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Fan Football - by Ross CarpenterSpurs ruins Rovers direct bid for UEFA cup footballMay 11th 2007 04:50
Thur, May 10: Tottenham 1 - 1 Blackburn SUMMARY: Blackburn Rovers will have to play in the Intertoto Cup and qualify for a place in Europe next season after Tottenham ended their direct UEFA cup qualification dreams overnight in a 1-1 draw at White Hart Lane. Benni McCarthy opened the scoring for the visitors in the 32nd minute but England striker Jermain Defoe equalised for Spurs in the second half.
Ronaldo and Rooney double-actMarch 19th 2007 03:57
RESULTS: Sat, Mar 17: Man Utd 4 - 1 Bolton Chelsea 3 - 0 Sheff Utd Middlesbrough 0 - 2 Man City Reading 0 - 0 Portsmouth Tottenham 3 - 1 Watford Wigan 0 - 0 Fulham Blackburn 1 - 2 West Ham Sun, Mar 18: Charlton 2 - 0 Newcastle Aston Villa 0 - 0 Liverpool Everton 1 - 0 Arsenal SUMMARY: Manchester United's Park Ji-Sung and Wayne Rooney both scored a brace in their team's 4-1 victory over Bolton at Old Trafford. However, the chief tormentor for Bolton was none other than in-form Portugal international Cristiano Ronaldo who played a part in three of the four goals, including a stunning 80 yard run from the edge of his own box to setup Wayne Rooney for a chipped goal. A serious-looking ankle injury to skipper Gary Neville in the 10th minute was the only sour-note of a dominant Red Devils performance and with six senior players already on the treatment table, the latest injury blow will truly test the depth of Sir Alex Ferguson's squad. Chelsea are still in hot pursuit of the league leaders with a comfortable 3-0 demolition job on struggling Sheffield United at Stamford Bridge. Goals from Andriy Shevchenko, Salomon Kalou and substitute Michael Ballack were more than enough to settle a game in which the home side were rarely in trouble. Arsenal and Liverpool, however, were unable to keep up with the top two sides with a loss and draw respectively. The Gunners lost to an injury time winner from Everton's Andy Johnson which came from Mikel Arteta's corner. Arsenal chose the worst time to lose concentration and failed to clear the ball allowing the striker to drill home with a left-foot shot. Meanwhile, Liverpool dominated possession at Villa Park but was unable to find a way past a resilient Aston Villa defence, reinforcing the need for a world-class striker in the off-season. The man known as "God" to Liverpool fans, Robbie Fowler, replaced Gerrard with six minutes left and almost won the game for Liverpool when his header was turned around the post by Sorensen. Oh what might have been had Fowler been brought on earlier when it was clear that a goal-poacher of his quality would not go amiss. In other games, wins were recorded for Manchester City - a huge relief for under-fire manager Stuart Pearce - Tottenham, West Ham and Charlton.
Liverpool's unbeaten home run endsMarch 5th 2007 03:40
RESULTS: Sat, March 3: Liverpool 0 - 1 Man Utd Arsenal 2 - 1 Reading Fulham 1 - 1 Aston Villa Man City 0 - 1 Wigan Newcastle 0 - 0 Middlesbrough Sheff Utd 1 - 1 Everton Watford 2 - 2 Charlton Portsmouth 0 - 2 Chelsea Sun, March 4: Bolton 1 - 2 Blackburn West Ham 3 - 4 Tottenham SUMMARY: Liverpool's unbeaten home run was ended in dramatic fashion when Manchester United defender John O'Shea's shot from a loose ball ended in the back of the net in the dying seconds. Manchester United visited Anfield knowing that a win would give them a hand on the prized Premiership trophy but Liverpool had other ideas and dominated the game throughout the match. However, in the dying seconds, the Red Devils pulled off an amazing "smash and grab" when O'Shea scored after a Ronaldo free-kick had rebounded off Liverpool keeperJose Reina. Sir Alex Ferguson claimed Manchester United were lucky to beat Liverpool - and admitted the referee was right to send off Paul Scholes, who flung a stray arm at Xabi Alonso, for violent conduct. Manchester United now has a nine-point lead in the Premiership race with just nine games remaining and the win at Anfield may have just sealed it for the Red Devils. Chelsea remains within sight of the leaders with a 2-0 win over Portsmouth at Fratton Park courtesy of Didier Drogba's 29th goal of the season and Salomon Kalou's 82nd minute goal. Arsenal bounced back from their recent disappoint to beat Reading at home to move within a point of third place Liverpool. Elsewhere, West Ham's relegation battle looks doomed after throwing away a 2-0 lead to lose 3-4 to Tottenham. The Hammer's defensive frailities were cruelly exposed when Tottenham scored twice in as many minutes to down the fellow Londoners. Wins were also recorded for Blackburn and Wigan.
English Premier League results (10-11/02)February 12th 2007 04:47
RESULTS: Sat, Feb 10: Reading 2 - 0 Aston Villa Chelsea 3 - 0 Middlesbrough Everton 1 - 0 Blackburn Man Utd 2 - 0 Charlton Newcastle 2 - 1 Liverpool Sheff Utd 2 - 1 Tottenham West Ham 0 - 1 Watford Portsmouth 2 - 1 Man City Sun, Feb 11: Bolton 2 - 1 Fulham Arsenal 2 - 1 Wigan SUMMARY: The results from the Premier League this weekend was "same old, same old" with Manchester United and Chelsea achieving 2-0 and 3-0 wins respectively. The Red Devil's 6-point cushion remained intact despite never hitting top form after goals from midfielders Ji-Sung Park and Darren Fletcher secured a 2-0 victory. Didier Drogba's brace helped Chelsea on their way to a 3-0 victory against Aussie Mark Viduka's Middlesbrough with the Aussie guilty of missing a sitter after superbly pulling away from his marker, England captain John Terry, no less. Rather than celebrating their first win under new American owners, Liverpool came unstuck against Newcastle at St James' Park having taken the lead through ex-Newcastle player Craig Bellamy (who was roundly booed, as one would expect) before the Toon brigade fought back to snatch a 2-1 home victory. On Sunday, Arsenal came from behind to earn a hard fought victory over Wigan to keep their unbeaten home record intact. Wigan stole the lead in the first half with a screamer from Denny Landzaat and it took until the 81st minute for the Gunners to equalise through a fortuitous own goal. Czech midfielder Tomas Rosicky then scored the winner for Arsenal with a header in the dying minutes of the game to seal the three points for the home side.
English Premier League results (3-4/02)February 5th 2007 06:37
RESULTS: Sat, Feb 3: Liverpool 0 - 0 Everton Aston Villa 1 - 0 West Ham Blackburn 2 - 1 Sheff Utd Charlton 0 - 1 Chelsea Fulham 2 - 1 Newcastle Man City 0 - 2 Reading Watford 0 - 1 Bolton Wigan 1 - 0 Portsmouth Middlesbrough 1 - 1 Arsenal Sun, Feb 4: Tottenham 0 - 4 Man Utd SUMMARY: The 205th Merseyside derby between Liverpool and Everton finished goal-less with the blue half of Merseyside celebrating the feat of taking four points off fierce rivals Liverpool in a single season. The build-up to the big game was all about the Mighty Reds avenging the 0-3 loss to Everton earlier in the season with manager Rafa Benitez signalling his intent by fielding a three-pronged attack of Peter Crouch, Dirk Kuyt and Craig Bellamy. However, a determined Everton outfit defended admirably to earn a point at the fortress that is Anfield with the Reds unable to breach the stubborn defence marshalled by Alan Stubbs. Ten-men Arsenal fought hard to earn a draw with Middlesborough on Teeside and hard to rely on talismanic captain Thierry Henry to equalise in the 77th minute. Australia captain Mark Viduka was on fine form and gave nightmares to Arsenal defender Kolo Toure all afternoon and was unlucky not to make the score-sheet. Elsewhere on Saturday were wins for Aston Villa, Blackburn, Chelsea, Fulham, Reading, Bolton and Wigan. On Sunday, league leaders Manchester United regained their six-point cushion on second placed Chelsea with a 4-0 win over Tottenham at White Hart Lane. On-form Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring with a controversial penalty at half-time when he appeared to dive in the box when challenged by Spurs defenders Steed Malbranque and Lee Young-Pyo. I would've liked to give Ronaldo the benefit of the doubt, but given his reputation as a diver and the minimal amount of contact in the challenge, I would have to say that Spurs were hard done by. Watch the video and see for yourself. In the second half, it was all United with defender Nemanja Vidic, Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs all getting on the score-sheet.
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