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Good game to watch between Chelsea and Reading. Chelsea took the lead from a Lampard penalty after Hazard had been tripped. But Reading didn't lie down despite a strong start generally by Chelsea and got rewarded by way of a 2-1 half time lead with goals from Pogbrebniak and Guthrie, the second from a free kick which Cech really should have done better with. Gary Cahill equalised in the second half with a shot from distance which the keeper Federici should have done better with. Chelsea began then to have more of the game and got the lead for the second time when Torres tapped in an Ashley Cole centre. They then made the points safe in the final minute when Reading were caught out from a corner, Chelsea broke from it and found themselves three on one with Adam Federici upfield. Hazard could have scored his first goal for Chelsea but unselfishly squared it to Ivanovic.
Overall a good win for Chelsea, 4-2 flatters them because Reading put a lot of effort in, but this league can be harsh like that sometimes. A three points Chelsea will be happy enough with as it gives them top of the table. Hazard again looked good. Very entertaining fixture. |
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Swansea hammer West Ham 3-0 to retake top spot in the Premier League. 8 goals scored, 0 conceded.
We play Fulham at 3pm, hopefully it's at least better than last week, at least it's a home game. In come Rafael, Anderson, Young and Van Persie. Out go Rooney, Scholes and Nani. Valencia switches back to right wing. No surprise to see Rooney and Nani dropped (Rooney on the bench, Nani dropped completely), both were shit on Monday. Scholes is on the bench because the central midfield of Cleverly and Anderson has fresh energy which we might need more of today. If you're expecting to see Sunderland on Match Of the Day tonight, it's off. Waterlogged pitch. |
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Won 3-2 in the end. Went behind to an early Duff strike after sloppy marking from a free kick. Van Persie scored a brilliant volley to draw us level and from then on in the half it was pretty much all us. Kagawa scored hist first goal at Old Trafford to make it 2-1. Rafael had a goal disallowed owing to offside before he headed us into a 3-1 half time lead. And that flattered Fulham. In the second half we looked comfortable but became unstuck when a mixup form a cross betrween De Gea and Vidic caused the centre half to back heel the ball into his own net. Fulham then came forward again with nothing to lose but in the end just couldn't get that equaliser, despite forcing three good saves from De Gea. In stoppage time Rooney picked up a nasty looking deep gash after an accidental kick from Hugo Rodallega.
In the end a win where we looked great going forward, less so at the back which needs to be rectified quickly. Luckily Evans was on the bench today so he might be back next week. In the end 3-2 is about a fair result. Fulham never gave up as we knew they wouldn't. In other results, Everton carry on from last week with a 3-1 away win at Villa Park, Norwich draw 1-1 with QPR, Wigan get a 2-0 away win at Southampton and Spurs draw 1-1 at home to West Brom. Swansea are still top. EDIT : Rooney out for 4 weeks with that gash he picked up. Did look a bad one. |
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0-0 between Stoke and Arsenal. pretty boring game to watch overall. Arsenal dominated much of the game in terms of chances and possession, but lacked a lot of creativity and decision making. it's just not quite happening for Arsenal at the moment. It should do but they really need to sell Gervinho, he's totally shit. In his time in England I've never actually seen him play well. People were saying he's the next Pires. They were never in danger of losing, Stoke didn't really create anything. They can't pass the ball that well so that style doesn't suit them. The only real positive both can take out of the game is that they kept a clean sheet.
Next up, Liverpool vs Man City. I'm not sure who I want to win. A City win keeps Liverpool bottom which I find funny, but a Liverpool win means City drop points early, considering Liverpool are no threat to the Title race whatsoever, that would be perfectly beneficial. |
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2-2 in the end. A good game to watch and positives for both to take out of the game really. City started off better and Tevez was unfortunate to not score from the angle, he created it brilliantly. But Liverpool took the lead through Skrtel from a corner, thumping header and at that time Liverpool did deserve to lead. Bad defending led to City's equaliser from Yaya Toure before Suarez hit a brilliant free kick to restore the lead and from then until City's equaliser looked comfortable enough, but then Skrtel hit a dreadful backpass to gift Carlos Tevez the equaliser.
Fair result I thought overall. |
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We beat Wigan 4-0 at home to go second. Took until the second half to open the scoring but before it Hernandez squandered an early penalty. The decision looked slightly questionable. Scholes opened the scoring after some great work from Nani. The game was made safe when Hernandez converted a ball across from Buttner who had a fantastic full debut. Buttner himself scored his first ever goal for us when he beat 3 men and finished smartly. Patrice Evra might find it hard to get back in. Nick Powell also appearing for the first time in the league finished really well to round off a good day of scoring.
The reason we're second and not top is because Chelsea remained unbeaten with a 0-0 draw away at QPR. The handshake between Ferdinand/Terry/Cole inevitably didn't happen. Arsenal continued their unbeaten start with a comprehensive 6-1 home win over Southampton. Man City could only draw away at Stoke which is a good result obviously. Dimitar Berbatov scored his first two goals for Fulham in a 2-0 home win over West Brom. Aston Villa manage to get a win at home to Swansea. And early o n Norwich and West Ham shared the points in a fairly uneventful 0-0 draw. |
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We beat Wigan 4-0 at home to go second. Took until the second half to open the scoring but before it Hernandez squandered an early penalty. The decision looked slightly questionable. Scholes opened the scoring after some great work from Nani. The game was made safe when Hernandez converted a ball across from Buttner who had a fantastic full debut. Buttner himself scored his first ever goal for us when he beat 3 men and finished smartly. Patrice Evra might find it hard to get back in. Nick Powell also appearing for the first time in the league finished really well to round off a good day of scoring. ![]() |
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