Grand slam sunday

This sunday all the four big guns clashed against each other in the much anticipated weekend fixtures. But the Red devils and the gunners were triumphant in their matches. It was crucial match for all the teams as Liverpool and Chelsea could have managed to decrease the point gap between them and leaders but instead it was the top two teams who managed to increase the point gap.

Manchester United won their math against the Liverpool side by a single goal courtesy of Carlos Tevez. Liverpool looked more promising then the Manchester United but their lack of composer infront of goal let them down. In other big clash Arsenal beat Chelsea by the same goal margin. William Gallas scored for the gunners in tightly contested match.

In other fixtures Santa Cruz and Marcus Bent grabbed hattrick each but it was Marcus Bent who managed 3 points for his team with a hattrick. Wigan won the match 5-3 against Blackburn. Scharner and Landzaat scored the other two goals for the Wigan.

Result Summary:
Arsenal 1-0 Chelsea
Liverpool 0-1 Man Utd
Birmingham 1-1 Reading
Derby 0-1 Middlesbrough
Fulham 0-1 Newcastle
Man City 4-2 Bolton
Portsmouth 0-1 Tottenham
Sunderland 1-1 Aston Villa
West Ham 0-2 Everton
Wigan 5-3 Blackburn

Gunners and Mercyside Reds tasted defeat for the first time this season

The only two unbeaten team in the premiership suffered defeat at the hands of lowly placed teams. Arsenal lost to Middlesbrough and while Liverpool surrendered to the Reading. In the match between Middlesbrough and Arsenal, Middlesbrough performed well and grabbed all the 3 points which will be handy at the end of the season. Downing and Tuncay Sanli scored for the Middlesbrough while Rosicky scored for the Gunners.

In other match Reading went better of the Liverpool as they won the match 3-1. Hunt, Doyle and Harper scored for the Reading while Steven Gerrard scored for the Reds. Blackburn and Aston Villa also tasted defeat at their own ground. Blackburn lost to West Ham while Aston Villa lost to Portsmouth.

Result Summary:
Blackburn 0-1 West Ham
Bolton 4-1 Wigan
Middlesbrough 2-1 Arsenal
Tottenham 2-1 Man City
Aston Villa 1-3 Portsmouth
Chelsea 2-0 Sunderland
Everton 3-0 Fulham
Man Utd 4-1 Derby
Newcastle 2-1 Birmingham
Reading 3-1 Liverpool

Arsenal and Newcastle vie for a draw

Arsenal and Newcastle settled for the draw in the only midweek fixture f the week. Newcastle who has lost a series of matches were expected some thrashing by Arsenal but instead it was the Newcastle team that remain better in terms of quality. Adebayor scored in the early minutes of the match while Steven Taylor pulled goal back for the toons.

Sam Allardyce must have been a relieved man after the result as he was on a pressure fromfans and board for his team's dismal performance. Arsenal in the mean time could have increased point gaps against tis rival in the standings.

Birmingham showed mental toughness at White Hart Lane

Birmingham City who is newly promoted team is the only team that looks like which has the premiership stiffness to survive in the premier league. It showed its resilient ability against he good looking Spurs side as it won the match in the dying seconds with the magical strike from Sebastian Larsson. Earlier Robbie Keane managed two goals for Spurs but McSheffrey and Jerome striked for Birmingham.

All the big for won the matches with Liverpool highlighting the result as they demolished Bolton 4-0. Hyypia, Torres, Babel and Gerard scored for the Mercyside team. A host of other matches finished in tie.

Results summary:

Man Utd 2-0 Fulham
Liverpool 4-0 Bolton
Tottenham 2-3 Birmingham
Aston Villa 1-2 Arsenal
Blackburn 3-1 Newcastle
Chelsea 1-0 West Ham
Portsmouth 0-0 Everton
Reading 1-1 Middlesbrough
Sunderland 1-0Derby
Wigan 1-1 Man City

Arsenal lose their unbeaten run

The gunners who were high flying now has lost their unbeaten run of the new season after losing to spanish side Sevilla. Sevilla won the match 3-1. Keita, Luis Fabiano, Kanoute scored for the Sevilla while eduardo scored for the gunners. In the meantime Arsene Wenger has been handed a touch line ban by the UEFA for his arguments with the match official.

Manchester United also fought back from a goal down to win the match 2-1. Ronaldo and Tevez were the saviour. Chelsea also won their match comfortably against Rosenberg 4-0. Two goals from Drogba gave Chelsea advantage against the Norwegian opponents.

Under pressure manager Rafa Benitez showed his mental toughness and yet again proved he is the best in the business. His team Liverpool emerged victorious against the Portuguese opponents FC Porto 4-1. Fernando Torres with 2 goals followed by a goal a piece by Gerrard and Crouch ensured all 3 points for the Reds.

Red Devils shocked by the Trotters

In an exciting weekend the most surprising result was produced by the Bolton. It won its home match against the Red Devils and to surprise for all Manchester United didn't played well to their usual standard. It deserved to lose the match and all credits to the Trotters. Nicolas Anelka was the hero of the match as he scored the only goal of the match. Alex Ferguson gave rest to star Ronaldo and there was no player who could produced any magical moment for the Red Devils.

Everton also showed their stunning form as they demolished Sunderland 7 goals to 1. It was a magical match for the Toffees as they won the match with such an ease. Yakubu and Cahill scored twice. Pieneer, Johnson and Osman added the other three. Dwight Yorke scored consolation goal for the Sunderland.

In other result league leader Arsenal maintain their winning streak. Liverpool also thrashed Newcastle with 3-0 win.

Result summary:
Fulham 2-2 Blackburn
West Ham 1-1 Tottenham
Arsenal 2-0 Wigan
Birmingham 0-2 Portsmouth
Bolton 1-0 Man Utd
Derby 0-2 Chelsea
Everton 7-1 Sunderland
Middlesbrough 0-3 Aston Villa
Newcastle 0-3 Liverpool
Man City 2-1 Reading

Action hots up in EPL again

The new premierhsip fixtures is live again after the international break. England failed to qualify for the finals and it was a very sad story for all the English supporters. All the players have returned home to ehir respective clubs. Some have returned jaded, while some injured and some only managed to return fresh.

The biggest match up this weekend is of between Liverpool and Newcastle. Newcastle are without Michael Owen and Rafa Benitez is on pressure to perform. Let's see who will come on top.

List of weekend's fixture:
Arsenal v Wigan
Birmingham v Portsmouth
Bolton v Man Utd
Derby v Chelsea
Everton v Sunderland
Man City v Reading
Middlesbrough v Aston Villa
Newcastle v Liverpool
Fulham v Blackburn
West Ham v Tottenham

Premiership takes international break

Premiership is taking international break as most of the nations from Europe are participating in the Euro 2008 qualifying. It's the final round of competition as only few teams are left to be determined. England has a pretty tough task for the qualification. Like wise other teams are also fighting for their slots.

Other nations not taking part in qualification are taking part in international friendy matches. Overall such international breaks gives premiership a break and time for players to show their skills for their countries. Let's see after the final round of qualification who will be booking their tickets to Austria and Switzerland next year.

Gunners back on top just 24 hours after ManU climbed to top

Gunners are in rich vein of form this season and their unbeaten run shows them all. At Reading they just won their match 3-1 but with a class act and they could have won by even better goal difference. Flamini, Adebayor and Hleb were the scorer for Arsenal while Shorey scored the consolation for the Reading. Earlier on Sunday ManU tipped them off for 24 hours by beating highly tough team Blackburn Rovers by a 2 goal margin. Both goals were from the Portuguese winger Ronaldo. Ronaldo really got them on track after Blackburn scared for some moments early in the match. David Dunn got sending off early in the second off so Blackburn just got beating without scarring the opposition.

Other match between Chelsea and Everton finished in a tie; 1 goal a piece. Drogba and Cahill scored for their clubs respectively. Chelsea missed a couple of opportunity while Everton punished them with an equalizing goal late in the end of the match. Tottenham, Westham and Liverpool all won their matches against Wigan, Derby, Fulham respectively. This was really a nice result for the spurs supporters as they got back to winning ways. Looks like new manager Ramos has something up his sleeves and soon they will be in their original position.

Result Summary:
Reading 1-3 Arsenal
Birmingham 1-2 Aston Villa
Bolton 0-0 Middlesbrough
Chelsea 1-1 Everton
Man Utd 2-0 Blackburn
Portsmouth 0-0 Man City
Tottenham 4-0 Wigan
Derby 0-5 West Ham
Liverpool 2-0 Fulham
Sunderland 1-1 Newcastle

Arsenal and Manchester enters the knock out stage

Arsenal and Manchester United enters the knockout phase of the champions league. Arsenal got a point away to Slavia Prague in a dull match. Arsenal fielded a second string team and got lucky to get a point but it was enough for them to qualify to next round. Manchester United edged out Dynamo Kiev 4-0 to enter to the next round of Champions League. It looks like the Red devils are in rich vein of form. The goal scorers were Pique, Tevez, Rooney and Ronaldo.

Liverpool on the verge of elimination from the first round of the champions league showed the world that they are also capable of winning the trophey by scoring a record breaking victory. They won the match against Besiktas 8-0 with the hattrick from their unsung hero Benayoun. Peter Crouch and Babel also grabbed two while the influential captain Gerrard grabbed a single goal. It was one of the highest scorline achieved in a champions league match.

Meanwhile Chelsea also grabbed a single point at Schalke by earning a hard fought draw. A win in the next two match will be enough for them to past throught to the next round.

Arsenal and Manchester battle out for a draw

The most anticipated match of the season so far between Arsenal and Manchester United finished in a draw. The match was dull for the first half except for the late injury time suicide goal from Gallas. But the match really strolled to the expectation in the second half as gunners labelled the scoreline with a goal from their young spaniard midfield maestro Fabregas. Ronaldo again took the Red Devils to a lead but again Gallas pulled one back in the dying minutes of the match. Overall the match was an entertaining one.

Liverpool and Blackburn shared points by finishing match in a goalless draw. Middlesbrough and Tottenham also shared points by mamaging a 1-1 draw. West Ham and Bolton also took 1 point each as they just manage to play a draw. Aston Villa, Everton,Chelsea, Manchester City all won their matches against Derby, Birmingham, Wigan and Sunderland respectively. Fulham also won the match against Reading 3-1.

The surprise result of the weekend was produced by the Pompey as they won a match against Newcastle at their very own ground 4-1. Pamarot,Benjani, Utaka scored 3 goals in 3 minutes and Kranjcar scored the other while Michael Owen pulled one back for the Magpies.

Result Summary:
Man City 1-0 Sunderland
West Ham 1-1 Bolton
Arsenal 2-2 Man Utd
Aston Villa 2-0 Derby
Blackburn 0-0 Liverpool
Everton 3-1 Birmingham
Fulham 3-1 Reading
Middlesbrough 1-1 Tottenham
Newcastle 1-4 Portsmouth
Wigan 0-2 Chelsea

Chelsea show their power

It was all about Chelsea as they won their match against Manchester City 6-0. Essien, Cole, Kalou, Shevchenko scored goal a piece while Drogba scored two to their biggest win of the campiagn so far. Under the new manager it was also a solid performance.

Meanwhile in the other match Arsenal and Liverpool both shared points each, Gerrard scored and early goal from a free kick while Fabregas scored a labeller in the second half. Liverpool dominated the early half of the match but Arsenal controlled the later stages of the match. They hid the wood work twice. Red Devils also won their match agaisnt Middlesbrough 4-1. Aliadiere scored for the Middlesbrough while Nani and Rooney scored one goal each while Tevez scored two for the Red devils.

Blackburn won the match agains the Spurs 2-1. McCarthy and Samba scored for the Rovers while Keane scored for the Spurs.

Result Summary:
Bolton 1-1 Aston Villa
Derby 0-2 Everton
Liverpool 1-1 Arsenal
Tottenham 1-2 Blackburn
Birmingham 3-2 Wigan
Chelsea 6-0 Man City
Man Utd 4-1 Middlesbrough
Portsmouth 0-0 West Ham
Reading 2-1 Newcastle
Sunderland 1-1 Fulham

Gunners salvage 7 past Slavia Prague

Gunners who are in fine run of form after getting 11 consecutive wins in all tournament hammered 7 unanswered goals past the Slavia Prague. The score line could have been more as the gunners launched an assault against the team from Prague. Fabregas opened the score for the gunners in 5th minutes and David Hubacek's own goal made it 2-0.

Walcott was rewarded for his eye-catching cameo at the weekend with a first Champions League start and he responded in style. Theo Walcott got his first Champions League goal after a goalkeeping error and added another after Hleb got in the score sheet. The other two goals came courtesy of Fabregas and Bendtner. It was the Arsenal's best ever win in European competition. It was one of the rare occasion where a team has scored past 7 goals in a Champion's League match.

Manchester United also won their match against Dynamo Kiev 4-2. Rio Ferdinand opened the scoring for the Red devils while Rooney added another before Rincon pulled 1 back for Kiev. Roanldo scored two goals and set up Manchester United towards victory. Bangoura scored for the Kiev again and they lost the match by 2 goals margin.

Meanwhile Liverpool are on the verge of exit from Champions' league as they struggle to beat Besiktas. The turks were gifted their first goal when Sami Hyypia deflected in Ozkan's strike. Bobo slid the ball under Pepe Reina to make it 2 for the Besiktas. Gerrard scored a consolation for the Reds from Liverpool. Chelsea also won their match against german side Schalke by 2 goals margin. Malouda and Drogba scored for the Blues.

Lucky Liverpool cruise past city rivals Everton

Liverpool managed to get all 3 points in a match at some point looked like the toffees will get all 3 points from the match. Everton got the lead from an own goal from Hyypia. Liverpool managed to come back through two goals from Dirk Kuyt scored from penalty spot. In the process two Everton players were sent off : Phil Neville and Hibbert.

Arsenal managed hard fought win over Bolton with a goal a piece from Toure and Rosicky. Also Manchester United sprung a crucial win over the villians . Aston Villa got the lead from Agbonlahor but Manchester United soon got back on track with two goals from Rooney. Ferdinand and Giggs added the other two in their 4-1 victory. Cross town rivals Manchester city also won their match against Birmingham with a single goal margin courtesy of Brazilian Elano. Chelsea got goals from Drogba and Alex to get win over Middlesbrough.

McCarthy scored twice and Santa Cruz and Kerimoglu added other goals in Blackburn's 4-2 win over Reading. Doyle scored both the goals for Reading.Benzani Mwaruwari and Glen Johnson scored in Pompey's 2-0 win over Wigan. And in Sunday's match West Ham won the match against Sunderland 3-1.Carlton Cole, Bellamy and an own goal from Craig Gordon got West Ham all 3 points. Jones scored a consolation for Sunderland.


Results Summary:

West Ham 3-1 Sunderland
Arsenal 2-0 Bolton
Aston Villa 1-4 Man Utd
Blackburn 4-2 Reading
Everton 1-2 Liverpool
Fulham 0-0 Derby
Man City 1-0 Birmingham
Middlesbrough 0-2 Chelsea
Wigan 0-2 Portsmouth

Mercyside derby is the match of the week

The premier league kick start again after international break with the match of the week heading for the two mercyside team Everton and Liverpool. Rafa Benitez and David Moyes will be employing their head against each other as the highly contested match is being eagerly anticipated by all the football lovers from Liverpool.

Other notable fixture includes Aston Villa against Manchester United. Martin O Neil will be very much obliged to get a win against Sir Alex's army from Manchester. Another eagerly anticipated match is between the Newcastle and the Tottenham. Sam Allardyce will want to get high on heels while Martin Jol will be desperate to keep his job at the spurs.

The table topping Arsenal will want to show their skills at the crisis centered Bolton. The young guns are really firing all cylinder but will be missing their key man Robin Van Persie thruough injury. John Terry less Chelsea will be going to riverside to meet Middlesbrough.

Arsenal maintain their top position

Gunners are really flying high after their another win over Sunderland. Arsenal with goals from Senderos and two from Van Persie. Sunderland gave them a tough time as they replied two goals from Wallace and Jones.

Likewise Manchester United and Manchester City are also pressing hard to give the gunners a tough time. Elano inspired Manchester City dispatched Middlesbrough to maintain their cent percent home record as they won the match 3-1. Elano scored two and Riggot scored an own goal while Hutchinson salvaged some pride for Middlesbrough. One each from Tevez, Rooney and two goals from Ronaldo secured all 3 points for the red devils against Wigan.

Liverpool and Tottenham shared points with 2-2 draw. Voronin and Torres scored for the reds while Robbie Keane scored both goals for the spurs. Newcastle also won th ematch against toffees 3-2. Nicky Butt, Emre and Owen scored for the toons while Johnson and own goal from Given were replies from the Everton. Salomon Kalou scored the only goal as Chelsea won in the Premier League for the first time since August 25th against Bolton. Second-half goals from Benjani and Hermann Hreidarsson won th ematch for Portsmouth against Fulham. reading won th ematch against Derby with a single goal from Kevin Doyle. Goals by David Bentley and Benni McCarthy secured victory for Blackburn against Birmingham. Jerome scored for the Birmingham.

Result Summary:

Arsenal 3-2 Sunderland
Blackburn 2-1 Birmingham
Bolton 0-1 Chelsea
Fulham 0-2 Portsmouth
Liverpool 2-2 Tottenham
Man City 3-1 Middlesbrough
Newcastle 3-2 Everton
Reading 1-0 Derby
Aston Villa 1-0 West Ham
Man Utd 4-0 Wigan

Spurs superb fightback

Tottenham Hotspur the most under performer of the new season has sprung a awesome result against Aston Villa. Younes Kaboul scored a goal in last minute as Spurs fight back from 4-1 down to tie match with Aston Villa. Berbatov scored the first goal of the match. But Aston Villa scored 4 goals in a row, 2 from Martin Laursen, and 1 each from Agbonlahor and Anthony Gardner. But spurs didn't give up even after going 3 goals down as they scored 3 goals in the last 22 minutes to end the high scoring match in a tie. Pascal Chimbonda, Keane and Kaboul were in the score sheet.

In a match played a day earlier Everton won the match against Middlesbrough by a 2 goal margin. Joleon Lescott and Steven Pienaar were the goal scorers for the toffees.

Result summary:
Tottenham 4-4 Aston Villa

Everton 2-0 Middlesbrough

Goal feast at Fratton Park

In an enthrawling match between Portsmouth and Reading, nobody predicted the scoreline as it was at the end of the match. All but 11 goals were scored in the match by both teams with Portsmouth grabbing the win. The high goal scoring match ended in favor of Portsmouth with the final scorline of 7-4. Benjani Mwaruwari struck a hat-trick and Niko Kranjcar, Sean Davis and Sulley Muntari added other 4 for Pompey. Stephen Hunt ,Dave Kitson , Shane Long and Shorey were the scorer for the Reading team.

In other matches all big teams won the match with the exception of Chelsea just managing a draw against Fulham. Arsenal kept their top position with a win agaisnt Hammers by a single goal scored by Van Persie. Liverpool and Manchester United also grabbed 3 points as they won the match by single goal only agaisnt Wigan Athletic and Birmingham City. Youssi Benayoun scored a superb solo goal for the Reds from Liverpool while Ronaldo's name was in the score sheet for the Red Devils.

The blue team from Manchester also won the their match against the Magpies with the brilliant display from their maidfielder Elano. They won the match 3-1 with goal scored by Martin Petrov, Emile Mpenza and Elano. Martins was the scorer for Newcastle. Blackburn Rovers also won their match against Sunderland by goals from Bentley and Santa Cruz. Derby and Bolton shared their points as they finished the match at 1 goal a piece.

Result Summary:
Birmingham 0-1 Man Utd
Chelsea 0-0 Fulham
Derby 1-1 Bolton
Man City 3-1 Newcastle
Portsmouth 7-4 Reading
Sunderland 1-2 Blackburn
West Ham 0-1 Arsenal
Wigan 0-1 Liverpool

Manchester United out of League Cup

Coventry city brought a major surprise by sending a Manchester United crashing out of the League Cup at Old Trafford. Coventry won the match 2-0 against a weaker United team. Michael Mifsud was scorer of both the goals in Coventry's victory.

In other match Chelsea cruished past Hull city 4-0. The goals were provided by Scot Sinclair, Steve Sidwell and two from Salomon Kalou. Newly appointed manager Avram Grant must be taking a relief breath as his team manged first victory under his regime.

Another upset came in the match between Leichester and Aston Villa which the Leichester city won by a solitary goal. Blackburn, Bolton, Everton, Tottenham and WestHam moved to next round of the tournament.

League Cup: Fernando Torres with a hattrick

League Cup is not that much fashioned as other trophies but this is also a trophy that most clubs are seeking to capture if not for the so called big boys of the premiership. Yet rarely do other teams manage to win this cup. The latest round results proved this as the big teams ran away comfortable winners against their opposition although they showed some resistant. The major talk
of the results was of Torres scoring a superb hattrick, it was a fine answer to Benitez who kept him on the bench in last weekend's premiership fixture. Liverpool beat Reading 4-2 with another goal from Youssi Benayoun. Bobby Convey and Halls managed to score for the Hammers.

In other all premiership fixture Arsenal ran out comfortable winners against premiership rival Newcastle. Young and talented Bentdner and dynamic Denilson scored for the gunners as they won the match 2-0. Portsmouth and Manchester City also won their fixtures against Burnley and Norwich. Both won the match 1-0. David Nugent scored for Pompey while Samaras scored for the Manchester City which was enough to move their teams into the next round respectively.

Manchester United strike pass Mourinho less Chelsea

Manchester United ease pass Chelsea untroubled as the Blues were reduced to 10 men early in the first half. Match referee gave a poor decision in sending off John Obi Mikel which really spoiled the match as a spectator point of view. But for all those red devils supporters it was a moment of joy. Goal a piece from Carlos Tevez and Luis Saha ensured all 3 points for the Manchester United which now has climbed to 2nd spot after a terrific start.

In other matches Viduka's magic double goals were enough for Newcastle to earn all 3 points against the hammers. Newcastle managed to win the match 3 goals to 1. The other goals scored by N'Zogbia. Asthon provided consolation goals for the hammers.

Portsmouth also managed to win by a solitary goal against Blackburn side. Kanu was the scorer for the Pompey. Tottenham and Bolton also shared points with each other. Robbie Keane scored for the spurs while Ivan Campo equalised for the Trotters. Further Aston Villa secured all 3 points against quality opponents Everton with goals from Carew and Agbonlahor.

Gunners really firing all cylinder.

The young and rejuvenated gunners team who departed with their influential and legendary captain Theiry Henry is now exploring their potential this season. The young Fabregas has now matured enough and is one of the most talented player in the Europe. He had shown his eye for quality passing before but is now showing his goal scoring skill. He is simply unstoppable this season after scoring in 6 consecutive matches. Emmanuel Adebayor has also showcased his talent that he is the one to lead this season after scoring 5 goals in two matches.

The Derby team were really helpless as they were thumped by the gunners 5-0 with goals from Diaby, Fabregas and a superb hattrick from Adebayor. Arsenal just pushed all the times with a threat Derby hardly managed to attempt on target once or twice. Derby will certainly be one of the teams that are looking as a relegation prospect. Arsenal has increased their lead to 4 points as Liverpool were held goalless by Birmingham City. Liverpool will regret the decision of leaving their expensive summer acquisition on the bench. Fernando Torres came in the second half and produced some glimmer of hope but could not earn all 3 points for the Reds.

Fulham and Manchester City managed a high scoring draw. The scorers were Davies, Bouazza,
Murphy for Fulham while Petrov scored twice and Mpenza scored once for the blue half of Manchester. In other matches Middlesbrough and Sunderland also shared points while Reading came up with all 3 points agianst Wigan.

Result Summary:

Arsenal 5-0 Derby
Fulham 3-3 Man City
Liverpool 0-0 Birmingham
Middlesbrough 2-2 Sunderland
Reading 2-1 Wigan

Mourinho sacked or quited?

There was never a dull moment when the 'Special One' was around - whenever he opened his mouth it made a headline news. But now where he will head nobody knows but all premiership supporters would definitely want to see him associated with one of the premiership club. The Special one - Jose Mourinho has left Chelsea after years of rumors and speculation surrounding his difference of opinions with Chelsea board.Mourinho joined Chelsea in June 2004 and led them to the Premiership title in each of his first two seasons.But his relationship with Blues owner Roman Abramovich never improved and he quit despite having three years left on his contract.

Mourinho stunned football by parting company with Chelsea late on Wednesday, and has been replaced by Avram Grant.The Israeli, who was the club's director of football, will take charge alongside Steve Clarke. There is still no clear answer that whether Mourinho was sacked or he just quit the job.

It is still unknown where Mourinho will join. speculation has it that he may join Portuguese national team or the Spurs team. Let's see where he will land up.

Premiership teams had a decent result in the Champions League

Chelsea and Liverpool were just able to manage draw while Manchester and Arsenal were able to come up with all three points in their first Champions League match this season.

United recorded their 100th win in Europe with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Sporting Lisbon, courtesy of Cristiano Ronaldo's winner against his former club.Arsenal continued their fine start to the season with a 3-0 win over UEFA cup champions Sevilla. The home side broke the deadlock on 28 minutes when the unfortunate Sevilla defender Julien Escude deflected Cecs Fabregas' shot into his own net. Arsenal grabbed a second just before the hour mark when Robin van Persie found the net from close-range. Substitute Eduardo Da Silva added a third in the closing seconds to seal a good night's work for Arsene Wenger's army.

In other matches played yesterday Chelsea and Rosenberg managed to play a 1-1 draw.Rosenborg scored in the 24th minute, when Miika Koppinen was the man on the spot to poke in at the near post from set piece.In the second half Chelsea improved as the much-maligned Andrei Shevchenko nipped in score a headed leveller.In other match between Porto and Liverpool, Porto took the lead when hesitancy between defender Hyypia and Pepe Reina allowed Tarik Sektioui to nip in, before being upended in the box by Reina.Lucho Gonzalez coolly finished to take lead for the Portuguese team but Kuyt nodded home from close range Hyypia's header back across goal to settle for a tie. In the same match Pennant was red carded.

Recap of all Champions League result:
Sporting 0 Man Utd 1
Arsenal 3 Sevilla 0
Rangers 2 Stuttgart 1
Barcelona 3 Lyon 0
Roma 2 Dynamo Kiev 0
PSV 2 CSKA Moscow 1
Fenerbahce 1 Inter 0
Slavia Prague 2 Steaua Bucharest 1
Chelsea 1 Rosenborg 1
Porto 1 Liverpool 1
Shakhtar Donetsk 2 Celtic 0
Real Madrid 2 Werder Bremen 1
Schalke 0 Valencia 1
Milan 2 Benfica 1
Olympiakos 1 Lazio 1
Marseille 2 Besiktas 0

Derby register first win

Derby County newly promoted team registered their first win in the premiership against the Newcastle. Kenny Miller hit a spectacular shot from well outside the box to ensure the Rams all 3 points. It looked like that Derby were the weakest team in the premiership when Livepool hammered them few weeks ago.

In an earlier match the Manchester City managed all 3 points against Martin O Neil's Aston Villa. Michael Johnson's superb build up goal ensured them a second spot in the premiership table behind Arsenal. It looks like that Sven Goran Ericksson's team are highly motivated to achieve something this season. The premiership battle is highly raising up. Who knows Manchester City will the first team to break into the top four if not worthy of a premiership crown.

Gunners back to top of the table after couple of seasons.

This week's fixture had some crucial ties between some teams but the most anticipated match was between old rivals Arsenal and Tottenham which the gunners won. THe match was dominated entirely by the gunners even though they were a goal down at the half which was scored by the teenager Bale. But two goals from Adebayor and a brilliant strike from Fabregaes was enough for the gunners to manage win against suprs.

Manchester United also managed a win against Everton. The goal was scored by Vidic in the closely contested match. The match was not full up to expectation. In the mean time Chelsea managed a goal less draw agaisnt Blackburn Rovers. Also Liverpool and Portsmouth managed goal less draw.

Birmingham, Sunderland and Westham also managed to win their respective mathces.

Result summary:

Birmingham 1-0 Bolton
Chelsea 0-0 Blackburn
Everton 0-1 Manchester United
Portsmouth 0-0 Liverpool
Sunderland 2-1 Reading
Tottenham 1-3 Arsenal
West Ham 3-0 Middlesbrough
Wigan 1-1 Fulham

Premiership is back again after break

The premiership is back after an international break. There are some crucial encounters this weekend. The inetrnational break was really fruitful for the english national team and the premiership are ready to clash their head against each other.
The mouth watering tie includes matches between Chelsea versus Blackburn, Portsmouth versus Liverpool, Everton versus Manchester United followed by the fixture of the week a north london derby match between Arsenal and Tottenham.

Fixtures list:
Birmingham v Bolton
Chelsea v Blackburn
Everton v Man Utd
Portsmouth v Liverpool
Sunderland v Reading
Tottenham v Arsenal
West Ham v Middlesbrough
Wigan v Fulham
Man City v Aston Villa
Derby v Newcastle

Points Summary as of 3 september 2007

P GD PTS
1 Liverpool 4 9 10
2 Arsenal 4 4 10
3 Everton 5 3 10
4 Chelsea 5 1 10
5 Man City 5 2 9
6 Newcastle 4 3 8
7 Blackburn 4 2 8
8 Man Utd 5 1 8
9 Wigan 5 2 7
10 Aston Villa 4 2 7
11 West Ham 4 2 7
12 Middlesbrough 5 1 7
13 Portsmouth 5 -1 5
14 Tottenham 5 0 4
15 Fulham 5 -2 4
16 Birmingham 5 -3 4
17 Sunderland 5 -5 4
18 Reading 5 -6 4
19 Bolton 5 -3 3
20 Derby 5 -12 1

Chelsea suffers setback

With the premiership football in full swing Chelsea ended their unbeaten streak this season. Aston Villa managed to produced a surprise result among the matches that were played this week.A debut goal from Zat Knight and a late Gabriel Agbonlahor strike saw Aston Villa end Chelsea's 18-match also ended unbeaten streak in the league.

Mean while in the sunday's other match the gunners were able to beat the Pompeys even though they were reduced to 10 men for about 40 minutes of the match. Emmanuel Adebayor's penalty and Cesc Fabregas's close-range effort put Arsenal in first-half control. Thomas Rosicky scored a brilliant goal in 2nd half to add to Arsenal's tally to 3 goals. Before that Senderos was red carded after fouling Kanu. Kanu socred a consolation for the Pompey.

Benni McCarthy's solo goal gave Blackburn a victory over Manchester City.In saturday's match roundup Liverpool thrashed the newly promoted Derby 6-0. Fernando Torres and Alonso socred 2 goals a piece and Voronin and Babel added other two in Liverpool's biggest win of the season.

The surprised result came at the Craven cottage as Fulham managed to earn a point against the Spurs. Michael Owen also lools like to score again as he managed to ssore thewinning goal for the toons.

Result Summary:
Arsenal 3-1 Portsmouth
Aston Villa 2-0 Chelsea
Blackburn 1-0 Man City
Bolton 1-2 Everton
Fulham 3-3 Tottenham
Liverpool 6-0 Derby
Man Utd 1-0 Sunderland
Middlesbrough 2-0 Birmingham
Newcastle 1-0 Wigan
Reading 0-3 West Ham

Arsenal ends Manchester City's winning streak

Arsenal finally ended 3 match winning streak of Manchester City. Although Van Persie missed a penalty Fabregas was able to score late in the match to ensure gunners all 3 points. In other top encounter Manchester United was able to beat Spurs by a solitary goal courtesy of Nani's brilliant strike from outside the D- box. In other match Newcastle and Middlesbrough shared points after finishing the match with 2 goal a piece.

In saturday's other matches Chelsea climbed to the top of the premiership after ensuring a victory over Pompey . Liverpool also thrased the Sunderland 2-0 goals even though the match was dominated by Liverpool they just managed to score 2 goals. Sissoko and Voronin were the scorers. Aston Villa and Birmingham also managed to get all 3 points. Bolton produced a surprising result as they ran away with a 3-0 victory over Reading.

Result summary:

Arsenal 1-0 Man City
Aston Villa 2-1 Fulham
Bolton 3-0 Reading
Chelsea 1-0 Portsmouth
Derby 1-2 Birmingham
Everton 1-1 Blackburn
Sunderland 0-2 Liverpool
West Ham 1-1 Wigan
Man Utd 1-0 Tottenham
Middlesbrough 2-2 Newcastle

Will ManchesterCity still be on top of the table??

Now in the third week of premiership the battle is going tough. Manchester City is the surprise leader and Manchester United lies in the bottom half of the table. Blue half of the Manchester is going to face an intense premiership match with the young and talented gunners from the London at the Emirates Stadium.
Other mouth watering encounters this weekend includes the fierce battle between two top teams struggling to score points between the defending champions Manchester United and the North London club Tottenham. Chelsea is going to meet the Pompey at their home. Jose Mourinho will accept no less than a win against a good side managed by the experienced manager and having a decent talented players.
Everton will lock horn with the Rovers in another match going to be held at the Toffees. Struggling Middlesbrough will face team from the Newcastle rejuvenated by the new manager Sam. Who will be the leading the premiership after the end of this week-end? Liverpool will have an easy match-up with the Sunderland.

Manchester derby stole the headline but it's not the Red devils

In the second week of premiership the headline was stolen by the blue half of Manchester. In a crunch encounter between the teams from Manchester the Manchester city stole all the 3 points in their home match against their local rivals United. The match was also seen as a head to head between the fiery Alex and ice cool Sven. Finally the battle was won by the Swede as his team won by solo gaol courtesy of the newly arrived Geovanni.

In other big match between Chelsea and Liverpool finished in a draw. Fernando Torres scored for the Liverpool and Lampard scored for the spot kick to label the match. Chelsea were lucky to recieve the penalty as the refree was unable to give the correct decision. Another match between Blackburn and Arsenal also was a tie. Van Persie scored for Arsenal and David Dunn scored for the Rovers. Blackburn's goal came thanks to the second blunder of the season by Lehmann in as many matches which cost 2 cruical points for the gunners.

Result summary:

Blackburn1-1 Arsenal
Liverpool1-1 Chelsea
Man City1-0 Man Utd
Birmingham0-1 West Ham
Fulham1-2 Middlesbrough
Newcastle0-0 Aston Villa
Portsmouth3-1 Bolton
Reading Everton
Tottenham4-0 Derby
Wigan3-0 Sunderland

ManU stopped again..

Manchester United has now just managed two draws out of two matches. First a goalless draw against Reading and a scored draw against Portsmouth in the midweek. Manager Alex Ferguson would not be happier after the result. In the headed encounter Muntari and Ronaldo were sent off in the late second half.But their main rivals Chelsea managed again a full 3 points against a tough Reading side after coming from a goal down at the half. Franck Lampard and Didier Drogba scored for the Blues.

Other notable results include wins for Manchester City, Fulham and Wigan Athletic. Meanwhile Sunderland and Birmingham could just managed a draw. In a previous day match between Everton and Tottenham, Everton managed a well deserved victory against a team with whom they are battling for the title.

Result summary:
Tottenham 1-3 Everton

Birmingham 2-2 Sunderland
Fulham 2-1 Bolton
Man City 1-0 Derby
Portsmouth 1-1 Man Utd
Reading 1-2 Chelsea
Wigan 1-0 Middlesbrough

Sunderland Talk of the week

Among the result produced in the first week of theenglish premier league the most talked story is of the win of Sunderland over Tottenham. Michael Chopra was the hero as he produced winning goal of the match. Sunderland's manager Roy Keane was ecstastic with a win as a manager in his very first match as a manager in the premeir league.

Among the big four the Red Devils only didn't managed a win other three Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool managed just a narrow victory. Some other notable results includes a tie match between newly promoted Derby County and Portsmouth. The win of Manchester City over the Hammers was a major result for all the Manshester city fans. Newcastle United are the team leading the pack of title chasers after the finish of first round of fixtures in the EPL followed by Manchester City,Chelsea and Arsenal respectively.

Result summary:

Aston Villa 1-2 Liverpool

Bolton 1-3 NewcastleDerby 2-2 Portsmouth

Everton 2-1 Wigan

Middlesbrough 1-2 Blackburn

Sunderland 1-0 Tottenham

West Ham 0-2 Man City

Arsenal 2-1 Fulham

Chelsea 3-2 Birmingham

Man Utd 0-0 Reading

Premiership is back..

After wait for couple of months the premiership is ready to kick- off again. All the premiership fans are eager to watch the kick-off and see how their teams have prepared for the new campaign. As in the previous season the big four Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea are eager to grow their reputation and grab hands on the coveted Barclays premiership. Others following their tracks will be Tottenham Hotspur, Newcastle, Everton, WestHam, Aston Villa and Manchester City. They will all be battling out for the european spot if not the champions league.

Newly promoted teams Derby County, Birmingham City and Sunderland are eager to test their new spell again in the premiership. Sunderland managed by the former Manchester United skipper Roy Keane is eager to prolong their stay in the premiership. Other two promoted teams hasn't shown much eagerness int he transfer market. All will be battling out for relegation. Other top flight teams joining the battle will be Wigan Athletic, Fulham, Bolton, Middlesbrough.

Other teams likePortsmouth, Blackburn and Reading will be eager to maintain their form of the previous season. The battle in the premierhip is just about to unfold. Who will become the saviour? Who will become the prey? The new Premierhip season is about to begin.

Community Shield 2007

Community Shield, the curtain raiser of new EPL season was really superb match between Manchester United and Chelsea. Although the match started a little bit dull for the first quarter the match really heated up when Ryan Giggs scored for the Red devils. After that slowly Chelsea players tried to come back into the game. Chelsea's only big money signing of the season Florent Malouda was really on fire. He equilised for the Blues just minutes before the match.

In the second half more attacking display was shown by both the teams but both the teams were unable to score any goals. Finally, the match went to tie- breaker. Manchester United won the match thanks to the man of the match performance by Manchester United's goalie Edwin Van Der Sar. He saved three cruical penalties of Pizzaro, Lampard and Wright Phillips.

Community Shield also refered as the charity shield is a match played between FA Cup winners and Premiership champion from theprevious year. As name suggests the revenue generated by the sale of matchday tickets will go to charity. This year it was donated to a heart diagonosis health center.

Emirates, Amsterdam What next…

Arsenal has been the team with the best form at the moment during pre season tournaments. It has won two trophies namely Emirates Cup and the Amsterdam Cup. Although winning the tournament is of no great significance but it proves that the gunners are really fired up. Four consecutive wins against the best teams from Europe really proves the Gunners are really desperate to win some silverware this season.

Arsenal has now won the pre season friendly against Ajax, Lazio, PSG and Inter Milan. The young Arsenal team now has to survive life without their top marksman after Henry signed up for Barcelona. Experienced campaigners Kolo Toure, Gallas and Gilberto now have the responsibility in their shoulders. Fabregaes and Van Persie should mature and show their true potential. Both players have ability to become world class players and if they show their true form then Arsenal will be flying with true colors. Other youngsters namely Diaby, Walcott, Clichy, Eboue, Bentdner also should be able to fulfill the promise they have shown.

Further the midfield especially will be commanded by Hleb and Rosicky especially in the wings. New recruits in the name of Fabianski, Bakary Sagna and Dario Silva also possess talent but they have to prove that in big matches. Let’s hope the gunners will be ending their last dismal season with some silverware probably Premiership or even the Champions League.