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Craig HillEPL: Liverpool on top in Merseyside derby
March 31st 2008 03:40
Sat, Mar 29:
Birmingham 3 - 1 Man City
Bolton 2 - 3 Arsenal
Derby 2 - 2 Fulham
Portsmouth 2 - 0 Wigan
Reading 0 - 0 Blackburn
Sunderland 2 - 1 West Ham
Man Utd 4 - 0 Aston Villa
Sun, Mar 30:
Chelsea 1 - 0 Middlesbrough
Tottenham 1 - 4 Newcastle
Liverpool 1 - 0 Everton
SUMMARY:
The Merseyside derby and battle for fourth place took centre stage this Premiership weekend with Liverpool coming out on top with a 1-0 victory over fierce city rivals Everton.
These days, it almost seems that as long as you have Fernando Torres in your team he will score and he did just that in the 7th minute with his 21st Premiership goal of the season (and 28th in all competitions) as well as equalling the club record of scoring in six successive home league games.
It was a classic poacher's goal - Torres was the quickest to a loose ball - that showed off his predatory instinct to drill a shot past Everton keeper Tim Howard. The Reds had plenty of chances to kill off the game as a contest in the 1st half but ended up having to defend their slender lead against wave after wave of Evertonian attacks after the break.
The Reds were able to hang on and increased the gap between them and 5th placed Everton to 5 points.
Meanwhile, Arsenal came back from 2-0 down to beat Bolton 3-2 at the Reebok stadium despite playing with 10-men for just over an hour.
A brace from Bolton's Matthew Taylor had the home side seemingly set for victory after the visitor's had Abou Diaby sent off with a straight red in the 31st minute. Arsene Wenger must have given his troops one heck of a pep talk during the week and the Gunners came out firing cannons as they equalised with two quick goals before snatching victory in the dying seconds when Hleb's cross from the left took two deflections, the last off Samuel to give the Gunners precious three points and hope in the title race.
Manchester United remain the team to beat in the EPL with a 4-0 rout of Aston Villa. Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring with his 35th goal of a remarkable season and Carlos Tevez added a second to leave Villa stunned. A Wayne Rooney double in the second half sealed the rout for the home side who next play Roma in the Champions League.
Newcastle enjoyed their second win under Kevin Keegan - and first back-to-back victory since December 2007 - with a buoyant 4-1 win over Tottenham.
Despite falling a goal behind, the visitors kept their heads up and equalised through midfielder Nicky Butt just before the break. Geremi the put Newcastle ahead with a free-kick before England striker Michael Owen scored his third in as many games for his club.
Obafemi Martins added more gloss to the win with a fourth with eight minutes remaining as Newcastle edged to Premier League safety for next season.
In other games, wins were recorded for Birmingham, Portsmouth, Sunderland and Chelsea.
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