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EPL: L'pool 0 - 1 Man Utd; Arsenal 1 - 0 Chelsea

December 17th 2007 06:30

Sat, Dec 15:

Birmingham 1 - 1 Reading
Derby 0 - 1 Middlesbrough
Man City 4 - 2 Bolton
Portsmouth 0 - 1 Tottenham
Sunderland 1 - 1 Aston Villa
West Ham 0 - 2 Everton
Wigan 5 - 3 Blackburn
Fulham 0 - 1 Newcastle

Sun, Dec 16:

Liverpool 0 - 1 Man Utd
Arsenal 1 - 0 Chelsea

Sun, Dec 16:

The Premiership 'Big Four' went head to head over the weekend with Manchester United and Arsenal coming out on top with 1-0 victories over Liverpool and Chelsea respectively.

Despite dominating the match at Anfield, Liverpool failed to make any in-roads pass the United defence and were made to pay when Carlos Tevez pounced on a Ryan Giggs corner to fire home the winner late in the first half.

The win for Sir Alex Ferguson's men has left United nine points in front of their fierce north-west rivals.

Meanwhile at the Emirates, Arsenal captain William Gallas made his former club pay by heading home the only goal of the game on the stroke of half-time. The Frenchman cashed in on an uncharacteristic error from Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech to give his side victory and a six-point cushion over their London rivals.

The match of the weekend - an eight-goal thriller - took place on Saturday between Wigan and Blackburn at the JJB stadium.

Marcus Bent and Roque Santa Cruz both completed hat-tricks in a pulsating match which saw Wigan throw away a three-goal lead before eventually overcoming 10-man Blackburn 5-3 to end their 14-match winless run.

In other matches, wins were recorded for Middlesbrough, Man City, Tottenham, Everton and Newcastle.

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Posted By: charles - Category: EPL results, English football news, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United

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English Premier League: Arsenal returns to Premiership summit

November 13th 2007 07:00

Mon, Nov 12:

Reading 1 - 3 Arsenal

SUMMARY:

Reading 1 - 3 Arsenal

Manchester United's brief stay at the summit of the English Premier League was ended by Arsenal overnight as they recorded a 3 - 1 victory at Reading.

The Gunners tore apart Reading at ease with Mathieu Flamini and the impressive Emmanuel Adebayor finishing off superb moves either side of half time. Alexander Hleb then capped off a fine performance with a fantastic late solo goal to wrap up a convincing victory for the visitors.

Reading's England full-back Nicky Shorey grabbed a late, late goal in the 87th minute but it only proved to be a mere consolation for the home side who were simply outclassed by Arsene Wenger's men.

The win extended a club record unbeaten run to 27 successive games for the Gunners who are sitting at the top of the Premiership ladder level on points with Manchester United at 30 apiece, but with a crucial game in hand.

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Posted By: charles - Category: EPL results, English football news, Arsenal, Reading

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Crouch scores sensational hat-trick for Liverpool

April 2nd 2007 05:58

Sat, Mar 31:

Liverpool 4 - 1 Arsenal
Bolton 1 - 0 Sheff Utd
Charlton 1 - 0 Wigan
Fulham 1 - 1 Portsmouth
Man Utd 4 - 1 Blackburn
Newcastle 0 - 1 Man City
West Ham 2 - 0 Middlesbrough
Watford 0 - 1 Chelsea

Sun, Apr 1:

Tottenham 1 - 0 Reading

SUMMARY:

No England supporter would ever have imagined themselves saying this, but boy did England miss out on the goal-scoring 'prowess' of Liverpool striker Peter Crouch.

The England striker signalled his come-back from surgery to a broken nose with a sensational hat-trick against Arsenal at Anfield.

The Bean-pole striker's first goal came as early as the 4th minute when Jermaine Pennant and Alvaro Arbeloa exchanged exquisite back-heels to setup the first goal.

Half an hour later, Crouch doubled his side's lead from a set-piece after being fouled by Kolo Toure. Xabi Alonso delivered a pin-point free-kick into the box for Crouch to power home the header. 2 - 0 Liverpool.

Rather than sit back and defend their lead, the Reds came out for the second-half in search for more blood and Daniel Agger delivered the third goal with a glancing header in the 60th minute.

Soon after, Arsenal bundled in a consolation goal through former Chelsea defender William Gallas - why do centre-backs always seem to have a knack for scoring against Liverpool (think Rio Ferdinand earlier this season).

Peter Crouch, high on confidence after two great goals in the first half, completed his brilliant hat-trick in the 81st minute when he danced around in the box before firing a left-foot shot pass the helpless Lehmann.

A fantastic result for the Reds that could go a long way in determining who ends up with the coveted third spot in the league as well as revenging the cup losses to the Gunners earlier this season.

And what about the main man Peter Crouch? I have never sung his praises, but he deserves a huge pat on the back for such a tremendous performance. Hat-tricks don't get any better than this and some would describe this particular one as 'perfect' - one with the right foot, one with the left, and a header.

Amazing.

Elsewhere, Manchester United came from behind to record a 4 - 1 win over Blackburn at Old Trafford.

After falling behind to a Matt Derbyshire goal in the 29th minute, the Red Devils had to wait until the second half before finding the net and the floodgates opened thereafter.

Paul Scholes opened the scoring with a shot into the bottom corner and Michael Carrick (73), Ji-Sung Park (83) and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (90) chipped in to send United 9-points clear at the table momentarily.

Chelsea only just managed to stay in touch with the league leaders courtesy of substitute Salomon Kalou's injury time goal to keep Chelsea's Barclays Premiership hopes alive.

Elsewhere, wins were recorded for Bolton, Manchester City, Charlton, West Ham and Tottenham.

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