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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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