Middlesbrough 0-3 Aston Villa
Aston Villa increased the pressure on Boro boss Gareth Southgate with a comfortable 3-0 win at the Riverside. John Carew gave them the lead in first-half stoppage time with a turn and shot past keeper Mark Schwarzer. They increased their advantage shortly after the restart when Olof Mellberg made the most of a terrible error [...]
Derby 0-2 Chelsea
Chelsea moved into fourth place in the Premier League with a comfortable win over struggling Derby County, but saw Michael Essien sent off late on. They took the lead after 17 minutes when Salomon Kalou finished calmly from Steve Sidwell’s through ball. Chelsea wrapped up the win after 73 minutes, Shaun-Wright Phillips scoring after Frank [...]
Newcastle 0-3 Liverpool
Liverpool put the friction between manager Rafael Benitez and the club’s board behind them to beat Newcastle. Gerrard, booed by Magpies fans for his part in England’s Euro 2008 qualifying failure, answered the jeers by powering in a 30-yard shot for the Reds. Fernando Torres hit the post after Newcastle keeper Shay Given escaped a [...]
Man City 2-1 Reading
Stephen Ireland smashed home a stunning injury-time volley to break Reading hearts and maintain Manchester City’s 100% league record at Eastlands. City dominated the opening half and Martin Petrov fired them ahead after a goalmouth melee saw Elano hit the post. But Reading equalised before the break with their first shot on target, James Harper [...]
Everton 7-1 Sunderland
Everton delivered a dazzling attacking exhibition to destroy Sunderland. Yakubu’s early strike and Tim Cahill’s shot on the turn put Everton in charge. Steven Pienaar fired home a brilliant third before Sunderland’s Dwight Yorke scored on the stroke of half-time. Cahill slid home another composed finish after the break before Yakubu pounced from a corner [...]
Bolton 1-0 Man Utd
Gary Megson claimed his first win in charge of Bolton with the unlikely scalp of Manchester United, thanks to Nicolas Anelka’s early strike. Anelka slotted home Ivan Campo’s free-kick after 11 minutes. And an out-of-sorts United were left frustrated as Jussi Jaaskelainen kept out Owen Hargreaves’ free-kick and Carlos Tevez sliced a shot wide. United [...]
Arsenal 2-0 Wigan
Late goals by William Gallas and Tomas Rosicky moved Arsenal three points clear at the top of the Premier League. In the first half, a superb save from Mike Pollitt denied Emmanuel Adebayor and Emmanuel Eboue missed his kick when he looked certain to score. Arsenal were relieved that Marcus Bent and Paul Scharner headed [...]
England 2-3 Croatia
England failed to qualify for Euro 2008 after losing a sensational game against Croatia at Wembley. England went 2-0 down when Scott Carson, in for Paul Robinson, fumbled Nico Kranjcar’s shot into the net and then Ivica Olic slipped in a second. Frank Lampard pulled one back from the spot after Jermain Defoe was fouled, [...]
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