Aston Villa 0 Wigan 2
Wigan secure Premiership safety thanks to 2 goals from Antonio Valencia that left a Aston Villa side fighting for 5th spot & Uefa cup football next season in the balance from this unexpected result of the day.
Right from the off Wigan showed they were here to spoil the day as they started very well showing some good football which Steve Bruce had brought to the club.Olof Mellberg who was starting his last home match for Villa had to make some important tackles & it took Villa until the 20th minute to actually create a chance. Martin O’Neill
A great free kick from Ashley Young found the head of Zak Knight which was heading towards goal only for Chris Kirkland to pull off a fine save.Villa started to get into the match more & the impressive Barry started to get hold of midfield & create chances.He had one himself but Kirkland made another fine save & then Agbonlahor should have done better but could only drag his shot wide.Villa tried for the rest of the half but found Wigan in determined mood.
Reading 0 Tottenham 1
Reading are pinning all there hope’s on there home game against Derby next Sunday & hoping Fulham don’t beat Portsmouth after another loss in the premiership.They have only managed to win 3 times since christmas & since they last scored is amazing & it stands at 550 football match minutes.
The first half was all Tottenham & the fans were wondering if Reading even turned up as it was chance after chance for Tottenham & you could see why Reading were in the bottom three after this game.It didn’t take Darren Bent long to cause some trouble as his speed took him behind the defence & force a stop from Marcus Hahnemann.Tottenham then dominated the possession & the game & it took only 16 minutes for them to score.That man Bent again with his speed ran at the defence & passed it to Keane who went passed two defender’s & had a delightful shot which ended up into the corner of the net. Steve Coppell
Reading knowing there plight just couldn’t get going & with Tottenham playing so well it was hard to do so. Keane then had a free kick which had the keeper using a strong hand to get it away followed by Malbranque who scored a lovely second goal but the linesman ruled it offside where on the replayed you could see it wasn’t so Reading survived there.With Rosenior doing a superb tackle to keep out Keane & with Rita & Doyle trying there best at the other end but finding the Tottenham defence in superb form they went off at half time looking like a relegated team.
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Bolton 2 Sunderland 0
Bolton can breath a huge sigh of relief with this fantastic win against Sunderland with puts them 3 points above the relegation zone with 1 game left but there goal difference is way better then teams down the bottom so they should be okay.
During the first half you could see why Bolton was down there fighting as trying to score a goal was becoming hard work & with all there battling & possession .Even though they had Nolan back from suspension & Diouf playing his last home game there passing & movement wasn’t really together & it looked like another frustration afternoon.
But 5 minutes before half time they had hope Nolan got hold of the ball found some space & time & put in a cross from the right which Diouf picked up & had lots of time to control the ball how he wanted it & smash a low hard shot passed the hands of Craig Gordon & into the net to send the Bolton fans dreaming of staying up. Roy Keane
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Fulham 2 Birmingham 0
Fulham scored twice to keep alive there hopes of a dramatic escape & send Birmingham into the drop zone & steering relegation in the face.
Fulham started the best early on as they looked like a team who needed to win to have a chance of staying up.Brian McBride was up for it & looked the most player with a purpose when he had a strong header which hit the Birmingham bar but he was rules off side.Birmingham was living dangerously when Taylor had to be at his best to pull of a save from Simon Davis 10 yard shot from a Bullard free kick.
It was Birmingham who should have taken the lead when Forssell really made a mess of it when he was right in front of goal but his mis control cost him dear.James McFadden then got into the game when his control & good work found Forssell who tried to get his shot away but for a timely challenge from Aaron Hughes he could have scored.Birmingham then tried for the rest of the half but didn’t creative much & it remained 0-0. Alex Mcleish
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Arsenal 1 Everton 0
Arsenal keep in the hunt for the automatic champions league place while Everton have to go to the final week to secure the fifth spot & Uefa cup football next season.
This had end of season football match written all over it as Arsenal left out argubly there best 4 midfielders through suspension & injury while Everton went 5 in midfield & Johnson up top & left Yakubu on the bench.In the first half Arsenal had all the possession & Everton kept 10 men behind the ball & there weren’t a lot of chances it was more like a party than a football match. David Moyes
Theo Walcott did have a chance but fired wide & Gilberto had a header which was way off target then Everton had a chance when Johnson was put through from a superb ball from Fernandes & his shot came off the legs of the young goalkeeper Fabianski.Then from the corner Lescott found himself free to plant a header only for Denilson to clear it off the line & away.
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