Derby 0-4 Reading
Reading beat Derby with some ease at Pride Park but were still relegated to the Championship after Fulham’s late victory away at Portsmouth. The Royals needed to better Fulham’s result to stay up, but Danny Murphy’s goal condemned them to the second tier. Reading went ahead when James Harper curled a fine shot into the [...]
Sunderland 0-1 Arsenal
England winger Theo Walcott scored the winning goal as Arsenal ended the season with victory over Sunderland. Walcott coolly slotted home on 24 minutes after latching onto a superb through-ball from skipper Gilberto. Sunderland almost took the lead after 14 seconds but Carlos Edwards’ volley was well parried by Lukasz Fabianski. Arsenal teenager Mark Randall [...]
West Ham 2-2 Aston Villa
Aston Villa were left to settle for an Intertoto Cup place after drawing an entertaining game at West Ham, as Everton won to claim fifth place. Ex-Villa winger Nolberto Solano put the Hammers ahead against his old club with a free kick from the edge of the box. The visitors soon hit back when Nigel [...]
Birmingham 4-1 Blackburn
Birmingham suffered relegation from the Premier League despite a last-day victory over Blackburn. The home side led when Rovers keeper Brad Friedel allowed David Murphy’s shot to squirm through his hands. Morten Gamst Pedersen scored from close range to level but Cameron Jerome came off the bench to score twice and Fabrice Muamba headed a [...]
Newcastle 0-2 Chelsea
Goals from Michael Ballack and Florent Malouda handed Chelsea a deserved win against Newcastle and ensured the title race will go down to the final day. Michael Owen had two first-half chances to give Newcastle the lead, while Ballack miscued when through on goal. But Chelsea took control after the break, Ballack nodding in on [...]
Liverpool 1-0 Man City
Fernando Torres took his tally to 32 goals for the season as Liverpool eased to a win over Manchester City. Torres left Richard Dunne trailing and angled in a shot to put the Reds ahead just after Martin Petrov’s free-kick hit the post at the other end. The Reds had chances to wrap up the [...]
Arsenal 1-0 Everton
Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner scored the winner to leave Everton still waiting to seal a European place. Bendtner headed home from an Armand Traore cross late in the game to secure a third straight league win. Arsenal were not at their best but Emmanuel Adebayor and Gilberto had good chances before Bendtner’s winner. Andy Johnson [...]
Reading 0-1 Tottenham
Robbie Keane scored the game’s only goal as Tottenham’s first win in six plunged Reading into the drop zone and in stark danger of relegation. The Irishman clipped in after good work from Darren Bent, who himself twice went close as Spurs dominated early on. Reading finally found their feet in the second half and [...]
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