Oracle of Delphi
techman
Graham Fisher
Andrew Aigner-Muehler
LukeS
Craig Hill
Hardy
EPL: 2-from-2 for Liverpool and Chelsea
August 25th 2008 04:55
Sat, Aug 23:
Liverpool 2 - 1 Middlesbrough
Newcastle 1 - 0 Bolton
Stoke 3 - 2 Aston Villa
Tottenham 1 - 2 Sunderland
West Brom 1 - 2 Everton
Blackburn 1 - 1 Hull
Fulham 1 - 0 Arsenal
Sun, Aug 25:
Wigan 0 - 1 Chelsea
Man City 3 - 0 West Ham
SUMMARY:
After just two rounds of the new Barclaycard English Premier League season, Chelsea and Liverpool are the only two clubs to have taken maximum points with their second consecutive win - against Wigan and Middlesbrough respectively.
The Reds were pushed to the limit by Boro and so nearly lost in their first home game of the season until Captain marvel Steven Gerrard came to the rescue - as he has done so many times in the past - with a stoppage time winner.
Mido fired the visitors in front with 20 minutes left on the clock and it took a wicked deflection for the hosts to equalise with five minutes of regulation time remaining before Gerrard pounced in stoppage time to bail out his side.
Despite showing the resilience to come from behind to claim all three points, Reds boss Rafa Benitez must be alarmed by Liverpool's early season form which has been pretty woeful at best and things will have to be addressed before the mid-week Champions League qualifier.
Chelsea never reached the same heights of their season-opening game against Portsmouth last weekend but new manager Luiz Felipe Scolari will be happy with his side's win over Wigan at the JJB stadium.
Portugal midfielder continued his fine start to English football with his second goal in as many games - lashing home a free-kick in just the third minute of the match to seal a 1-0 away win for the Blues.
Meanwhile, Arsenal suffered a surprise 0-1 loss to Fulham at Craven Cottage with Norwegian defender Brede Hangeland scoring the winner for the home side in the 21st minute to hand Arsene Wenger's men their first loss of the season.
The French boss conceded his side just weren't good enough despite dominating the game for most of the match and things will need to improve before the return leg of the Champions League match during the week.
In other matches, wins were recorded for Newcastle, Stoke, Sunderland, Everton, and Manchester City.
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