Barclays Premier League ( 9/12/07)BlackBurn 0-1 WestHamUnited(Ashton)
Middlesborough(Downing (P),Tuncay) 2-1 Arsenal(Rocisky)
After Liverpool, it was Arsenal's turn this time to loose their winning streak. It lasted 22 games and this came 2 an end by a side which had not won their previous 11 games, Middlesborough. It all started when Toure brought down ex-Arsenal man Aladiare in the box. Ref had no doubt in giving a penalty. Downing scores from the spot. 1-0 Boro. Arsenal were looking very lethargic and sloppy in the field. In the second half, it became worse for Arsenal when Tuncay hit the back of the net from an acute angle. In stoppage time, 94th min to b precise, Arsenal got a consolation when Rocisky scored. All in all, A well deserved victory for Boro. Arsenal having got only 1 point from the possible 6, have just a 1 point lead over current champions Manchester United.
Bolton 4-1 Wigan
It was a comfortable win for Bolton.They opened the scoring with a Scharner own goal actually it was an awsome header goal.Kevin Kilbanes's handball awarded Bolton penalty which Anelka missed it hitting the ball way above the post.Kevin Nolan and Kevin Davies scored the 2nd and 3rd goal.Anelka recovered his mistake by scoring back the 4th goal.The only goal for Wigan came from Landzatt.
Totn 2-1 Manchester City
Chimbonda opened the scoring for the Spurs by the end of the first half.Substitute striker Rolando Bianchi scored for City.Stephen Ireland was shown a red card for his shocking tackle,which reduced City to 10 men and which led Spurs to get the winning goal.Defoe scored the goal.After a long time it was happy faces at Spurs bench to see the team win.
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Athletic Bilbao 0-1 Real Madrid
Real Madrid have moved seven points clear of the top of the Liga table with a hard-fought win at Athletic Bilbao. The game was settled by a rare-strike from Ruud van Nistelrooy from oustide the box in the 55th min.Bilbao should have gone one up very early on but Andoni failed to capitalise on Cannavaro's mistake.Casillas had a brilliant day in goal and the game ended on a sour note when Bilbao's supporters pelted objects on Casillas towards the end of the game.
Osasuna 0-0 Valencia
Valencia dropped points again when they were held to a goalless draw by Osasuna.Valencia are tyring to qualify for the next stage of the Champions league and played it safe by resting key players like Joaquin,Morientes and Edu but the gamble backfired as a determined Osasuna side did enough to keep them at Bay.
Aston Villa(Barry) 1-3 Portsmouth (Gardener OG',Muntari(2))
Villa suffered a shocked defeat at home as the Pompies climb up to the 5th position.Laursen missed two simple headers which he should have scored easily.Some blunders in the defence by Bouma helped Villa to go 0-1 down with Gardener scoring in his own net.Muntari scored the other two goals.The only goal for Villa came from a penalty which was scored by Barry.
Chelsea(Sheva,Lampard)2-0 Sunderland
This match was always gonna be one-sided and the pundits had preticted a very easy victory.Shevchenko got a a goal early on and Chelsea stepped off the pace.However Sunderland showed a lot of chracter and Chelsea were run ragged in the second half with Jones missing many sitters from point blank range.Cudicini kept well and Sunderland were always in it until Lampard scored from the spot after Alex was adjudged to have been brought down in the box.
Liam Miller Sent off
Everton(Yakubu(3)) 3-0 Fulham
Yakubu was on a roll scoring his first hattrick for his Everton career.This was Yakubu's third hat-trick in the premiership and he's set Everton back on track in their quest for European Qualification
Man Utd(Giggs,tevez(2),Ronaldo) 4-1 Derby(Howard)
The Red Devils had to win this match the question was how much was Derby going to concede as they had been thrased 6-0 and 7-0 by Liverpool and Arsenal respectively.Manu had to work hard for thier first goal as Derby held the Devils for 40 min.Giggs scored the first while brace from Tevez.Ronaldo scored the 4th from the penalty which had a controversy of Ronaldo diving in the box.Derby managed to score a goal and this was their first away goal of this season and they wil never forget this as they scored against Red Devils.
Newcastle (Martins,Beye) 2-1 Birmingham (Jerome)
Newcastle went one goal down after their defensive horror.They came back with a penalty goal from Martins and Beye scoring in the injury time and you should have seen the whole newcastle bench as all were celebrating as they won a trophy, you could see Sam Allardyce dancing too.
Reading (Hunt,Doyle,harper)3-1 Liverpool (Gerrard)
It was after 6 hour and 27 minutes that Liverpool conceded a goal when Jamie Carragher commited a foul. Liverpool players complained as the tackle was made outside the D but after confirmation from the linesman, the ref awarded a penalty to Reading and Hunt slotted it home from the spot. Liverpool came back with goal from the most predictable of sources, StevieG. It was a Fernando Torres assist. Liverpool would consider themselves unlucky as the ref missed to giv a certain penalty on a foul on Torres. This is the first defeat for Liverpool after a stunning 14 games. Now they have to forget this as quickly as possible and have to win against marseille(a must win game). In all 3 penalties were not given for Liverpool but one cant put this as a excuse .The only thing i conclude from this is the ref should be demoted to championship league 3.
Premiership Top Scores
1)Adebayour,Ronaldo .......9 goals
2)Anelka,Keane,benjani...8goals
3)Torres,Fabregas,Agbonlahor...6goals
