West Brom 1-1 Portsmouth
West Brom remain bottom of the Premier League after Peter Crouch’s second-half equaliser earned Portsmouth a draw in an entertaining match at The Hawthorns. Jonathan Greening gave West Brom a deserved lead when Chris Brunt’s free-kick ricocheted off the bar and the captain side-footed in from six yards. Crouch then levelled matters with a stunning [...]
Newcastle 2-2 Stoke
A late Abdoulaye Faye equaliser ensured Stoke came from behind to secure a deserved point against Newcastle. Newcastle took the lead when Michael Owen was put through by Jonas Gutierrez and the striker doubled the lead with a tap-in from an Obafemi Martins cross. Stoke improved after the break and halved the deficit after Mamady [...]
Man Utd 1-0 Sunderland
Nemanja Vidic scored in injury time to hand Manchester United a victory against managerless Sunderland. The Wearsiders looked set to earn a stunning point after a resolute defensive effort until defender Vidic tapped in after Michael Carrick had hit the post. Sunderland keeper Marton Fulop was in inspired form and United missed a string of [...]
Fulham 1-1 Man City
Jimmy Bullard’s fine strike saw Fulham come from behind and deny Manchester City a rare away victory. Benjani nodded the visitors ahead when he outmuscled two Fulham defenders to head in Pablo Zabaleta’s teasing cross. But Fulham levelled following a flowing move which culminated in Bullard smashing the ball past keeper Joe Hart. Both sides [...]
Bolton 0-2 Chelsea
Nicolas Anelka returned to haunt his former club with the opener as Chelsea returned to winning ways in impressive fashion at the Reebok Stadium. The Frenchman put Chelsea ahead when he headed home Jose Bosingwa’s cross after nine minutes, and Deco wrapped up the points with a superb scissors-kick. The Blues had chances for a [...]
Blackburn 1-3 Liverpool
Goals from Xabi Alonso, Yossi Benayoun and Steven Gerrard were enough to keep Liverpool top of the table and leave Blackburn without a league win in 10. Stephen Warnock stopped Benayoun giving Liverpool the lead before Morten Gamst Pedersen fired against the crossbar. After half-time Alonso sidefooted past Paul Robinson to open the scoring and [...]
Arsenal 1-0 Wigan
Emmanuel Adebayor’s first-half strike handed a below-par Arsenal victory, ending Wigan’s five-game unbeaten run. Wigan came close to opening the scoring when Wilson Palacios’ deflected shot was smartly saved by Manuel Almunia. Instead, Adebayor broke the deadlock when he slotted home a low effort after collecting a pass from Cesc Fabregas. Adebayor almost doubled the [...]
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