Friday 16 November 2012

Premier League results

There were many goals in the Premier league over the weekend firstly Manchester United came from 2-0 down to beat struggling Aston Villa 3-2 at Villa Park. Manchester United controlled the game from start to finish however The Villans were the better team in the first half as they went 1-0 up in the first half. But Javier Hernandez came on in the 46th minute and scored United's first goal after 58 minutes, he then forced an own goal from Ron Vlaar just 4 minutes later and then scored the winner with 3 minutes to go.

West Brom beat rivals Wigan 2-1 at the DW stadium with goals from James Morrison and a Gary Caldwell own goal. Wigan's goal came from Arouna Kone. QPR's woes continue as a Charlie Adam goal was enough to beat them 1-0 at the Britannia Stadium the result means that QPR are still without a win this season.

Struggling Southampton were held to a draw against Swansea. Morgan Shneidelein opened the scoring with a headed goal. Nathan Dyer scored the equaliser 13 minutes from time. Southampton now only have 5 points from a possible 33. Reading kept their first clean sheet of the campaign with a 0-0 draw with an unimpressive Norwich.

Everton left it late to come back from 1-0 down against Sunderland to win 2-1 with both of the goals with in 3 minutes by Nikica Jelavic and Marouane Fellaini. Fulham denied Arsenal a win as the two sides draw 3-3 at the Emirates Stadium.

Liverpool drew with Chelsea in an intense game at Stamford Bridge. John Terry headed the European champions ahead after 20 minutes but Luis Suarez equalised after 72 minutes. West Ham continued their impressive run after winning 1-0 at Newcastle thanks to a goal from Kevin Nolan against his former club.

Manchester City came from behind to beat Tottenham 2-1 in Manchester. Steven Caulker gave Tottenham the lead after Tom Huddlestone;s cross. Sergio Aguero equalised after half time and Edin Dzeko won it for them minutes from time. The last time that Man City lost in the league at home was in December 2010. Here's the table:

Manchester United
Manchester City
Chelsea
Everton
West Bromwich Albion
West Ham
Tottenham Hotspur
Arsenal
Fulham
Newcastle United
Swansea City
Stoke City
Liverpool
Wigan Athletic
Norwich City
Sunderland
Aston Villa
Reading
Southampton
QPR

Friday 9 November 2012

Europa League results

It was a mixed day of results for British teams on match day 4 on the Europa League. Tottenham beat Slovenian club NK Maribor 3-1 thanks to a Jermain Defoe hat-trick. It was a very dominant performance from the London club, the only reason why Spurs conceded a goal was because of Hugo Lloris's disgusting clearence. Tottenham are one of 12 teams who are unbeaten so far.

It was a historic day for Newcastle as Shola and Sammy Ameobi became the first Newcastle brothers to start a game for the Geordies for 60 years! The historic day was marked with an impressive comeback from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 with goals from Vurnon Anita and Shola Ameobi. Newcastle are another one of the teams who are unbeaten so far.

Liverpool's youngster's travelled to Russia with a lot of confidence but failed to convert it into goals as they lost to Anzhi Makhachkala 1-0. Lacina Traore scored the only goal of the game. It dents Liverpool's hopes of reaching the next round. The results were:
Udinese 2-3 Young Boys, Academica 2-0 Athletico Madrid, Plzen 4-0 Hapoel Tel-Aviv, Fenerbhance 2-0 AEL Limassol, Marseille 2-2 Borussia M'gladbach, Bordeaux 1-0 Maritimo, FC Copenhagen 0-2 VFB Stuttgart, Molde 1-2 Steaua Buch't, AIK Solna 1-0 PSV Eind'ven, Napoli 4-2 Dnipro, FC Basel 1-0 Videoton, Sporting 1-1 Genk, Partizan Belgrade 1-3 Inter Milan, Neftchi 0-1 Rubin Kazan, Athletic Bilbao 2-3 Lyon, HAP Kiryat Shmona 1-1 Sparta Prague, Lazio 3-0 Pananthaikos, B Leverkuson 3-0 Rapid Vienna, Met'st Kharkiv 3-1 Rosenborg, FC Twente 0-0 Levante, Hannover 96 3-2 Helsenborgs.

Thursday 8 November 2012

Champions League results

It was a great day for British clubs on match day 4. There were wins for Celtic, Chelsea and Manchester United the most historic being Celtic's win. The Bhoys beat Spanish giants Barcelona 2-1 at Celtic Park. Victor Wanyama opened the scoring after 21 minutes and 18 year old Tony Watt doubled after 82 minutes. But there was still time for Lionel Messi to add a consolation at the end. I think that Tito Vilanova totally destroyed Barcelona's natural style which resulted in them losing. They looked sloppy and didn't finish very well as they hit the post a number of times.

Chelsea narrowly beat Shaktar Donetsk 3-2 at Stamford Bridge. Fernando Torres scored first on 6 minutes by a 'flukey' goal, Willian equalised just 3 minutes later Oscar then scored a brilliant 35 yard-er, but Willian got it back 9 minutes after half time. But Victor Moses headed in the winner 4 minutes into stoppage time.

Manchester United are the first British team through to the next round with a 3-1 win against Braga in Portugal. Robin van Persie, Wayne Rooney and Javier Hernandez. The other results are:
Bayern Munich 6-1 Lille, Benifica 2-0 Spartak Moscow, CFR Cluj-Napoca 1-3 Galatasary, Juventus 4-0 Nordsjaelland, Valencia 4-2 BATE Borisov.

Here are the tables:
B
Schalke
Arsenal
Olympiakos
Montpellier
D
Borussia Dortmund
Real Madrid
Ajax
Manchester City
E
Shakhtar Donetsk
Chelsea
Juventus
Nordsjaelland
G
Barcelona
Celtic
Benifica
Spartak Moscow
H
Manchester United
Galatasary
Cluj
Braga