Portsmouth 2-0 Burnley
Bottom placed Portsmouth played well to earn a victory over Burnley. It was the first match for Avram Grant as Portsmouth manager, and it was a delightful welcome for him.
Brunley squandered quite a few opportunities to go ahead and will surely regret the missed chances.
Portsmouth didn’t give up and kept pushing forward. Portsmouth had a great chance to go one-up from a penalty but Dindane managed to miss it. However, later in the game he scored adding to the lead given to the home team through Hermann Hreidarsson’s brilliant left-footer.
Portsmouth are now temporarily off the bottom place.
Blackburn 0-0 Liverpool
Liverpool earn another frustrating draw. The first half had nothing interesting happening. Both teams evenly matched up until the break.
At the start of the second half Blackburn had some great opportunities, through Chelesa’s loan signing- Di Santo. The youngster played well.
Liverpool also had decent opportunites, the most tlling one being a terrific run by Glenn Johnson to put N’gog on goal, but N’gog somehow skewed the shot on the top-bar. The rebound was hit off target.
Liverpool surely looked like they were missing Torres, The Reds were just unable to put the ball in the back of the net.
Wonder why Benitez wasn’t looking to bring Aquiliani on as a substitute, Nabil El Zhar was brought in as a late substitute.
Blackburn were also suffering from some kind of jitters in front of goal, like their counterparts. They also had numerous opportunities to seal the deal, but were unsuccessful.
Although Blackburn will be happy to gain a point after a rigorous mid-week game.
West Ham 0-4 Manchester United
It was a thumping win for the defending champions. Scholes opened the score just before half-time.
Wonder kid- Darron Gibbson scored another glorious strike just over the hour mark and added to the lead.
The Hammers had decent chances as well but couldn’t convert. Diamanti had an awesome shot on goal, but Kuzczak pulled an even better save.
Two quick goals were scored by Valencia and Rooney which took the match away from the home team.
Arsenal 2-0 Stoke City
Prior to the match Arshavin had stated that Arsenal were missing Van Persie upfront and also some tall statured players(Arshavin himself being around 5′ 8″).
Arshavin looked lively on the field and managed to win a penalty after forcing an error from Delap. Skipper Fabregas came up to take the spot-kick but Sorensen saved it.
Arshavin scored another brilliant goal from a Fabregas cross.
Ramsey scored the second to give Arsenal a 2-0 victory over Stoke City.
Wigan 2-3 Birmingham
Wigan took the lead in the first half through N’Zogbia’s 33rd minute strike.
Sebastian Larsson equalized for the visitors in the 61st minute and five minutes later Christian Benitez gave Birmingham the lead. Later Larsson extended the lead by scoring his second goal in the game.
Jordi Gomez pulled one back late in the match, but it was just too late for the homeside.
Until today’s loss, Wigan were undefeated at home after leading 1-0.
Aston Villa 3-0 Hull
Villa scored early in the game through Richard Dunne from a Milner assist. 15 minutes later Milner celebrated his own strike and also Villa’s 2-0 lead.
Aston Villa kept attacking Hull City, they won a penalty which was taken by Carew.
Wolves 2-1 Bolton
The fastest goal of the day was scored by Wolverhampton’s Jody Carddock in the 3rd minute.
Nenad Milijas added to the lead. Bolton struck a late goal through Johan Elmander.
Both sides looked to attack but the game ended 2-1 to Wolves.
Manchester City 2-1 Chelsea
The final match of the day was the most exhilirating encounter. Both sides were looking to attack from kick-off.
Chelsea took the lead when Anelka’s shot could have been saved by Given, but unfortunately the ball bounced into the net off Adebayor back. Adebayor took revenge later in the half, scoring from a corner.
The second half got into a high-tempo mode. Both sides were driving players forward and referee came into action many-a-times producing yellow cards and giving free-kicks. Chelsea and Man City had good chances, Chelsea didn’t manage to capitilize. City were awarded a free-kick just outside the box, which was wonderfully converted by Tevez to give City the lead.
Drogba won a penalty for Chelsea after drawing a foul from Onuoha, late in the game. Given came to City’s rescue by saving Lampard’s penalty and thus ensuring a win for Man City.
Shay Given saves Lampard's penalty
City’s Micah Richards and Wayne Bridge both seemed to be injured, Bridge was carried off on a stretcher after a sliding tackle from Belletti. Chelsea’s Terry also limped off late in the second half.
