Derby 0 Reading 4
Reading won this football match comfortably but in the end it wasn’t enough to keep them up in the premiership & sending them down to the championship.As for Derby they now equal a record set buy Loughborough Athletic 108 years ago where they only won one match all season long.
Reading started the match very brightly know they had to get that early goal so teams around them knew about it & had a fight on there hands to stay up.Leroy Lita started the game with some purpose he twice ran through the Derby defence only to be denied by the Derby keeper Carroll.Then Matejovsky had a shot which he could only drag well wide of the goal.Then the miracle happened what all Reading fans have bin waiting for they scored!!!.
It was Dave Kitson who created it he got the football to Harper who was sitting on the edge of the penalty area he cut in & passed a defender & smashed in a shot that went straight into the top left hand corner of the goal.The Reading players knew just how important that goal was & it had bin 567 minutes since the last one.The fans knew that this will put pressure on the other teams to do the same but at this point Reading was safe.
The first half continued in much the same vain Reading where pushing for more goals & Derby where just as bad as they have bin all season . But they did get a chance to equalise when David Jones managed to get free & send in a low shot which Hahnemann got down to parry it away.The with half time approaching it was Carroll who kept the score the same as once again he denied Lita for the third time in the match & to give the other teams hope who where still fighting there cause. Steve Coppell
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Tottenham 0 Liverpool 2
Liverpool secure 4th spot & one people will say they should have done better in this end of season game which wasn’t really that exciting & which left Tottenham in mid table & a poor season for them.But can look forward to next season & some new additions to the football club & maybe get into Europe but a long way from challenging the top 4. Rafa Benitez
The first half started poor with both teams not really going for it & Liverpool had most of the possession but Tottenham defended even better.Voronin who made the side today had the first shot but it was very weak & Carny saved easily.A few minutes later it was Babel who had the chance but his side footed shot from the edge of the penalty area was also very weak.
Dimitar Berbatov had Tottenham’s first chance when he had a close range header from a Jamie O’Hara cross but he put the header on target but it was saved by Riena.Even though both teams triedfor a goal with Liverpool with all the football & Tottenham defending that was all that happened really & to say in was end of season was a understatement.
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Sunderland 0 Arsenal 1
Arsenal ended there premiership campaign with a win at Sunderland & started to think what could have bin as they only ended up 4 points behind the champions United.They will look into all the games they lost when they were ahead & conceded goals late on to either draw or loose the match.Sunderland on the other hand need to reshape the team & get some more quality players if they want to survive next season.
Even though it was a end of season affair & both teams had secured there places the game started with all the players getting stuck in.But it was sunderland who made the best start with only 15 seconds on the clock Edwards had a smash from about 30 yards & the Arsenal keeper Fabianski had to be alert to make the stop.Arsenal were rocked abit with the fast start but didn’t take them long to settle down & take a bit of control.
Danny Collins showed he didn’t want to loose his place in the team when he went real strong into Eboue just like his boss used to & he had to be stretched off but was okay to continue.Arsenal then put a move together & the football fell at Adebayor’s feet only for the Sunderland keeper Fulop to dive at his feet & make the save.But another flowing move resulted in the goal.Gilberto picked up the football from midfield & made a delightful pass splitting the defence in two & Walcott ran onto & placed the ball passed the keeper & into the bottom right hand corner of the net.
Sunderland tried to fight back & were holding Arsenal okay but the away defence were just to strong for them & keeping them at bay & giving them no chance in the football match.In fact Arsenal could have scored again when Senderos had a shot from all of 35 yards that went over the bar & Walcott could of had a second when he should have hit the back of the net from 7 yards out when Adebayor put him in. Arsene Wenger
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Chelsea 1 Bolton 1
Chelsea started this game knowing they had to win the game & United had to loose for them to lift the trophy.But as the result turned out it could have bin worse for Chelsea as Terry & Drogba getting injured but they did extend there unbeaten record to 21 games & a chance of the European cup on the 21st May.
Chelsea started the game attacking Bolton knowing they had to win & nearly had the best of starts when Michael Ballack produced a low cross into the box which Drogba failed to convert.Then the worse thing that could happen was Terry getting injured & it looked nasty.Bolton kicked a long ball into the Chelsea penalty box Cech,Terry & Kevin Davis all jumped for the ball but as cech jumped his knee struck Terry in the elbow & dislocated it.He was stretched off with his shit being used as a sling & looked very much in pain.
With Terry off to hospital they replaced him with Belletti but it didn’t stop them coming forward & trying to get that first goal.Bolton on the other hand were working hard to close them down & stop them.Drogba came close twice once with a free kick that just went wide & then while in the penalty box it took a great challenge from Gretor Steinsson to stop Drogba from scoring.So it ended goalless at half time but they knew that United was 1 up in the other football match. Avram Grant
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Wigan 0 Man Utd 2
Manchester United sealed the premiership title with a hard fought win over Wigan which is now there 10th title in 16 seasons which only puts them 1 behind Liverpool as the best English team ever & you wont bet on them equaling it next year or even getting the double in 10 days in the champions league final.
Wigan started the game in a confident mood showing everyone they weren’t going to lie down & hand United the title & was going to make a game of this.They were keeping United at bay with the Wigan team working for each other & playing some good football .It showed on Paul Scholes as he made a very wild challenge on Palacios which the ref (Steve Bennett) rightly showed Scholes the yellow card & a warning.
But the quality of United started to show & they got a grip of the game .With Rooney & Vidic back they were determined to score & win this football match.Scholes had a 20 yard shot which went wide but Wigan had a chance of there own when Boyce wasted a good effort & then should have had a penalty as Koumas had a shot going towards goal only for Ferdinand to put his arm in the way & deflect it wide for a corner.When watching it live it def hit his upper arm & the tv replays confirmed it.
But it was United who got the first goal & from a penalty which must have not gone down well with Wigan player’s as Rooney ran into the box only to be tumbled by Boyce & the ref pointed to the spot.Up stepped goal machine Ronaldo & put the football the opposite way to where Kirkland was diving & it was 1-0.The just before half time the ref must of bin thinking of his holidays as Scholes again made a bad challenge on Palacios as the ref ran over everyone was shouting off off.But for some reason the ref just gave him a stern warning & carried on!!!. Carlos Queiroz
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