Premier League results for 27th April 2008

Portsmouth 0-1 Blackburn

Portsmouth: Ashdown, Johnson, Campbell, Distin, Lauren, Utaka (Kranjcar 46), Diop, Diarra, Muntari (Baros 78), Defoe, Kanu.
Subs Not Used: Begovic, Aubey, Davis.

Booked: Defoe, Campbell.

Blackburn: Friedel, Reid, Nelsen, Samba (Ooijer 87), Warnock, Bentley, Emerton, Vogel, Pedersen, Santa Cruz, Roberts (Dunn 90).
Subs Not Used: Brown, Kerimoglu, Derbyshire.

Goals: Santa Cruz 74.

Booked: Reid, Warnock.

Ref: Mike Riley (Yorkshire).

Att: 18,722

Manager Harry Redknapp(Portsmouth):
"For me the FA Cup was always the main route (into Europe).

"I didn't think we deserved to lose. I couldn't see us getting beat. It was a disappointing goal defensively.

Manager Mark Hughes(Blackburn):
"We didn't force the issue too much in the first half and just needed to up it 10-15% in second half which we were able to do.
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Everton 2-2 Aston Villa

Everton: Howard, Neville, Yobo, Jagielka, Lescott, Osman, Carsley, Fernandes (Arteta 66), Pienaar, Johnson (Anichebe 83), Yakubu.
Subs Not Used: Wessels, Hibbert, Baines.

Goals: Neville 56, Yobo 84.

Booked: Yakubu, Carsley, Anichebe.

Aston Villa: Carson, Mellberg, Laursen, Knight (Berger 75), Bouma (Harewood 78), Petrov, Barry, Reo-Coker, Young, Carew, Agbonlahor.
Subs Not Used: Taylor, Salifou, Routledge.

Goals: Agbonlahor 80, Carew 86.

Booked: Petrov, Young, Harewood.

Ref: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire).

Att: 37,936

Manager David Moyes(Everton):
"I am disappointed we conceded so quickly after scoring our second goal.

"I think that it was probably a fair result. There were two teams going for it and Villa are a very good side.

Manager Martin O'Neill(Aston Villa) :
"We have the ability to fight back. We knew this would be a difficult game and so it proved to be.

"I felt the first goal was going to be vital and yet we managed to get something out of the game.