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Craig HillEPL: The clash of the Big Four
March 24th 2008 11:30
Sat, Mar 22:
Tottenham 2 - 0 Portsmouth
Middlesbrough 1 - 0 Derby
Newcastle 2 - 0 Fulham
Reading 2 - 1 Birmingham
Aston Villa 0 - 1 Sunderland
Blackburn 3 - 1 Wigan
Bolton 0 - 0 Man City
Everton 1 - 1 West Ham
Sun, Mar 23:
Man Utd 3 - 0 Liverpool
Chelsea 2 - 1 Arsenal
SUMMARY:
Newcastle United finally recorded their first victory under Kevin Keegan's second tenure at the struggling club with a 2-0 win over fellow strugglers Fulham.
Socceroo captain Mark Viduka and England striker Michael Owen scored in the 6th and 83rd minute to give the Toon Army only their first win in 10 matches and some much needed breathing space between them and the clubs in the relegation zone.
Manchester United stretched their lead at the top of the English Premier League to five points with a 3-0 victory over 10-man Liverpool at Old Trafford.
Defender Wes Brown opened the scoring with his first goal of the season in the first half and it was all United in the second half as Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano got himself sent off for dissent just before the break.
Regardless of how harsh referee Steve Bennett's decision was, Mascherano had put himself in such a position to earn a second booking thus a red card for arguing with the ref and had to be pulled away from the pitch.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani netted inside the last 11 minutes to crush the Reds and in doing so, extinguished any faint title hopes they still might have had going into the tie.
Chelsea moved into second place on the ladder, 5 points adrift of the leaders, with a 2-1 win over Arsenal at Stamford Bridge.
Didier Drogba proved that he is still the most lethal striker in the Premiership with a well-taken double over the Gunners after the visitors had taken the lead in the 59th minute. The Ivory Coast striker was the first to react to a loose ball to drill home a low shot for the equaliser in the 73rd minute before before sealing the win just 8 minutes later with his second goal of the match.
In other matches, wins were recorded for Tottenham, Middlesbrough, Reading, Sunderland and Blackburn.
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