KEEP LIFE SIMPLE

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Speaking of pathetic... >.<

RESULTS

ASTON VILLA 1 PORTSMOUTH 3
Villa dominated huge parts of the match, but what made the difference between the two sides was that while Villa were wasteful infront of goal, Pompey took their chances well. With Villa 0-3 down, captain Barry scored a late penalty which sparked a late revival, but they could not break down a determined Portsmouth defence. Easy win for the south coast side. (0 POINTS)

CHELSEA 2 SUNDERLAND 0
What should have been a pretty routine win for the Blues, they were made to work hard for the victory. Sunderland never really threatened infront of goal, but Chelsea failed to kill to game off until the last 15 minutes, when Lampard slotted a late penalty to secure three points for Chelsea. As a bonus, Shevchenko scored, for once!!! The Black Cats had midfielder Liam Miller sent off for retaliation against Pizarro, but the referee failed to see that the Peruvian striker had kneed the Sunderland midfielder first. Chelsea were probably lucky not to end the match with 10 men. (3 POINTS)

EVERTON 3 FULHAM 0
A second-half hat trick by Yakubu proved enough for Everton to grab three points comfortably. The match was goalless at half-time, but Everton upped the tempo in the second half, and Fulham once again throw away points after half-time. Everton look set to continue their red-hot form. (3 POINTS)

MANCHESTER UNITED 4 DERBY COUNTY 1
In precarious conditions, the Red Devils took until five minutes before halftime to break down the Ram's defence. Cristiano Ronaldo saw his goalbound shot parried away by the Derby keeper Bywater, but Giggs was on hand to tap in the ball into goal, for his 100th league goal for United. Tevez then scored either side of half-time to put the Red Devils comfortably 3-0 up, but a moment of madness by United custodian van der Sar saw him rush off his goal line when he didn't need to, and Derby pulled one back, for, amazingly, their first away goal of the season. After like... 8 matches! Amazing. Ronaldo then scored a penalty in stoppage time to make it 4-1. The scoreline was familiar yet unfamiliar to Derby. Familiar cause they conceded four again, unfamiliar cause they finally had a player on the scoresheet. (3 POINTS)

NEWCASTLE UNITED 2 BIRMINGHAM CITY 1
The Magpies fought back from a goal down early in the first half to win the match. After Jerome had given Birmingham an unlikely lead, Newcastle equalised late in the first half through a Martins penalty kick, before Beye scored his first goal for Newcastle in the 92nd minute (aka stoppage time!) to win the match dramatically for the hosts. It was a much needed win for Newcastle, as it was their first win in nearly 10 matches. (0 POINTS)

READING 3 LIVERPOOL 1
Probably one of the shock results of the season, with a huge whiff of controversy about it. This is Reading's first ever win over England's traditional "Big Four Clubs" of Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United. Reading opened the scoring controversially. Carragher was judged to have brought down the Reading player inside the box, but video replays showed that the initial contact took place outside the box. Stephen Hunt stepped up to score from the spot and give Reading the lead. Reds skipper Gerrard equalised for Liverpool after a pass from Torres put him through on goal with only the goalkeeper to beat, and he made no mistake from 12 yards. After that, Liverpool had a few seemingly-good penalty calls rejected by the referee, before Doyle put the Royals back infront via a free-kick. Harper then wrapped things up, as a swift counter-attacking move put him through on goal, and he rounded keeper Jose Reina before putting the ball into the empty net. Great three points for Reading. (0 POINTS)

MIDDLESBROUGH 2 ARSENAL 1
Another shock result, as Arsenal's unbeaten season in the league came to an end as well. Stewart Downing gave Boro the lead from the spot after just three minutes. Tuncay Sanli scored for the second match in a row to put the hosts 2-0 up. A goal from Rosicky four minutes into stoppage time was nothing but a consolation for the Gunners as they dropped points for the second consecutive game. (0 POINTS)

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 2 MANCHESTER CITY 1
Supersub Defoe came off the bench to score the winner for Spurs eight minutes from time, just one minute after City had midfielder Ireland sent off for a reckless challenge on Lee Young Pyo. Before that, Pascal Chimbonda controversially scored the opener before half-time when he got a touch on a free-kick to nudge the ball into the net, though video replays suggested that he was offside, and there was a suspicion of handball as well. City equalised in the second half via half-time substitute Bianchi before Defoe's winner. (3 POINTS)

BOLTON WANDERERS 4 WIGAN ATHLETIC 1
The battle of the cellar-dwellers saw in-form Bolton rip Wigan apart with four goals. Scharner scored an own-goal after just three minutes, before Wigan managed to find an equaliser. Anelka then missed from the penalty spot. He made up for the miss though with a goal, after Nolan and Davies to give Bolton a comfortable victory that lifted them away from the relegation zone. (0 POINTS)

BLACKBURN ROVERS 0 WEST HAM UNITED 1
A boring first-half was goalless. A intriguing second half saw just one goal. Half-time sub Dean Ashton scored to give the Hammers the lead seven minutes after the restart, and Blackburn were unable to haul themselves level, with Paraguayan striker Santa Cruz being especially wasteful with two glaring misses. After a 3-1 comeback victory against Newcastle, Blackburn succumbed to yet another defeat at home, a factor that could decide which clubs get a UEFA Cup spot come next May. (0 POINTS)

TOTAL:12 POINTS
CORRECT RESULTS:4
CORRECT SCORELINES:0
*too ashamed*

Joel at 12/11/2007 08:53:00 PM :: link