MANCHESTER UNITED:
Manchester united hosted Tottenham this Saturday. Manchester utd will be playing another London club on Wednesday in champions league semi final first leg.
United managed to bag only one point in white hart lane in Dec after a 0-0 draw.
Most unlikely spurs got the lead in the 28th min when Corluka's cross successfully dropped to Bent who finished it to give the 1-0 lead to spurs.
4 mins later Lennon's cross found Modric who was provided with acres of space by united defenders. Modric doubled the spurs lead before half time.
In the second half United looked more inspired and organised than in the first half.
In the 56th min Rooney's through ball to Carrick did the early damage for spurs. Carrick noticing the goal keeper Gomes charging in on him, played the ball away from him as a result Gomes brought down Carrick in the box . Howard Webb didn't hesitate to give united a penalty.
Ronaldo burried the ball in the back of the net.
9 mins later Tevez who came in the second half in place of Nani ,played Rooney into the box and Rooney scored the equalizer for united.
In the 68st min Rooney's lovely cross found Ronaldo in the box. Ronaldo finished it with a diving header to give united a very important lead and got booked in the process for taking off his shirt.
3 mins later Ronaldo was dancing down the box before giving the cross to Rooney ,which he didn't fail to make the ball cross the line. United now have comfortable lead of two goals.
In the 78th min Ronney delivered a cool pass to Berbatov which he headed it straight to Gomes. But Gomes could not hold on to it and Berbatov capitalized this opportunity to score the fifth and the final goal of the match. United survived first half scare then destroyed Spurs.
Sir Alex Ferguson has instituted some remarkable comebacks and this was right up there with the best. United were inspired in the second half, storming back to a win that restores their three-point lead at the top of the table, with a game in hand. Surely the title must now be theirs. It was thrilling stuff, five goals in 22 minutes.
Final score was Manchester united 5-2 Tottenham.....
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MANCHESTER UNITED:
Manchester United hosted struggling Portsmouth this Wednesday at Old Trafford.It was 600th appearance for Paul Scholes in the colours of Manchester United.
After a win over Porto with the help of a spectacular goal from almost 35 yards by Ronaldo, Man Utd were looking bit relaxed.
In the 9th min Anderson gave exquisite aerial pass to Giggs,who gave a low cross to Rooney who scored against his national teammate James .
Mins later Rooney played in Giggs . It was relatively an easy chance to Giggs which was brilliantly saved by James .
Ronaldo played Giggs once again into the box , but Giggs couldn't finish it off.
Manchester utd finished the first half with 1 goal lead in hand without much trouble from Portsmouth.
In the second half Pompey tried better than first half. Johnson outwitted Rooney and tried to gave a low cross which was pushed away by Van der Sar. That was the only effort which tested Man utd goal keeper.
Again Giggs had nice chance to increase the lead but James did extremely good job to keep him away from the goal.
In the 76th min Anderson was replaced by Carrick who did the impact very soon in the 82nd min. Scholes gave a lovely ball to Carrick who finished beautifully to score his 3rd goal of the season to confirm three points for the champions .
As the final whistle signalled Manchester United's elevation three points above Liverpool, Old Trafford shook to mass chant of "are you watching Merseyside?".
Final score was Manchester United 2-0 Portsmouth.....
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LIVERPOOL Vs ARSENAL:
Liverpool hosted Arsenal at Anfield this Tuesday. After a 4-4 draw against Chelsea in the champions league quarter final, Liverpool looked more confident than Arsenal. Arsenal were looking to increase their lead over Aston villa, who were a major threat to their champions league spot next year.
In the 17th min Torres gone for almost an impossible goal which was parried over by the Arsenal goal keeper Fabianski .
In the 35th min Mascherano hesitated to clear the ball and ended up in losing the ball to Fabregas . Nasri took the ball beautifully inside the box and Fabregas moved quite brilliantly around him before receiving the pass from Nasri and gave a low pass to new boy Arshavin , who did no mistake in putting the ball behind Reina. Arsenal took the lead in the first half.
There is nothing to talk about in the second half, but 7 goals.
In the 48th min Sagna failed to clear the ball and ended up giving the ball to Kuyt. who tried twice to cross the ball and succeeded second time to give Torres a lovely opportunity to level the score with his head . Counting his last weeks performance Torres could not miss any chances and he didn't miss this one also. Liverpool were back on level terms.
5 mins later again Kuyt gave a lovely cross to Benayoun . Even though Benayoun couldn't put enough pace to his header , due to Fabianski's mistake ball crossed the line and Liverpool took the lead for the first time in the match.
In the 67th min Arbeloa was dispossed by Arshavin and didn't hesitate to go for a spectacular goal. Arsenal were levelled once again.
Just 2 mins later Arshavin scored his first hat-trick for Arsenal,from the cross provided by Nasri . What a team to score first hat-trick against.
In the 73 min Riera gave a pass to Torres. Torres turned beautifully before scoring his second goal of the match. score was 3-3.
Arsenal capitalized from the liverpool corner in the 90th min. Walcott and Arshavin broke very quickly and Arshavin scored his fourth goal of the match with his left foot.
In the 93rd min liverpool booked the 27th goal on the score sheet from 8 matches in all competition with Benayoun's second goal of the match.
Final score was Liverpool 4-4 Arsenal.....
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MANCHESTER UNITED:
Manchester united travelled to stadium of light this Saturday.It was Black cats Vs Red devils. Manchester united struggled to get three points from their first meeting in this season.
Two teams had early chances to take the lead . Jones shot was blocked by man utd defenders.
Then it was Vidic who headed the ball towards the net and it was cleared by the black cats.
In the 19th min it was Ronney's cross that did the early damage. His cross found Scholes who didn't miss the chance,headed it home safely.
Underland tried very hard for the equalizer. First it was Cisse whose shot was parried over by the goal keeper Foster. Then it was Edvins cross which got a deflection from amn utd defenders and hit the far fost.
Manchester utd finished the first half 1-0.
In the 55th min Foster couldn't reach the cross and left the ball at the mercy of Jones who scored the equalizer for sunderland.
Scholes tried to score his second of the day from out side of the box which he missed.Cisse gone for an acrobatic effort which also didn't troubled the keeper.
In the 76th min 17 year old Macheda repeated his last weeks performance by scoring a goal.
It was Carrick who gone for long range effort and Macheda deflected it home.
Manchester united are only 7 games away from retaining their title.
Final score was Sunderland 1-2 Manchester united.....
LIVERPOOL:
Liverpool invited Blackburn Rovers to Anfield this Saturday. It is the meeting between two clubs who heading towards opposite direction.While One is trying to lift the trophy ,another is getting relegated to second division.
In the 5th min Carragher gave lovely aerial pass to Spanish international Torres who chested it down brilliantly and put the ball up and over Robinson into the far corner . It was almost an impossible goal. Angle was against him, still with his magical touch he gave the lead to Liverpool.
Mins later Kuyt played Mascherano into the box but his shot was blocked by the goal keeper Robinson and Torres blasted it over the bar.Later Kuyt's header was parried away by the goal keeper.
In the 33rd min Riera was fouled by Andrews who got yellow card for his foul. Alonso took the free kick and Torres headed the ball home for the second time in this match.
Blackburn had a half chance when Samba found himself with the ball in the box. But he couldn't put much power behind the ball which resulted in a easy save for Reina.
Mins later Mascherano denied by the England goal keeper.
In the 83 min Agger scored from almost 25 yards.
In the 90th min Ngog , a young lad from France scored a header to win the match .
Final score was Liverpool 4-0 Blackburn.....
CHELSEA:
Chelsea hosted Bolton this Saturday in Stamford Bridge. After their win over Liverpool in Champions league QF first leg Hiddink's men were feeling confident.
In the 40th min Kaluo's low cross found Ballack who turned it in to give the Londoners lead in the first half.
In the 48th min Kaluo was fouled by bolton player ,which resulted in a free kick. Lampard gave a low ball to Drogba who scored an easy goal.
In the 60th min Lampard's cross hit the arm of bolton defender and resulted in a penalty. Lampard did no mistake in increasing the lead to 3-0 .
Drogba scored his second goal of the afternoon in the 63 min.
In the 70th min O'brien scored for Bolton. In the 74th min Basham scored the second goal for bolton. Four mins later Taylor headed another home for bolton. Suddenly chelsea were looking vulnerable.
But somehow chelsea got the three points.Bolton became the first team to score three gaols in stamford Bridge this season.
Final score was Chelsea 4-3 Bolton.....
ARSENAL:
Arsenal had away game against Wigan this Saturday.
An unlikely start for Arsenal , in the 18th min Egyptian striker Mido scored for Wigan.Mins later Valencia was brought down by arsenal defender Gibbs. Luckily Gibbs escaped with just a yellow card. Watson took the free kick and hit the side bar. Arsenal got away from two threats.
In the second half Wigan almost scored their second goal which was cleared by the defender Gibbs.
Walcott scored his first goal after returning from injury in the 61st min.
In the 71st min Fabregas gave a lovely pass to Silvestre who poked it in to score his first goal for Arsenal.
On the stroke of the full time, Arshavin couldn't believe his luck when Wigan defender Koumas gave the ball to him. He scored the third goal for Arsenal.
In the 92 min Song sneaked into the box to score the 4th goal for Arsenal.
Final score was Wigan 1-4 Arsenal.....
EPL TABLE:
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS | |||
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| Man Utd | 31 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 71 | |||
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| Liverpool | 32 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 38 | 70 | |||
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| Chelsea | 32 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 67 | |||
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| Arsenal | 32 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 26 | 61 | |||
History of LIVERPOOL
If it wasn't for one man, Liverpool Football Club would never have been born. When Everton left Anfield in a dispute over rent in 1892, club chairman John Houlding stayed behind along with a handful of supporters and just three first-team players. But he was determined to see football continue at the ground. He formed a new club from scratch, chose the name Liverpool… and created a legend.
In mid-February of the 1900-01 season, Liverpool had lost eight games and conceded 31 goals and the championship looked a pipe-dream. Twelve games later and after nine wins and three draws,Liverpool won their first title.
In 1950 Liverpool reached the Wimbley dreaming to win their first FA cup . But Arsenal were proved better and won the match 2-0.
In May 1st 1965 Liverpool finally won their first FA cup against Leeds utd.
If winning the FA cup is considered as the a greatest day in the history of Liverpool ,then winning the European championship in the year 1977 is considered to be the greatest night in Liverpool history.
On May 29th 1985, Liverpool were playing against Juventus in the European cup final in Haysel stadium,Brussels when the disaster struck.This was first of the two stadium related disasters causing a death of 39 people and more than 600 people injured.
On April 15th 1989, over 25,000 Liverpool supporters travelled down to Hillsborough to watch the FA Cup semi-final match with Nottingham Forest. 96 of them never returned.
In the year 2005 Liverpool became the kings of Europe for the 5th time, after miraculously overcoming a 3-0 half-time deficit to defeat AC Milan at the Ataturk Stadium in Istanbul.It was best Champions league final till date.
