Premier League Round-Up Sat 18-10-08
Posted on October 24, 2008
Filed Under Premiership 08/09
Liverpool come from behind to beat a impressive Wigan, Chelsea take apart Middlesbrough, Arsenal have to come from behind to beat Everton, Manchester United get back to some form by thrashing West Brom, Aston Villa & Portsmouth, Fulham & Sunderland, Bolton Blackburn all had goalless games..
Manchester United gave West Brom the worse defeat of the season by whopping them 4-0. West bromdid have a very good first half by holding the champions at half time. But the second half was a different story as the inform Wayne Rooney broke the deadlock as he cut inside the penalty area & smashed a shot past Scott Carson in the 56 minute. He then set up Ronaldo in the 70th minute who made no mistake & another error by West Brom let in Dimitar Berbatov for his first goal for United in the 73rd minute. Then in the 92nd minute Nani ended the scoring when he was set up by a great Rooney past & all Nani had to do was tap in at the far post.
Chelsea showed why they were top of the league with a super display by demolishing Middlebrough 5-0 at the riverside. Chelsea completely dominated the first half but all they had to show for it was a Salomon Kalougoal after 14 minutes but the second half was completely different. It took only 6 minutes for Chelsea to resume where they left off when Juliano Belletti smashed a 30 yard shot straight into the top corner. Then only 3 minutes later they scored again through a Kalou shot that deflected of David Wheater & passed the stranded Ross Turnbull, Frank Lampard then got his scoring boot on when he headed in a great cross only 4 minutes later & the rout was complete 3 minutes later when Florent Malouda tapped in the loose ball after Ross Turnbull made a hash from a Anelka shot..
Liverpool had Dirk Kuyt to thank once again as his goals helped them come from behind twice to beat Wigan 3-2. Wigan made agreat start & after 29 minutes where rewarded with a goal as Liverpool’s Daniel Agger had a loose touch which was sized upon by Amr Zaki & he calmly slotted the football past Jose Reina. But Agger made amends 10 minutes later when he took the ball out of defence & had a one-two with Andrea Dossena & then his pass set up Kuyt who produced a low finish. Wigan got back in front just before half time when that man Zaki produced some acrobatics to finish a Antonio Valencia cross. Wigan where hanging on in the second half to the lead but that all changed after 75 minutes as Valencia was sent off for two bookable offences. It seem to get Liverpool into action & with only 10 minutes left they equalised from a shot from the edge of the box from Albert Riera. But it was down to Dirk Kuyt to get the winner when he scuffed a cross from Jermain Pennant but somehow it still managed to get past Kris Kirkland in the wigan goal.
Arsenal had to come from a goal down to beat Everton 3-1 at the Emirates. It only took Everton 9 minutes to get the first goal when Leon Osman took control of the ball passed it out wide to Steven Pienaar who raced into the box & returned the pass to Osman who finished inside the post. Everton held out for the rest of the first half but as the second started it was Arsenal who looked the better team it only took 3 minutes for the equalizer as Nasri struck a volley from 20 yards as Everton failed to clear a corner. The football match was finely poised but with 20 minutes left Arsenal took control when Fabregas had a shot that was parried & there was Van Persie to head the ball home. Then it was sub Theo Walcott to add the third after a pass from Abou Diarby with a low finish..
Aston Villa couldn’t make the brake through with a stubborn Portsmouth so it ended 0-0. There where only 2 incidents in the whole match. In the 81st minute Sean Davis was sent off for 2 bookable offences & right at the end the ref had to recieve treatment on the side lines as it looked like he was struck by something from the crowd..
Fulham & SunderlandCould only draw 0-0 but the game left Roy Keane mad withthe ref. It all centred on a free kick in the second half . Kieran Richardson stepped up & curled the 35 yard free kick into the top corner but the ref disallowed it for fouls going on in the wall. Sunderlanddid come close again later on with a Djibril Cisse volley came off the cross bar but it ended all square.
Blackburn & Bolton also ended in a 0-0 draw as both teams had a hard fought contest but neither team made many chances or could find the net so it ended in a stalemate..
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