Thursday, November 29, 2007

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.

Sunday, November 25, 2007

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

Friday, November 23, 2007

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

Sunday, November 18, 2007

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.

Monday, November 12, 2007

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

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

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.

Monday, November 5, 2007

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