Manchester United Extends Lead On The League Table

Pin It Now! Tuesday night was a night to celebrate for Manchester United and their teeming fans as they came from 2 goals down to beat Blackpool at home, making their host to record two consecutive home losses after they were beaten the previous week by Liverpool FC. This has now catapulted the Red Devils to 51 points.


Blackpool has maintained an unbeaten home record this season; but Liverpool FC made them look ordinary the previous week beating them by 3-0. That may have also given Man U the courage to fight on even when they trailing by 2 goals with 25 minutes to the end of full time.

Craig Cathcart shot the home team into the lead in the early minutes of the first half as his side gave a very good impression of themselves. They kept mounting pressure on the title favorite; this eventually paid off again in the 43rd minute as Dudley Campbell added yet another goal to make it 2 for the host.

At this point it appeared at though Manchester United was to taste her first defeat of this season. The newly promoted side looked set to end the Devils’ unbeaten runs as they attacked and defended as a compact team.

With the coast looking very bleak for United, the referee began to act funny; first it was his failure to sound the whistle for an infringement when Rafael Da Silva brought down Luke Varney in the penalty box.

Alex Fergusson soon replaced Wayne Rooney with Chicharito in the 66th minute. The pressure on the home side increased. Few minutes later, the referee also allowed a controversial goal in favour of the Red Devils as three of their players were clearly offside. Dmitri Berbatov took advantage of the loophole and slotted the ball into the net for his side’s first goal. Barely 2 minutes later, Chicharito equalized for Man U.

The match was clinically over when Berbatov again beat the defense line of Blackpool to score the goal and his second for the night. Sir Alex Fergusson was jubilant as his side eventually survived the scare from Blackpool.

Berbatov has proved unstoppable this season, scoring vital and decisive goals for his side. He has now netted 20 goals this season and still looks set to score more.

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Manchester United Maintains Position as Arsenal Overtakes Man. City

Pin It Now! The English Premiership was Saturday full of activities as various club sides tried to overtake one another on the league table. The battle for the league title is actually getting tougher and fiercer as the league is gradually winding to a close.

It was a nice Saturday for Manchester United, Liverpool FC, Arsenal FC, Aston Villa, Fulham and Sunderland as they all won their matches to keep hope alive. It was a fair Saturday for teams that ended their games on a draw note; and a bleak one for the losing teams.

Manchester United arguably had the biggest win by walloping Birmingham City 5-0 to remain comfortably at the top of the table. It was a match that saw Dmitri Berbatov scoring his third hat trick of the season. He hit the back of their opponents’ net in the 2nd, 31st and 52nd minutes respectively in what could best be described as a superlative performance for him. The remaining two goals were scored by Ryan Giggs and Nani in the 45th and 75th minutes respectively.

A visibly defeated Alex Mcleish, the coach of Birmingham said at the end of the game “To lose a goal to a set-piece in the first minute was criminal. We did have a spell after that when we started to get in their final third but to concede again just before half-time was verging on the amateur”.

Liverpool had their first win under Kenny Dalglish, by routing their opponents 3-0 in an away match. Fernando Torres regained his scoring prowess by putting 2 goals past the Wolverhamton Wanderers’ goal keeper in the 36th and 90th minutes respectively to seal up victory for his side. The third goal was scored by Meireles in the 50th minute.

Arsenal FC also had a wonderful outing, beating their visitors Wigan Athletics by 3-0 margin. Robin Van Persie was simply fantastic in that match after he has been away for months due to injury. Alexander Song provided the assist for Van Persie’s first goal in the 21st minute of the match. He added 2 more in the 58th and 85th minutes respectively to give him his first hat trick of the season.

Cecs Fabregas was pulled down in the six yard box by Gary Caldwell in the 69th minute resulting in a penalty kick. The defender also got a red card for his rough play. Unfortunately, Van Persie took and lost the resultant penalty which would have made it 4 goals for him.

Sunderland defeated hard fighting Blackpool 2-1 at Bloomfield Road courtesy of a brace by Kieran Richardson (15th and 35th minutes). Assists were provided by Asamoah Gyan and Steed Malbranque respectively. However, the home side pulled one back through a penalty by Charlie Adam in the 85th minute. The visitors eventually ran away with all three points at stake.

Fulham defeated visiting Stoke City by 2-0 courtesy of a goal by Clint Dempsey in the 33rd minute of play, and another goal through a penalty in the 55th minute.

The match between Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur ended in a 1-1 draw. Coloccini had put the home side ahead in the 58th minute while Aaron Lennon equalized for the visitors in the 90th minute ensuring they ran away with a point.

Everton and West Ham United ended their game 2-2. Jonathan Specter put the visitors ahead in the 27th minute, but Diniyar Bilyaletdinov got an equalizer for the home side in the 76th minute. The visiting team went ahead again in the 84th minute through Frederic Piquionne but he got sent off for over celebrating. However, Marouane Fellaini denied the visitors a win by scoring an equalizer in the 90th minute.

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Man U. Drops Points - Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester City Win

Pin It Now! The English Premiership was alive during the week with lots of exciting matches which saw some of the great teams winning their matches while others dropped points. Manchester United still maintained their unbeaten runs in the league even though they dropped 2 points against Tottenham Hotspur by recording a 0-0 draw on Sunday afternoon to remain at the top of the table.

It was a match lots of soccer pundits had expected the Red Devils to lose considering the current form of Tottenham Hotspur; and especially for the fact that one of United’s players got red-carded in the second half of the game. Spurs failed to capitalize on the deficiency to win the tension-soaked match.

It was however a sweet weekend for the Blues as Chelsea returned to winning ways by beating highly rated Blackburn Rovers 2-0 to keep their hope of winning the league back-to-back alive. Chelsea’s goals came through Ivanovic and Nicolas Anelka. The win Coach Carlo Ancelotti and the fans of the club something to cheer about.

Arsenal were in their devastating form as they spanked Westham 3-0 in an away game to close gap on league leaders Manchester United. The Gunners had a superlative performance after losing 0-1 to Leeds United in the FA Cup the previous week.

Manchester City maintained their winning streaks by beating Wolves 4-3 in a highly pulsating match. The host came from a goal down to completely overrun their guests and narrow the gap between them and their city rivals Manchester united who are currently on top of the table.

West Bromwich Albion defeated Blackpool 3-2 with Peter Osaze Odewingie scoring the 2 goals for his side to keep their hope of remaining in the premiership alive after series of losses in their previous games.

Liverpool FC was not as lucky by dropping 2 vital points at Anfield, as they ended their match against Everton 2-2. Raul Meireles and Dirk Kuyt scored for the home side in the 29th and 68th minutes respectively: but Sylvian Distin’s 46th minute and Jermaine Beckford’s 52nd minute goals ensured the match ended in a 2-2 draw.

Liverpool has been struggling since the commencement of this current season and has remained inconsistent with their top striker Fernando Torres finding it consistently difficult to score goals. The team captain Stephen Gerrard seems to have lost the flares he is known for. The team has lost her first 2 matches since Kenny Dalglish took over from Roy Hodgson as Head Coach.

The match between Sunderland and Newcastle ended in a 1-1 draw. Kevin Nolan scored for Newcastle in the 52nd minute while Ghana’s 2010 world revelation Asamoah Gyan scored the equalizer for Sunderland in injury time.

Birmingham and Aston Villa also ended their game on a 1-1 draw. Roger Johnson scored for Birmingham; but James Collins made sure they ran away with a point. Villa had a 3-3 draw against defending champions Chelsea at Stamford bridge the previous week and only able to recover a point during the weekend.

The league still remains very open with fierce competition and the struggle for the title now toughest between Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea FC.

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Lionel Messi Emerges FIFA World Footballer Again

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Argentine national and FC Barcelona midfielder Lionel Messi has once again been voted FIFA World footballer of the year for the second consecutive year following his exploits in both his club side and national team.

The mercurial attacking midfielder has been instrumental to Barca’s superlative runs in both the La Liga and the UEFA Champions’ league in the past 5 years. His speed, dribbling skills and brilliant passes have no doubt contributed in great measures to the success stories of FC Barcelona.

He assisted the former champions to the semi final stage of the UEFA Champions’ league last season; and also played a significant role in their emergence as the La Liga champions. He also played a significant part in his country getting to the quarter final stage of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

This wonder kid has kept improving since he made his mark at the World Youth Championship in the Netherlands in 2005: he has not looked back ever since. Now he is beginning to rub shoulders with the great names in soccer history – Arantes De Nacimento (Pele), Zinedine Zidane, Louis Nazario DeLima (Ronaldo), Manco Van Basten, Ronaldinho, etc.

When he took the world by surprise in 2005, a lot of people had concluded that his performance then was a flash in the pan; but today he has proved all his critics wrong by adding titles upon titles to his coffers.

Winning the World Footballer award back to back is no mean feat: only few footballers have actually been able to achieve that. Messi has been able to get to this enviable level as a result of his discipline and cool-headedness. He has not allowed pride to come into him; he has not allowed his achievements to go into his head.

This is no doubt a deserved victory. That the world voted overwhelmingly for him in preference to Cristiano Ronaldo shows that his success was truly great and convincing. He proved himself in the field of play; he made an impact as a player and as a team member.

With age on his side, Lionel Messi may go ahead to surpass the records of Pele, Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo, Diego Maradona, Manco Van Basten, etc. He has already surpassed some of the records of these soccer greats by winning the Olympics soccer medal and the FIFA Club World Cup.

The way he is playing this season, he may just end up winning the award for the 3rd consecutive year. He has scored several goals already and provided about 15 assists in the La Liga. He has remained consistent in both the league and the Champions’ league as well.

The world celebrates with you on your achievement as the current World Footballer of the year. We wish you many more years of soccer achievements. More kudos to you, Lionel Messi.

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