EPL

Nike Ad for 2010 World Cup

2010-05-22T20:36:00.000-07:00

Nike Ad:

I just loved the story of Wayne Rooney in this Ad. Especially Roo's part with the Queen and Roger Federer .....

Carling Cup Final 2010

2010-03-02T06:38:00.000-08:00

Wayne Rooney made it 20 goals in as many games as Manchester United beat Aston Villa to retain the Carling Cup.
In the 4th min , Vidic brought down Agbonlahor and Villa got the spot-kick. Vidic was lucky enough not to be booked for his offence . Milner converted the penalty .

Exactly on the mark of 12th min Owen's shot cross the goal line to equalize the scoreline . It was the coolest of the finishes , even though much things are said and written about his recent form.

At the end of the first half J.S.Park's shot hit the near post.
Milner and Carrick forced their opposite goalkeepers to dive for a save .
In the 74th min , Valencia made lovely run on the right edge of the box , before making an effective "one-two" with Berbatov and produced a decent cross to Rooney , who headed it home perfectly to complete his 28th goal of the season in all competition.

4 mins later , Valencia-Rooney combination worked perfectly as it did for Ronaldo-Rooney . Valencia produced a better cross than the first time , but this time Rooney was only able to hit the bar.

Manchester United Retained their Carling Cup Title.

Valencia got the Man-of-the-Match for his great performance.

Final score was Aston Villa 1-2 Manchester United.....

Soccer Videos

2010-02-17T07:58:00.000-08:00

AC Milan 2-3 Manchester United:

Best Own Goals in EPL:

EPL - 23rd January

2010-01-23T21:13:00.000-08:00

MANCHESTER UNITED:

United will go to top of the table having played one and two more matches more than Arsenal and Chelsea respectively. On the other end Hull will sink to the casualty list .
In the 8th min , Schole's pile driver shot was parried away by the Hull goal keeper , but Rooney was the first person to reach the rebounded ball and scored the first goal of the match.

Rooney's free-kick missed the pole by whisker. Just few mins remaining in the first half United made great movement and passing near the edge of the box and Nani put Owen in a good position to score from , but Owen hesitated and made no trouble to the keeper.
In the 72nd min , Hull had almost scored . In the 82nd min , Nani's free-kick hit the cross bar , Rooney kept the ball in play . This created an opportunity to Rooney who drilled his foot through as hard as he can and scored the second goal of the match .

Just 4 mins later , Nani produced a stunning cross into the box and Rooney scored an easy header to mark his second HAT-TRICK of the season.

Rooney was not finished yet , in the 93rd min , Berbatov produced good pass and Rooney was up with 2 defenders . Rooney slipped as every one thought he has missed a chance , but he scored his fourth goal of the match .

With this goal Rooney moved to to the top of the goal scorers list with 20 goals in bag.

Umpire took a whack !!!:

Match Day 16th Jan

2010-01-17T04:51:00.000-08:00

Manchester United has to overcome their nightmare of 1-0 loss against Burnley , as Burnley travelled to Old Trafford with the new manager. Burnley has not got a single point on this pitch for more than half a century .
Very early in the game Burnley's striker Fletcher has one-on-one chance , which he placed it wide.
On the other end ,Valencia was as lively as ever and United were continuously knocking the door for their first goal , but somehow Jensen succeeded to keep United strikers at bay in the first half.
Just after the start of second half , Berbatov did some fantastic acrobatic skill before hitting the ball to the post with his left foot .
In the 63rd min , Berbatov finally succeeded in breaking the deadlock. Rooney's pass , placed Berbatov in a very good position , from where Berbatov buried the ball beyond Jensen's reach with his left-foot.

Five mins later , United attack seemed sharp and Rooney took his time in the box before scoring his 16th goal of the season.

Mame-Biram-Diouf is always being compared to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer , because of the fact that both these players are bought from the same Norwegian club. Unlike Solskjaer , who took just 8 min in his home debut to score a goal , Diouf took Little more than that as he scored his FIRST and third goal of the match in the 90th min , with his header after receiving a well-measured , long-aerial pass from Valencia.

Even though one free-kick tested van Der Sar who was up to the challenge , Burnley failed to get the consolation goal.

Final score was Manchester United 3-0 Burnley.....

Chelsea ran riot in London as they thrashed Sunderland to a staggering 7-2 defeat.

Anelka scored twice .

A.Cole scored a superb goal.

Lampard hit the net twice .

Malouda and Ballack scored a goal each.

Zenden and Bent scored for Sunderland.

Final score was Chelsea 7-2 Sunderland.....

Liverpool conceded a late late goal as they continued their miserable run and ended up with one point in the pocket. Just after the equaliser , Kuyt's superb header hit the post and match ended up Stoke city 1-1 Liverpool .

Everton started the game as they had left last week against Arsenal as they beat confident Manchester City of Roberto Macini .
Pienaar and Fellaini were outstanding as they kept good pressure on the City players throughout the match . Pienaar continued his good form as he scored a good free-kick and later Saha scored from the spot to ensure three points for the Merseyside Blues.

Final score was Everton 2-0 Manchester City.....

Other Results:

Tottenham 0-0 Hull city

Wolverhampton 0-2 Wigan

Match Day 9th and 11th Jan

2010-01-12T06:15:00.000-08:00

As 7 out of the 10 matches were "iced-off" in England , there were only matches between Birmingham Vs Manchester United , Arsenal Vs Everton and Manchester City Vs BlackBurn Rovers.

In the First of the three matches of the week , at Emirates Everton's Osman scored in the 12th min to give the visitors an early lead over the gunners.But in the 28th min , Denilson's shot took a deflection and left USA goal-keeper Howard helpless .
In the 81st min , Australian international Cahill linked-up with Pienaar who chipped the ball over Almunia , which showed the silhouette of three points for Everton Manager.

But in the 93rd min , Diaby dribbled the ball near the edge of the box before passing the ball to Rosicky , whose shot took a wicked deflection of the Everton Defender Neill and their silhouette of three points evaporated.

Final score was Arsenal 2-2 Everton.....

Birmingham City has become hard nutshell for the other clubs as they have not lost from last 8 matches winning 6 of them . Champions visited Birmingham in hope to go over Chelsea to top the table at least for one week.
United kept the major portion of the possession from the start of the game. Valencia Produced a lovely pass to Rooney who controlled it beautifully with great first-touch and his second touch forced a great save from Birmingham keeper Hart.
In the 39th min , Jerome scored with the help of a corner-kick to take the lead over the champions.
In the 63rd min , Evra's cross ended in the back of the net with Birmingham's Dann's last touch to equalise the score-line.

After that Birmingham kept good pressure on the visitors and forced couple of saves from Kuszczak .
In the 84th min , Fletcher was sent-off for the second bookable offence .

Final score was Birmingham City 1-1 Manchester United.....

While their city rivals are having rough time , Manchester City rode on a high-wave called Tevez - who scored his 12th league goal of the season by registering his first hat-trick for the club.

As result of this win City climbed to the fourth spot in the table.
Match ended Manchester city 4-1 BlackBurn.....

TEVEZ'S HAT-TRICK:

EPL - Goal of the month

2009-12-07T22:57:00.000-08:00

GOAL OF THE MONTH NOV 09:

EPL - 5th Dec

2009-12-05T21:49:00.000-08:00

Manchester 2-0 London:

THE SECOND HALF team is the other name for Manchester United as they demolished West Ham United to a Four goals to nil defeat with the help of three second half goals.
In the 46th min, Scholes scored the first goal of the match as he drilled the half-volley with his left foot from the edge of the box.

In the 61st min, Giggs gave Gibson a chance to take flying shot at the ball, which resulted as the second goal of the match . It was a great goal. Ball hit the net even before Green could react to it.

In the 71st min, Anderson gave a perfect waited low cross to Valencia , who tapped it in to increase the lead over the home club.

Just 1 min later , Valencia gave lovely low cross to Rooney who scored the fourth and final goal of the match.

Final score was West Ham 0-4 Manchester Utd.....

Chelsea suffered a blow in the hands of Manchester City. This has resulted champions Manchester United to reduce the points gap to two points with the table leaders.
In the 8th min , despite of Given's heroic back-to-back saves , Adebayor assisted Chelsea to take the lead in the match.

In the 37th min , Adebayor scored at the right end to even up the scores.

In the 56th min , City took control of the match with the help of Tevez's free-kick; low into the bottom corner.

In the 83rd min , Drogba was brought down by Richards which resulted in a spot kick for Chelsea. But Given saved Lampard's penalty kick which secured three points for City.

Final score was Manchester City 2-1 Chelsea.....

Other Results:

Even though Fabregas missed the penalty , Arsenal won the match comfortably with the score line 2-0.

Liverpool were held at Ewood park. Blackburn 0-0 Liverpool.

Aston Villa 3-0 Hull city . Take look at this amazing goal.

EPL - 28th and 29th Nov

2009-11-29T05:08:00.000-08:00

MANCHESTER UNITED:

United had it easy over Pompey's from years , except the 2008 FA cup semifinal. Pompey are struggling to cope up with the top division class so far this season . United on the other hand , having beaten Everton last week were obviously feeling confident.

In the 23rd min , Rooney was brought down by Portsmouth defender in the box which resulted in a penalty for the visitors. Rooney didn't fail to score from the spot .

In the 31st min, Vidic pulled the shirt of the Portsmouth striker which resulted in a spot kick for the home team and Portsmouth levelled the score 1-1.

Early in the second half , in the 48th min , Giggs controlled the aerial ball from Scholes , before producing a beautiful pass to Rooney , who buried the ball beyond the goal-keeper.

In the 53rd min , Giggs was brought down in the box , which provided an easy chance for Rooney to complete his HAT-TRICK . United mounted 2 goal lead on the home side just 8 mins after the start of second half .

Giggs shot was blocked by the Pompey goal keeper . United goal keeper was also forced to save the shot which was on target.

In the 87 min , Giggs showed his class by converting a free-kick to increase the lead over the home side. Giggs once again proved he can still produce beautiful game football on the pitch.

Final score was Portsmouth 1-4 Manchester United.....

Other Results:

West ham Finally registered a win . They defeated spirited Burnley with a score line 5-3 .

Aston Villa drew with Tottenham 1-1.

Manchester City registered its 10th draw from last 10 matches . City 1-1 Hull .

GUNNERS WERE GUNNED DOWN BY THE BLUE ARMY:

Chelsea maintained their five point lead over the champions Manchester united , with soul-crushing performance over Arsenal.

In the 41st min , England Duo , A.cole and Lampard's combined effort resulted in a goal in the form of Drogba.

Mins later A.Cole's cross found the net for the second time , but this time it came-off a non-Chelsea player. in an attempt to clear the ball Vermaelen ended-up in scoring an own goal.

In the 86th min , Drogba's free-kick gave Chelsea a 3 goal cushion over their city rivals. It was a good strike .

final score was Arsenal 0-3 Chelsea.....

EPL - 21st and 22nd Nov 09

2009-11-21T23:12:00.000-08:00

Manchester Vs Merseyside:

Even though Manchester United had a mixed results from last four matches , they crushed struggling Everton to a 3-0 defeat at Old Trafford.
In the 34th min , Flecther found the top corner of the net after receiving the ball from Valencia from almost 20 yards . It was a superb half-volley and the ball just bent away from Howard.

Fellaini was caught off-side . Rooney's shot brushed the cross bar . In the 66th min , Giggs passed the ball to Carrick and he found the net with his left foot from 18 yard box .

Just 9 mins later , Valencia's shot came-off the defender an ended-up in the back of the net.

Final Score Man Utd 3-0 Everton .....

Liverpool saved 2 points against Manchester City with the help of Benayoun's equalizer . With this draw , Liverpool had registered only one win in their last 10 matches in all competition .
In the 49th min , Skrtel scored the first goal of the match with the help of Gerrard's free-kick. Later TV replay suggested that the ball actually came off Adebayor before crossing the line.

In the 69th min , Adebayor scored the equalizer with his head.

6 mins later Ireland scored the second goal for City to take the lead 1-2.

In the 77th min , Benayoun scored the equalizer and confirmed a point for the Reds.

Without Torres Liverpool couldn't stand up to the challenge like Manchester City.

Final score Liverpool 2-2 Manchester City.....

Mixed Results for Londoners:

Sunderland added Arsenal to their scalps for the season after taking points off Liverpool and Manchester United.

Bent kept up his stellar record of scoring against the big four this season with the winner against Arsenal. He scored his goal in the 70th min.

Final score Sunderland 1-0 Arsenal.....

Chelsea continued their impressive form and crushed Wolverhampton to a 4-0 defeat.
In the 5th min , Malouda scored a stunning goal from a long distance.

Later in the 12th min , Essien scored the second goal of the match to increase the lead to 2-0.

In the 22nd min , Essien scored again but this time from quite a long distance.

J.Cole scored the fourth and final goal of the match in the 56th min .

Final score Chelsea 4-0 Wolverhampton.....

Fulham lost to Birmingham 1-0 .

Westham failed to gain 3 points form their match against struggling Hull city. match ended 3-3.

Other Results:

Aston Villa were saved by Heskey's 86th min equalizer against Burnley . Match ended 1-1.

Tottenham striker Defoe scored five times as Harry Redknapp's men threatened to rack up double figures against Wigan. Final score was 9-1.

It was Spurs’ biggest win for 32 years .

Goals:

Goals Of The Month

2009-11-11T00:25:00.000-08:00

Top Ten Goals Of The Month Oct 09:

Football in Times of War

2009-11-06T20:56:00.000-08:00

Glory days:

Tribute:

World's most famous football league - English Premier league(EPL) observed couple of minutes of silence on 7th and 8th of Nov , to pay tribute to those who had sacrificed their life in the world war .

EPL - 17th October

2009-10-18T06:54:00.000-07:00

Manchester United resumed their normal duties by defeating confident Bolton.
In the 5th min , Bolton's defenders took a nap and Evra entered the box and passed the ball to unmarked Owen , whose header was turned in by Bolton's defender Knight.

Later Owen came in the way for Berbatov's acrobatic effort.
In the 33rd min , Neville assited Valencia , who smashd the ball behind the bolton goal keeper to double the lead. It is his first goal for United in Premier league and at Old Trafford .

In the second half Berbatov tried some thing he did a fortnight ago. But Goal keeper saved it.
In spite of Taylor's goal in the 74th min , Champions pocketed three points.

Alex Ferguson's post-match interview:

United will go top of the table with one point ahead of Chelsea who failed to get even a single point at Villa park . Friedel fialed to judge the bounce of Drogba's shot and conceded an early lead in the 15th min. But Chelsea failed to defend against set-pieces as Aston Villa scored a goal each in both halves . Villa scored both of its goals from corners one with the help of Dunne header and Other with Collins header .

Arsenal continued their good form by defeating Birmingham 3-1 with the help of van Persie, Diaby and Arshavin goals.

Liverpool's bad form continued as they were invited by the 'Black Cats' of the Stadium of Light.
In the 5th min , Bent's shot took a deflection off a large red beach ball and fired Sunderland into an early lead against Liverpool.

In the second half Bent again had not one but two very good chances to put the match beyond Liverpool's reach , but Liverpool's defence denied him both the time. On the other hand Liverpool failed to create many chances which resulted in a fourth defeat for Liverpool.

Benitez's post-match interview:

EPL - Final Table Of Each Season(1994-2009)

2009-10-10T13:35:00.000-07:00

Final table of each season since 1994-95 to 2008-09:

1994-95 & 1995-96:

1996-97 & 1997-98:

1998-99 & 1999-00:

2000-01 & 2001-02:

2002-03 & 2003-04:

2004-05 & 2005-06:

2006-07 & 2007-08:

2008-09:

3rd Oct

2009-10-04T10:05:00.000-07:00

MANCHESTER UNITED:

Anton Ferdinand's stoppage-time own goal rescued a 2-2 draw for Manchester United against Sunderland at Old Trafford.

It seemed the Black Cats were about to record their first win at the stadium since 1968 when they entered the time added on clinging to a lead provided by Jones'(58') header after Bent's(7') opener had been cancelled out by Berbatov's(51') exquisite volley.

But once again United fought back and Ferdinand turned an off-target Evra(93') shot into his own net to earn the champions a share of the spoils

26th NOV

2009-09-27T08:13:00.000-07:00

MANCHESTER UNITED:

Having beaten their city rivals in one of the nail-biting matches last week , United travelled to Britannia stadium for their next match. Stoke has always been a tough team to tame in the recent months .
Valencia had an early chance in the first half which he put it wide . Later on the counter-attack , Rooney put Nani beautifully towards the goal and even though Berbatov was unmarked & was in a great position than Nani , Nani showed his selfish streak and went for the glory and missed it by miles .
Giggs came in as a substitute for Nani in the 55th min , who is only one goal away from his 100th league goal .

6 mins later , Fletcher delivered a perfect waited pass to Giggs, who gave lovely cross through the legs of the defender and Berbatov tapped- in the first goal of the match.

In the 77th min United score from a set-play . Giggs produced a well placed free-kick into the box and O'shea was first to get to the ball and flicked it over the potters goal keeper.

Mins later Scholes gave good Aeriel pass to Giggs who was unmarked and Giggs couldn't find the right finish to score his 100th league goal.

Final score was Stoke City 0-2 Manchester Utd .....

LIVERPOOL:

Liverpool's next opponent were Tigers . Reds strikers are great form but thats not the area where they has to tidy-up some errors from the last match , its defending .
In the 11th min , Riera put the ball into the box and Torres reacted faster and controlled the ball beautifully with his right foot before finishing it with his left foot .

Just 3 mins later , Skrtel's clearance was not good enough , which resulted in an easy chance for unmarked Geovanni , who equalized for Hull with a left-footed volley.

In the 28th min , Benayoun gave lovely disguised pass to Torres , who evaded both defender and goal-keeper before tapping-in a simple goal .

In the 47th min , again Benayoun played Torres into the box and Torres dragged the ball with his right foot before scoring his hat-trick through the legs of the defender with his left-foot.

In the 61st min , Gerrard tried to give a cross and ended up in scoring a fantastic goal , but nobody was sure whether he meant it or not . But it was a great looking goal .

In the 88th min Dutch-Duos , Kuyt and Babel worked the ball into the box and Kuyt gave great low cross to Babel , who finished it off with a simple touch.

Again in the 91st min , Riera's shot was deflected-off Babel's heel before finding the net.

Final score was Liverpool 6-1 Hull .....

Other Results:

Wigan won its first match against the top four with a score line of 3-1 against Chelsea.

Drogba completed his 100th goal for Chelsea.

Cech was sent-off in the 51st min which means he will be missing an important match against Liverpool.

Arsenal won narowlly with a 1-0 victory over their city rival Fulham with the help of van Persie's goal .

Tottenham crushed Burnley 5-0 . Keane scored four goals .

EPL Week 6

2009-09-21T00:38:00.000-07:00

MANCHESTER UNITED:

After defeating Arsenal , Man City were full of confidence for the 152 Manchester derby . United were also feeling good about the way they defeated the Spurs at White hart lane . So the match was perfectly poised with big stars in both sides .

United started the match as they had left in London last week , in the 1st min, Evra's run made the City defenders confused and he gave the ball to Rooney and city defenders failed to tackle the United No.10 who scored a very early goal in the match .

In the 15th min , due to lack of communication between Ferdinand and Foster , Tevez stole the ball from the united goal keeper and put Barry in front of the empty net and Barry didn't fail to equalise the score-line .

Just after 30 mins of play Rooney's lack of concentration gave Tevez an easy chance to score the second goal for City , which he was only managed to hit the post.
Second half was more eventful than the first . In the 48th min, Giggs produced a beautiful cross to Fletcher , which he headed it home to give the lead for United.
Just 3 mins later Bellamy broke the heart of United fans with a stunning goal .

Giggs started to play like his early days and assisted Berbatov once with a corner and again with a cross and both were saved brilliantly by Irish goal-keeper Given . Mins later Giggs tried a half-volley which was again saved by Given . By this time city were finding it very hard to keep the possession, United were all over the pitch.
In the 79th min , Giggs again assisted Fletcher to make score line 3-2.

But in the 90th min Ferdinand's error in the mid-field proved costly , as Bellamy struck the United net for the second time.

Cometh the 96th min, cometh the man. As Hughes screamed for the final whistle, as the Stretford End pleaded “attack, attack, attack’’ and Rooney hoisted another Garryowen into City’s box, Owen timed his run , galloping onto Giggs’ immaculate pass. Controlling the ball with outside of his right foot, Owen expertly threaded his shot past Given.

Manchester United claim victory in the 152nd Manchester derby while Man City sunk to their 200th EPL loss.
Here is a little confirmation about the added extra time .

Ferguson told this as the best Manchester derby match in the years .

Final score was Manchester Utd 4-3 Manchester City ......

CHELSEA:

After the first defeat of the this in the hands of the champions Spurs didn't have wished to play against their city rivals Chelsea. These derby matches have always been tougher for both the clubs over period of time and their last meeting resulted in a defeat for the blues .
Chelsea stated-off the match very positively even though Defoe had the first chance of the match , he tried drive the ball through the legs of Cech , but Chelsea goal keeper did just enough to keep the England striker at the bay.
Early in the first half Bosingwa hit the bar from a tight angle. In the 32th min , Bosingwa gave a lovely cross to A.Cole , who finished it off with the diving header , to give the home team much needed lead .

In the 58th min , Drogba's shot was parried by Cudicini and the Lampard was the first to get to the rebounded ball before assisting Ballack to score the second goal of the match to put it beyond the Spurs reach .

Keane was fouled by Carvalho in the box but referee denied him a penalty .
In the 62nd min , a long high-pass found Drogba , which he controlled it beautifully and headed for the third goal . Even though Corluka did win the ball Cudicini was out of place which resulted in an easy goal for the Ivory Coast striker.

Final score was Chelsea 3-0 Tottenham .....

LIVERPOOL:

Liverpool travelled to Upton park on this Saturday by regaining their confidence with Benayoun's Hat-trick last weekend.
Just after kick-off Carragher fell asleep in the box which resulted in a one-on-one chance for the Caribbean kid Hines , which he was only managed to hit the post.
Somehow Liverpool held themselves together defensively under the constant threat by Hines.
In the 20th min , Insua put Torres in the search of goal . And Torres was absolutely fantastic , he pierced the Westham defence very easily and evaded two defenders before finding the net with a very impossible angle . Torres showed real pace, strength and skill which completes him as the world's best striker.

In the 28th min , Hines again challenged Liverpool defenders with his great run and Carragher pushed the Debutant in the 18-yard box which resulted in a Westham penalty. The Itlian Diamanti hit the ball from the spot to equalise the score-line .

But he was lucky to get that goal because the ball seemed to hit his both feet before crossing the goal-line . According to FIFA Rule 14 : Ball must hit only one foot of the player before crossing the goal line , otherwise it will be disallowed.

In the the 40th min , Liverpool scored from a corner . Gerrard's header was deflected-in by Kuyt to take the lead against the Londoners.
But Westham equalised with last corner of the first half. This time it was Cole who scored for Westham . This was the similar kind of goal which Liverpool conceded against Aston villa a fortnight ago .
In the second half Westham looked charged-up , especially Hines who was constantly fouled by the reds .
In the 75th min , substitute Babel gave cross to Torres which he buried the ball beyond the reach of Green , to give lead for the Liverpool third time in the match. And this time Liverpool retained their lead until the final whistle .

Final score was West Ham 2-3 Liverpool .....

ARSENAL:

After two back-to-back defeats in the hands of Manchester clubs , gunners could ill-afford another stumbling in their home match against Wigan on Saturday.
In the 25th min , Belgian defender Vermaelen headed a corner to give the early lead for the gunners , which boosted their confidence. Kirkland saved some of the attempts from the Arsenal players in the first half.

Vermaelen started the second half as ended the first. In the 49 th min , he linked-up quite brilliantly with Eboue , to score an striker-quality goal from outside the box .

10 mins later , Eduardo hit the bar with his left-footed volley and tried his luck once again with the rebound and the ball was deflected-in by Eboue who was booed by home fans in the same fixture last season.

In the 90th min , Bendtner gave low cross to his captain Fabregas who arrived in front of the goal-keeper in time to poke-in the fourth and final goal of the match.

final score was Arsenal 4-0 Wigan Athletic ......

MANCHESTER UTD V/s ARSENAL

2009-08-29T11:51:00.000-07:00

After an inspiring win over Wigan , United were looking confident in welcoming one of their title rivals to Old Trafford. United had 6 points from three matches , on the other hand Arsenal had 9 points from their 3 games. So not surprisingly Arsenal has started the season better than United. While Fergie led the head-head to win count over Wenger by 15-14.
United and Arsenal entered the pitch with pretty much same formation . Giggs failed to play Rooney in a couple of situations in the first half.Fletcher missed a half chance. On the other end van Persie's shot was blocked by Evra. And Arshavin missed the top corner very narrowly.
Mins later Arshavin was brought down by Fletcher with a very ugly looking challenge and got away with it.

But within a few seconds Arshavin proved he doesn't need a penalty to score a goal for his team. From almost 25 yards , without any back lift Arshavin curved the ball behind Foster.

Arsenal raised the tempo of the game very early in the second half. Its the same old Russian who pierced the United defence and gave lovely cross to van Persie which forced a great save from Foster.
In the 58th min Giggs succeeded in putting the ball through the eye of a needle which enabled Rooney in winning a penalty for United which he eventually scored to level the game.

Just 5 mins later Giggs curved a free-kick towards the Arsenal net which perplexed Diaby who ended up in scoring an own goal.

Even though van Persie struck the cross bar , Arsenal failed to convert couple of half chances.
Berbatov missed a great chance in the stoppage time after a great ball from Nani. Later Nani's attempt was also denied by Almunia .
There was more drama at the end of the stoppage time when Arsene Wenger was sent to the stands for his reaction on the touchline to Arsenal's disallowed goal.

Wayne Rooney was the Man of the match.

Final score was Manchester Utd 2-1 Arsenal .....

Match of the day - 22nd Aug

2009-08-22T22:42:00.000-07:00

MANCHESTER UNITED:

Sir Alex Ferguson's team had gone into the game at the DW Stadium with growing doubts over the strength of their firepower following the 1-0 midweek defeat against Premier League newcomers Burnley.
Ferguson's men appeared to be on course for another frustrating ninety minutes as they missed a series of first-half chances.
Just mins after the kick-off Berbatov played Nani into the box and Nani gave a low cross to Fletcher which was blocked by Bramble. Mins later Berbatov gave cheeky back pass to Scholes who uncharacteristically blazed over with a free shot from 20 yards.
Only a crucial Evra challenge ten yards from goal denied Rodallega a clear strike at goal and goalkeeper Foster was forced to produce a stunning save from Koumas after the Welsh midfielder had embarrassed Neville with a swift turn midway inside the United half.Mean while Vidic was spot-on with his challenges, didn't get any of them wrong through out the match.
In the second half united's attack seemed sharp and swift which resulted in a 5-0 win away from home. In the 55th min former Wigan winger Valencia ran down the wigan defence before producing a lovely cross to Rooney who headed it home beautifully to join the elite group of united players who has scored more than 100 goal for the club.

Min later Foster saved a dangerous header from Rodallega. United are known for their counter attack. In the 57th min Rooney & Scholes combined together to put Berbatov in front of the goal. Berbatov used his elegant touch to chip the ball over Kirkland and displayed great balance to finish the united's second goal of the match.

Rooney's second goal, a deflected strike off the right leg of Melchiot, put United out of sight.

All it needed to cap the victory was a goal from Owen who came in as a substitute in the 70th min. In the 84th min Owen guided a left-foot shot into the far corner after being released by Nani, who netted a stoppage time free-kick to make it 5-0.

Final score was Wigan 0-5 Manchester United.....

Complete EPL Fixtures 09-10

2009-08-14T07:33:00.000-07:00

English Premier League Fixtures:

It promises to be another season of high drama in England's top-flight. Here's everything you need to know ahead of this campaign's action.

Two months of hibernation comes to an end , as all the teams will heat up the football world.

MANCHESTER UNITED 2009-10

2009-08-03T04:54:00.000-07:00

FIXTURES AND PLANS FOR 09-10:

United have played six games, travelled more than 16,000 miles and crossed seven time zones over the past fortnight as they have taken their first steps towards adjusting to life without Ronaldo.
The Portuguese forward contributed a staggering 68 goals over his final two seasons at Old Trafford, campaigns in which United scored 119 (2008-09) and 110 (2007-08) goals in all competitions.
Without the 24 year-old, Ferguson concedes that United's tactics must evolve so that the goal scoring burden falls on several shoulders rather than those of just one man.
Despite impressing on the club's tour of the Far East, scoring four goals in four games, the jury is still out on Michael Owen's ability to rediscover his best form.
Dimitar Berbatov is another who must raise his game this season after scoring just 14 goals following his £30.75 million club-record transfer from Tottenham last season.
But while challenging his forwards to increase their goal output, Ferguson admits that there will be a collective responsibility throughout the squad as United aim to become the first club to win four successive league titles.
Ferguson said: "Cristiano is obviously a big loss in terms of the goals he gave us. If we're going to win the league again or do well in Europe, we certainly need players to step up and help fill the gap left by Ronaldo."
A worrying issue for Ferguson will be the lack of pace displayed by Owen and Berbatov during the Audi Cup draw against Bayern Munich. Ronaldo's blistering pace often proved devastating for United.
An increase in the goals from midfield would curtail United's front-line deficiencies -none of whom scored more than four goals last season and must aim for double figures this season.
Owen and Rooney, despite an impressive record of 23 goals in 29 games as a strike-partnership with England, have not played one minute together during United's six pre-season fixtures.

Lets wish the Champions of England for good fortune .....

CRISTIANO RONALDO Factfile

2009-07-22T03:58:00.000-07:00

CR7 -> CR9 :

Full Name: Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aviero
Birth Date: February 5,1985
Birthplace:Madeira Islands , Portugal

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

2002:
Makes debut for Sporting Lisbon aged 17 .

2003:
In August , scores pre-season friendly against Manchester United before moving to Old Trafford in a 12.42 million pounds transfer. Takes No.7 shirt worn by some of the Old Trafford legends like George best, Eric Cantona, David Beckham . Makes United debut as substitute in a 4-0 win over Bolton Wanderers .

2004:
In June, he was voted United player of the season.

2007:
In April, he was voted both player of the year and young player of the year by England's Professional Footballer's Association. First man win both awards in the same year since 1977.
In May, he was voted footballer of the year by England's Football Writer's Association.

2008:
On March 19, scores twice in 2-0 win over Bolton,taking his season's total to 33 goals , beating George Best record for most goals in a season by a United Winger. In that match worn captains arm band for the first time for United.

In April, won PFA player of the season for the second season running.

On May 21st , heads United in front in Champions League Final against Chelsea in Moscow.
Ends season with 42 goals in all competition.

On November 15th , scores 100th united goal against Stoke city.

On December 2nd, named European footballer of the year and wins Ballon d'Or .

2009:
On January 12th , named FIFA WORLD FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR 2008 .

In Champions league QF(Vs Porto) and SM(Vs Arsenal) almost single handedly sends United to the Rome Final.
Ends season with 26 goals in all competition.

Helps United win the Premier League for the third season running.

Moves to Real Madrid with a record breaking transfer of 80 million pounds.
In his 6 years at Old Trafford scored 118 goals for the club winning-

Three English Premier Leagues(2007,2008,2009) .
One Champions League(2008) .
Two Carling Cups(2006,2009) .
One FA Cup.
One FIFA Club World Cup(2008) .

FA Cup

2009-05-31T06:05:00.000-07:00

FA CUP FINAL:

CHELSEA Vs EVERTON

New Wembley stadium hosted the world's oldest football tournament this Saturday. It was a match between mighty Blues of London Vs Blues half Merseyside. Chelsea having beaten Arsenal 2-1 in the semifinals were feeling very close to the first silverware after the Murinho's era.
On the other side Everton were wary of Hiddink's men after beating local rivals Liverpool 1-0 and EPL champions Manchester united on penalties in the semifinal.
Just after 25 seconds after kick-off Everton scored the first goal in the name of Saha. This French man's goal is the fastest goal in the FA cup Final in last 100 years. Chelsea defenders couldn't clear the ball and Saha capitalized the chance to give his club a very early lead. A perfect start for any Final match.

Mins later Essien blasted first chance over the bar. In the 21st min Anelka passed the to Malouda who was waiting in the left wing. Malouda produced a wonderful cross to Drogba who headed it home to put Chelsea back on level pegging.

In the second half Chelsea took control of the game completely. In the 60th min Anelka missed a lovely chance in an attempt to chip the ball over goal keeper Howard. In the 67th min Saha headed a good cross from Baines over the bar.
In the 72 min Lampard proved he is a true match winner by scoring a fantastic goal from the edge of the box with his left foot
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In the 78th min Malouda's shot crashed off the cross bar and appeared to bounce over the goal-line. But Chelsea were denied as referee failed to notice where exactly the ball bounced.

A.Cole won his 5th FA cup medal.

Final score was Chelsea 2-1 Everton

A perfect farewell to Guus Hiddink who is leaving Chelsea , to resume his job as the coach of the the Russian national team.

After two years FA cup is heading to Stamford Bridge .

EPL FINAL TABLE 08-09

2009-05-24T22:43:00.000-07:00

Final Table Season 2008-09:

			Home					Away
	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Man Utd	38	16	2	1	43	13	12	4	3	25	11	44	90
2	Liverpool	38	12	7	0	41	13	13	4	2	36	14	50	86
3	Chelsea	38	11	6	2	33	12	14	2	3	35	12	44	83
4	Arsenal	38	11	5	3	31	16	9	7	3	37	21	31	72

5	Everton	38	8	6	5	31	20	9	6	4	24	17	18	63
6	Aston Villa	38	7	9	3	27	21	10	2	7	27	27	6	62
7	Fulham	38	11	3	5	28	16	3	8	8	11	18	5	53

8	Tottenham	38	10	5	4	21	10	4	4	11	24	35	0	51
9	West Ham	38	9	2	8	23	22	5	7	7	19	23	-3	51
10	Man City	38	13	0	6	40	18	2	5	12	18	32	8	50
11	Wigan	38	8	5	6	17	18	4	4	11	17	27	-11	45
12	Stoke City	38	10	5	4	22	15	2	4	13	16	40	-17	45
13	Bolton	38	7	5	7	21	21	4	3	12	20	32	-12	41
14	Porstmouth	38	8	3	8	26	29	2	8	9	12	28	-19	41
15	Blackburn	38	6	7	6	22	23	4	4	11	18	37	-20	41
16	Sunderland	38	6	3	10	21	25	3	6	10	13	29	-20	36
17	Hull City	38	3	5	11	18	36	5	6	8	21	28	-25	35

18	Newcastle	38	5	7	7	24	29	2	6	11	16	30	-19	34
19	Middlesbrough	38	5	9	5	17	20	2	2	15	11	37	-29	32
20	West Brom	38	7	3	9	26	33	1	5	13	10	34	-31	32

Season Review:

Top and Drop of the season:

Champions League: Man Utd , Liverpool , Chelsea

Champions League qualifying: Arsenal

Europa League: Everton , Aston Villa , Fulham

Relegation: Newcastle , Middlesbrough , West Brom

CHAMPIONS 2008-09

2009-05-16T09:35:00.000-07:00

GLORY GLORY MANCHESTER UNITED

Manchester United clinched their 18th English premier league title . With this title United equalled Liverpool's record of 18 league championships. Consistency is the other name for Manchester United this season.
Highlights of the season:

Van der Sar broke Peter cech's record of spending highest number of mins without conceding a goal . Now the Dutch goal keeper has a record of 1311 mins of clean sheets under his belt.

Cristiano Ronaldo was honoured with the ' WORLD PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2008 ' award for his last seasons performance. He was the first ever player from british league to achieve this honour.He was also awarded with ' Ballon d'Or -2008 '. He also won FIFPro 2008 award.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 100th goal for United on November 15th against Stoke city.

Ryan Giggs became the only premier league player to score in all seasons . He also completed his 800 appearance for United. He also won PFA award for the season2008-09.

17 year old Federico Macheda marked his debut with a winner goal against Aston villa. He also scored a winning goal against Sunderland away from home.

Here is the red devil's path which made them the champions of England for the third year in a row:

Sunday, August 17 2008
Manchester United 1 - 1 Newcastle United

Monday, August 25 2008
Portsmouth 0 - 1 Manchester United

Saturday, September 13 2008
Liverpool 2 - 1 Manchester United

Sunday, September 21 2008
Chelsea 1 - 1 Manchester United

Saturday, September 27 2008
Manchester United 2 - 0 Bolton Wanderers

Saturday, October 4 2008
Blackburn Rovers 0 - 2 Manchester United

Saturday, October 18 2008
Manchester United 4 - 0 West Bromwich Albion

Saturday, October 25 2008
Everton 1 - 1 Manchester United

Wednesday, October 29 2008
Manchester United 2 - 0 West Ham United

Saturday, November 1 2008
Manchester United 4 - 3 Hull City

Saturday, November 8 2008
Arsenal 2 - 1 Manchester United

Saturday, November 15 2008
Manchester United 5 - 0 Stoke City

Saturday, November 22 2008
Aston Villa 0 - 0 Manchester United

Sunday, November 30 2008
Manchester City 0 - 1 Manchester United

Saturday, December 6 2008
Manchester United 1 - 0 Sunderland

Saturday, December 13 2008
Tottenham Hotspur 0 - 0 Manchester United

Friday, December 26 2008
Stoke City 0 - 1 Manchester United

Monday, December 29 2008
Manchester United 1 - 0 Middlesbrough

Sunday, January 11 2009
Manchester United 3 - 0 Chelsea

Wednesday, January 14 2009
Manchester United 1 - 0 Wigan Athletic

Saturday, January 17 2009
Bolton Wanderers 0 - 1 Manchester United

Tuesday, January 27 2009
West Bromwich Albion 0 - 5 Manchester United

Saturday, January 31 2009
Manchester United 1 - 0 Everton

Sunday, February 8 2009
West Ham United 0 - 1 Manchester United

Wednesday, February 18 2009
Manchester United 3 - 0 Fulham

Saturday, February 21 2009
Manchester United 2 - 1 Blackburn Rovers

Wednesday, March 4 2009
Newcastle United 1 - 2 Manchester United

Saturday, March 14 2009
Manchester United 1 - 4 Liverpool

Saturday, March 21 2009
Fulham 2 - 0 Manchester United

Sunday, April 5 2009
Manchester United 3 - 2 Aston Villa

Saturday, April 11 2009
Sunderland 1 - 2 Manchester United

Wednesday, April 22 2009
Manchester United 2 - 0 Portsmouth

Saturday, April 25 2009
Manchester United 5 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur

Saturday, May 2 2009
Middlesbrough 0 - 2 Manchester United

Sunday, May 10 2009
Manchester United 2 - 0 Manchester City

Wednesday, May 13 2009
Wigan Athletic 1-2 Manchester United

Saturday, May 16 2009
Manchester United 0-0 Arsenal

38. Sunday , May 24 2009

Hull city 0-1 Manchester United

Tribute to the champions:

Mid-week review 13th May

2009-05-13T23:50:00.000-07:00

MANCHESTER UNITED:

Manchester United travelled to JJB stadium this Wednesday.
A win will make their way easy to win the championship. Although former United player Steve Bruce don't have such a good record against his former boss Sir Alex Ferguson , having won just two points in their last 11 meetings , he will hope to push United to a draw.
Just after the kick-off Valencia's pace broke the United defence very easily. But he couldn't come up with a good finish.
Mins later Berbatov with the help of Ronaldo , gave a accurate pass to Rooney, which he headed it wide.
Later Carrick also missed a chance by chipping the ball over the bar.Van der Sar saved one dangerous looking free-kick from N'Zogbia.
In the 28th min United defence looked vulnerable for the second time in the first half . A long pass dropped down beautifully for Rodallega who found the net to give the home team 1-0 lead over the champions. Vidic was appealing for the foul on him but couldn't get referee on his side.

In the second half United's defence was more composed than in the first .
Tevez who came in as a substitute in the 58 th min , made his impact just after 3 mins. In the 61st min Carrick pass was luckily spotted Tevez , who finished it off with his heel with a back flick. He made one of the toughest finish look very easy.

In the second half Wigan didn't really have any chances.
Late in the second half Ronaldo gave pass to unmarked O'Shea. O'Shea gave pass to Carrick who struck an 87th-minute winner to sink Wigan 2-1 and move Manchester United to within a solitary point of retaining their Premier League title.

Final score was Wigan 1-2 Manchester United.....

Weekend review 9-10th May

2009-05-11T05:15:00.000-07:00

MANCHESTER UNITED:

Manchester United hosted their city rivals Manchester city this Sunday in Manchester derby.Having won the first derby match(0-1) , United are ready to take their revenge for last seasons home defeat.
Tevez started the match in place of Rooney.That was a big news for his fans after the rumours of Tevez leaving the club in the summer.
In the 18th min Berbatov was fouled by Ireland ,but TV replays suggested that he won the ball clearly. Ronaldo took the free-kick from around 30 yards which was small by the world player of the year's recent standards. And he duly strode up with confidence and fired into the corner, Given wrong-footed by the merest flick off Nigel de Jong.

Tevez tried his luck from an almost impossible angle which hit the bar.
In the 45 th min Fletcher's long ball was neatly controlled by Berbatov. His square pass found Tevez, whose precision shot bounced in off the post. United extended their lead to 2-0 over City.

Rubhino had chance in the second half with Elano's deft right-wing cross, which he blazed it wide.
Later Tevez had chance after the corner kick from Giggs was deflected by Fletcher to him. Tevez could only managed to hit the far post.
United need four more points to lift the trophy for the third season in a row.

Final score was Manchester United 2-0 Manchester City.....

LIVERPOOL:
Liverpool travelled to Upton park this Saturday. Liverpool are feeling confident after the return of their captain but missed the prominent midfielder Alonso after the last match injury.
Liverpool's hopes this season have been built on the firepower of Fernando Torres and Gerrard - and the pair combined after 76 seconds for the opener.Torres produced an excellent pass to Gerrard who was played on side by the West Ham defender Kovac . Gerrard scored the opening goal for Liverpool.

In the 38th min Torres was brought down by Ilunga which resulted in a penalty. Gerrard took the Penalty, missed it for the first time and scored in the second attempt to give the reds 2 goals lead in the first half away from home.

Mins later Carragher left the ball in the mercy of the Hammers striker Di Michele, who slipped in the box not being able to control the ball for which he was booked.
Dutch international Babel scored in the 84th min which secured three points away from home.
Kuyt crossed for his fellow Dutchman, Green saved the initial header but the rebound was tapped home.

Final score was West Ham 0-3 Liverpool.....

ARSENAL Vs CHELSEA:

Both Arsenal and Chelsea are trying to forget their champions league semifinal defeat in the hands of Manchester United and Chelsea respectively met on Sunday in London derby.
Arsenal started brightly with lots of chances . Walcott was put in down the right side of the penalty area by Nasri, but Cech stood up well at his near post.Later Daiby's low cross gave Walcott a chance to score. He tried to chip it over Cech but chipped it wide.
In the 28th min Fabregas made a bad challenge on Drogba, which resulted in a free-kick and booking for Arsenal captain. Drogba took the free-kick brilliantly and Alex who was waiting in the box headed the ball beyond the goal keeper Fabianski.

In the 39 th min Anelka produced a stunning shot from outside the box which swung away from Fabianski before touching the nets. Chelsea had a comfortable lead of 2 goals in the first half.

In the 49 th min A.Cole's cross from the left was put past Fabianski by the outstretched boot of Toure. This self-destructive goal put the match beyond Arsenal's reach.

In the 70 th min Sagna's cross found Bendtner who headed it home to make the score line 1-3.
In the 86th min Fabainski saved Malouda's first attempt which gave Anelka a chance to score his second goal of the match .But his shot hit the bar and resulted in an easy chance to Malouda who was actually off-side , but lines men failed to notice that.

Final score was Arsenal 1-4 Chelsea.....

EPL-weekend review 2nd May

2009-05-04T07:05:00.000-07:00

MANCHESTER UNITED:

Manchester utd need 3 more wins and a draw to lift the title. To make one of those three needed wins possible united travelled to Riverside this Saturday.
It was the 801st match for the united legend Ryan Giggs.

It was the first league match start for Italian striker Macheda.Keeping Arsenal's semifinal clash in mind , Ronaldo and Ferdinand were rested.
Middelsbrough had an early chance when King Played Aliadiere into the box . But he couldn't find a good finish and Foster saved the shot.
In the 24th min Giggs found enough space , which encouraged him to go for a shoot from outside the box and eventually scored in his 801st match for united. Jones was help less for Giggs shot.United took the lead in the first half.

Just after the start of second half , Rooney was galloping towards the goal post and managed to give the pass to Macheda. It was relatively an easy chance, but Macheda couldn't find the net.
In the 51st min Ronney gave lovely pass to Korean international Park who doesn't need second opportunity to score. Park buried the ball in the nets against the direction of his run with his left foot.

Although there were very less opportunities for both teams in the second half , Alfonso Alves had chance to try his luck with the dead ball, which he blazed it wide.

United are getting closer match by match to clinch their 18th league title to level it with Liverpool's record of 18 league titles.

Final score was Middelsbrough 0-2 Manchester United.....

ARSENAL:

Arsenal travelled to Fratton park this Saturday. Arsenal were led by Russian international Arshavin for the first time.Arsenal rested their big guns ahead of next week's Champions League semi-final second leg against Manchester United.
Early in the first half Belhadj had decent chance which he kicked it wide. Mins later Vela was denied of penalty for the Distin's challenge in the box.
In the 12th min Arshavin's aerial pass found Bendtner near the far post. Bendtner headed the ball straight into the hands of England goal keeper James , but James couldn't hold onto it and ball just crossed the line before he can reclaim it.

Mins later Vela's free shoot was blocked by Hreidarsson . Later Belhadj and Crouch made their way through the Arsenal's defenders but Crouch couldn't find the right finish.
In the 40th min Arshavin was strongly challenged by Davis in the box. Even though Arshavin pointed for corner kick and turned to referee to tell him "no penalty" , Arsenal were awarded a penalty.Not many forwards in the world would be that honest.

Bendtner finished it off calmly to give arsenal a 2-0 lead.
In the second half Hughes ,Utaka and Crouch missed two more chances.
In the 55th min Vela scored a beautiful goal to give Arsenal a comfortable lead of 3-0 over Pompey.Pamarot was sent off for his foul on Arshavin near the edge of the box.

Final score was Portsmouth 0-3 Arsenal.....

CHELSEA:

Chelsea hosted their city rivals Fulham this Saturday.Its a clash between two London clubs.It's been 30 years since Fulham won at Stamford bridge.
Just seconds after the kick-off Malouda,Anelka,Drogba were galloping towards the Fulham penalty box , which resulted in a 51' goal for Anelka. Chelsea took the lead in the first min itself.

In the 4th min Murphy delivered a perfect pass to Nevland who was flying near the right wing.
Nevland didn't wait for any other Fulham player to join him and took a shot directly across the Chelsea goal keeper. Cech should have stopped the ball from reaching its destiny. Fulham were back in business just 3 mins after the opening goal.
In the 10th min Drogba gave a good cross to Malouda which he didn't miss. 3 goals inside the first 10 mins , a perfect start for any derby match.

In the 53rd min Fulham defenders just couldn't match their speed with the chelsea's break and Anelka gave lovely waiting ball to Drogba , who scored the 3rd goal for chelsea.

Mins later Lampard's free-kick was tipped over by Schwarzer. Later Anelka outwitted Fulham defenders before giving a cross to Drogba near post , which he missed.

Chelsea warmed up for their Champions League semi-final against Barcelona next week with a comfortable 3-1 win over west London neighbours Fulham.

Final score was Chelsea 3-1 Fulham.....

EPL-United Vs Spurs

2009-04-25T23:48:00.000-07:00

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.....

EPL-Wednesday review

2009-04-23T00:12:00.000-07:00

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.....

EPL-Mid week matches review

2009-04-22T00:02:00.001-07:00

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.....

Weekend Review 11th April 09

2009-04-15T01:44:00.000-07:00

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

Man Utd	31	22	5	4	33	71

Liverpool	32	20	10	2	38	70

Chelsea	32	20	7	5	35	67

Arsenal	32	17	10	5	26	61

History of LIVERPOOL

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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.

WEEKEND REVIEW 5th APR 09

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MANCHESTER UNITED:

A must win game for the champions Manchester united against Aston villa at home. Aston villa would hate to play in Old trafford as they have not won here since 1983.
Champions were playing without the star players like Rooney,Ferdinand,Vidic,Scholes.
In the 14th min it was Millner who gave the back pass to the goal keeper Friedel , which resulted in a free kick inside the box. Old trafford's most decorated legend Giggs gave the fisrt touch to the dead ball .It was Ronaldo who finished the free kick providing the champions 1-0 lead. It was a typical Ronaldo finish.

Man utd's defending looked shaky without the main defenders Ferdinand and Vidic. Aston villa did capitalize on this not once but twice. In the 30th min England international Barry gave a lovely cross to Carew who headed it home to level the score 1-1. In the 58th min it was the first goal scorer for aston villa carew gave a cross to Agbonlahor who converted it to goal to give aston villa lead over the champions.

In the 80th min it was Ronaldo again who scored a fantastic goal from 20 yards in response to Carrick's pass which levelled the score 2-2.
Friedel denied Flecher and Welbeck from finding the net.

Then it was all 17 year old italian debutant Maceda who received a pass from Giggs and turned brilliantly before curving the ball to score a winner goal in the 93 min. It is a debut not many footballers can get.
United will go top of the table as result of this epic win.

Final score was Manchester united 3-2 Aston villa.....

EPL TABLE:

Teams GP W D L Pts

Manchester United	30	21	5	4	68
Liverpool	31	19	10	2	67
Chelsea	31	19	7	5	64
Arsenal	31	16	10	5	58
Aston Villa	31	15	7	9	52
Everton	31	14	9	8	51