

Derby: Bywater, Griffin, Moore, Davis (Teale 46), McEveley, Fagan (Earnshaw 66), Oakley, Leacock, Pearson, Barnes, Howard.
Subs Not Used: Price, Jones, Mears.

Booked: Griffin, Moore, Howard.

Att: 40,938

Ref: Mark Halsey (Lancashire).
Aston Villa 2 - Derby 0
Derby looking very battered and looking for anything