Premier League Round-Up Sun 17-08-08
Posted on August 18, 2008
Filed Under Premiership 08/09
Today we saw three big more matches in the premiership. There was big wins for title contenders Chelsea under new manager Luiz Felipe Scolari started in superb fashion brushing away Portsmouth with ease. Then on the other side of the coin it didn’t start good for new manager of Man City Mark Hughes who saw his side out play by Aston Villa. Then saw the champions Man Utd being held to a draw by a good looking Newcastle side which Keegan is shaping for this season.
The first live game of the day was Chelsea’s 4-0 demolition of Portsmouth who by all accounts didn’t look anything like the team who won the Fa Cup last season. On the other hand Chelsea looked like a team under Luiz Felipe Scolari who means business. It didn’t take long for them to show there stuff 12 minutes in fact Michael Ballack show some good skill & passed to Joe Cole who slid home the first. Anelka then got on the score sheet in the 26th minute when the impressive Deco crossed for him to head home & it got worse for portsmouth when on the stroke of half time Sylvain Distin handled in the box & up stepped Frank Lampard to score from the spot to start paying back that new 5 year contract. The second half didn’t change much as Portsmouth just couldn’t hold Chelsea at bay & they looked very comfortable& with1 minute left on the clock the man of the match Deco marked his debut with Chelsea by scoring a fantastic 25 yard swerving shot to give them the points & top spot for now..
Aston Villa made a fantastic start to the new campaign by beating a Man City team who had some hopes under new manager Mark Hughes 4-2. The first half was a very entertaining affair there were no goals but it kept you watching throughout. The Second half saw a explosion of goals, drama & even a 8 minute hat trick thrown in. Only 2 minutes in did we see the first goal when the pacey Ashley Young send in a good cross which John Carew headed home to score. Man City got back into the game after 64 minutes when Michael Johnson was fouled in the box & Elano stepped up to score from the spot. But just as Man city got back into the game they didn’t count on Agbonlahor to join the party. His 8 minute hat trick put Aston Villa out of site & stunned City his first was fired into the goal after a Carew knock down then his second he meet a Gareth Barry cross to poke home. It was Gareth Barry again who produced a slide-rule pass which Agbonlahorran on to & fired home for his third. Man City did get a consolation at the end with from Vedran Corluka but it was much to late to make a difference.
The last match which was live saw the champions starting their defence of the premiership title against Newcastle but it didn’t go to plan as it ended 1-1. Newcastle started really well but should have concided a pentaly early on as James Milner appeared to handle in the box but Man Utd didn’t get the decision. But Newcastle did take the lead they deserved when Obafemi Martins powered home a fantastic header from a corner but once again you can’t count Man Utd out as it only took 2 minutes to get back level. It was Ryan Giggs who worked the football & put in a cross into the box which Darren Fletcher ran on to & flicked it into the goal past Given. Both teams in the second half went close to get the breakthrough from Frazier Campbell on his premiership debut for Man Utd & Martins for Newcastle & it was Man Utdwho thought they had stole the football match right at the death when Nicky Butt Hacked down Rodrigo Possebon but the ref Mike Riley judged it to be outside the box so the game ended with both teams shareing the spoils..
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Nice review of the game. I though Man Utd were very disappointing and we definitly need some new faces as we have a few top guys out injured. With all respect Campbell and Possebon just are not good enough replcemanets in my opinion for the likes of Hargreaves, Ronaldo and Teves. Hopefully there is some movement on Berbatov this week. If not Berbatov then another bigname player as any big name needs new faces to keep the established guys on their toes