Oracle of Delphi
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EPL: Chelsea 1-1 Manchester United
September 22nd 2008 03:55
Sat, Sep 20:
Sunderland 2 - 0 Middlesbrough
West Ham 3 - 1 Newcastle
Blackburn 1 - 0 Fulham
Liverpool 0 - 0 Stoke
Bolton 1 - 3 Arsenal
Sun, Sep 21:
West Brom 1 - 2 Aston Villa
Chelsea 1 - 1 Man Utd
Hull 2 - 2 Everton
Man City 6 - 0 Portsmouth
Tottenham 0 - 0 Wigan
SUMMARY:
Last season's Champions League finalists went into battle in the English Premier League over the weekend with a share of the spoils for both sides as they played out an entertaining 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge.
The visitors took an early lead through South Korea international Ji-Sung Park after he bundled home a loose ball but just like at Anfield last weekend, the reigning champs lost their way in the second half and allowed Chelsea to dominate proceedings and the home side were duly rewarded when Salomon Kalou salvaged a point with a goal in the 80th minute to preserve Chelsea's 85-game unbeaten home record.
Arsenal moved to the top of the Premier League with a superb 3-1 win over Bolton at the Reebok on Saturday. Cementing their reputation as the team that plays the most attractive football in the EPL, the Gunners actually fell behind to a goal before Emmanuel Eboue and Nicklas Bendtner turned the game on its head with two goals in two minutes.
Denilson then made sure of victory three minutes from time, sweeping home a cross from Adebayor.
The match of the weekend took place in Manchester as City ran riot in front of their new Chairman, firing six unanswered goals past Portsmouth. The home side ripped apart Harry Redknapp's side from the get go, the Pompey's 3-5-2 line-up unable to withstand the City onslaught led by Brazilians Jo and British record signing Robinho, who made it two goals in two games with his new club.
In all, six different players got on the scoresheet: Jô (13), Richard Dunne (20), Robinho (57), Shaun Wright-Phillips (68), Ched Evans (78) and Fernandes Gelson (83).
In other matches, wins were recorded for Sunderland, West Ham, Blackburn and Aston Villa. Tottenham remains rooted at the bottom of the table with just 2 points from 5 matches.
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