Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Premier League Roundup: Feb 7th and 8th 2009

Arsenal struggled to find the net for their second straight match and Emmanuel Eboue got red-carded as they drew 0-0 with relegation-threatened Tottenham at White Hart Lane. The referee played spoilsport in the clash once again, as he denied Eboue a goal which was absolutely legit. Arsenal are now 6 points behind 4th placed Chelsea, who also failed to score in their 0-0 draw with Hull. Arsenal have scored only once in their last 360 minutes.

Meanwhile, Aston Villa geared themselves up to cement a top four finish, by easing past uneasy Blackburn 2-0. Aston Villa, who are in third place, are in very good form and are probably looking towards toppling Liverpool for second place, or maybe even started thinking about a first place finish! Liverpool had a hard game as they went down once, before drawing level only to go down once more. But they levelled again and scored a winner via Torres to take the match 3-2 and keep themselves in the title race.

Manchester City's new buys worked effectively as Given produced some fine saves and Bellamy scored a goal to give the Man Blues a 1-0 victory over Boro and get them out of their slump. Manchester United needed a Ryan Giggs goal in the second half to inspire them to a 1-0 victory over Zola's weakened West Ham. Other results include:

Everton 3-0 Bolton, Sunderland 2-0 Stoke, West Brom 2-3 Newcastle, Wigan 0-0 Fulham.

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