Blackburn 1-1 Middlesbrough
Substitute Benni McCarthy rescued a point for Blackburn with a dramatic injury-time header at Ewood Park. McCarthy levelled after heading home Brett Emerton’s corner, which Blackburn keeper Paul Robinson had come up for. Boro had taken a 74th-minute lead when Afonso Alves smashed the ball past Robinson from the edge of the box. Earlier Boro’s [...]
Everton 1-1 Man Utd
Marouane Fellaini’s header capped a fine recovery by Everton and earned a point against Manchester United. United dominated the first half and deservedly took the lead when Darren Fletcher ran onto Ryan Giggs’ pass to slot home after 22 minutes. Everton keeper Tim Howard kept his side in the game until Fellaini rose to head [...]
Man Utd 4-0 West Brom
Wayne Rooney sparked Manchester United into life against a limited West Brom as the champions moved ominously up to fourth in the Premier League table. The visitors battled hard early on while Rooney had an effort disallowed. But the in-form England international cut inside Ryan Donk to fire a superb opener on 55 minutes before [...]
Liverpool 3-2 Wigan
Dirk Kuyt’s scissor-kick five minutes from time gave Liverpool all three points against 10-man Wigan in a pulsating game at Anfield. Amr Zaki gave the visitors the lead after a mistake from Daniel Agger, but Kuyt fired Liverpool level. On the stroke of half-time Zaki scored a spectacular overhead-kick to restore Wigan’s lead, before Antonio [...]
Arsenal 3-1 Everton
Arsenal kept themselves in the title hunt as they came from behind to win. Leon Osman put Everton ahead when he exchanged passes with Steven Pienaar and converted at the near post. Samir Nasri equalised with a low shot from 20 yards and Robin Van Persie headed Arsenal in front after Tim Howard parried Cesc [...]
Middlesbrough 0-5 Chelsea
Chelsea completely outclassed Middlesbrough to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League table. Salomon Kalou began the rout, stroking in after Juliano Belletti’s shot had been blocked and Belletti made it 2-0 with a stunning 30-yard shot. Kalou got his second when his low strike deflected off David Wheater before Frank Lampard’s [...]
Belarus 1-3 England
Wayne Rooney scored twice as England took a giant stride towards World Cup qualification by beating Belarus to make it maximum points from four games. Steven Gerrard gave England the lead from 30 yards after 11 minutes, but Pavel Sitko headed a deserved leveller for Belarus before the break. Rooney turned in a cross from [...]
England 5-1 Kazakhstan
England made it three wins out of three in their World Cup qualifying campaign with a fine second-half display against Kazakhstan. After a poor first half Rio Ferdinand, captain in the absence of the injured John Terry, nodded in a corner, before Alexandr Kuchma headed into his own net. Zhambyl Kukeyev fired one back after [...]
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