EPL Weekday (Make-up matches) ~ APR 17 / 18 ~ Game 34
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Barclays Premiership Game 34 - (Make-up match)
Tuesday 17th April 2007
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Arsenal v Man City 2.45
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Man Utd v Sheff Utd 3.00
Wednesday 18th April 2007
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Blackburn v Watford 3.00
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Liverpool v Middlesbro' 3.00
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West Ham v Chelsea 3.00 - Match of the week 5pts game.
Accurate HT score: 1pt
Accurate FT score: 3pts
Correct W/L/D: 1pt -
Matches on Tv:
17 Apr 2007
Ch: 23
Arsenal v Man City - Ch 23 - 2:45 am (Live)
Ch: 24
Man Utd v Sheff Utd - Ch 24 - 3:00 am (Live)
18 Apr 2007
Ch: 23
West Ham v Chelsea - Ch 23 - 3:00 am (Live)
Blackburn Vs Watford - Ch 23 - 5:00 am (Delayed)
Ch: 24
Liverpool v Middlesbro' - Ch 24 - 3:00 am (Live) -
Scoreboard after the Apr 15 FA Cup 2nd Semi-Final and Sunday's EPL matches.
1. anhydrouscoppersulphate 22pts
2. a-Lost-9uY 20pts
3. turbo_drift 17pts
4. felirox 17pts
5. used 17pts
6. finoq 15pts
7. zocoss 13pts
8. omgukilledkenny 10pts
9. innosaint 9pts
10. gangsterkillar 7pts
11. songsong 5pts
==========Relegation Zone==========
12. SumOne 4pts
13. _noob_ 2pts
14. trendz 1pts
15. Ah Gong 1pts
Arsenal v Man City
Man Utd v Sheff Utd
Blackburn v Watford
Liverpool v Middlesbro'
West Ham v Chelsea
HT:
FT:
Start your predictions -
Arsenal v Man City
Man Utd v Sheff Utd
Blackburnv Watford
Liverpool v Middlesbro'
West Ham v Chelsea
HT:0-0
FT:0-0 -
Arsenal v Man City
Man Utd v Sheff Utd
Blackburn v Watford
Liverpool v Middlesbro'
West Ham v Chelsea
HT:0-1
FT: 1-1 -
Arsenal v Man City
Man Utd v Sheff Utd
Blackburn v Watford
Liverpool v Middlesbro'
West Ham v Chelsea
HT:0-0
FT: 0-1
Wow anhydrouscoppersulphate is in a big lead!difficult to catch up. -
Not really lah... cos there are still a number of 5 points games coming... The FA Cup semi-finals, The CL semi-finals... This week's Arsenal v Bolton , next week's Manchester United v Middlesbrough , Newcastle v Chelsea ... and still got a last weekend fixture somemore... At least you got more points than me lah...
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Arsenal v Man City
Man Utd v Sheff Utd
Blackburn v Watford
Liverpool v Middlesbro'
West Ham v Chelsea
HT:0-1
FT:0-2 -
Arsenal v Man City
Man Utdv Sheff Utd
Blackburnv Watford
Lverpool[/] v Middlesbro'
West Ham v [u]Chelsea
HT: 0-1
FT: 0-2 -
Arsenal v Man City
Man Utd v Sheff Utd
Blackburn v Watford
Liverpool v Middlesbrough
West Ham v Chelsea
HT: 1-0
FT: 1-1 -
Arsenal v Man City
FT: 2-1
Man Utd v Sheff Utd
HT: 0-4
FT: 1-5
Blackburn v Watford
Rovers Win
Liverpool v Middlesbro'
FT:2-2
West Ham v Chelsea
HT:0-1
FT:1-3
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Arsenal v Man City
FT: 2-1
Man Utd v Sheff Utd
HT: 1-2
FT: 2-4
Blackburn v Watford
FT: 1-0
Liverpool v Middlesbro'
FT:2-1
West Ham v Chelsea
HT:0-1
FT:0-3 -
Arsenal v Man City
Man Utd v Sheff Utd
HT: 0-0
FT: 0-2
Blackburn v Watford
Liverpool v Middlesbro'
West Ham v Chelsea
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Arsenal v Man City
Man Utd v Sheff Utd
Blackburn v Watford
Liverpool v Middlesbro'
West Ham v Chelsea
HT: 0 - 0
FT: 0 - 1 -
Arsenal v Man City
Man Utd v Sheff Utd
Blackburnv Watford
Liverpool v Middlesbro'
West Ham v Chelsea
HT:0-1
FT:1-2 -
Arsenal v Man City
Man Utd v Sheff Utd -
Arsenal's Vassiriki Diaby is hounded by City's Michael Ball
Arsenal 3-1 Man City
Arsenal moved up to third above Liverpool in the Premiership table after sinking hard-working Manchester City at the Emirates Stadium. Tomas Rosicky fired the Gunners into a 12th-minute lead when he slotted home Emmanuel Eboue's right wing cross.
But City hit back when DaMarcus Beasley finished well just before the break. The visitors looked the better side early in the second half but were undone when Cesc Fabregas and Julio Baptista netted with two fine strikes.
Arsenal went into the game fresh from their victory over Bolton which ended their longest winless run of the season. City were themselves hitting better form, having moved away from relegation danger thanks to a five-match unbeaten run. But despite City boss Stuart Pearce setting his stall out by trying to get as many men behind the ball as possible, there was a sense of the inevitable when the Gunners made the early breakthrough.
Vassiriki Diaby dispossessed Darius Vassell with a crunching tackle and fed Eboue, whose whipped cross from the right was clinically despatched by Rosicky. But despite losing Diaby minutes later to a head injury, Arsenal added even more firepower when Baptista was handed his chance by Arsene Wenger.
The Brazilian striker was soon in the thick of the action when he was fouled just outside the City penalty area by Richard Dunne. Dunne, who was the visitors' stand-out player of the half, then blocked Baptista's subsequent 25-yard free-kick by heading over. Fabregas saw a superb 30-yard strike well parried by City keeper Andreas Isaksson as the Gunners continued to pile on the pressure.
But totally against the run of play, City were level. Jens Lehmann's weak clearance was intercepted by Joey Barton that enabled Michael Johnson to thread the ball in for Beasley to finish. The goal lifted the visitors and they nearly went ahead in the 44th minute when Barton danced his way passed the Arsenal defence before forcing Lehmann to save well to his right.
City started the second half as they finished the first, with Arsenal looked rattled by some uncompromising tackling. Rosicky and Fabregas, in particular, felt the force of two solid blocks as they looked ready to shoot.
Wenger's side nearly retook the lead when first Emmanuel Adebayor's effort was well saved by Isaksson and then Alexander Hleb flashed a left-footed strike just wide. Adebayor was then denied twice inside three minutes - the first by a brilliant block from Sylvain Distin before Isaksson got down to keep out his powerful header.
But Arsenal's renewed pressure finally paid off in the 73rd minute when City's defending for once let them down. They failed to clear their lines and Fabregas collected a loose ball just out the box before lashing home an unstoppable volley. Beasley had the ball in the back of the net at the other end three minutes later but was ruled offside after lobbing Lehmann. And City's brave resistance was finally ended when Hleb jinked his way into the penalty area and his cross was converted by Baptista.
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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger:
"We didn't expect City to get back to 1-1 after we took the lead but we had to wait for the win. "I think we deserved the victory as we created a lot of chances and when we got our second it made it easier because they had to change their shape. "But now we must try to build on this and win as many points as we can."
Manchester City manager Stuart Pearce:
"I thought the endeavour of the players was fantastic tonight and I was disappointed for them when they didn't get the result. "It was touch a touch of brilliance, a really fantastic strike that got them get back in front after we equalised. "Now I hope we can try to get 50 points before the end of the season."
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Arsenal: Lehmann, Eboue, Toure, Gallas, Clichy, Hleb, Fabregas (Denilson 85), Silva, Rosicky (Senderos 90), Diaby (Julio Baptista 30), Adebayor.
Subs Not Used: Almunia, Djourou.
Goals: Rosicky 12, Fabregas 73, Julio Baptista 80.
Man City: Isaksson, Onuoha, Dunne, Distin (Corradi 78 ), Ball, Jihai (Samaras 78 ), Hamann, Barton, Johnson, Beasley, Vassell (Ireland 90).
Subs Not Used: Weaver, Trabelsi.
Goals: Beasley 41.
Att: 59,913.
Ref: M Halsey (Lancashire). -
Michael Carrick celebrates after Man Utd's opening goal
Man Utd 2-0 Sheff Utd
Manchester United opened-up a six-point advantage over rivals Chelsea at the Premiership summit with a comfortable win against Sheffield United. Michael Carrick put United on course for victory after four minutes, lifting Cristiano Ronaldo's pass over Paddy Kenny as the keeper raced out.
Wayne Rooney doubled the lead with an emphatic finish after 50 minutes. Michael Tonge came closest for the Blades, hitting the bar with a curling 20-yard drive two minutes from time. United were without groin injury victim Rio Ferdinand and goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, who suffered a heavy blow to the nose in the FA Cup semi-final win against Watford. It made little difference to their early rhythm as they took the lead.
Ronaldo, inevitably, was the prime mover in the build-up to the goal, slipping in a perfect pass for Carrick to beat Kenny as he ran out. Rooney could have doubled United's lead two minutes later but Kenny bravely blocked the effort from point-blank range. United's defensive resources, already stretched to breaking point by injuries, suffered another casualty after 19 minutes when Patrice Evra limped off following a wild challenge by Colin Kazim-Richards.
Rooney was involved in some unnecessary incidents and he picked up a yellow card for a reckless tackle on Phil Jagielka. But he showed the other side of his character with a goal of quite stunning quality five minutes after the break. He controlled a pass of rare vision from Ryan Giggs in an instant before lashing an unstoppable right-foot finish across Kenny.
Sheffield United's main threat came from the lively Luton Shelton but he wasted a glorious chance to quickly peg back United, shooting over from only 10 yards. United then attempted to press home their advantage, with Kenny saving well in quick succession from Ronaldo and Giggs.
The Premiership pace-setters then had an escape with the sort of generous decision that would have reduced Sir Alex Ferguson to a seething rage had it happened at the other end. Shelton showed lightning pace to escape the United regard again before being clearly fouled by Gabriel Heinze - only for referee Rob Styles to wave play on when a spot-kick looked a formality. Tonge then curled a shot against the bar as Sheffield United continued to battle in the face of United's overwhelming superiority.
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Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson:
"It was a professional job and in the second half we just ran down the clock a bit. "We saved our legs well and I think that was a sensible thing to do. The performance was economical and we didn't kill ourselves, which was important. "It is good to have our six-point lead back, with five games to go. The players have got the right temperament to cope with it as well. They just kept playing their football and it was quite good at times."
Sheffield United manager Neil Warnock:
"I thought we gave a good account of ourselves but we have been beaten by a better side. "It was as clear as daylight that we should have had a penalty when Gabriel Heinze fouled Luton Shelton. "If you are a football person you don't need anyone else to tell you that was a penalty. This was a major decision and between referee Rob Styles and his linesman, they have got to get that right. "If he gives it he upsets Sir Alex Ferguson and I know people don't like to upset Sir Alex but he should have given that."
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Man Utd: Kuszczak, Fletcher, Brown, Heinze, Evra (Richardson 21), Ronaldo, Carrick, Scholes, Rooney, Giggs (Solskjaer 80), Smith.
Subs Not Used: Van der Sar, O'Shea, Cathcart.
Booked: Smith, Rooney, Ronaldo.
Goals: Carrick 4, Rooney 50.
Sheff Utd: Kenny, Geary, Morgan, Kozluk (Armstrong 77), Kilgallon, Jagielka, Webber, Montgomery, Tonge, Kazim-Richards (Gillespie 75), Shelton (Nade 89).
Subs Not Used: Alan Quinn, Fathi.
Booked: Geary, Morgan, Armstrong.
Att: 75,540.
Ref: R Styles (Hampshire). -
Full-Time Results:
Man Utd 2 - 0 Sheff Utd
Arsenal 3 - 1 Man City -
Points gain for the 17 of April EPL matches.
2 pts: used, omgukilledkenny, felirox, anhydrouscoppersulphate, finoq, zocoss, sand king,
1 pt: turbo_drift, gangsterkillar, innosaint, superbstrongnlong, a-Lost-9uY
0 pt: --
Scoreboard after the 17 of April EPL matches.
1. anhydrouscoppersulphate 24pts
2. a-Lost-9uY 21pts
3. turbo_drift 18pts
4. felirox 19pts
5. used 19pts
6. finoq 17pts
7. zocoss 15pts
8. omgukilledkenny 12pts
9. innosaint 10pts
10. gangsterkillar 8pts
11. songsong 5pts
==========Relegation Zone==========
12. SumOne 4pts
13. sand king 2pts
14. trendz 1pts
15. superbstrongnlong 1pts -
Originally posted by felirox:Arsenal v Man City
Man Utd v Sheff Utd
Blackburn v Watford
Liverpool v Middlesbro'
West Ham v Chelsea
HT:0-0
FT: 0-1
Wow anhydrouscoppersulphate is in a big lead!difficult to catch up. -
Blackburn v Watford
Liverpool v Middlesbro'
West Ham v Chelsea
HT:1-0
FT:1-1 -
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West Ham v Chelsea
Cole braced for hostile reception
Cole makes his first return to Upton Park since his departure Chelsea midfielder Joe Cole returns to West Ham, knowing he could play a major role in relegating his former club. Cole returns to Upton Park on Wednesday for the first time since his departure in 2003 as Chelsea seek the win to keep the pressure on Manchester United.
The 25-year-old said: "I did everything I could for West Ham and when they went down I was as gutted as anyone. "I imagine I'll get some stick but that's football, supporters don't like to see players leave their club." Wednesday evening's clash is crucial for both teams' ambitions at the extremes of the Premiership table.
Chelsea need the points to maintain the pressure on Premiership leaders Manchester United, who restored their six-point lead with Tuesday's win over Sheffield United. West Ham's Premiership survival is an equation of seeking points in a rapidly decreasing number of games, with the Hammers travelling to Old Trafford on the last day of the season.
Cole has played against West Ham at Stamford Bridge but has never been back to the Boleyn Ground in a Blues shirt. For two season's following Cole's departure, Chelsea and West Ham were in different divisions and the England midfielder was suspended for the January 2006 encounter.
Cole was accused of jumping ship when West Ham were relegated and he left for Stamford Bridge in a £6.6m deal. The England midfielder said: "Chelsea came calling and I couldn't turn it down. "Chelsea has been just amazing for me and I owe the people here a lot." -
Wednesday, 18 April 2007
Barclays Premiership results
Blackburn 3 - 1 Watford
Liverpool 2 - 0 Middlesbro'
West Ham 1 - 4 Chelsea
HT: 1 - 2 -
Points gain for the 18 April EPL matches.
3 pts: turbo_drift, innosaint, superbstrongnlong, felirox, zocoss.
2 pts: used, anhydrouscoppersulphate, finoq, gangsterkillar, sand king, a-Lost-9uY.
1 pts: omgukilledkenny