Premier League Round-Up Sat 20-09-08
Posted on September 21, 2008
Filed Under Premiership 08/09
New West Ham boss Gianfranco Zola got off to a winning start when they beat Newcastle. Blackburn got a last minute goal to beat Fulham, Arsenal showed they can win again by beating Bolton ,Sunderland won the derby with a good win over Middlesbrough & Stoke put up a fantastic display to deny Liverpool at anfield.
Liverpool again showed that a league title could be a long way off when they struggled against a strong Stoke side who held them to a 0-0 draw at anfield. Steven Gerrard thought he had scored a 100th league goal of his carrier when he curled a free kick into the top corner only for it to be ruled out for off-side. The rest of the football match was Liverpool couldn’t create anything & Stoke stood firm & frustrated to leave the game ending in a draw.
Arsenal showed that are determined to win the title again & be the best when they got a impressive win at the Reebok against Bolton 3-1. It was Bolton who took the lead though when Kevin Davies rose above everyone else & placed a header into the goal from a corner. But Arsenal came straight back & took the lead in a 2 minute burst. Firstly Emmanuel Eboue latched onto a pass from Bendtner to score after 27 minutes it did look off-side but it stood. The Bendtner scored himself 60 seconds later when Denilson ran straight through the Bolton Midfield & set up Bendtner who scored easily. It stayed that way until 3 minutes from time when Denilson converted Adebayor’s low cross to score..
West Ham put more misery on Newcastle as Zola got his first win under his belt as his manager’s career began by beating them 3-1. David Di Michele got his first start & marked it with his first goal after only 8 minutes when he beat 2 defenders & his shot took a awful deflection & looped over the stranded Given & into the net. He was at it again on 37 minutes when he was on goal but his first attempt was saved by Given but when the football came back to him he showed great skill & placed the ball into the low corner of the net. He was fast becoming man of the match as he provided West Ham’s 3rd goal in the 53rd minute as he played the football across the 6 yard box & there was Mathew Etherington to have a simply finish past Given. It was left to Micheal Owen to get a goal for Newcastle as he showed his skill out side of the penalty box & curled a lovely shot into the far post….
Blackburn turned a draw into a win with a late goal against Fulham by beating them 1-0. Blackburn has a good chance but Brett Emerton went & hit the post. Fulham also had to good chances with Bobby Zomora but he wasted them both. But it took until the 84th minute for the deadlock to be broken it was sub Matt Derbyshire who latched onto a Roque Santa Cruez cushioned header & struck the ball home pass a helpless Mark Schwarzer.
Sunderland won the North East derby in the early live football match by beating Middlesbrough 2-0. I was a tense affair as all Derby’s are & both teams cancelled each other out for most of the match with chances few & far between but in the 76th minute Middlesbrough were awarded a penalty after Nyron Nosworthy had tripped Jeremie Aliadiere in the penalty box. Up stepped Steward Downing to take the penalty just like he did last week & he did the same thing by missing it & smashing it over the bar. They were made to pay 5 minutes later when Micheal Chopra produced a neat finish after a great build up. Chopra then made the second goal when he passed the ball to Steed Malbranque for a simple tap in…..
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