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