By Danny Wright
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Thank goodness for that. Premier League football is back, and the old beast made its return with some aplomb in an action packed weekend. The ‘Get on With The Game’ plan made its debut, and a refreshing lack of abuse directed at the officials could be witnessed up and down the country. It [...]
The Weekend Round-up
Manchester United retained their title after a 2-0 victory over Wigan, although Chelsea’s attempts were in vain as they slipped to a 1-1 draw at home to Bolton despite leading. Wigan were denied a penalty for handball against Rio Ferdinand, but Emerson Boyce’s trip on Wayne Rooney was awarded by Steve Bennet.Â
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Chelsea hauled themselves back into the title race in dramatic fashion as they clinched an unlikely 2-1 win over Manchester United. The match wasn’t without controversy mind, as a 86th minute penalty, awarded against Michael Carrick for handball, decided the encounter and put Chelsea level on points with Untied at the top of [...]
By Danny Wright
With many focusing on the two-horse title race, teams at the bottom of the Premier League provided the bulk of the noteworthy entertainment. Firstly, Fulham were more or less condemned by a more or less full strength Liverpool side. Jermaine Pennant and Peter Crouch recorded a 2-0 win for the Reds, who had one eye [...]
By Danny Wright
Manchester United took a step closer to retaining their Premier League crown with a vital 2-1 win over Arsenal in an entertaining game at Old Trafford. The result effectively knows the Gunners out of the title race, but they very much in the hunt when Emmanuel Adebayor bundled the ball home with his [...]
By Danny Wright
Portsmouth reached the FA Cup Final for the first time in 69 years with a fortunate 1-0 win over Championship side West Bromwich Alboin. The Baggies dominated the first half, passing the ball nicely but they seldom threatened David James’ goal, and this was punished (doesn’t it always?) when former Alboin player Kanu tapped [...]
By Danny Wright
Liverpool came up trumps in the Merseyside derby with a priceless 1-0 over arch rivals Everton. Fernando Torres’ first half strike was enough to settle the tie, against a poor Everton side that rarely threatened Pepe Reina’s goal. Liverpool now go five points clear of the Toffees, and with five games remaining, it [...]
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Didier Drogba mustered a stunning double late in the game to snatch three points from Chelsea in the ‘Grand Slam Sunday’ clash against Arsenal. The result puts Chelsea into second, leapfrogging Arsenal, but that could have been very different had Bacary Sagna’s header gone unanswered. Drogba notched his first with a smart swivel [...]
Teams at the bottom almost upset the apple cart at the top this weekend, as Derby and Middlesborough had their say in the fortunes of rivals Manchester United and Arsenal. At Pride Park Derby ran United all the way before succumbing to Cristiano Ronaldo’s close range winner, however the result didn’t do justice to the [...]
By Danny Wright
An exciting blend of cup and league football entertained us this weekend, as we found out only one Premier League team will be playing in the FA Cup semi-finals. The holders Chelsea were dumped out by Championship side Barnsley, as Luke Steele and his team mates pulled out the stops to humble a [...]
