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).