Premier League Round-Up Sat 13-09-08
Posted on September 15, 2008
Filed Under Premiership 08/09
There were big wins this week for Liverpool who break there hoodoo, Arsenal who thrashed Blackburn, Fulham edge Bolton, Newcastle’s season just gets worse with a home loss to new boys Hull,Portsmouth leave it late to beat Middlesbrough, West Brom come behind to beat West Ham, Wigan & Sunderland fought out a hard draw & Chelsea win the big money game against Man City..
Man city started new signing Robinho against Chelsea & he made his mark after just 13 minutes after firing a free kick past the helpless Cech. But it didn’t last long as Chelsea hit back on 16 minutes with a neat finish from Carvalho. It stayed that way until the second half when Frank lampard ended a great flowing move to score to put Chelsea ahead . They went further ahead after 69 minutes when Anelka scored after a clever pass from Joe Cole but the game was marred near the end of the game when John Terry was shown the straight red card for brining down Jo but it was harsh to say the least but Chelsea held on to win 3-1.
What is going on a Newcastle? if it couldn’t get any worse it did when they were beaten at home 2-1 by newly promoted Hull. Marlon King opened the scoring when he just about got the ball past Shay Given from the penalty spot as it was given for Nicky Butt Bringing down Peter Halmosi. King scored his second after the break as he got clear from a Newcastle corner found some space rounded the last defender & scoring past Given. Newcastle was given some hope when new signing Xisco scored from a rebound after a shot hit the post but it got worse again as Guthrie was shown a straight red for hacking down Fagan..
Liverpool Finlay end there Man Utd Jinx by scoring a late winner to win 2-1. It was Man United who started the better when Anderson’s pass found new boy Barbatov & he showed some skill & vision when he cut thew ball back to Tevez who fired it passed Reina to give them the lead. But they then lost the plot as Van Der Sar was Flapping at a Xabi Alonso deflected shot & he ended pushing the football onto Wes Brown who couldn’t do nothing about it & into the net for a own goal. Anouther costly mistake cost them the game as Vidic & Giggs dwelled on the ball & Kuyt kicked the ball back into the danger area & there was Ryan Babel to fire the winning goal. Vidic was later send off in the last few seconds for his second yellow card.
Arsenal looked like they could be champions again with this thrashing of Blackburn 4-0. Theo Wallcott looks like the player he should be with a fine run & pass which saw Van Persie finish with the goal. Adebayor then got on the score sheet with a excellent close range header from a Denilson cross to the far post. He got his second later in the second half when he scored from the penalty spot after Stephen Warnock was adjudged to have brought down Eboue. He then went on to seal his hat trick when he was played in by Aaron Ramsey to score just before the end of the match.
West Ham’s new manager Zola was watching them get defeated 3-2 by West Brom. It only took 2 minutes for West Brom to get on the score sheet when James Morrison headed in a cross from Borja Valero. But back came West Ham Mark Noble scored first when he scored from a rebound after Scott Carson had made the save. Lucas Neill then put them in front when he capitalised on poor defending to score. But It didn’t take long for West Brom to get back into it when the equalized from a Roman Bednar penalty. West Brom got there first win & all three points when Chris Brunt collected a pass from Paul Robinson & sent his shot across Robert Green & into the net.
Fulham continued a good run when they defeated Bolton 2-1. Zoltan Gera gave them the lead when his shot from the edge of the area when in with Jussi Jaaskelainen unsighted. Just before the break they went further ahead when Zamora showed some good skill turned away from two defenders & curled a low shot into the bottom corner. Bolton got back into the game near the end with some route one football as Kevin Davies headed Jaaskelainen long free kick.
Wigan managed to salvage a point in a 1-1 draw with Sunderland. It was an own goal that gave Sunderland the lead when a cross was meat by Titus Bramble & he managed to head beyond his own keeper Chris Kirkland. But with 12 minutes left Amr Zaki took advantage of some hesitant defending & fire home to equalise. The only other thing that happened was Lee Catermole was sent off for his sceond bookable after a clumsy tackle on Teemu Tainio.
Portsmouth came from behind to beat Middlesbrough 2-1. Mido had put middlesbrough in front with a excellent goal but Jermain Defoe made up for any disappointment he had from his England chance with two goals.His first was was from a collected pass from Peter Crouch & he fired home his second was from a Terrible back pass from Stewart Downing which he latched on to & smashed a volley past the Middlesbrough keeper Ross Turnbull…
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