England Premier League Week 03
England Premier League Week 03 Highlights
Premier League round-up
Sunderland inflicted big-spending Manchester City’s first defeat of the season with a late 1-0 win at the Stadium of Light, while Liverpool recorded their first victory of the campaign with a 1-0 success over West Brom.
Sat 28th August 2010
Blackburn 1-2 Arsenal Highlights
Blackpool 2-2 Fulham Highlights
Chelsea 2-0 Stoke City Highlights
Tottenham 0-1 Wigan Athletic Highlights
Wolves 1-1 Newcastle Highlights
Man Utd 3-0 West Ham Utd Highlights
Sun 29th August 2010
Bolton 2-2 Birmingham Highlights
Liverpool 1-0 WBA Highlights
Sunderland 1-0 Manchester City Highlights
Aston Villa 1-0 Everton Highlights
Elsewhere, Luke Young’s early goal earned Aston Villa a 1-0 win over Everton at Villa Park and Bolton rallied from 2-0 down to earn a 2-2 draw with Birmingham despite playing the second half with ten men.
Darren Bent’s last-gasp penalty earned Sunderland a dramatic win over Manchester City at the Stadium of Light.
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Aston Villa 1-0 Everton
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Aston Villa 1-0 Everton Highlights – 29/08/2010
Scorer: Young (9)
- Aston Villa 1-0 Everton
Luke Young scored his first goal for nearly two years to earn Aston Villa victory over Everton and boost caretaker manager Kevin MacDonald’s chances of becoming Martin O’Neill’s successor.
The former England defender, who rejected a move to Liverpool earlier this month, dealt a blow to the other side of Merseyside with his ninth-minute winner.
It was Villa’s second league win under MacDonald as they bounced back from their Europa League exit at the hands of Rapid Vienna.
Villa had leaked nine goals in their previous two matches, include a 6-0 mauling by Newcastle United at St James’ Park.
But they managed to hold on for a clean sheet despite being on the defensive for lengthy periods.
Everton dominated for long spells in terms of possession with Mikel Arteta pulling the strings in the middle of the park.
But they lacked a cutting edge until Louis Saha was brought on early in the second period.
It means Everton are still searching for their first win of the campaign and have collected only one point from a possible nine.
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Sunderland 1-0 Manchester City
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Sunderland 1-0 Manchester City Highlights – 29/08/2010
Scorer: Bent (90 pen.)
- Sunderland 1-0 Manchester City
Darren Bent’s injury-time penalty condemned Manchester City to their first defeat of the season as a glaring miss left Carlos Tevez red-faced.
The Sunderland striker converted the spot-kick in the fourth minute of added time to snatch all three points after being hauled down by Micah Richards in front of goal.
Bent’s strike was the Black Cats’ reward for a concerted second-half fightback after Tevez had let them off the hook with an astonishing early miss.
The Argentinian fired high over an open goal after being played in by Yaya Toure, and the visitors were made to pay as the points slipped away.
Roberto Mancini’s side dominated before the break, but were unable to take advantage, and the home side made the most of their opportunity despite losing striker Fraizer Campbell with what looked like a serious injury.
That brought greater urgency to Steve Bruce’s pursuit of Ghana international striker Asamoah Gyan ahead of the transfer deadline, although he was able to comfort himself with a spirited display by his team.
However, it took a fine late save by keeper Simon Mignolet from substitute Emmanuel Adebayor to give Bent his big chance in front of a crowd of 38,610.
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Liverpool 1-0 West Bromwich Albion
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Liverpool 1-0 West Bromwich Albion Highlights – 29/08/2010
Scorer: Torres (65)
- Liverpool 1-0 West Bromwich Albion
Striker Fernando Torres underlined his quality – and importance to Liverpool – with a brilliant strike to defeat 10-man West Bromwich Albion at Anfield.
Two knee operations at the back-end of last season and a late return from the World Cup have impacted on the 26-year-old’s fitness and match sharpness.
But a clinical strike midway through the second half – his first Barclays Premier League goal since 28th March and 50th at Anfield in all competitions – proved too good for promoted West Brom.
Torres was rested for the midweek Europa League play-off trip to Trabzonspor and the decision was justified with victory in Turkey without him and, more importantly, rewarded with the winning goal against the Baggies.
He had not scored in 10 matches for club and country coming into this match as he has been working his way back to fitness but even a 75 per cent fit Torres provides a threat for opposition defences.
Torres had three half-chances in the opening 45 minutes but none could have been classed a genuine opportunity.
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Bolton Wanderers 2-2 Birmingham City
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Bolton Wanderers 2-2 Birmingham City Highlights – 29/08/2010
Scorer: Davies (70 pen.) / Scorer: Blake (80) – Scorer: Johnson (4) / Scorer: Gardner (50)
- Bolton Wanderers 2-2 Birmingham City
Kevin Davies and Robbie Blake struck from set-pieces as 10-man Bolton Wanderers came from two down to claim a draw in a fiery Barclays Premier League contest with Birmingham City.
Blues defender Roger Johnson began an eventful afternoon at the Reebok Stadium with an early opener before getting involved in an incident that saw Bolton goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen sent off.
Johnson had challenged Jaaskelainen for the ball just before half-time and the Finn appeared to slap him in the face as they regained their feet.
Craig Gardner doubled Birmingham’s lead but Bolton responded to the challenge to maintain their unbeaten start to the campaign.
Davies replied with a penalty after a foul by the ubiquitous Johnson and veteran Blake levelled with a stunning late free-kick.
Both sides went into the game with confidence after collecting four points each from their opening two games.
Changes were minimal with Bolton fielding the same XI that beat West Ham United last week and Birmingham bringing in the influential Lee Bowyer for Nikola Zigic.
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Manchester United 3-0 West Ham United
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Manchester United 3-0 West Ham United Highlights – 29/08/2010
- Manchester United 3-0 West Ham United
Scorer: Rooney (33 pen.) / Scorer: Nani (49) / Scorer: Berbatov (68)
Wayne Rooney ended his five-month wait for a goal as he set Manchester United on their way to a comfortable Barclays Premier League win over West Ham United.
Rooney’s 33rd-minute penalty after Jonathan Spector had fouled Ryan Giggs will hardly enter his personal hall of fame.
But it ends the talk of his scoring drought and should go some way to easing the 24-year-old back to top form after a slow start to the season.
Second-half efforts from Nani and Dimitar Berbatov, who took his tally to three in four matches, sealed victory to keep United in touch with early pace-setters Chelsea.
But for West Ham, the international break only provides further opportunity to worry.
Without a point under Avram Grant’s stewardship, the Hammers are now bottom of the table and facing a fight to preserve their top-flight status.
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Wolves 1-1 Newcastle United
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Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1 Newcastle United Highlights – 29/08/2010
- Wolves 1-1 Newcastle
Scorer: Ebanks-Blake (43) – Scorer: Carroll (62)
Andy Carroll took his goal tally to four in the last two matches to rescue a deserved point for Newcastle United in an incident-packed Barclays Premier League match with Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux.
Carroll followed up his hat-trick against Aston Villa by cancelling out Sylvan Ebanks-Blake’s second goal of the campaign – as many as he managed in the whole of last season.
Newcastle had enough opportunities to secure a second win of the season, but Wolves maintained their unbeaten start.
This was an old-fashioned blood and thunder type of encounter with the tackles flying in from both sides throughout the 90 minutes. Wolves had seven players booked and Newcastle five.
The Magpies demolished managerless Villa 6-0 last weekend and they created plenty of chances against Mick McCarthy’s side.
Skipper Kevin Nolan, in particular, will feel he should have been more clinical in front of goal on at least two occasions.
Carroll gave more glimpses of his potential and was a constant source of danger.
But Wolves have developed a never-say-die attitude under McCarthy and this was typified by captain Karl Henry’s driving display in midfield.
Tottenham 0-1 Wigan Athletic
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Tottenham 0-1 Wigan Athletic Highlights – 29/08/2010
- Tottenham 0-1 Wigan Athletic
Scorer: Rodallega (80)
Wigan Athletic put their horrendous start to the Barclays Premier League season behind them with a smash-and-grab victory at Tottenham Hotspur.
Hugo Rodallega scored the winner 10 minutes from full-time after Carlo Cudicini allowed the winger’s tame shot to squirm past him.
It was a remarkable result for a Latics side who had conceded 10 goals in their opening two Barclays Premier League matches and nine in the corresponding fixture last season.
Spurs made a sluggish start and Rodallega flashed an early warning shot wide before poor defending from an eighth-minute corner saw Steve Gohouri smash the ball against the crossbar from Mauro Boselli’s knockdown.
Tottenham were conceding possession in dangerous areas, while a clumsy defensive clearance nearly ricocheted past Cudicini.
The home side eventually got going and Jermain Defoe was given the freedom of the Wigan penalty box to fire a low shot which brought the best out of Ali Al Habsi, the on-loan Bolton keeper starting ahead of Chris Kirkland, who was not in the squad.
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Chelsea 2-0 Stoke City
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Chelsea 2-0 Stoke City Highlights – 29/08/2010
Scorer: Malouda (31) / Scorer: Drogba (76 pen.)
- Chelsea 2-0 Stoke City
It did not rain goals at Stamford Bridge for a change but Florent Malouda and Didier Drogba still came up with two vital strikes to keep Chelsea’s 100 per cent record intact at the top of the Barclays Premier League.
Malouda expertly converted a first-half opportunity with his right foot against a Stoke City side made of much sterner stuff than the Tony Pulis team who surrendered seven at the Bridge back in April.
And Drogba supplied the coup de grace with a second-half penalty after Thomas Sorensen had brought down Nicolas Anelka.
Chelsea even had the luxury of seeing Frank Lampard miss the tamest of first-half penalties.
While it was not the goal rout of recent weeks, Chelsea were by far the classier side, giving warning of what was to come within five minutes when Michael Essien split the Stoke defence with a pass into the path of Ashley Cole to set up a chance the England full-back pulled wide.
Stoke also had their chances early on, Dean Whitehead bringing a sharp save from Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech with a snap shot following a neat one-two with Kenwyne Jones and Jonathan Walters lifting a lob on to the top of the Chelsea net.
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Blackpool 2-2 Fulham
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Blackpool 2-2 Fulham Highlights – 29/08/2010
Scorer: Pantsil (71 o.g.) / Scorer: Varney (75) – Scorer: Zamora (35) / Scorer: Etuhu (86)
Dickson Etuhu ended an exciting encounter with an 87th-minute equaliser for Fulham.
Blackpool 2-2 Fulham
Bobby Zamora opened the scoring for Fulham before going off with a knock in the second half.
Etuhu had the final word but Blackpool have now taken a heartening four points from three matches in the top flight.
Varney almost put Blackpool ahead in the third minute. He tested goalkeeper David Stockdale – another possible England candidate – from the edge of the area in the third minute, the keeper reacting to see the ball to safety.
Blackpool had the ball in the net after 18 minutes but Brett Ormerod’s header following a cross from Charlie Adam was ruled out for offside.
Varney was looking lively and skipped past Pantsil two minutes later, only to find the wrong side of the post with his effort.
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