Saturday 19 April 2008

Results for Saturday 19 April 2008

Arsenal
Lehmann, Toure (Eboue 60), Gallas, Song Billong, Clichy, Walcott, Fabregas, Silva, Hleb (Denilson 74), Van Persie, Adebayor (Bendtner 73).
Subs Not Used: Mannone, Senderos.

2-0
(HT 2-0)
Reading
Hahnemann, Murty, Sonko (Duberry 73), Ingimarsson, Bikey, Rosenior, Kebe (Matejovsky 79), Cisse, Harper (Fae 73), Convey, Kitson.
Subs Not Used: Federici, Doyle.
Adebayor 30
Silva 38





• Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger:
"In this match we showed what quality we do have and that the team is strong.

"We are still ambitious - we have 74 points and want to finish with 83 points which is a decent total. We want to finish off as close as we can to the winners of the league.


Att: 60,109

Ref: Peter Walton (Northamptonshire).





Bookings:
Kitson 28
Bikey 58
Sonko 71

• Reading boss Steve Coppell:
"When they scored their first goal it was always going to be a mountain for us to climb.

"We shrunk back after we conceded and observed and did not play.

"After the break we put in some real effort and commitment.

"We have a three game mini-season and must aim to get enough points to stay up.



Blackburn
Friedel, Emerton, Samba, Nelsen, Warnock, Bentley, Reid, Vogel (Mokoena 85), Pedersen, Santa Cruz, Roberts.
Subs Not Used: Brown, Ooijer, McCarthy, Dunn.

1-1
(HT 1-0)
Man Utd
Kuszczak, Brown (O'Shea 81), Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Ronaldo, Carrick, Scholes, Giggs (Nani 46), Tevez, Rooney (Park 90).
Subs Not Used: Foster, Pique.

Santa Cruz 21

Tevez 88
Bookings:
Reid 51



Att: 30,316

Ref: Rob Styles (Hampshire).



Bookings:
Rooney 40

Fulham
Keller, Stalteri, Hughes, Hangeland, Konchesky, Davies, Bullard, Murphy (Andreasen 78), Dempsey, Healy (Nevland 76), McBride (Kamara 81).
Subs Not Used: Warner, Bocanegra.
0-2
(HT 0-1)
Liverpool
Reina, Finnan, Skrtel, Hyypia (Carragher 46), Riise, Pennant, Lucas, Mascherano (Alonso 72), Benayoun, Voronin (Aurelio 82), Crouch.
Subs Not Used: Itandje, Torres.


Pennant 17
Crouch 70
Bookings:
Healy 67


Fulham manager Roy Hodgson:

"We matched them quite well but once they got their first goal we were chasing the game and when they got the second goal it put us out of contention.


Att: 25,311.

Ref: Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire).







Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez:

"I picked a team I believed could win the match. We now need just one more point to ensure fourth place in the league, even if Everton win all their remaining games.



Middlesbrough
Turnbull, Young, Wheater, Pogatetz, Taylor (Rochemback 74), Aliadiere, Boateng, Arca, Downing, Alves, Sanli (Johnson 64).
Subs Not Used: Steele, Shawky, Grounds.

0-1
(HT 0-0)
Bolton
Al Habsi, Steinsson, Andrew O'Brien, Cahill, Samuel, Nolan, Cohen (Guthrie 45), Campo, McCann, Taylor, Rasiak (Diouf 56).
Subs Not Used: Walker, Giannakopoulos, Fojut.


McCann 61



Middlesbrough manager Gareth Southgate:
"We had enough chances to have the game under control at half-time.

"Our attitude was right and we were up for it and were the better side for 45 minutes, but their keeper kept them in it and they have him to thank.


Att: 25,037

Ref: Alan Wiley (Staffordshire).




Bookings:
Steinsson 57
Campo 77

Bolton manager Gary Megson:
"Today was not a classic performance and we set off poorly. We were fortunate to go into half-time at 0-0.

"But we played well in the second-half and it really was a case of two halves.





West Ham
: Green, Pantsil, Tomkins, Neill, McCartney, Faubert (Solano 78), Noble, Parker, Ljungberg (Boa Morte 90), Sears (Cole 74), Zamora.
Subs Not Used: Walker, Mullins.
2-1
(HT 1-0)
Derby
Carroll, Todd (McEveley 83), Leacock, Stubbs, Lewis, Mears, Ghaly, Savage, Jones (Villa 75), Sterjovski, Miller.
Subs Not Used: Price, Feilhaber, Moore.
Zamora 20
Cole 77

Mears 65
Bookings:
Noble 80
Parker 83

West Ham manager Alan Curbishley:

"After losing our last three games it was important that we bounced back. There is a great lack of appreciation of what we have done this season.





Att: 34,612

Ref: Steve Tanner (Somerset).



Bookings:
Stubbs 74


Derby boss Paul Jewell:

"The fans have been unbelieveable and that's why we were desperate to reward them today.

"They have been there all season and they deserve to be in the Premier League.



Wigan
Kirkland, Melchiot, Boyce, Scharner, Kilbane, Valencia, Palacios, Brown, Taylor (Koumas 81), Bent (King 84), Heskey (Sibierski 76).
Subs Not Used: Pollitt, Skoko.
1-1
(HT 1-1)
Tottenham
Cerny, Hutton, Dawson, Zokora, O'Hara, Lennon, Huddlestone, Jenas, Malbranque, Keane (Bent 72), Berbatov.
Subs Not Used: Forecast, Tainio, Gilberto, Rocha.
Heskey 12

Berbatov 6
Bookings:
Valencia 70
Palacios 81

Wigan manager Steve Bruce:

"We've got ourselves in a position now where if we beat Reading next week we're safe and that's a wonderful position to be in.



Att: 18,673

Ref: Lee Probert (Wiltshire).



Bookings:
O'Hara 85

Tottenham manager Juane Ramos:

"We wanted to play at the same lively tempo we started with.

"The condition of the pitch was perhaps less than superb, which inhibited what we were able to do.


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